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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- Date added: September 02, 2009
- Total Downloads: 2,423,037
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 892 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on December 08, 2008
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.
Publisher's description
From Foxit Software :Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. In the past, you've had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.1.1.0901 fixes the reported issue of Foxit Reader 3.1.0.824 crashing when users are viewing certain PDF files.
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User reviews of Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 892 votes
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
"Great PDF Reader with any browser, better than Adobe"
Pros: I like Foxit Reader because the use of it is easy, simple and fast. I discovered this reader while using Mozilla Firefox as my browser. When I changed, I still can easily read my pdf files with my new browser. To download newer versions is good
Cons: I have not had any problems with this reader.
Summary: I totally agree with Cnet editor's review, what Seth Rosenblatt said is true. I use to have Adobe pdf reader and I hate it. I thought I was doom forever to be stuck with it. It's wonderful to have competitors to give use more options and choices.
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
"It solved a problem with no other solution."
Pros: I am a House Call technician for our computer club. I have had several calls recently where there is a conflict with Adobe Reader 9 on Windows XP systems. The Adobe Reader was uninstalled and Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901 was installed. Solved!
Cons: I have no problems with the product.
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
"light and simple but powerful"
Pros: can do anything what adobe reader can
Cons: trouble opening/connecting to server when opening pdf web pages causing the browser to hang
Summary: a very light and simple pdf reader with a lot of features comparable to adobe reader. i had trouble opening pdf web pages though. it seems that it cannot connect to the server and i have to open the task manager to terminate the process with the ser... read more >>
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
"Excellent product, highly recommend it!"
Pros: Easy to use and light weight
Cons: None so far
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Version: Foxit Reader 3.1.1.0901
Pros: ABILITY TO EDIT EASILY
Cons: CANNOT THINK OF ANY
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