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First of all, don't get me wrong, I really, really love Foxit Reader. Since I first found it, many years ago, I've tried Adobe Acrobat once, just to see if it really was as slow as I remembered it. I never used Acrobat again after that...
However, in a recent update, something happened that I find a bit problematic. The traditional Windows menus and button bars was replaced with the new Office style tabstrip menu button thingy.
Why is this problematic?
Well, first off, I have to admit that I prefer menus/button over the tabstrip thingy, as a personal preference. That, however, I can live with, it's not the main problem.
The main problem is that it wastes vertical screen space, something that's very important when viewing PDF documents. Vertical space is a very limited, and limiting, resource. On several of my laptops, that pushed the available vertical screen space below what's needed to get easily legible text on a full page display, forcing me to scroll around on the page as I read.
Now, I know that I could use full screen mode, but, face it, full screen is a pain in the behind to use, especially if you switch back and forth between programs.
What I'd want is either (preferably, but I understand that it's not likely to happen) a revert to the Windows standard menus/buttons, or an "almost fullscreen" mode, where the tabstrip thingy is hidden, and replaced with a tiny panel with the most important functions only, and the Window borders/titlebar intact.
That would give me more vertical screen space, with retained useability.
However, in a recent update, something happened that I find a bit problematic. The traditional Windows menus and button bars was replaced with the new Office style tabstrip menu button thingy.
Why is this problematic?
Well, first off, I have to admit that I prefer menus/button over the tabstrip thingy, as a personal preference. That, however, I can live with, it's not the main problem.
The main problem is that it wastes vertical screen space, something that's very important when viewing PDF documents. Vertical space is a very limited, and limiting, resource. On several of my laptops, that pushed the available vertical screen space below what's needed to get easily legible text on a full page display, forcing me to scroll around on the page as I read.
Now, I know that I could use full screen mode, but, face it, full screen is a pain in the behind to use, especially if you switch back and forth between programs.
What I'd want is either (preferably, but I understand that it's not likely to happen) a revert to the Windows standard menus/buttons, or an "almost fullscreen" mode, where the tabstrip thingy is hidden, and replaced with a tiny panel with the most important functions only, and the Window borders/titlebar intact.
That would give me more vertical screen space, with retained useability.
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