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  • C Chris Maunder

    That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Amarnath S
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    I have realized one thing: Big companies produce bloated code which need large teams to maintain. Small companies produce just enough code for the apps to work nicely.

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    • C Chris Maunder

      That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      OriginalGriff
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      I use Corel PDF Fusion (because it came free with one or more versions of Paintshop Pro and it allows PDF editing as well) and that's "only" 134MB! Bear in mind that's 134MB of Corel product: and their company motto is "Bloat and add bugs". :laugh:

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        I don't use Foxit, has it all the add-ins to sign pdfs, comment, mark and so on?

        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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        Lost User
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        You can add comments in the free version, but if you want full editing then you need to pay. However, it is still the best basic reader.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          CPallini
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          It could have been worse. It could have been written in Java.

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          • C Chris Maunder

            That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            GKP1992
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            I have both Adobe Acrobat and Moon+ Reader, and I prefer Moon+ reader over adobe acrobat for mobile reading.

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            • C Chris Maunder

              That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              CodeWraith
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              Indeed. A while ago someone here sneered at me because he heard that I still write assembly programs on a 40 year old 8 bit computer and actually get something working in just 4k RAM. Even an icon as resource is far bigger today.

              Quote:

              Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You know, Number One, you missed something not playing with model ships. They were the source of imaginary voyages, each holding a treasure of adventures. Manning the earliest spacecraft, flying an aeroplane, with only one propeller to keep you in the sky. Can you imagine that?

              I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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              • C Chris Maunder

                That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                abmv
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                adobe acrobat has additional functionality like support for digital ceritifcates , cloud apis , plugins supporting adobe acrobat pro like forms etc... hence the size... normally meant for enterprise or corp environments....who use adobe..they other readers don't have to support all this...

                Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Rob Philpott
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                  Surely you mean 163.5 million bytes? Or are you using that simpleton MB for Apple users?

                  Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                    Surely you mean 163.5 million bytes? Or are you using that simpleton MB for Apple users?

                    Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                    CPallini
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                    He is correct: Kibibyte - Wikipedia[^].

                    (flame war on vexata questio arriving)

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                    • C CPallini

                      He is correct: Kibibyte - Wikipedia[^].

                      (flame war on vexata questio arriving)

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                      Rob Philpott
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                      Well, that depends on whether you accept the authority of a group who wish to redefine the meaning of an ubiquitous term stretching long into the past. I'll accept there's two mainstream meanings of MB out there today, but in my very humble opinion one is correct, and one is meddling. :)

                      Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        DerekT P
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                        Never heard of Foxit, but just downloaded free version (FoxitReader94) and the download is 74Mb... though it does seem to do a lot more than just display PDFs... good find, thank you!

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                        • D DerekT P

                          Never heard of Foxit, but just downloaded free version (FoxitReader94) and the download is 74Mb... though it does seem to do a lot more than just display PDFs... good find, thank you!

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                          Lost User
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                          I still use version 3.1: 9MB on disk and 8MB in memory.

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                          • D DerekT P

                            Never heard of Foxit, but just downloaded free version (FoxitReader94) and the download is 74Mb... though it does seem to do a lot more than just display PDFs... good find, thank you!

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                            Lost User
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                            I'm using the "portable" version (which goes for many apps), and Foxit contains a "facebook" plugin of 4 Mb after install. It runs happily without it. See \App\Foxit Reader\plugins.

                            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                              Well, that depends on whether you accept the authority of a group who wish to redefine the meaning of an ubiquitous term stretching long into the past. I'll accept there's two mainstream meanings of MB out there today, but in my very humble opinion one is correct, and one is meddling. :)

                              Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                              CPallini
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                              I see you are not a HDD manufacturer. :)

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                                cheers Chris Maunder

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                                Rage
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                                Whereas this[^] is a 4kB executable. All live ray tracing.

                                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                • C Chris Maunder

                                  That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                                  dan sh
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                                  Just use chrome/edge. No need for those additional software

                                  "It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

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                                  • C Chris Maunder

                                    That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                                    raddevus
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                                    Chris Maunder wrote:

                                    156 million bytes.

                                    It includes the Adobe OS (AOS), which you need so you can read PDFs, of course. Next time you open a PDF file hit CTRL-C and type "shell AOS" and you'll get a command prompt. :laugh: No, I'm not serious.

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                                    • C Chris Maunder

                                      That's the size of Adobe Acrobat. An app that displays PDF files. 156 million bytes. To contrast, Foxit Reader is 3.4 MB. My head asplode.

                                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                                      Dave Kreskowiak
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                                      For the installer or the installed size? I do repack and deployments. Acrobat Reader is one that I have to do about once a year and every year the installer gets bigger and bigger. It seems the installer increases in size 4 or 5 times faster than the code it's installing.

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                                      • N Nelek

                                        I don't use Foxit, has it all the add-ins to sign pdfs, comment, mark and so on?

                                        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                        dandy72
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                                        I got rid of FoxIt when I realized it had a Facebook plugin.

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                                          I'm using the "portable" version (which goes for many apps), and Foxit contains a "facebook" plugin of 4 Mb after install. It runs happily without it. See \App\Foxit Reader\plugins.

                                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                                          dandy72
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                                          As per one of my messages above: The realization that FoxIt comes with a Facebook plugin is when I decided FoxIt needed to go. I realize it can be disabled (and you have to *keep* disabling after every update). But when the maker of a PDF reader decides that there has to be a component to integrate (in some fashion - *any* fashion) with Facebook - we can't possibly be on the same page. Myself, I use [Sumatra PDF](https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html). It's kinda ugly, but that's a non-issue.

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