For the longest time I watch Adobe Acrobat bloat like…… The Blob !
I cannot imagine that it has bloated to 221.0 MB worth of crap just reading PDF files.
Even with Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe) which is secretly loaded on windows startup, it still sucks.
Opening a PDF files becomes a royal pain.
Worst still there are these constant security patches (which happens more than product updates) making Acrobat a prime target for malware and hijacks.
See Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat [August 25th, 2009]
with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat.
The company has also criticized Adobe by insisting that their update mechanism “does not meet the requirements of a system that is used by 99% of users on the Internet and is highly targeted by criminals“
Zoomed-in view
Adobe Acrobat has 55 reported vulnerabilities.
Foxit Reader has 5 reported vulnerabilities.
according to http://www.securityfocus.com/bid
Foxit wins my security concerns hands down by a factor of 11 !!!
Compared to Acrobat’s 221MB bloat, Foxit Reader weighs in at only 9.67MB.
Foxit wins in software size hands down by a factor of 22.8 !!!
So head over to Foxit and grab Foxit Reader and say bye bye to Adobe Acrobat.
Psst… Foxit also has Tab Viewing feature ! Cool !
