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Used the PC Version before. Much Faster than Adobe Reader. Try it please!
Link is now in English
Sorry about the language issue…
Foxit Mobile PDF Free for a Limited Time (Used to Be $2.99)
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sorry again…
Note that this deal is only for Apple users. Android version is still $3.00.
^^^^^ THIS NEEDS TO BE IN THE TOPIC DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!
foxit is still so awesome tho, so you still get a + from me. been using it for years on my pc
Once Foxit started bundling what I would describe as malware and force installing it I have no trust for them. But I suppose it's free.
While I consider having to uncheck boxes during install to avoid crapware to be -dirty- I wouldn't consider it to be forcing.
When I see "Try it please" (why ?) I am suspicious. I suggest people avoid Foxit entirely.
I tested the PC version of Foxit extensively in the past. Foxit is very widely promoted by bloggers and uncritical reviewers all over the web, some of whom are getting some incentive to promote it.
I found its compatibility with PDF to be poor, it frequently displayed files as corrupt or gibberish, with text and graphics poorly aligned, and the PC version had intrusive ads and toolbars (it wouldn't be the only free utility to do this).
For Windows, the best PDF reader I have found is this one:
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewerBeing free, it does offer sponsorship, but you can reliably switch it off, the product has almost perfect PDF compatibility over the long term. It is very rare that a PDF file contains something that it cannot display perfectly.
During installation, be sure to de-select the ASK toolbar (useless rubbish and bad search) that it offers, and after installation, go into preferences (the bottom one) and remove all the search engines(on Vista and Win 7 you may need to initially run as administrator to do this). This takes a few seconds and you will never be bothered with advertising or bloatware again.
PDF exchange is awesome. I made the switch 4years ago and haven't looked back. So much better than foxit.
Thanks for the tip! I am not happy with the normal reader but was not that impressed with Foxit either… will give it a shot.
why not just stick with acrobat reader?
Not sure about acrobat reader x now, but normal acrobat is very limited in features e. G. Annotation tools which is essential for people who study texts. Also it is incredibly slow to open files. As above, PDF exchange changed my academic life.
You are a "nerd…" but you are not aware that Adobe Reader has a very bad history of multiple serious security vulnerabilities over a very long period of time ?
See https://www.adobe.com/support/security/ for just a start.
Adobe Reader has been implemented carelessly and with functionality way exceeding what is generally needed in such a product, and Adobe has been slow to roll out fixes and has never been able to fix it properly and get the vulnerabilities under control. A .pdf document can contain an invisible malicious program which can do serious damage.
Any Windows system that has Reader installed is vulnerable to an attack as simple as an attached .pdf document arriving by e-mail and being opened, and your anti-malware will generally not detect this attack. The simplest way to protect a Windows system is to remove Adobe Reader and replace it with an alternative .pdf reader that simply displays .pdf documents and is not capable of running programs that can harm the system.
sumatra pdf is pretty good for windows .
Its only a few mb whereas adobe is like 200 or something stupid.
This is the iOS version of the app not the windows. Never used the windows but i just tested this app vs others I have on my iPhone 4S (using the same PDF file for all, a 3.5mb 300page document, opening via dropbox).
Just in terms of speeds to load and rendering random pages my results were:
1) Foxit Fastest (no checkerboarding at all, fast loading)
2) Kindle (a little slower to load but once done instant)
3) ReaddleDocs (about maybe 0.1 seconds of checkerboarding on new pages)
4) Dropbox (slow to load but once done does an alright job but crashed a couple of times and harder to navigate)
5) Adobe Reader (noticably slower to load as well as rendering)Other apps that stuffed up while testing iBooks and Smart Office 2, both could not open it.
That said foxit had limited functionality in other respects (no dropbox support inbuilt, no table of contents support).
My advice is (out the apps i tested): Foxit is the fastest, ReaddleDocs does the most, Kindles a good choice if you can't get the others free.
Of course there are tons of other free iOS PDF viewers out there so its not like ur limited for choice.
Thanks for this. I read a lot of music PDFs that were slow when turning the pages. I found foxit to be faster than anything I've had. But sidebooks is even faster.
Should probably mention in the title its only for apple devices… would love it on android
Much thanks, OP.
I jumped on this thinking it was for Android.
OP update your title please.
it appears only the lite version is free now.
Link is in chinese. Please change and elaborate in your description.