May 18, 2004
Hurray for a Faster Acrobat Reader
A note -- and some feedback -- on making Acrobat Reader MUCH faster. Acrobat PDF files work great but, boy, I've always hated how s-l-o-w Acrobat Reader loads.
Taking Note of Notepad2
Pity poor Notepad, the default text editor that ships with every copy of Windows, that lacks the oomph to handle more than the simplest tasks, and that never seems to get any better. Everybody has it, nobody loves it. Thanks goodness there are a LOT of alternatives. One recent entry is Notepad2 from flo's freeware. Small and simple, it looks just like Notepad -- but adds improvements such as syntax highlighting, line numbering, drag and drop editing, regular expression searching, block editing, and even a zoom feature. Very nice. I'll have to take a look to see how it compares to EditPlus, my old favorite Notepad replacement. Here's some tips for how to open multiple Notepad2 windows (read comments, you don't need to edit the Registry),and adding Notepad2 to your context menu.