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3 total messages Started by Peter Andersen Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:24

#751

Author: Peter Andersen
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:24

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Whenever I open a pdf by link, it takes anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds for 
acrobat reader to open the file.
It's driving me mad.

I'm using adobe acrobat reader 6.0.1, windows xp and IE 6.
I get the problem both at work and at home, (the above version stats apply 
to both).

It used to open a lot faster, when I was using earlier versions of acrobat 
reader.
Does anyone know how to deal with this issue, in other ways than just fully 
ignoring pdf's? (which would be hard to do)

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Peter Andersen

Re: .pdf links open very slow

#753

Author: Larry T.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:10

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Hi Peter,

You are not alone.  I don't think any software manufacturer (my octotools
included) will give much priority to the speed of opening an app as opposed
to operating speeds, functionality, flexibility and general performance
charactersitics.  After all, those other criteria are what users care about
most.  On the other hand,  opening (and closing) can get so extreme that
some users will seek alternate solutions.  I have a 1Ghz Intel processor on
my Winbook laptop, XP Pro, IE 6. Firefox, and with 386Mbyte of memory.  When
I need MSWord or Excel (which has a couple of add-ons for special
character/font sets) I really dread opening it since it can take minutes to
load.  Of course having my most often used apps open in the first place is
fine, but still when booting up it takes a long, long time.  You may want to
open your reader upon startup just to get it out of the way.  There are
other readers, but I do like the features of the Adobe.  Good luck,

Larry T.

Re: .pdf links open very slow

#754

Author: Peter Andersen
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:18

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"Larry T." <larry-nospamx@jbmsystems.com> skrev i en meddelelse 
news:KIqdnSWeutKLRJHfRVn-rQ@comcast.com...
: Hi Peter,
:
: You are not alone.  I don't think any software manufacturer (my octotools
: included) will give much priority to the speed of opening an app as 
opposed
: to operating speeds, functionality, flexibility and general performance
: charactersitics.  After all, those other criteria are what users care 
about
: most.  On the other hand,  opening (and closing) can get so extreme that
: some users will seek alternate solutions.  I have a 1Ghz Intel processor 
on
: my Winbook laptop, XP Pro, IE 6. Firefox, and with 386Mbyte of memory. 
When
: I need MSWord or Excel (which has a couple of add-ons for special
: character/font sets) I really dread opening it since it can take minutes 
to
: load.  Of course having my most often used apps open in the first place is
: fine, but still when booting up it takes a long, long time.  You may want 
to
: open your reader upon startup just to get it out of the way.  There are
: other readers, but I do like the features of the Adobe.  Good luck,
:
: Larry T.


I thought and hoped it might have been a setup-issue.
The reader is the only application that starts this remarkably slow; I could 
launch about 10 office programs in the time it takes to launch the reader.
I rarely use it to view documents larger than just a few pages, but it has 
become a rather common way of publishing documents on the internet. As a 
result I choose to ignore most of the 'nice to know' info. That is, when I 
spot them before I've clicked.
Is there perhaps a less timeconsuming reader, that I could use for default. 
Anything worth recommending?

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Peter Andersen

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