Re: Renewing XP support [was Re: W2K issues; etc.

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,
> I used Foxit under WXP and liked it well enough. I ran across
> Sumatra yesterday when I was Googling PDF readers for W2K, and
> almost downloaded it, but there was something about the download
> site that didn't inspire confidence. I do very much like the idea of
> a "portable" PDF reader.
I am a big fan of Foxit nowadays. I discovered Foxit when newer versions
of Acrobat Reader stopped working with my Adobe Acrobat 6 on the same
machine. By installing Foxit Reader alongside with Acrobat 6 I could
view PDFs inside my browser. By the way, the PDF reader Firefox installs
as default is crap and should in any case be replaced by a Foxit or
Adobe Reader plug-in. Foxit PhantomPDF is a more compact product and a
lot cheaper (if you own an old version of Adobe, contact Foxit sales for
competitive upgrade at half price), and works nicely enough.


Jordan,

>When I come across something that appears to have some continuing
reference value, I try to take no chances. Either I print it out to
hardcopy, or save it to disk in HTML or as a PDF. That is a lock, if it
is detailed, technical, 'How To' type information, which may later
disappear.


If you use Firefox, install the Scrapbook add-on, this does everything
you need. You can save web pages (or a selection of a page), bookmarks,
and browse the archive you create. This is a must for documenting the
Internet. For IE, there are similar alternatives, but they lag seriously
behind.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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