Foxit is kinda shitty for paywalling basic shit like bookmarking with its newest version. I'm thinking downloading an older version and simply turning off auto updates. It had a tiered autoscroll, dark mode, and lots of QoL stuff. I tried right PDF reader and it had bookmarks but no darkmode.

Before I hunt down some other pdf software, does anyone have suggestions for a broswer app or something that offers up adjustable auto scrolling, full screen viewing, bookmarking and does't look like dogshit?
>Just use a built in browser pdf viewer
That's for fucking plebs.

>>24496619 (OP)
SumatraPDF

>>24496646

I fucking hate PDFs.. epub or die.

>>24496619 (OP)
just use preview on macos its the best plus its hella comfy when u swipe on the magic track pad it like swipes the page with ur hand motion its just too bad they dont make 27 inch imacs anymore reading big ass pdfs on those in the mac lab at school was peak comfy the screen on those is so crispy idk how to describe it

>>24496646
I'd heard about that. I'll see about giving it a try.
>>24496682
I looked into EPUB a long time ago, but I don't remember why I lost interest in it. I may have tried converting one of my works from PDF to EPUB and wasn't impressed. My open office writer doesn't have it as an export option at the very least so I'd have to change it to PDF first and then convert that to EPUB. That or download some addon to OpenOffice that allows for EPUB exporting.
>>24496746
>MACOS
I've never used any Mac products outside a few forced instances at college.

>>24496682
>>24496619 (OP)
>>24496646
Sumatra PDF can also read epub and mobi and sandboxes pdfs to prevent malware

>>24496682
epubs are soulless and can never imitate the pure joy of flipping through a yellowed out book at your university library

>>24496619 (OP)
Adobe works the best for me (you can pirate it) but the best alternative is SumatraPDF if you want a free, albeit a bit cluncky reader.

>>24496907
They are good for digital facsimiles of old books but they are horrible for a reading experience.

>>24496682
>>24496830
epub is inferior for pc/laptop reading. it only shines through ereaders and on mobile
its basically just a glorified text document and often the formatting breaks if you arent careful converting pdfs

>>24497350
All those things you listed are exactly why ePub is the undisputed GOAT of ebook formats, you dolt.

>>24497351
Wait I didn't actually read your post and you didn't actually list anything but the sentiment stands. PDFs are for queers and retards.

>>24497351
>>24497352
if you read textbooks or are filling out forms you need a pfd
if you are reading a text file on your ereader epub is better
is that clear enough?

>>24497362
Fair enough

>>24496619 (OP)
PDF-XChange Editor is what I have been using for a decade since it got installed on our computers at work. It's got a good OCR engine, Tesseract-derived I believe, and countless features.

>>24496619 (OP)
for Editing: pirate Adobe Acrobat from rutracker, others are not as capable unfortunately.
for Reading: best ones I've used are Sioyek and Datura. Both are incredibly customizable and have vim keybindings.

>>24496619 (OP)
ReadEra is great. Occasionally you get an ad to buy the premium version but it is otherwise ad free. It runs perfectly fine PDF and EPUBS. There is also a text-to-voice function.

>>24496619 (OP)
Evince, the one that comes with gnome. It has all the features you mentioned (bookmarking, dark mode, autoscroll) and more (like link preview on hover within the pdf), and it's free.
>>24497397
Also great, but the full version is not free. Love the ability to have tabs. It feels a bit cluttered though.