Rolf wrote:
> Denny Esterline wrote:
>   
>> I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of acrobat's grief - constant updates, bloat, nag screens, slow, etc.
>>
>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/
>>
>> I'll never go back.
>>
>> -Denny
>>
>> (just a happy user)
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
> The Foxit 2.0 has been released today (no longer Beta), I'll give that 
> one a whirl. See what happens.
>
> Rolf
>   
Initial impressions:
1. fonts do not render as clearly as Adobe. I feel like the screen is 
blurry in Foxit, but Adobe is sharp.
2. The "Fit Width" Option does not fit things the way I would expect. 
Lots of border on each side of page. Fit Page puts it at 80% zoom, when 
100% zoom shows the complete page on my screen.
3. Printing for me was fine.
4. Load time is substantially improved (Compared to Adobe).
5. Not integrated with FireFox...
6. Diagrams in DataSheets are not rendered as cleanly  in Foxit as they 
are in Adobe (Circuit lines that all appear with the same width in Adobe 
have varying widths in Foxit). Printing the same page from both Foxit 
and Adobe produced *identical* results (and I tried *very* hard to see 
differences - even putting both prints together with a bright light 
behind it - exactly the same), even with the diagrams that looked 
different on screen.

I'd summarize that my initial impression is that Foxit is quicker, but 
at the expense of on-screen render quality.

I'll keep it as my default PDF viewer for a while, and get a better feel 
for it.

Rolf
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