Filed under: Windows, Office, Open Source
Open source Adobe Reader alternative Sumatra PDF hits version 1.0
by Lee Mathews Nov 17th 2009 at 6:00PM
Today, Sumatra has finally hit version 1.0. Sumatra's a pretty bare-bones application, so don't expect any mind-blowing changes. What the new update boils down to is better compatibility, bug fixes, and performance tweaks.
Installed, Sumatra barely makes a dent in your drive space (not that you're counting at a few cents per gig), and it's very light on memory usage as well. The 277-page ebook I've got open is using just under 20Mb.
There's also a portable version available - an excellent way to make sure you've got a slim, speedy PDF reader with you wherever you take your flash drive. Both the installer and zip file are available for download from the author's site.
Chromatic is one of the best time-wasters I've recently come across. It's all about the gameplay -- no Flash graphics here. You play a "circle" (it doesn't really have a name in the game). You move around with the arrow keys, and you change colors with Z, X, and C.
You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ji said 6:28PM on 11-17-2009
Nothing beats Sumatra!
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Rollins said 6:58PM on 11-17-2009
Is it any better than Foxit? I'll have to give it a shot sometime.
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hazard said 8:58PM on 11-17-2009
Sumatra and Foxit are good at reading but pants when it comes to printing - unfortunately nothing comes close to Adobe Reader for this.
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jnjoblon said 5:16PM on 11-18-2009
This is a great program and I'm using it from now on.
Just sucks you still have to use Adobe Reader to fill forms on PDF's
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nk019 said 10:30PM on 11-19-2009
Sumatra is a great app. I use it all the time on my Netbook. Going to install the new version.
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