Annoying Software - You Wait While It Checks Updates
Free software is free, but they usually want you to buy their paid version. If the free version makes you mad, how likely are you to buy the full version?
I have long used FoxIt Reader for PDF’s to replace the agonizingly slow Adobe Acrobat Reader. But I really get ticked off when I want to open a PDF and have to wait for it to check for updates. If you cancel the check, the program locks up; restart it and it checks again. Gotta wait for it.
Can you turn off the auto update feature? Heck no, only in good software programs can you do that. This latest version, 2.3, even has the annoyance of showing the bookmarks side panel at startup. You can turn it off, but exit FoxIt and come back in and there it is again. I almost never use bookmarks.
You could say I’m cheap, but what if I told you I own the full version of Adobe Acrobat Standard? I just can’t stand waiting for it to load 6 zillion plugins before it opens up a simple PDF.
Anyone from FoxIt reading?
