When it comes to PDF readers, the abundance of free and competent titlessuggests that the need for anymore is unnecessary. The Foxit PDF Reader is,however, slightly different.

With a download size of less than 4MB, Foxit is an extremely light andspeedy PDF reader with an almost non-existent installation process.

This makes it extremely portable; just slip it on a USB key or CD and you canuse it anywhere with little fuss.

Unlike many mainstream readers, Foxit is not resident on your PC so itdoesn't sap anymore memory than it should. Obviously, this does mean fewerfeatures but the simplicity and portability of the software easily makes up forthis shortfall.

Note that this release is much more than a PDF reader. Some of the newfeatures include a form designer (but some of these features are evaluation onlywith this Reader Edition), enhanced zoom tools, spell-checker for PDF forms, animproved IE-plugin and much more.

The latest v3 ships with a host of new features include an updated selecttool, advanced toolbar control, improved popup notes, Firefox support (so youcan see your PDFs within Firefox) and much more.