Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by tech234a on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:37AM
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Maybe Sumatra PDF?
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by user_7832 on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:54PM
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Can it really offer those views? Last time I tried it, it seemed very, err, bare/unpolished. Kinda felt like Arch Linux, I don't doubt it can't do it, but I don't know if I can do it without reading some documentation (no disrespect intended to Arch or Sumatra!)
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by jabroni_salad on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:12PM
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Sumatra can do side by side with or without a cover page but I don't think you can do a frameless UI and the dark theme is a bit fugly.
It is a fairly mature program, it's just that the developer decided to maximize on "small" and "fast" at the expense of other things.
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by ZetaRicky on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:56AM
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Maybe Okular can be tweaked this way
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by user_7832 on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:55PM
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Thanks, I think I had tried it in the past, I'll check it out again
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by carlosjobim on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:34AM
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Get a Mac and use Preview
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by carlosjobim on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:34PM
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That's some very angry hacker down votes. What's wrong with using the right tool for the job? In another thread I suggested for another poster to sell their Mac and get a PC.
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by Liftyee on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:35PM
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> is there any good smooth scrolling PDF viewer (for windows at least)
Seems like the asker is looking for Windows software in this case. Either way, "Get a Mac (...)" sounds a little unreasonable as a solution for "need a better PDF viewer".
Just my $0.02: I'd presume that if a Mac was a better fit for this commenter then they would have switched over already. For some, the extra attention to detail and improved UX of an Apple device is not worth the extra $$$ compared to an equal spec'd PC. There are also other concerns you are probably aware of.
Re:The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
by user_7832 on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:57PM
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(I didn't downvote) I legitimately would get a mac, if only I could run my own OS on it easily and if it was reasonably repairable (I don't mind paying high prices for good products.)
...I suppose that's why I got a framework (13) lol
Adobe Viewer (? not sure of the name) was the only adobe product that had this ability afaik, and while I managed to get an old exe, it's been discontinued unfortunately.
The closest appears to be Xodo PDF with pretty much all features, but it has a ton of popups.