FoxIt has a much smaller footprint than does Adobe. However... 1. Vulnerabilities in PDFs affect FoxIt as well as Adobe.
2. Last time I checked, FoxIt does not make for a very good browser plug-in. When I've tried changing browser settings, clicking on links would tend to download it and then open a FoxIt window (rather than load in a browser window or tab). Yeah, I know the download occurs with Adobe, too. However, with Adobe, it knows to put it in a temporary files location or cache rather than in a specified folder. 3. Despite all the crudware, Adobe Reader 9 opens much more quickly than did 8 or 7. 4. As mentioned elsewhere, there are some PDFs that seem to want to open only with the (latest) Adobe product. In other words, FoxIt does not seem to be the perfect and complete (technically, that was redundant) replacement for Adobe Reader. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Chinnery, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 08:31:43 AM: > Definitely. I use Foxit all the time. An earlier version of Foxit > would sometimes hang on printing but the version I'm running now (2. > 3) doesn't have that problem. > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to convince the I/S supervisor to > allow everyone to use Foxit so I've only rolled it out to a few > users (mostly the ones who complain about Adobe.) > -----Original Message----- > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:05 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit? > Has anyone her replaced Adobe Reader with Foxit reader for opening . > PDF’s? v9x of reader is so huge and now comes with crapware that > Foxit looks very attractive. For my own uses I have replaced it, I > was just wondering if anyone else has done so for places with over > 20 users or so? > David Lum > SYSTEMS ENGINEER // NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > [EMAIL PROTECTED] // 971.222.1025 > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
