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Having been disgusted by security holes in Preview and the lack of viable alternatives to Preview/Adobe Reader on OS X, I installed WINE and Foxit Reader on my Macbook Pro. (And used Automator to have it launched as an OS X app.) Google Chrome is ok for a PDF reader much of the time, but there are some really annoying bugs in its PDF functionality. (Which especially impact comics.)


Just out of curiosity, which security holes in Preview are you referring to?


Google OS X PDF security holes.


Every application reports security holes,

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/security_bull...


doesn't seem a situation so dire that it warrants being disgusted to the point of installing wine to me.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=apple+coregr...

no vulnerabilities in 2012, one in 2011 and two in 2010.


Note that Apple doesn't discuss vulnerabilities until after they are patched. Will unpatched ones even show up there?


so you are disgusted by something that may or may not exist?

CVE is public and collects both patched and unpatched known vulnerabilities reported by vendors and independent parties.


Why not X11 + xpdf?

Ugly but works.


I also have that set up as an Automator app. Interface isn't as good as Foxit.




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