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by lenkite 370 days ago
> I haven't had needed or wanted a dedicated PDF reader in all that time.

OK. Now load 100 PDF's. You will need a dedicated PDF reader unless you don't mind wasting a truckload of RAM. Also, browser PDF readers are generally slower and are not optimal at search/bookmarks/navigation/etc.
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CamouflagedKiwi 370 days ago
I've never needed to load 100 PDFs at once, and honestly I don't imagine I ever will. I guess it might happen for some people, so a dedicated app would be useful for them.

For me, having a separate dedicated app isn't worth it for the benefits you mention, which to me are minor compared to having to install and manage another thing (which, to be fair, I imagine Sumatra to be a very pleasant citizen at compared to Acrobat).

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smaudet 370 days ago
Even just 10 PDFs is leaner than a similar number of bloated web pages.

Documentation particularly is a big one. Then there are books, etc.

Some web pages can still manage to be leaner than a PDF, but as another poster pointed out, a lot of modern web is pretty trash...

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