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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 07, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,711,305
- Downloads last week: 9,628
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 774 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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 2.3 kills the bloat and throws in some neat features, such as annotation tools, while still allowing you to read PDF documents.
The interface mimics Adobe's, so you won't have to change your reading habits. In our test, the text readability wasn't much inferior to Acrobat's. The 2.6 MB program starts surprisingly fast compared to Acrobat. 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 :The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader: Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 2.55 MB which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 22 MB size. Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc. Annotation tool: Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document. Save fillable forms after filling them out so you can continue anytime. Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file. High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission while other PDF readers often silently connect. Version 2.3 build 3201 fixed some major bugs of the early versions and makes Foxit Reader more stable and user-friendly.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.3 build 3201 fixed some major bugs of the early versions and makes Foxit Reader more stable and user-friendly.
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User reviews of Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 774 votes
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
Pros: better then adobe and small on size
Cons: none
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
Pros: Fast, no nonsense, no hangups
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
"You couldn't ask for better--and it's free!"
Pros: I've been in the industry a long time, and this is such an easy program to use and work with that sometimes I forget that's what I'm doing. Get it--now.
Cons: Nothing
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
Pros: Extremely fast to load, very well compatible and small installation
Cons: no portable device syncing
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 build 3201
"Not great with maps, but reccommended for fast loading"
Pros: It starts faster than Adobe, and it's easy to use.
Cons: Although it starts faster, while I look at large maps in Foxit, sometimes there are display issues. It also starts the zoom at different levels randomly. It's not as simple or fast as it could be. The reader automatically loads a bunch of options that are only available in advanced versions that you have to buy. All the average user needs are a few basic options.
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