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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: September 18, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,759,934
- Downloads last week: 9,126
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 806 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 17, 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 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 3.6 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. The biggest change in this version is a collaborative tool called OnDemand. It requires free registration, but allows users to share and edit PDFs from within the Foxit interface. 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 3309 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version 2.3 Build 3309 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 806 votes
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
Pros: Very fast, easy to use and just what I wanted.
Cons: None that I can see
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
"fast n handy.... I always keep this app. in my UFD"
Pros: good for fast-need pdf reader
Cons: the display needs to be enhanced, but its fine overall
Summary: light n handy, simple usage, powerful enough 4 non pro's users.
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
"compatible con mozilla, lo principal"
Pros: It's easy to use
Cons: open the two programs together and complicated
Summary: I like this program, its interface is very good and did not find many differences with Adobe
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
"The product seems good, but free version is intrusive."
Pros: Free. Works well. Does everything I need it to do compared to Acrobat.
Cons: The free version is much more intrusive than necessary. The installation process by default included the installation of software that seems unrelated to Foxit's functionality, and unnecessary icons, toolbars and other items that are overkill.
Summary: Good program, but KEEP IT SIMPLE PLEASE! Given that this is billed as a lighter version of Acrobat, I would've expected and preferred much less overhead. At the very least there should be installation options to easily skip everything that isn't abs... read more >>
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
Pros: Much easier to work with than Acrobat
Cons: Haven't found any
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