PDF Reader Poll (Multiple Choice)

Discussion in 'polls' started by datarishik, May 5, 2012.

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What PDF reader do you use?

  1. Adobe Reader

    55 vote(s)
    20.2%
  2. Foxit Reader

    63 vote(s)
    23.2%
  3. Sumatra PDF

    71 vote(s)
    26.1%
  4. PDF-XChange Viewer

    76 vote(s)
    27.9%
  5. Built-in reader in Chromium based browsers

    26 vote(s)
    9.6%
  6. Nitro PDF

    15 vote(s)
    5.5%
  7. Evince

    6 vote(s)
    2.2%
  8. MuPDF

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Okular

    9 vote(s)
    3.3%
  10. Preview

    3 vote(s)
    1.1%
  11. Other

    26 vote(s)
    9.6%
  12. None

    2 vote(s)
    0.7%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. carat

    carat Guest

    +1 :doubt:
     
  2. chrisretusn

    chrisretusn Registered Member

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    Nitro PDF
    Okular
     
  3. TheKid7

    TheKid7 Registered Member

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    Which PDF Readers have support for East Asian Languages?

    I know that Foxit and Adobe have East Asian Language Support, but what about the others?
     
  4. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

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    Nitro PDF reader. I find it to be quite fast, no bloatware and user friendly Microsoft Office style GUI.
     
  5. Creer

    Creer Registered Member

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    PDF-XChange Viewer
     
  6. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    PDF-XChange for me.

    I used to use Foxit.
     
  7. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

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    Chrome's built-in and Google Docs Viewer for Linux Chromium. Don't keep anything else permanently due to lack of use.
     
  8. TheKid7

    TheKid7 Registered Member

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    I started using PDF-XChange on one PC not long ago. I still use Foxit on the other two PC's. If PDF-XChange works out OK for me, I will switch to PDF-XChange on the other two PC's.
     
  9. Noob

    Noob Registered Member

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    I've always used Adobe Reader religiously since it simply works but after i checked this tread i decided to tried other options and now im using Foxit, fast and simple!
     
  10. FreddyFreeloader

    FreddyFreeloader Registered Member

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    Tejas
  11. Krysis

    Krysis Registered Member

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    DownUnder
    PDF-XChange for me :thumb:
     
  12. guest

    guest Guest

    Google Chrome. If I was using a separated PDF viewer it'd be SumatraPDF.
     
  13. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Registered Member

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    'Other' - I used PDF.JS in Chrome.
     
  14. wolfrun

    wolfrun Registered Member

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    North America

    Palemoon built in viewer and SumatraPDF.
     
  15. Noob

    Noob Registered Member

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    Some websites does not allows me to load PDF's on Chrome so i need one. :)
     
  16. Yakuman

    Yakuman Registered Member

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    PDF-XChange Editor -- ever since they released the new v3 (successor to the Viewer), I've never been as happy to find something that can finally rival (and with certain content surpasses) Adobe Reader's text rendering quality.:thumb:. I tested just about every other free reader and they all share the old weaknesses of fuzzy/blurry text.
     
  17. moontan

    moontan Registered Member

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    voted PDF X-Change.

    it's fast in daily use.
     
  18. CrusherW9

    CrusherW9 Registered Member

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    Built in Firefox viewer.
     
  19. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    Foxit Reader is still the best IMO, I really hated the Adobe Reader. :)
     
  20. TheKid7

    TheKid7 Registered Member

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    I didn't realize until a couple of days ago that Firefox had added a basic pdf reader starting with a recent version of Firefox. Sometimes I could not read a pdf document and there was a message something about using a different pdf reader to view the pdf document. Initially I blamed this problem on Foxit Reader. Now I know to change the default pdf reader in Firefox to Foxit Reader.
     
  21. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    I'm still using an old version of Foxit Reader, but looks like I will be switching to PDF-XChange Viewer. :)
     
  22. Page42

    Page42 Registered Member

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    This poll respectfully needs to be retired.
    The dates are ancient. Lots of water under the bridge.
    Hopefully someone steps in with a new poll.
     
  23. ams963

    ams963 Registered Member

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    I love Sumatra pdf. It's so light, fast and small! Just like WSA. :thumb:
     
  24. ance

    ance formerly: fmon

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    Rest in peace PDF Reader Poll.
     
  25. jadinolf

    jadinolf Registered Member

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    I've switched to Sumatra.

    So nice to discover that it's download did not contain hidden malware.
     
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