Many of those folks prefer Foxit Reader which they feel has a smaller footprint, uses less resources, and many claim to be more secure (at least in the past). These days most Geeks I know wouldn’t let Adobe Reader anywhere near their computers (myself included). This has many folks wondering if it is time to give Adobe Reader another shot. With the release of Adobe Reader X comes a new “sandboxing” feature that Adobe refers to as “ Protected Mode“. Please see the bottom section entitled *UPDATE*Īdobe Reader has long been under fire by Geeks as bloated and full of well documented security issues. Please take that into consideration when reading this article. Folks in a corporate environment or that do more than just read PDF’s will obviously have different requirements and / or constraints.

This article is intended to give the average home user some insight into the two most popular PDF readers.