What's a really lightweight PDF reader for Win8.1 ?

[eppur_se_muova]

I've been using Acrobat Reader but it's got waaaaaaay too many settings for me to figure out how to correct its more annoying misfeatures.

(Win8.1? Yeah, I'm really not cutting edge. And I hardly ever use Windows. Not worth the effort to adapt to Win10.)

[PoliticAverse]

1. Browsers can display .pdfs these days, so if you already have a relatively recent browser

installed just use that.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Lots of them-- often your browser will include one. I've been...

using Foxit's reader for years, but no doubt a quick search will show dozens of others.

Foxit is free for the reader. Writer costs money, but still easier than Adobe.

Www.foxit.com

[AllBlue]

3. Sumatra

Is a barebones, free open source ebook reader that does a great job on pdfs and other formats too. I have used it for something like 10 years and would easily recommend it :

https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/

[eppur_se_muova]

5. I'm giving it a try, but may also try Foxit. nt

[TygrBright]

6. Foxit has a ton of really annoying habits you have to configure out of default.

Especially if you use browser-native PDF readers a lot (I do.) When it's installed it will make itself your "default" pdf reader even when you are in-browser, meaning that instead of you clicking on a .pdf link and it automatically and without comment opening in another browser tab, you will get a Foxit pop-up asking you which viewing option you want to select and if you select Foxit, it will always display in the Foxit dashboard which surrounds it with visual junk.

Just sayin'....

negatively,
Bright

[Earth-shine]

4. Like Treasonus above, I've used Foxit for years as an alternative to Adobe reader. nt