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I still use FoxIt, but always, always, always go through the custom install steps and uncheck everything but the basic program - and then go through the Programs and Features control panel applet, sort by date, and remove anything new that FoxIt still tried to install alongside itself, like this CloudPrint (?) service that I think they finally gave up on after years of me complaining after every update that still included it.
Then I rename their updater EXE so it doesn't launch automatically all the time, despite me telling not to check for updates.
If it's sounding like a lot of trouble...lets just say I'm looking at other people's responses in this thread.
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I always unchecked as well but I never sniffed its traffic until I realized the traffic to China seen on my firewall was from FoxIt.
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Interesting. I appreciate the follow-up. Definitely time to move away from FoxIt, it seems.
Why wouldn't Safe Mode be the default?
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Several years ago, in the early years of Foxit, my employer wanted us, for "political" reasons, to use Foxit. The character rendering, especially in small sizes, was so terrible that it strained my eyes badly, so I refused. After being shown the same document side-by-side, on one screen, in Adobe Reader and Firefox, my boss accepted my complaints, and we ditched Foxit.
A few years later, under a new employer, I tried Foxit again to see if rendereing had improved. It ha not, as far as I could see. We did not switch to Foxit. Linux users claimed that rendering on their screens were very good; it seemed as if the Windows port was a quick and dirty left hand job.
If Foxit on Windows today were as bad as a few years ago, it probably would have been out of the market, so I guess it has improved. But I don't care to check until I have to find another PDF reader; then I might try it again. Twice, with a few years inbetween, leading to the same conclusion, was enough to settle my mind. It takes more than "But try it now, it might have improved!" to excite me.
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Yep. Version 5.4.5. Very old now but quick and clean.
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Thank you for the suggestion Mike, but after what I've read about metrics being sent to China...
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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6. Evince[^]: free and commercial-use friendly, unlike Adobe Reader
Software Zen: delete this;
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I use Evince too. Simple, easy, and it opens documents quickly.
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Thank you for your suggestion Gary!
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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I use PDF Xchange Viewer from Tracker Software[^]. It is free, allows the user to insert a comments layer, allowing the addition of text and "rubber stamps." It comes with a number of preset rubber stamps and also allows users to create and use their own. I created a signature stamp which allows me to "sign" documents.
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© 2009, Rex Hammock
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Plus one for PDF Xchange Viewer. Free, fast, great editing tool. I always set Chrome to open my PDFs in my sysytem viewer, because 90% of the time I need to type on or draw on the PDF.
I especially love the draw tool, as it allows me to "sign" these documents, by drawing my signature. I never print PDFs anymore for signatures.
I use an old version b/c I haven't seen any reason to upgrade.
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I've used PDF-XChange Viewer for several years now and really like it more than a few others I've tried.
But it appears that the Viewer has been discontinued in favor of their commercial PDF-XChange Editor. This is unfortunate (for users looking for freeware). But at least they still allow you to download the Viewer (for now).
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Key reasons for using PDF Xchange Viewer:
1. Annotations
2. tabbed PDFs
3. set it up to remember your open docs and it will reopen them (great for rebooting)
4. it's fast - no Adobe bloat
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Thank you for your suggestion Jalapeno Bob!
Viewer seem to be left outside as they want you to start using the editor that has plenty of non usable parts as they are pay parts. I'm sure it works well as in the Internet it is presented as one of the big contenders, and also here there have been some recommendations that way.
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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Bullzip PDF (no bullshit  )
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Thank you for posting Rick, but as far as I've seen this is a PDF printer like CutePDF or PDFCreator and this is not what I'm looking for...
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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SumatraPDF - Simple, Speed, lightweight, very less size. And Free!
I buy & read digital comics so for PDF, I use SumatraPDF & for cbz/cbr, I use YACReader.
Long time ago I used both Acrobat & Foxit but not good. Now I'm using SumatraPDF for more than 7 years.
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Thank you for your suggestion thatraja!
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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I used to like foxit, but haven't used it in a couple of years. Windows comes with a built-in pdf reader and Google Chrome also has a PDF reader, so...
#SupportHeForShe
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Thank you for your suggestion TheGreatAndPowerfulOz!
Not using Chrome (Edge here) and the built in reader in Edge doesn't show the index at the left side of the document so reading certain kind of docs is a PITA.
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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Thank you for your suggestion ravi!
I was about to test it but it seems it sends metrics to China... so it is a no go.
I've tested Nitro and Sumatra on a virtual machine as nitro seems to be the alternative to foxit and Sumatra has been the most suggested one.
Both are fast on my computer, Nitro seems to do more things, but it also installs a printer driver which in my case is not needed so I've decided to go the Sumatra way. By now it works as expected.
Thank you again!
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For Win10, Edge and Chrome read PDF files just fine.
Writing is a different story though.
Jeremy Falcon
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