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Acrobat Reader sucks!

Why does Acrobat Reader suck so bad at rendering? Buffer the gosh darn current page and some of the surrounding pages off screen so that it doesn't have to re-render every time I scroll. Damnit!

I just "upgraded" back down to version 4 and it's a little faster. Maybe if I try an even older version it'll be even better Smiley

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Martin Little (http://martinlittle.com) wrote:

∴ Martin Little | 19-May-2004 6:31am est | http://martinlittle.com | #4603

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Thanks, but load time wasn't the problem, but rather the time it takes to scroll around documents.

Acrobat Reader stupidly re-renders each page every time you scroll. Normal page rendering software such as browsers render sections of web pages and buffer them so that you can scroll quickly. That's why scrolling in a browser doesn't make the page flash all the time like it does in Acrobat Reader.

You'd think Adobe would know better, especially after 6 versions.

Keith | 19-May-2004 12:40pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #4613

Patrick McCoy (http://erc.com) wrote:

Acrobat reader sucks more than my vacume cleaner that stops up every week. I hate waiting for it to show me stupid pictures while it is trying to begin working. I hate it, that it closes the brower when I leave it. I hate the way it sucks memory. I its stupid magnifying + and -. Its ugly. Its overrated. its a waste of time and money if anyone is foolish enough to buy it. It really does suck big time. Its not even a good snob tool.

∴ Patrick McCoy | 17-Jan-2005 2:20pm est | http://erc.com | #6855

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