Adobe Reader 8 includes new document viewing options, advanced collaboration, increased time-saving ways to work with PDF files, and other new features to help you more securely and consistently communicate and collaborate using PDF files.
Use the redesigned Adobe Reader 8 interface to select from a variety of new document viewing options. Zoom in, pan over, or leverage the loupe feature to take a closer look.
Launch an online, real-time meeting in seconds
Select “Start Meeting” in Reader 8 to deliver online training or communicate in real time. Set up shared, server-based document reviews. Leverage the new review tracker and simple RSS reader.
Secure existing workflows
Open, view, and collaborate on PDF document packages that contain Adobe PDF files and other files types. Try new markup and review tools, customizable toolbars, and combined search and find.
Download: Adobe Reader 8.0
Use the redesigned Adobe Reader 8 interface to select from a variety of new document viewing options. Zoom in, pan over, or leverage the loupe feature to take a closer look.
Launch an online, real-time meeting in seconds
Select “Start Meeting” in Reader 8 to deliver online training or communicate in real time. Set up shared, server-based document reviews. Leverage the new review tracker and simple RSS reader.
Secure existing workflows
Open, view, and collaborate on PDF document packages that contain Adobe PDF files and other files types. Try new markup and review tools, customizable toolbars, and combined search and find.
Download: Adobe Reader 8.0
BTW, it's loading very fast upon opening...
^- Direct link to the full download (no Adobe download manager) - 20MB.
Foxit Reader (Acrobat reader alternative) - 1.5MB.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
run the setup... it will uncompress the install files to here:
C:/Users/username/appdata/LocalLow/Netopsystems/temp/Acrobat Reader 8.0
copy that Acrobat directory to somewhere else (like your desktop) and run the setup from there.
yeah, go adobe.
Last edited by acrophile on 06 Dec 2006 - 01:15
Thanks but I'll pass, Foxit Reader does the job really well.
PDF is for print, SWF is for presentation, PDF has more parameters and specifications that print uses which SWF doesnt contain, SWF would need a revamping to do what PDF is capable of doing in the print world
The start up time is insanely fast. Nothing else is running when I double click a pdf and bam it's open, no stupid loading box. It's the way acrobat should have been from the beginning.
I love Foxit, and will keep using it as my primary pdf reader in all likelyhood, but this reader is greatly improved over the last one and the performance is just as good as Foxit's if you ask me.
I cannot believe there are PDF reader fanboys as well...
EDIT: I know the feature I like in AR8 is the fact that I can now copy text out easily like it's a word document and paste it in anything. Foxit, nor AR7 to my knowledge don't let you do this; it's merely a print facility to read...
Last edited by shade88 on 07 Dec 2006 - 02:25
1. Choose between a PowerPC and an Intel version of Adobe Reader on Adobe's website (apparently Adobe hasn't heard of Universal Binaries; I wonder if they're also going to release separate versions of CS3 for PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs)
2. Download an installer of a download manager
3. Install the download manager
4. In the aforesaid download manager, download an installer of Adobe Reader
5. Install Adobe Reader
6. Manually remove the download manager from my Utilities folder
Welcome to the Adobe experience. Honestly, for a company whose so many clients are Mac users, they really should learn to think different.
Now, back to using Preview for viewing PDFs.
I like Foxit more as well, but it's about performance rather than size. Would you not use Foxit if it were 20mb and Acrobat were 2mb?
EDIT: Oh, and this new reader is insanely better than 7.0
Last edited by shade88 on 06 Dec 2006 - 15:29
I like Foxit more as well, but it's about performance rather than size. Would you not use Foxit if it were 20mb and Acrobat were 2mb?
EDIT: Oh, and this new reader is insanely better than 7.0
If Foxit was 20 mb it would have exactly the same useless extra features in it like Adobe that i dont want or need, and i wouldnt be using it...if Adobe was 2mb then obviously it would be the lean trim basic reader that i desire and i would choose and use it first. The fact i can just unzip Foxit and use it with no install needed is a bonus, since i can carry it around on a USB stick too.
Filesize is irrelevent, i just dont need all the features that comes with adobe, doesnt matter if i have a T1 connection and 6 TB of diskspace or 56k and 4gig HD, i dont like wasting it on something with un-needed features when something 10x smaller does the same job with a lot less fuss. Same goes for just about all software that i use.
Fine, the feature set is a reason why to like/dislike something. As I said, I like the performance it gives, and the portability as well (I have it on my USB drives too).
But, if the file size is irrelevant, don't bother bringing it up as if it were an issue. Sure, it could be that the reason behind the file size is why adobe's reader is bloated, but there's nothing saying it cannot perform just as well as Foxit simply because of the size.
Does that make a 50mb distribution of Linux better than a 4gb? Not really. Is Visual Studio worse than notepad simply because it's grossly bigger even though they both are editors?
Foxit > Adobe Reader for most uses.
However, this Reader is much better than their previous version which was horrible, and warrants an install, especially if you ever get in a case where Foxit won't suffice. There are some neat things with this Reader too btw and the performance seems much better.
EDIT: Oh, and this new reader is insanely better than 7.0
Two thumbs up. Can't really believe it, after the bloatware that was 7 (and 5 and 6, for that matter). Almost comparable with foxit.
Why people are so ignorant and don't understand that not everyone has broadband or unlimited use connections is beyond me.
All good so far!
Thanks for the heads up.
NOTE: For people who are picky about which programs they have on in their Startup folder, I would advise you check your Startup folder after installing this update because it adds two new startup entries without your consent.
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