Adobe reader 8

For all the people that don't know yet, Adobe reader has been updated to version 8. Previous versions had always been slow, such as Acrobat reader 6, which once took 2 minutes to launch on my old computer. And I hated reader 7, too, which loaded a resource hungry "speed loader" every time you boot into Windows, which slows down your whole computer, but didn't speed up the launch of the reader it self a lot. Reader 7 also installs Yahoo toolbar for IE on your system, which is ugly and useless, and has a Yahoo search box in the reader it self...

Now, Reader 8 is different. It's the first version that I will be happy to urge everyone to download.

First of all, the download is still to large in size to be happy with, that's because it still comes with Photoshop album starter edition. I urge everyone to stop the installation of that junk as soon as it starts to install.

But that's just about the only annoying stuff of reader 8.

This version is blazing fast, you can finally open PDF files in the blink of an eye! And I am really happy that no Yahoo junk is bundled with this version. But with the experience of previous versions, the speed is the biggest and best new feature of this version.

Go get it, trust me, you'll love the speed.
*note: Mac users get the English version, the Chinese version is not out yet. However, PDF support is built into the MacOS, so that's not a big deal :)