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- Requirements:
Windows Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
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- Date Added:
September 18, 2008
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Publisher's description of Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader: Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 2.55 MB which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 22 MB size. Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc. Annotation tool: Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document. Save fillable forms after filling them out so you can continue anytime. Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file. High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission while other PDF readers often silently connect.
Version 2.3 Build 3309 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Editor's review of Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
5.0 stars
- "Light and easy"
To put it gently, Adobe Reader is a real pain in the hindquarters. It's monstrously large, slow to load, and includes many features most users will hardly ever need. Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the bloat and throws in some neat features, such as annotation tools, while still allowing you to read PDF documents.
The interface mimics Adobe's, so you won't have to change your reading habits. In our test, the text readability wasn't much inferior to Acrobat's. The 3.6 MB program starts surprisingly fast compared to Acrobat. You might need to fiddle a bit to get it to work with your Internet browser, but you can find help on Foxit's support forums. It's a nice touch that it opens PDFs from the Internet in their own Foxit window, instead of sucking resources from within the browser.
Foxit's biggest flaw in the old version was hogging memory and that has been corrected. Recent updates include fixing the hyperlink problem, multimedia support, printing highlighted-only sections, and tabbed PDF browsing, so you can read multiple PDFs simultaneously and with ease. The biggest change in this version is a collaborative tool called OnDemand. It requires free registration, but allows users to share and edit PDFs from within the Foxit interface. Overall, unless you're tied to Adobe we strongly recommend this freeware competitor.
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User reviews of Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 503 votes
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
"Good Job - Foxit Reader are excellent PDF reader"
Pros: Small footprint, easy to install, run from anywhere, good features, and Foxit Reader provide us with plugin which came very handy.
Cons: Search text in Foxit have some minor bug, sometimes we must press 'next search' twice to jump to another search result.
Summary: When Acrobat Reader hang when i open some of my Pdf, Foxit read it with smoothly and without complaining. Foxit is really fast. Try it, and see the different
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
Pros: its easy to use
Cons: there's nothing i don't like about this product
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
Pros: Small size (7.91mb installed) lite weight (8.5mb+ depending on the file), fast alternative to Adobe Reader.
Cons: Paper scaling could be more incremental or perhaps user defined. Sometimes 100% or "fit to paper" is too large and 75% is too small for printing.
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Adobe Reader needs to to load a pre-start process at startup to be as fast as Foxit Reader which does not run until asked for. There is no Spyware as some have indicated. You don'... read more >>
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Version: Foxit Reader 2.3 Build 3309
"VERY GOOD ,THEY DID IT AGAIN"
Pros: SIMPLE TO USE,A FAST WORKING.
Cons: THEY DON,T HAVE MORE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
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