RE: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-22 Thread Greg Keogh
suits me -- Greg From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Rod Howarth Sent: Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:28 To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement Foxit is good, but we had to stop using it as it doesn't open some PDFs (enginee

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-22 Thread Rod Howarth
Foxit is good, but we had to stop using it as it doesn't open some PDFs (engineering plans we found were just refreshing constantly). Text/pictures were fine. PDF X-Change is great because it is quick and you can also do some markups on PDFs for free. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Greg Keogh

RE: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-21 Thread Greg Keogh
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Too much choice. I think I'll try Bill's pointer to free Foxit first and see how it goes. I'll let you know if I find anything newsworthy -- Greg

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-21 Thread Les Hughes
Mark Ryall wrote: Acrobat is some seriously astonishing bloatware. Sumatra pdf is pretty clean - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html +1 Sumatra... it's really basic, but does the job, and it just runs from an .exe, nothing else required. -- Les Hughes l...@datarev.com.a

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Ryall
Acrobat is some seriously astonishing bloatware. Sumatra pdf is pretty clean - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:39 PM, David Tchepak wrote: > +1 for PDF-XChange. > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Arjang Assadi wrote: > >> http://www.tracke

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-20 Thread David Tchepak
+1 for PDF-XChange. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Arjang Assadi wrote: > http://www.tracker-software.com/ > PDF-XChange > > > On 21 August 2010 10:49, Greg Keogh wrote: > > I take pride in running a “clean” machine. Using autoruns.exe I find and > > stop or remove any useless processes. Aft

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-20 Thread Arjang Assadi
http://www.tracker-software.com/ PDF-XChange On 21 August 2010 10:49, Greg Keogh wrote: > I take pride in running a “clean” machine. Using autoruns.exe I find and > stop or remove any useless processes.  After installing things like Nero, > Adobe Reader and various device drivers it can take ho

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-20 Thread silky
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bill Chesnut wrote: > Greg, > > At a previous company I worked for we used Foxit PDF reader, might be what > you are looking for: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ Foxit isn't what it used to be; it's gone very downhill recently, if I may say. Consider: http://www.

Re: [OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-20 Thread Bill Chesnut
dotnet.com] Sent: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:49:06 +1000 Subject: [OT] Adobe reader replacement I take pride in running a “clean” machine. Using autoruns.exe I find and stop or remove any useless processes. After installing things like Nero, Adobe Reader and various device drivers it can take ho

[OT] Adobe reader replacement

2010-08-20 Thread Greg Keogh
I take pride in running a "clean" machine. Using autoruns.exe I find and stop or remove any useless processes. After installing things like Nero, Adobe Reader and various device drivers it can take hours to get rid the mind boggling amount of utter garbage they install. Well, Adobe Reader defe