Re: Adobe Alternatives

[ron () gmail com]

Moving to one of the alternative viewers (for both types) could be considered "Security by Obscurity".  That being 
said, I agree that it is probably still a worthwhile move.

Adobe has the majority of the market so they are the biggest target.  Unfortunately they lately have had a poor track 
record for patching known vulnerabilities as you've pointed out.  Even their downloads are often out of date.  After 
installing a download, they expect you to immediately check for updates.  Not many "normal" people would do that.

I use PDF-XChange Viewer, you can get it here

http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/

I like it PDF-XChange because the markup features it has.  If markup is not an issue, then Foxit is a good choice, I 
used Foxit for a while.


A possible alternative for Flash Player could also be RealPlayer, http://www.real.com/realplayer.

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