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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
1,695,976
- Operating Systems:
Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
June 19, 2009
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Publisher's description of Foxit Reader
From Foxit Software:Foxit Reader is a PDF viewer that launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
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Editor's review of Foxit Reader
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- "Light and easy"
- Reviewed on: December 8, 2008
- Version reviewed: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
To put it gently, Adobe Reader is a real pain in the hindquarters. It's monstrously large, slow to load, and includes many features most users will hardly ever need. Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the bloat and throws in some useful features, such as multimedia support and content-sharing options, while still allowing you to quickly access your PDFs.
The interface mimics Adobe's, so you won't have to change your reading habits. In our test, the text readability was similar. The small program starts surprisingly fast compared with Adobe. You might need to fiddle a bit to get it to work with your Internet browser, but you can find help on Foxit's support forums. It's a nice touch that it opens PDFs from the Internet in their own Foxit window, instead of sucking resources from within the browser.
Foxit's biggest flaw in the old version was hogging memory and that has been corrected. Recent updates include fixing the hyperlink problem, multimedia support, printing highlighted-only sections, and tabbed PDF browsing, so you can read multiple PDFs simultaneously and with ease. Overall, unless you're tied to Adobe we strongly recommend this freeware competitor.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 611 votes
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
"Does what it's supposed to do, and well."
Pros: Excellent is hard to beat!
Cons: No pitfalls encountered.
Summary: Excellent and cost-effective.
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
"Fantastic, a really helpful tool !"
Pros: The ability to type right on the document, with out paying for an expensive program
is the BEST!Cons: You do need to buy the program liscence to make a PDF.
Summary: Overall I am very satisfied with the Foxit Reader, it preforms better than the other PDF reader I've used in the past. I send me files in PDF format than I ever did before.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
"Works well, look out for unwanted programs."
Pros: I was having problems with adobe reader. I finally gave up trying to fix it and downloaded Foxit Reader instead. Works fine, solved my problem.
Cons: After I had downloaded it, I read in Wikipedia that Foxit often installs many unwanted programs on your computer. I had to uninstall some of them. Wish I had know that beforehand. I would have been more careful.
Summary: Bottom line: I still like Foxit Reader, but watch carefully during installation.
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
Pros: Nothing, it dosen't work.
Cons: Everything. I think?
Summary: A waste of space and my time.
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1817
Pros: -Speedy
-Low Resource Consumption
-PDF Browser PluginCons: -The Firefox plugin does not work in Windows Vista or Windows 7. I tried it on 4 different plugin browsers on both systems and they froze each time and I had to end the process. The plugin worked fine on Windows XP though.
Summary: Foxit Reader is a great alternative to Adobe however I cannot fully switch to it because I run Windows Vista and Windows 7 RC and the plugin just freezes my browser when I click a PDF link. I could set Firefox to open in the external app but I rathe... read more >>
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