![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike Microsoft products, Adobe’s new, bigger Reader behaves exactly the same as the old one. It started in a minuscule 13 seconds, plus the time it took me to skim their poetic and beneficent license agreement.Īh, the joy of using a new product. I could finally try out this new software. I was so thankful when it told me I needed to restart my computer, welcoming the extra time to drink coffee, as well as the pure delight I knew I’d get from starting all my applications again. I had just slurped down the dregs of my coffee when the installer finished. No matter - the 210 MB it required was there to be used. I could only thank Adobe’s engineers, presuming they were filling up my hard drive with yummy icons, tasty DLLs, and amazing 3D JavaScript add-ons. It spent a long time unpacking and validating the installer, which gave me warm fuzzies about Adobe’s good grasp of stability, security, and enterprisey robustness.Īfter the unpacking, the install process itself took 10 minutes. I couldn’t wait to try Adobe’s MUCH FASTER and SMARTER product.ĭownload done, I double-clicked the installer. ![]() But oh no, this was a special plugin, an Adobe Reader Download Manager (TM) - a plugin specially designed to help Firefox download Adobe’s powerful PDF viewer.Īfter the plugin was installed and Firefox restarted, the download began. I assumed the plugin would help me read PDFs in my browser. First Adobe told me to download a Firefox plugin. On my cable connection, it took about 5 minutes to download, nicely allowing me enough time to brew a decent cup of coffee while I waited.īut it wasn’t just a simple, ordinary download. The default download includes a 19 MB eBay Desktop program, for all your “faster searching, smarter bidding” needs. Version 9 is a mere 33 MB - a whole major version up, and not even twice as big. Little did I know how much superior version 9 would be.įor starters, version 8 was a 22 MB download. Recently I wrote a blog entry about bloated software, and how much better Foxit PDF reader was than Adobe Reader. ![]()
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