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Foxit Reader 2.0 released!
by Ryan Carter Sep 13th 2006 at 5:25PM
Yesterday I started waiting for an Adobe Acrobat PDF file to open. I am still waiting for the thing to open. Alright, you got me, I actually end-tasked it, 86'd it, killed the process, you get the idea. I don't have the time or patience to put up with that. Adobe Acrobat Reader has some issues, like loading a file quickly, not crashing the browser, things like that. Foxit Reader puts Adobe Acrobat Reader in its place, that's right the gar-bage. We told first you about Foxit back in 2005, but the new version was just released, now Foxit 2.0. Foxit Software's website also got a complete make-over as well. Foxit Reader is free for download, and did I mention I am un-installing Adobe's Reader right now? Ahhh, that feel better. Foxit rocks it![Thanks, Spluch!]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pappu said 4:49AM on 8-23-2008
hi !!
i want a foxit reader 2.0 not 2.3
thanx
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Little Nemo said 6:30PM on 9-13-2006
Ever tried to print with this proggy? In that case you would have never put the adobe reader with the garbage.
My 2cnts: Use Foxit to read, Adobe to print your pdf-files.
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rober said 7:53PM on 9-13-2006
Printing works fine for me. Great program.
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MarkL said 10:16PM on 9-13-2006
The Foxit image/logo above links to the 'Webmonkey: How to write your first Firefox extension' article (or was when I wrote this) and not http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php as I suspect it should ;)
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strawbeard said 10:18PM on 9-13-2006
Just tried Foxit 2.0: _Bold_ text esp. in headings looks ugly on the _screen_ and on paper; letter 'u' is lower than the other lower-case letters; letters are too close to each other and un-evenly spaced. No match for Acroread. Example file used: http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/7/780.1.de.pdf (sorry, German [law] text, but it's only the appearance that matters).
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SP said 12:30PM on 9-14-2006
#4, strawbeard, I'm no typography expert but I opened your link with FI2.0 and it looked fine and clean. Most importantly, it opened wicked fast!
Heck, I just want a reader that operates quick, without all gunk that comes with Acrobloat. You may not uninstall Acrobloat, but I think you'll come to appreciate the efficiency of FI as your default reader.
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