Critique of Adobe Acrobat and Praise for Zathura PDF Reader
By
vincent-uden
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Summary
The author expresses strong dissatisfaction with Adobe Acrobat, criticizing it as intrusive, slow, and non-customizable. They praise Zathura, a Linux PDF reader with Vim-like keyboard navigation and modal interface, but note its limitation to X11/Xorg systems. The author expresses desire for a Zathura-like alternative that works on Wayland and Windows, suggesting they might create a more accessible version with similar features.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledAcrobat is intrusive, slow and non-customizable.
Zathura is amazing with the MuPDF backend.
Zathura is keyboard focused, featuring a modal navigation system and command line, just like in Vim.
If I could just reach parity with the features from Zathura it would be the perfect program for me.
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