why does the acrobat plugin suck so much?

blakerwry · May 16, 2003

why does the Adobe acrobat plugin suck so much?

I mean really... it doesn't exit after i close IE... it takes up 28MB of RAM even when it's not being used... it sometimes has problems with (i guess) bad pdf's causing it to not load/mess up the associated IE window...

I think I should get rid of the stupid plugin and have to select open/save the next time I encounter a pdf file on the web.

jtr1962 · May 17, 2003

Well, at least the window stays open reminding you that it still is open. Even worse are plug-ins or software that remains running in the background even after you have closed all open windows.

blakerwry · May 17, 2003

jtr1962 said:
Even worse are plug-ins or software that remains running in the background even after you have closed all open windows.

what do you mean? acrobat has done this to me for years in several computers. Even when there are no active windows using it, it takes up almost 30MB of RAM.

honold · May 17, 2003

i always disable the viewing within internet explorer - it takes longer as you have to download the entire pdf before viewing, but all the problems i've had with it were a result of browser integration

Jan Kivar · May 18, 2003

Reader's web-integration crashes in two ways (at least...): Either the browser crashes (like Blake said), and when I scroll to the next page too soon, I get document errors, as the next page hasn't been loaded yet. (sometimes the browser seems to hang, as there is the error window under the browser window, and the browser window is not responding. If I kill the browser, Reader still runs, and I have to kill it too (it uses 100% processor time until I kill it))

Blake, try waiting when You've closed the Reader-browser window (or stopped reading the document). The Reader .exe should unload itself from memory in time. (don't know whether a simple press of back-button would do it, or has the entire window have to be closed...)

Which version of Reader are You using? I'm still running 4.05, as the new 5.1 has annoying one second delay whenever I open a document and the Reader is not yet open. With 4.05 the document opens instantly, but with 5.1 the reader does nothing for one second, and then opens the document.

Cheers,

Jan

Jan Kivar · May 18, 2003

Jan Kivar said:
Blake, try waiting...

I wonder why there is a space between the "e" and comma? There is none in the code:

Code:

[quote="Jan Kivar"][b]Blake[/b], try waiting...[/quote]

Jan

PS. Blake, your involvement in this message is purely coincidental...

blakerwry · May 18, 2003

i don't see the "infamous space"...

um I'm using the newest version of acrobat reader.

Jan Kivar · May 20, 2003

blakerwry said:
i don't see the "infamous space"...

Were You just kidding?

Jan

blakerwry · May 20, 2003

heh. were you?

Howell · May 20, 2003

honold said:
i always disable the viewing within internet explorer - it takes longer as you have to download the entire pdf before viewing, but all the problems i've had with it were a result of browser integration

How do you disable that?

honold · May 20, 2003

edit / preferences / options / 'display pdf in browser'

Howell · May 21, 2003

honold said:
edit / preferences / options / 'display pdf in browser'

Note these are settings in the Reader not in IE.

Jan Kivar · May 21, 2003

blakerwry said:
heh. were you?

Prof.Wizard · May 21, 2003

honold said:
i always disable the viewing within internet explorer - it takes longer as you have to download the entire pdf before viewing, but all the problems i've had with it were a result of browser integration

Ditto.
I think the problem lies here...