Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
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Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
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Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#2I have been using SumatraPDF on Windows for a long time. After opening a PDF file with it for the first time, I never went back to Adobe Reader. SumatraPDF is much faster, cleaner and less memory hungry.
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#3I have been using SumatraPDF on Windows for a long time. After opening a PDF file with it for the first time, I never went back to Adobe Reader. SumatraPDF is much faster, cleaner and less memory hungry.
Same experience. Great piece of software, been using it for a long time as well. THANK YOU SO MUCH !
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#4When I open PDFs I often want to edit the filename to adjust it to the content. SumatraPDF is awesome and opposed to Adobe Reader and other PDF readers it does not take an exclusive lock on the PDF file so you can edit its filename.
The fact that it is extremely fast is another big benefit.
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#5When I open PDFs I often want to edit the filename to adjust it to the content. SumatraPDF is awesome and opposed to Adobe Reader and other PDF readers it does not take an exclusive lock on the PDF file so you can edit its filename. The fact that it is extremely fast is another big benefit.
I sometimes work with Paged Media CSS, I’ll often need to generate a file multiple times after editing the CSS to see if it accomplished what I wanted. With Sumatra PDF it instantly updates the file when the new version is generated, it’s awesome.
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#6An inspiring story, and good decision making process as well.
Congrats on the good work!
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#7I have been using SumatraPDF on Windows for a long time. After opening a PDF file with it for the first time, I never went back to Adobe Reader. SumatraPDF is much faster, cleaner and less memory hungry.
Same experience here.
It's one the first programs I install on every new system and have recommended it to friends for years.
If any of the programmers involved read here: Thank you very much for all the hard work. It was worth it.
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#8I have been using SumatraPDF on Windows for a long time. After opening a PDF file with it for the first time, I never went back to Adobe Reader. SumatraPDF is much faster, cleaner and less memory hungry.
Totally agree. SumatraPDF is an awesome reader. Been using it for many years.
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#9Best PDF reader ever!
Re: Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
#10> From the beginning my goal was to keep the UI of SumatraPDF as simple as possible. An 80/20 app: 80% of functionality with 20% of the UI.
Come on, voices! Shout! "Worse is better" is the root of all evil. It's a virus, like C and Unix, and it is why most software is so miserable.