Comments on: PDF Viewers for Linux Compared http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/ All About GNU/Linux and BSD - reviews, comparisons, articles Sun, 13 May 2012 17:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Cinel http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-144841 Tim Cinel Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:58:09 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-144841 IMO, left-click-and-drag should be modal like it is in other good viewers. Many laptops don't offer middle click. Perhaps CTRL+Drag or a mode button would work? IMO, left-click-and-drag should be modal like it is in other good viewers. Many laptops don’t offer middle click. Perhaps CTRL+Drag or a mode button would work?

]]> By: David http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-134671 David Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:46:01 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-134671 On most scroll wheel mice, middle click takes significantly more effort than left click or right click. Mapping middle click to hand tool is annoying, wrong, and should be changed. On most scroll wheel mice, middle click takes significantly more effort than left click or right click. Mapping middle click to hand tool is annoying, wrong, and should be changed.

]]> By: Lawrence http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-121739 Lawrence Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:15:03 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-121739 KPDF does it automatically. You don't even need to press "r". KPDF does it automatically. You don’t even need to press “r”.

]]> By: Daniel http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-118160 Daniel Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:52:57 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-118160 I don't know if you feel it too, but middle mouse scrolling in Adobe is extremely slow, so I stick to the other open source ones. The open source ones have a defect in text searching. Try looking for a phrase that has a line break (starts in one line and finishes in the other). You'll notice that evince and kpdf won't find it, but Adobe will... Argh... i really wished the open source could do it o.O []'s I don’t know if you feel it too, but middle mouse scrolling in Adobe is extremely slow, so I stick to the other open source ones.
The open source ones have a defect in text searching. Try looking for a phrase that has a line break (starts in one line and finishes in the other). You’ll notice that evince and kpdf won’t find it, but Adobe will… Argh… i really wished the open source could do it o.O
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]]> By: beast http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-117112 beast Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:37:55 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-117112 Adobe has a feature to zoom into columns of a newspaper if the hand tool is selected and upon clicking again it will move forward in the column. This is extremely useful. Is there another reader with this functionality? Adobe has a feature to zoom into columns of a newspaper if the hand tool is selected and upon clicking again it will move forward in the column. This is extremely useful. Is there another reader with this functionality?

]]> By: HunkaHunkaBurninLove http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-107117 HunkaHunkaBurninLove Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:16:02 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-107117 My favorite feature is RELOAD ability. That way I can edit my LaTeX a while, re-make, and just hit RELOAD to see how it looks. xpdf does this ("r") but as far as I can tell acroread does not. How about the others? My favorite feature is RELOAD ability. That way I can edit my LaTeX a while, re-make, and just hit RELOAD to see how it looks. xpdf does this (“r”) but as far as I can tell acroread does not. How about the others?

]]> By: aTarom http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-105445 aTarom Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:17:31 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-105445 I use evince, the picture export (drag and drop) it's great. I use evince, the picture export (drag and drop) it’s great.

]]> By: Sergiodf http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-99034 Sergiodf Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:02:07 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/apps/pdf-viewers-for-linux-compared/#comment-99034 Great work Karol! I was loking for a "decent" reader and i didn't know it was the one i was using! (KPDF must be in intensive memory usage mode if you don't want to wait between pages while you read a book) I must complain about bookmarks. There is no way to browse they, so that functionality is useless. If someday a good programmer thinks about fixing that, it would be good (s)he add also a way to set them via keyboard (a menu is OK). And, to the wishlist, set bookmarks pointing to lines, not only pages. Great work Karol!

I was loking for a “decent” reader and i didn’t know it was the one i was using! (KPDF must be in intensive memory usage mode if you don’t want to wait between pages while you read a book)

I must complain about bookmarks. There is no way to browse they, so that functionality is useless.
If someday a good programmer thinks about fixing that, it would be good (s)he add also a way to set them via keyboard (a menu is OK). And, to the wishlist, set bookmarks pointing to lines, not only pages.

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