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Topic: RE: Acrobat Reader 6.0 Opening Speed (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Acrobat 6.0, Msg: 85793
From: kdeabrew
Date: 4/9/2003 09:29 AM

> I run a corporate wide B2E portal with over 190,000 PDF's in
> it. We have an issue with how fast Acrobat Reader 5.1
> initially opens. Our users do not like to wait 15 to 20
> seconds for the reader to open before they can view a
> document. Does Acrobat Reader 6.0 eliminate this problem?
> We do use PDF E-forms for some documents. If Acrobat Reader
> 6.0 does not eliminate this issue does anyone know of an
> alternative PDF view for Windows 2000/XP machines?

Acrobat 6 isn't likely to solve this problem. Like most new releases of
software, this one is likely to be larger than the previous.

I think the most prudent solution would be to just make sure that
Acrobat is already open before the user browses to your Web site.

There are some alternatives for viewing PDFs online. One that we
recently announced at Planet PDF is from a company called Glyph & Cog --
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=2669. I've not used
this
myself nor do I know if it's suitable on the Web, but it's worth
investigating if this is really important to you.

There's also a few hits at Google here worth investigating
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=pdf+activex+viewer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT
F-8&h
l=en&meta=

I'd continue this discussion in the general forum since it's no longer
Acrobat 6.0 related.

-Karl