We’ve always been fans of the freeFoxitPDF reader here, but when I came across an open-source PDF viewer that was even more lightweight and simple, I immediately switched.
The Sumatra PDF viewer comes as one single .exe file, and is about as minimal as you could get… it launches in less than a second for me, and the clean interface is great.
But that’s not the best part… it’s got shortcut keys that are very similar to Gmail and Google Reader.
(Except j and k are swapped for some unknown reason) Here’s the list of shortcut keys:
Just being able to navigate a PDF with the same keys I use all the time was enough for me.Download Sumatra PDF Viewer for Windows
