Opening pdf's in adobe reader/acrobat slower than safari's pdf reader??!?

[clevin]

And 99% of the time, those people have either Acrobat Standard or Pro, so reader is absolutely useless to them as well.

indeed, sounds like reader is indeed pointless, you either install acrobat, or not.

 

[dtyson]

I just tried preview in Tiger, the annotation function in adobe reader is pretty comprehensive, including different symbols for different operations, such as Insert, delete, replace, etc. These are all what we need to do when the proof copy of the accepted paper was sent back.

Ah. So you're using Tiger. I can't remember the details of Preview in Tiger but I can tell you that in Leopard there are also "different symbols for different operations", which you can't see from the image attached but alas, each of those choices has its own symbol/icon.

Of course, then the whole compatibility thing rears its head 'round again. If you like Acrobat, more power to ya. I work a lot with PDF documents, though I rarely have to edit them (I prefer to work with the original file) and have yet to run into the need for anything other than Preview and a copy of Pages (or - shudder - Word).

 

[bluedoggiant]

ahh, help!!!!

So i deleted adobe reader, im more than happy now, but heres the problem. Apparently, when i installed adobe reader, it also installed a plug in called "AdobePDFviewer". When i uninstalled adobe reader, the plug in stayed on the HD!!!!😱

so seems like i have to manually delete it! But i know that, but how about people who dont know much about plug ins, like people who just use the computer for certain things and dont know anything about them, dont you think it will give the person a hard time trying to figure out why it asks for an adobe pdf product at every page that has a pdf in safari??? im glad i found that plugin, should i just drag it to the trash and everything will be fine???😕😕

 

[MisterMe]

PDF is a format created by Adobe in 1993.

Apples and oranges, pardon the pun. Adobe created PDF in 1993. Apple folded PDF support into QuickTime with the release of MacOS X. Safari can display inline PDF files using the QuickTime Internet plug-in. Understand?

 

[dtyson]

im glad i found that plugin, should i just drag it to the trash and everything will be fine???😕😕

Yep. Just trash it and you should be fine.

 

[clevin]

PDF is a QuickTime filetype.

Adobe created PDF in 1993. Apple folded PDF support into QuickTime with the release of MacOS X.

Well, maybe Im the only one who find your previous statement misleading.

 

[dpaanlka]

Well, maybe Im the only one who find your previous statement misleading.

Probably. MP3, MPEG, and AIFF are recognized as QuickTime filetypes by the Mac OS, and Apple didn't invent those either.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Yep. Just trash it and you should be fine.

Are you sure? and if i trash it, will it automatically switch to the traditional pdf viewer in safari?

 

[dtyson]

Are you sure? and if i trash it, will it automatically switch to the traditional pdf viewer in safari?

Yep, I'm sure. And yes - I feel it's a pretty safe bet that Safari will handle PDF files as it did before you installed the Adobe product, which should be through Preview.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Yep, I'm sure. And yes - I feel it's a pretty safe bet that Safari will handle PDF files as it did before you installed the Adobe product, which should be through Preview.

i just checked out TM (time machine), apparently that adobe plug in didnt replace anything, so ill go ahead and delete it