Best Acrobat Reader

[Clocker]

Which version do think is the best? 6.0 seems too bloated. I have 5.05 sitting here waiting to install but I can get all the other old versions too. Whcih would you install?

C

 

[Clocker]

All versions can be found here by the way:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat

C

 

[Mercutio]

I install 5.1 after finding that version 4 doesn't open some new Acrobat documents.

 

[Pradeep]

Acrobat 6 is my preference, there was a link on the Inq or something where you could remove a bunch of plug-ins and crap to speed up the load time.

 

[sechs]

I use Acrobat 6 myself.

The next version will address the load time issues....

 

[mubs]

I had 5.1 installed, and it was excruciatingly slow. 15 seconds to redraw a one page pdf ~ 420KB. I said redraw, as in if you scrolled all the way to the bottom. HW config: 2xP3-900, 1GB, Radeon 32MB (original). Switching to a Radeon 9000 w/64MB made no difference. You'd think the stupid thing would be in the veido card's RAM already! The m/b has a 1x/2x AGP slot.

I uninstalled 5.1 and installed 5.05 - blazingly fast. With some pdfs I do get a whine window that newer features cannot be displayed.

Along with jtr, I'm probably using the slowest system here, so nobody else will probably feel the pain as much as I did.

 

[Tea]

5.x

No contest.

6.x suckz

 

[The JoJo]

5.1

Hmmm, maybe I should try 5.05?

 

[Clocker]

Since this is for my 500mhz laptop, I think I go with the 5.05 I've already downloaded then. Thanks guys.

C

 

[Fushigi]

Acrobat 6 is my preference, there was a link on the Inq or something where you could remove a bunch of plug-ins and crap to speed up the load time.

Works on all 5.x and up (at least; haven't tries in on 4.x). Rename the plugins directory (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\plug_ins) to something else. I use un_plug_ins. Reader will load very fast. If you actually find a plugin that's needed, close reader, rename the dir back to plug_ins, restart Reader. Rename back to un_plug_ins when done.

Alternately, rename the dir, create a new plug_ins dir, and only copy into it the plug ins you actually use regularly.

 

[miksmi]

Acrobat 6 is my preference, there was a link on the Inq or something where you could remove a bunch of plug-ins and crap to speed up the load time.

Hi Pradeep,

Thanks for the reference. I found the article:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11041

 

[mubs]

I never found load times bothersome. It was after AcroReader and the file were loaded that speed became an issue. As such, I think the plug-ins trick will do nuttin fer me. I read that article on the Inq too. 8)

 

[Buck]

5.1

 

[CityK]

Although it sounds like Kevin has already settled on 5.1, I just wanted to pipe up and put my vote in for the v6 basic, as oppsosed to its full version counterpart. Details outlined in this thread here.

 

[CityK]

er, at least Buck's settled on 5.1

 

[e_dawg]

I prefer Acrobat 4.0 full over anything. Unfortunately, it can't read some of the PDF's created by newer versions -- especially those e-Books with security and payment authentication features built-in.

Speaking of which, man do I hate e-Books purchased online. Lost $50 after purchasing non-functional e-Books where amazon says it's Adobe's fault, talk to them and Adobe says it's Amazon's fault, talk to them.

 

[Pradeep]

On an Acrobat related note, at work I sometimes have to deal with hundreds of PDFs. Is there a tool of somesort that allows me to point it into a directory full of pdfs, and it would give me back the number of pages in each pdf, and/or the total number of pages? It's a pain having to open each one individually.

TIA.

 

[Pradeep]

Ooops, nevermind, I should have spent 5 secs with Google before asking.

http://www.appligent.com/products/free_product_list.html

 

[miksmi]

Pradeep, nice find of some nifty PDF tools.

 

[mangyDOG]

Version 6 is fine but only if you use the basic version, the full version is like driving with the handbrake on...

cheers,
mangyDOG