Re: [vox-tech] Need Windows PDF Reader

2010-06-25 Thread Scott Miller
Foxit is another one.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php

Just be sure to disable javascript from the preferences. (Why do PDFs
need javascript?? )


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Re: [vox-tech] Need Windows PDF Reader

2010-06-25 Thread Brian Lavender
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:23:39AM -0700, Alex Mandel wrote:
> 
> Looks like evince is now on windows (it's the default in most gnome
> based installs) but I've never tried it on windows.
> http://download.gnome.org/binaries/win32/evince/2.30/evince-2.30.0.msi

Here is a comparison. I am going to give it a try on Windows. 
http://live.gnome.org/Evince/ComparingEvinceAcroread

brian
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Re: [vox-tech] Need Windows PDF Reader

2010-06-25 Thread Tony Cratz
On 06/24/2010 10:58 PM, Bob Scofield wrote:
> Can someone recommend a PDF reader for Windows?  I need one for my business.  
> And I need one soon.
> 
> I've just had an Adobe nightmare.  I was reading business email (Thank God 
> I'm 
> in Linux now where I feel safe) and Kaspersky AntiVirus said Adobe 8.x was 
> downloading a trojan.  So Kaspersky took a few minutes to deal with the 
> problem and kept telling me that some so-called Windows image files were not 
> real image files.  They may have been .dll files, I'm not sure.

While the only PDF reader I would use for Windows would be
Adobe. I will point out if you have been following the news
on slashdot.com you would have already known there was problems
with Adobe reader and should have already been keeping it up to
date to solve the problem(s).

I use Linux 99.5% of the time so I don't really have this issue
normally. But I also read /. to keep up on the news and do
updates as soon as I can.



Tony
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Re: [vox-tech] Need Windows PDF Reader

2010-06-25 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/24/2010 10:58 PM, Bob Scofield wrote:
> Can someone recommend a PDF reader for Windows?  I need one for my business.  
> And I need one soon.
> 
> I've just had an Adobe nightmare.  I was reading business email (Thank God 
> I'm 
> in Linux now where I feel safe) and Kaspersky AntiVirus said Adobe 8.x was 
> downloading a trojan.  So Kaspersky took a few minutes to deal with the 
> problem and kept telling me that some so-called Windows image files were not 
> real image files.  They may have been .dll files, I'm not sure.
> 
> When Kaspersky was done my Adobe icon could no longer load the program.  So I 
> decided to delete the whole program and download the newest Adobe Reader, 
> which is 9.3.  Well that automatically downloads a second program, Adobe Air, 
> whatever that is.  When I clicked on the icon to install Adobe 9.3 winzip 
> extracted the files to my desktop.  I admit that was my fault.
> 
> But what was weird was that after deleting the files from my desktop, they 
> kept reappearing after about two or three re-boots.  The last time I rebooted 
> those damn files were gone.  But if they appear tomorrow I'll have to 
> reformat my Windows XP.
> 
> Adobe seems to be bloated.  When downloading they offer all kinds of crap, 
> N.Y. Times subscriptions, etc.  I hate to admit this, but with all my 
> experience, as the one who is called upon to fix family computer problem, I 
> confess that I am incapable of installing Adobe 9.3.
> 
> But I don't want to learn how.  I want some non-bloated Windows program that 
> reads PDF files and that I can trust.  And if my wife wins the lottery, I'm 
> closing down my business and removing Windows from my desktop and laptop.
> 
> Thanks for any recommendations.
> 
> Bob

Last I checked there were no superb alternatives to Adobe Reader on the
Windows platform. Something that might be workable for you is Sumatra
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

Looks like evince is now on windows (it's the default in most gnome
based installs) but I've never tried it on windows.
http://download.gnome.org/binaries/win32/evince/2.30/evince-2.30.0.msi

Adobe's reader has been bloated for years, Air is similar to XUL from
Mozilla, basically a library which people can make desktop based flash
applications with. It has interesting potential but like
Itunes/Quicktime I really wish it wasn't bundled into a behemoth that
eats memory whole and doesn't let you turn it off.

Good luck,
Alex
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