Speeding up Acrobat Reader

[CityK]

Although I think someone might have once alluded to this, but I thought it worthwhile to post:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=20055

Its a speed demon now! (and I'm not joking).

 

[blakerwry]

i might try that if I ever need to upgrade past 4.x

 

[blakerwry]

btw, the same thing applies to photoshop and probably every other adobe program. It's a common photoshop tweak.

 

[sechs]

Please remember that you don't get access to those plugin's fuctionalities if they are not loaded....

 

[Fushigi]

You could always selectively add back in the plugins you do use.

 

[CityK]

Yep. I did forget to mention that. However, my needs with Acrobat are rather trivial, and that inquirer "fix" does the trick for me.

 

[zx]

Nice tweak. Now, to find the plugins that are really worth while!

 

[CougTek]

Wow, it's pestacular. Thanks

Watching my price lists won't be such a chore anymore.

 

[GMac]

Crikey - you certainly notice the difference Nice tip!

GM

 

[Splash]

Well, I hate to break it to everyone here, but doing this trick with the Plug-Ins folder is hardly anything new. In fact, it's a more-than-a-decade-old trick for troubleshooting Photoshop.

Make a folder named "Disabled Plug-Ins" and copy certain plug-ins... blah blah blah...

 

[blakerwry]

btw, the same thing applies to photoshop and probably every other adobe program. It's a common photoshop tweak.

 

[CityK]

Without knowing this though, whose to know? I generally associate pluggins as something that I add to a program, not something that is added by default. It would have been nice if Adobe allowed you to choose the pluggins at install (maybe they do, and maybe I missed it or wasn't grasping what they were offering?).

Also, I counted 21 xxxx.api files in the pluggin folder. It appears that several of them have dependencies, as removing them on an individual basis may end up with Acrobat crashing -- definitely not conducive for the end user to tailor Acrobat to their liking. In fact, without specific knowledge of what api's can be removed without causing a crash, it is easy for the end user to assume that these are required by the program to function properly.

 

[blakerwry]

That's adobe for you. They cater to mac users 1st and foremost. Which leaves windows users often asking for more in several areas.

 

[Computer Generated Baby]

That's adobe for you. They cater to mac users 1st and foremost. Which leaves windows users often asking for more in several areas.

But, then there's Adobe Premiere Pro (a.k.a. Premiere 7.0); no Macintosh version planned.

 

[mangyDOG]

Instead of mucking around removing (and re-adding) plugins for Acrobat reader why not just use the basic version as opposed to the full version of reader. The basic versions opens up in <5secs on an old P2-400 with 4Gb drive, not to bad. I admit you are still stuffed if you are using the full Acrobat program, but that is what insanely fast computers are for...wasting CPU cycles on processing badly written software :wink:

 

[CityK]

There's a basic version!?

 

[CityK]

Just d/l'ed the basic. Will try tomorrow evening...too tired now.

 

[CougTek]

I hope the guy who kicked Shela Copps out of Hamilton isn't your new sig. CityK. He's criminaly ugly.

 

[Computer Generated Baby]

The "Basic" Acrobat Reader versions are here:


http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html#601uxbasic

 

[CityK]

Basic works well.