Firefox and Adobe Reader

[awf170]

What is with adobe reader on firefox it freezes everytime, is there something you can download to fix it.... i hate pdf files(never understood the point)

 

[Greg]

(never understood the point)

It's meant to be a common document format readable by any operating system.

 

[bvibert]

Yeah, what Greg said. I've never had any problems with locking up here, it usually takes it time loading though. Are you using the latest versions of FF and Adobe?

 

[riverc0il]

adoboe acrobat is the biggest slug in the history of modern personal computer software. the point is a document is viewable on every computer exactly the same way and 'most' users can not manipulate or change the document unless they have a PDF converter which aren't cheap enough for the average user to justify the cost.

my recommendation is dump adobe acrobat like a bad habit. there are other quick and faster readers available on the net.

 

[SkiDog]

Get the latest version of Friefox and the extension PDF Download. Works great now, but I do know what you mean with earlier versions.

M

 

[ctenidae]

I've never had a problem with it, and the reader opens faster on my pokey old system at home running Firefox than it does on my new sytem at work running XP. Of course, I also have the full-on Adobe suite at work, so that may have something to do with it. Plus XP. I miss my old NT4 system...

 

[bvibert]

my recommendation is dump adobe acrobat like a bad habit. there are other quick and faster readers available on the net.

Good tip! I never even thought to look for another reader. I just went searching and easily found Foxit PDF Reader. So far this program seems to work great, very fast!

 

[awf170]

my recommendation is dump adobe acrobat like a bad habit. there are other quick and faster readers available on the net.

Good tip! I never even thought to look for another reader. I just went searching and easily found Foxit PDF Reader. So far this program seems to work great, very fast!

how do u make it ur default reader?

 

[bvibert]

how do u make it ur default reader?

When you first open the program it will ask you if you want it to be the default reader. This doesn't seem to have any affect in FF though it works in IE. I tend to download most PDFs anyway so its not too big of a deal to me. To make downloading them easier you can install the PDF Download extension which will prompt you to either download or open in a new tab everytime you click on a PDF link. Or if you never want to view them in the browser you can turn off the PDF reader plugin for FF so it makes you download them everytime. There may be another reader out there with a plug-in for FF also, which would be ideal...

 

[kickstand]

Acrobat Reader is the biggest pain in the arse. On my PC, if I view a file via Explorer, after I close it, acroread.exe sits in the backgrounds and chews up memory, to the tune of between 20-25mb. Not a huge amount, but when you're running some of the apps I need to for my job, that's a lot. When my PC slows to a crawl, guaranteed acroread.exe is in the background.

 

[bvibert]

I just checked and acroread32.exe disapears when I close Acrobat... Kinda weird that your's doesn't.

 

[kickstand]

I just checked and acroread32.exe disapears when I close Acrobat... Kinda weird that your's doesn't.

do you open Acrobat itself or do you use the plug-in?

 

[bvibert]

I opened Acrobat itself.

 

[kickstand]

I use it as a plug-in. Maybe as a standalone its cleaner, but there is definitely something wrong when it is opened via IE. Could be an IE bug, but we all know Microsoft products don't have bugs, only features.

 

[bvibert]

I use it as a plug-in. Maybe as a standalone its cleaner, but there is definitely something wrong when it is opened via IE. Could be an IE bug, but we all know Microsoft products don't have bugs, only features.

:lol: A bug in a Microsoft product, no way! :lol: Do yourself a favor and dump IE for Firefox. I'm not saying it'll fix your Acrobat problem, but it can't hurt.

 

[kickstand]

I have Firefox and I started using it shortly before I went on vacation. When I came back, I just went back to IE because I'm more familiar with it. It took me forever to move away from Netscape Navigator in favor of IE. You think I'd jump away from IE any chance I got.

 

[bvibert]

Give Firefox a chance, its actually much easier to use than IE and its got way more/better features...

 

[riverc0il]

my recommendation is dump adobe acrobat like a bad habit. there are other quick and faster readers available on the net.

Good tip! I never even thought to look for another reader. I just went searching and easily found Foxit PDF Reader. So far this program seems to work great, very fast!

i downloaded foxit as well. additionally, i have the pdf extension for firefox.

 

[riverc0il]

I have Firefox and I started using it shortly before I went on vacation. When I came back, I just went back to IE because I'm more familiar with it. It took me forever to move away from Netscape Navigator in favor of IE. You think I'd jump away from IE any chance I got.

especially considering firefox is developed by mozilla which is essentially what used to be netscape or something along those lines. i do not remember the exact time line, but if you download mozilla it looks and feels and loads as slow as netscape, yuck! firefox is completely different than mozilla or netscape though, any ways... down with microsoft no matter what you use.

speaking of down with microsoft, check out open office instead of shelling out $400 claims for MS pro...
http://www.openoffice.org/

 

[bvibert]

speaking of down with microsoft, check out open office instead of shelling out $400 claims for MS pro...
http://www.openoffice.org/

I've looked at that in the past, but it did't look too complete so I didn't mess with it. I'm downloading it now to give it another chance. Thanks for the link!