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There are a number of methods for streamlining Adobe's reader. Eg. Adobe Reader SpeedUp. But give Adobe credit where it's due, they opened the PDF format long ago, so there are several alternative PFD readers (and writers) available if you don't like Adobe's, and this can only increase if it becomes more widely used. It's basically wired into OSX already.

To partially counteract the bloat, try Adobe Reader Speed-Up. I've just started using it a couple of weeks ago, but it's pretty nice.

Disclaimer: it did refuse to open one PDF (specifically this[PDF warning--duh]) complaining about missing plugins, but I put exactly zero effort into fixing this (and you can allegedly get it to work on something like this with minimal effort).

Give ACrobat Speedup a try http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.ph p to get it. Basically it turns off all the damn plugins that ACrobat loads by default. This does mean that some advanced stuff won't work but who cares? You never see PDFs with it anyhow.

It really does drop the loading time singificantly.

"Adobe Reader SpeedUp
Click here to download v1.32 Screenshot

Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help make the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software bearable for everyday use. AR SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available. "w00t!", as the young kids say."

"Adobe Reader SpeedUp
Click here to download v1.32 Screenshot

Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help make the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software bearable for everyday use. AR SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available. "w00t!", as the young kids say."

"Adobe Reader SpeedUp
Click here to download v1.32 Screenshot

Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help make the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software bearable for everyday use. AR SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available. "w00t!", as the young kids say."

Yep. You can get rid of the warning by removing the JavaScript plugin, but then you have to get rid of all the plugins that depend on it, which is most of them, or they pop up their own errors.

I only just installed Reader 7 a couple days ago, because I heard it was faster. Had I known how obnoxious it was about the JavaScript, I would not have done so.

I used Adobe Reader Speedup to simplify the decrufting process. (Windows only.) It's easy enough to do it manually, but I figured this way, I could toggle the plugins on and off painlessly.

It allows you to disable almost all of the plugins, making Acrobat Reader pretty quick to load.

or try arspeed-up

About acrobat reader being slow, have you tried Reader Speedup? It lets you remove some of the bloat from reader and reduces the startup time LOADS.

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If your Acrobat Reader takes an age to load, download Adobe Reader Speedup from http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.ph p and it will quite fantastically speed up the loading time, mine now takes around 3 seconds. Fantastic.

I have just discovered Adobe Reader speed-up. It is a godsend.

let's hope it doesn't eventually become slow-to-load like mozilla is, or the old netscapes.

They made acrobat reader look fast (which I found out today can be sped up using http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/getfile.php?id=arsu incidently).

There's a great utility that'll speed up the load time of Acrobat (supports most versions up to 6.01). The problem with most versions of acrobat is it has a hundred plugins that most people don't use loading every time. This utility will allow you turn off the loading of some or all of those extras.

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you can speed it up on windows with this little program. pick the first app in the list. It removes all plugin and also gives you the option to restore them later if you need to.