Acrobat Reader 8 not working in FC1

John Rehmert john.rehmert at speakeasy.net
Thu Jan 22 21:04:48 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 14:47, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, john.rehmert at speakeasy.net <john.rehmert at speakeasy.net> said:
> > Is there a reason you're not using xpdf (X PDF Viewer) or gpdf (GNOME PDF
> > Viewer)?
> 
> Maybe because they aren't all that good at reading PDFs, especially
> compared to Adobe Acrobat Reader?  Last time I checked, xpdf doesn't
> have the form fill-out capability.  It also doesn't render near as
> nicely as acroread (which makes reading harder on the eyes) and doesn't
> support rotating the page.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
> 
Thanks for expressing your opinion, but I was asking Ko Pu for reasons
for not using xpdf and/or gpdf.  If there aren't any compelling reasons,
then xpdf and/or gpdf are great alternatives.

- John





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