Windows 8 to feature Metro-style built-in PDF viewer

[botat29]

"Coming across a link to a PDF is always a pain, with the hassle of waiting for Adobe’s slow PDF viewer to load and suck 100% processor usage.

It seems those days will soon come to an end, with Raphael Riviera from WithinWindows finding a native PDF viewer in their leaked build of Windows 8"


more here :

Windows 8 to feature Metro-style built-in PDF viewer | Microsoft News

[neojjjk]

why they want to build a new os like win8 ? win7 is working fine .in my opinion they must introduce dx12.

[enaberif]

Microsoft is going back to their 3 yr Windows release.

And for all those suckers still use Acrobat I laugh at thee... Foxit has been much better for a lot longer.

[mo' power]

I don't have any issues with either downloading or simply opening pdf files. Lickety-split as usual.

[MacJunky]

Mac OS X's Preview.app has had the capability to open pdf files since forevar.. How has it taken microsoft this long to do it?

[Amarthfea]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Microsoft is going back to their 3 yr Windows release.

And for all those suckers still use Acrobat I laugh at thee... Foxit has been much better for a lot longer.

+1 for foxit, lets me open, read, print, close...
my hypothesis: windows 8 = vista II

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Amarthfea

+1 for foxit, lets me open, read, print, close...
my hypothesis: windows 8 = vista II

From what I read Windows 8 will be able to run on even lower and less powered hardware and have pretty much the same look as 7 with the new ribbon bar *gag*

But I'm all for lower resources.

[Desiato]

Originally Posted by MacJunky

Mac OS X's Preview.app has had the capability to open pdf files since forevar.. How has it taken microsoft this long to do it?

I think it's possible that US and EU attention and rulings regarding Microsoft's Windows and Office monopolies pushed back a lot of Windows features over the years. Even the inclusion of media player was a big deal back in the day.

The best Windows PDF reader is: Free PDF Reader - Sumatra PDF by Krzysztof Kowalczyk

It's the best because it has no scripting support, securing it against all PDF exploits. Foxit has had its share of security issues; even Apple's PDF viewer has.

Sumatra works for 90% of the PDF's I use.

[Chris]

Any chance that MS will offer beta testing for free, like win7?

[Windows_Canada]

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