Nuance (the people behind OmniPage and Dragon Naturally Speaking and a bunch of other things) release a competitor to the free Adobe Reader – the free Nuance PDF Reader (http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/pdf-reader.asp). The feature list looks very promising:
- Fill and save PDF forms
- Annotate PDFs
- Convert PDF files to Word Excel or RTF
- Can disable JavaScript
- 100% compatibility with Adobe Acrobat (we have to wait to see how compatible it really is)
- Supports PDF Portfolios
Now to the things that it does not do:
- No support for Mac OS X or Linux
- No participation in online document reviews
I’ve not spent enough time with it yet to offer a detailed review, but it’s certainly a good alternative to the Adobe Reader. Competition is a good thing, maybe Adobe will take a few cues from Nuance for their next release of Reader.
