good pdf viewer
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FrillyBits
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STDU Viewer
I used Sumatra for a long time and it is great for just reading PDFs.
But then I found the totally free (no nags etc) STDU (Scientific and Tecnical Document Utility) which is still a tiny 3.3 MB installed or get the Portable version.
It can read PDF plus documents I have never heard of, view images and many more features.
Like Sumatra there are no browser add-ons just download and open with.
Have a look @
http://www.stdutility.com/stduviewer.html
I used Sumatra for a long time and it is great for just reading PDFs.
But then I found the totally free (no nags etc) STDU (Scientific and Tecnical Document Utility) which is still a tiny 3.3 MB installed or get the Portable version.
It can read PDF plus documents I have never heard of, view images and many more features.
Like Sumatra there are no browser add-ons just download and open with.
Have a look @
http://www.stdutility.com/stduviewer.html
This looks awesome, I haven't tried it yet so I can't say anything about it other than what I've seen on link you posted, but if it does what it says it does then I'm going to replace my sumatra
Doogledude123
New Member
Why not just use Adobe Reader?
FrillyBits
New Member
Minimal impact
As explained:
Also, if I recall correctly, Adobe is over 100 MB installed while STDU is 3.3 MB and Sumatra is less.
For those who read, edit etc PDFs often then Adobe is possibly best for them.
I read a PDF about once a month (bank stuff) and never edit only copy some text occasionally.
alexr1090 and I (and millions of others) simply don't need Adobe
As explained:
Also, if I recall correctly, Adobe is over 100 MB installed while STDU is 3.3 MB and Sumatra is less.
For those who read, edit etc PDFs often then Adobe is possibly best for them.
I read a PDF about once a month (bank stuff) and never edit only copy some text occasionally.
alexr1090 and I (and millions of others) simply don't need Adobe
FrillyBits said:
FrillyBits gives the reasons. I'll expand a little bit because I think many people use Adobe Reader and don't know the negative aspects of it. Why I no longer use Adobe Reader:
- As FrillyBits said, Adobe is good for people who need all of it's resources. The resources that come with Adobe Reader, however, are unnecessary to me ( I don't think that there is a way to keep these resources from loading every time Adobe Reader is started ). Because of this, my computer's cpu, memory, & hard drive are being used unnecessarily.
- The second reason I no longer use Adobe Reader is the poor job it does of removing its files when uninstalled from a computer. After I uninstalled Adobe Reader and scanned the registry using Revo Uninstaller, I found that the pdf reader left lots of files in my registry. The reason's I came up with as to why Adobe doesn't get rid of these files:
- The files are useless but Adobe simply doesn't care about leaving junk in the registry so they don't bother to delete it.
- The files are malicious in some way(spyware, adware, etc.).
- The unnecessary screen that loads whenever it is run. A lot of programs do this nowadays and mostly it's just cheap advertising and when it comes to a program I don't like (such as Adobe Reader), I don't want to see it.
- It automatically puts itself into the group of programs that start automatically every time Windows is logged into.
I wouldn't mind this if, when installing Adobe Reader, I was asked whether I wanted this option or not and I clicked yes. But I wasn't asked, rather, when writing this program, Adobe decided to put its reader in this group automatically. This added to my dislike of the program. My thoughts: 'I don't read pdf files every time I log onto my computer, I don't want your program to put itself in that list, especially without prompting me first (with expletives about Adobe in there as wellThese reasons have added up and I have decided that I no longer want to use Adobe Reader.
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