> > 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. Hmm.. I think just the opposite, at least on my computer with LCD screen, Adobe fonts don't render as dark - they almost look grey instead of black. > 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. Ok, side by side comparison with the same Mchip app note file -yep the graphics don't seem to be as clear. Of coarse when I open Adobe, first it complaind about the file needing a newer version of Acrobat (even though the app note is dated 2005, and Acrobat was updated a couple weeks ago) > 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 Either way, I just like the idea that I have a choice. It was probably just a foolish assumption, but before I was under the impresion that PDF was a propriatary format and I _had_ to use Acrobat to read them. -Denny -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist