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So what?

You can make the same claim about any lightweight application compared to any overloaded kitchen-sink program that grew out of control. FoxitReader does what most people want a PDF reader to do: it reads PDFs. It does so reasonably well, and it's free. Furthermore, as other posters have pointed out, there are many similar programs that do what Adobe's reader used to do, so there's obviously a demand for something that Adobe no longer offers. As it happens FoxitReader serves my limited requirements perfectly well. I'm not alone in that. I'm still going to evaluate some of the other programs mentioned in this thread, however: some of them sound useful.

I'm sick and tired of software vendors trying to garner every last ounce of marketshare by including everything of which they can possibly think. There's a reason Adobe's software is bloatware, there's a reason Microsoft's software is bloatware, there's a reason Roxio's software is bloatware, there's a reason all major software vendors ship bloatware. They aren't satisfied with keeping 90% of their customers happy, they just have to try for 100% ... and in the process, they usually make most of their customers unhappy, or at least, not as happy as they once were.

For my part, I am fed up with development processes that lose their vision, completely lose sight of the actual user problems they were trying to solve in the first place. There's a place for compact, efficient programs like FoxitReader. There's a place for programs like DeepBurner, which reminds me a lot of Nero 3.5: lightweight, fast, and does the job.

Not all of us want all-encompassing applications that try to be everything to everyone. If Adobe had half a brain they'd offer a Reader Light for those that just want to view basic PDFs.

it's also difficult to find good ISO burning apps?

It is? CDBurnerXP Pro and Deep Burner are two I have used. Deep Burner being the preferred of those two.

As for not having a burner or a blank CD.... You have a point...

The easiest program would be DeepBurner, available at http://www.deepburner.com/. Just download the free version and install!

What are you talking about?

Apparently you don't like free tools for burning CDs?

You can have drag and drop built in, or you can use some other free tools. Paying $100 is not a requirement for burning CDs.

Recently I needed to burn an .ISO image file to CD-Rom. Seemed like an easy task for a simple/modern Operating System like Windows XP.

Hmm, my Windows XP (professional) can't burn an .ISO file to CD!?!?

Which CD Burner would you recommend?

Category CD/DVD Burning:
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/ [burn4free.com]
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/ [burnatonce.com]
CDBurnerXP - http://hem.bredband.net/cdburnerxp/ [bredband.net]
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net]
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/ [demosten.com]
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/ [deepburner.com]
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ [dvddecrypter.com]
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr [paehl.de]

You missed DeepBurner, a free cd burning tool. I didn't read the license but it seems enough free.

Anyway your compilation is amazing.

try Nero Burning ROM and select "Open" from the File menu. Select your file, press the Burn button (looks like a CD with a match on it).

Or you could try the ever-popular and totally free DeepBurner. I think cdrecord is supposed to burn ISOs, but I've never successfully managed the task. Or you can try x-cd-roast - just disable automount and nautilus' cd burning features, fiddle with it until it works on your CD-RW media, then burn for real.

My response to your poll is Xfree86. There is nothing worse, and it's a category of horribleness all on its own.