Members flatfinger Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 I'm wondering if anybody could recommend something to install on my new DAW. I don't want adobe. its slow to load , wants to constantly check for updates and , well , sucks ! Any suggestions?? :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 foxit pdf reader works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 I'm using this sometime: http://www.pdf995.com/ But it's not just a reader. I had a contract several years ago for the branch of the Whales Research to transfer a lot of files to pdf format (PC and MAC, both) - it wouldn't be possible without this package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thunderpuppy Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 foxit pdf reader works well. +1 I use it too. Foxit is excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted May 31, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 I'm wondering if anybody could recommend something to install on my new DAW. Check out the open source PortableApps project. I discovered this in the PC Travel magazine that came with a hotel room I stayed in last month. It's a set of "de-bloated" versions of common applications (including a PDF viewer) that are designed to fit on, and be run from a USB memory drive. The intent is that if you're traveling and not carrying your computer with you but will have access to a computer, you can carry your work applications with you, including your personal setup and data (like your e-mail mailbox and web browser bookmarks) and have any computer look like "home." I would think that this is an elegant approach to running the occasional mainstream applications on your DAW computer without affecting the DAW setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 If you're on a Mac, you get Apple's Preview application included with the OS. It's way faster to load and can "view" pdf files and a LOT more. However, even though I love Preview, I use Acrobat for pdf files. Yeah, it's bloated as you say, and the update reminders are a bit annoying, but I don't care. Acrobat is a great program, and the fact that it behaves identically on my Macs and my PCs is a big plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lancaster Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 foxit pdf reader works well. +1. Simple, works, not a memory hog like Acrobat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 Yeah... I can't tell you what a relief it was to get that bloated, slow POS Acrobat off my machine once and for all. Even better, FoxIt doesn't stop me every other time I use it trying to get me to download and install yet another plugin or patch to make it run slower and slower -- as Acrobat does... I use CutePDF Writer as a "printer plug in" -- and it works REALLY well for all those receipts and web docutments you want to save as a PDF. (One thing it doesn't do, far as I can figure, is leave links as links on web pages.) For heavier duty PDF creation, I'd probably go back to Software995's PDF995... which you can use free by by putting up with a pop up browser ad for their software... it's nothing particularly intrusive. The browser loads with Software995's web page up when you run the software but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 Acrobat is more of a virus or spyware than an application, the way it wants to update itself every two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flatfinger Posted May 31, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 Thanks guys, Foxit fits the bill perfectly!!! Reading a magazine on pdf will be 1k times less of a chore now. What the hell is adobe thinking??? There's chokes on a color add page , foxit is'nt phased! what an improvement!!!!! :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted June 1, 2007 Members Share Posted June 1, 2007 I too use Foxit when running Windows but don't be surprised when some of the opened pdf page doesn't show or, if it shows, doesn't print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted June 1, 2007 Members Share Posted June 1, 2007 Acrobat is more of a virus or spyware than an application, the way it wants to update itself every two weeks. No kidding... if the continual increasing bloat didn't push you away the constant need to be updating should. Acrobat or Adobe PDF Reader or whatever they call it now is one big, putrid POS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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