What are some of the software programs you use?

uRwhatUr · 01-26-2010, 11:51 AM

I use Windows. Not a complete list of course and in no particular order, but some of the programs I use are:

Roboform (password manager)
http://www.roboform.com

EditPad Lite (text editor)
http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html

Fences (desktop organization)
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

ObjectDock (desktop organization)
http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Update Notifier (update utility)
http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html

The Bat! (email)
http://ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/

Axcrypt (encryption)
http://www.axantum.com/axCrypt/

KeePass Password Safe (password manager)
http://keepass.info/

VLC (media player)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

USB Safely Remove (usb device manager)
http://safelyremove.com/

PDF-XChange (pdf viewer)
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_...s/pdfx_viewer/

WhoCrashed (crash dump analyzer)
http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Unlocker (unlocking utility)
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

PowerArchiver (archiving utility)
http://www.powerarchiver.com/

GoodSync (synchronize)
http://www.goodsync.com/

BounceBack Essential (backup/pc recovery)
http://www.cmsproducts.com/products/...essential.html

Active Hard Disk Monitor (disk utility)
http://www.disk-monitor.com/

SpeedFan (hardware monitor)
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

IMatch (digital image management)
http://www.photools.com/

Mozilla Sunbird (calendar)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

Irfanview (image viewer)
http://www.irfanview.com/

FastStone Capture (screen capture utlity)
http://www.faststone.org/

ConceptDraw (diagramming software tool)
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/cd5/main.php

Recuva (file recovery)
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

I am NOT an affiliate, NOR am I associated with any of the above companies.

phenomshel · 01-26-2010, 05:40 PM

Wow, I thought I was up on my software and I never heard of most of these. Anyway, here's a partial list of the stuff I use most. I'm using Windows 7.

Incredimail (email)
Paint Shop Pro X2
Microsoft Office 2007 (required for online classes)
Internet Explorer 8 (works best for online school portal)
AVG (antivirus)
Ad-aware
BN EReader software
Adobe Digital Editions
Calibre
Kindle for PC
Notepad ++
Digsby (multi chat client)
Windows Media Player 11 (music/movies)

ardeegee · 01-26-2010, 06:06 PM

I tend to reach a version of software that is "good enough" and stop upgrading to more bloated versions. I use a word processor from 13 years ago (Word 97), an image viewer from 10 years ago (ACDSee 2.44) an image editor from 13 years ago (PaintShop Pro 4.14) an FTP program from 14 years ago (CuteFTP 1.8), Adobe Acrobat (not the reader-- the full thing) from 9 years ago (v5). Use MediaPlayerClassic for video (with the look of Windows Media Player way back from Win95-- I also still use the desktop look of Windows95, and I'm XP, not Vista, but that's pretty mainstream there...)

BenG · 01-27-2010, 12:19 PM

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
Nikon Capture NX
Firefox
Calibre
Microsoft Word
mIRC
iTunes
Alcohol 120
UltraMon
NoteTab Pro
Finereader

Moejoe · 01-27-2010, 12:41 PM

Calibre, Gimp, Inkscape, Sigil, Atlantis Ocean Mind (the best word processor), Foobar2000, MetaX, Yamb, MP4Box, MP4Creator, mkvtoolnix, mkvextractgui, Handbrake, VLC, Utorrent, Transmission, Final Draft, Sophocles 2007 (last version), IMGBurn, Sabnzb+, Lottanzb, Grabit..... I run OSX, Linux and Windows, too many applications to list all of them

montsnmags · 01-27-2010, 08:28 PM

Firefox, Vuescan, Aperture, Gimp, Evernote, Dropbox, iTunes...and that's about it (there'd be more, but they're not on my Dock, so they'd be "occasionals").

I assume we're not counting iPhone apps.

Cheers,
Marc

uRwhatUr · 01-27-2010, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Atlantis Ocean Mind (the best word processor),

I will give it a try, thanks.

the quiet fox · 01-27-2010, 11:37 PM

It's interesting to think about how streamlined my home computer use has gotten in the past few years. I've gone from a gaming desktop and hours of playing MMORPGs to a little netbook and a small crop of low-intensity applications:
- Firefox
- Songbird (for music)
- Thunderbird (for occasional usenet lurking; I just do email through the web)
- GIMP (image editing)
- OpenOffice (word processing/spreadsheets)
- XChat (IRC)
- Pidgin (instant messenger)

I think all of those except Songbird were installed by default on my OS (Linux Mint).

Adoby · 01-28-2010, 01:28 AM

Firefox
Rythmbox (Organize and play music)
OpenOffice
Scribus (DTP)
Gimp
Calibre
MusicBrainz Picard (Identify and tag Music)
Sigil
TomBoy (Personal wiki)
GreaseMonkey (Addon to firefox)
DTA and Jdown (Download managers)
Transmission (Bittorrent client)
VLC
MPlayer
ChatZilla (Addon to firefox)
AdBlock Plus (Addon to firefox)
GEdit
Anjuta (IDE)
GCC
GDB
AWN (Dock)
Compiz (Desktop effects)

And a bunch of others now and then. All free. Most included in Ubuntu. I use them under Gnome.

Sweetpea · 01-28-2010, 01:58 AM

Hmm, at home, I use:

WinXP
Microsoft Virtual PC
Textpad
Office 2003
FireFox
Unlocker
Paint Shop Pro 9
WinAmp
Various games
some other apps that I probably just installed to use once or twice

In my VPC:

WinXP
TextPad
Visual Studio 2008
some other apps that I probably just installed to use once or twice

On my work laptop:
WinXP
Microsoft Virtual PC
Textpad
Office 2007
FireFox
Unlocker
Paint Shop Pro 9
WinAmp
KeePass

And on my VPC whatever I need to get my work done... (right now, WinXP, VS2005, VS2008, VSS, TextPad, BeyondCompare, things like that)

nikkie · 01-28-2010, 02:08 AM

I use wakoopa!

hidari · 01-28-2010, 02:51 AM

Firefox
Opera
Open Office
Vuescan
Faststone image viewer
Winamp
Media Player Classic
Calibre
CCleaner
Skype
Free Commander
(Have Vista, Never use an Anti-virus. No probs with the OS)

Sparrow · 01-28-2010, 03:20 AM

IE7 (mainly) Firefox (sometimes)
MS Office
Enhanced Windows Backup
BabasChess - online chess GUI
Foobar
Avira AV
Password Safe
Get_iplayer - downloads BBC radio and TV progs
Dummy File Creator - because modern disks are just too big!
Microsoft Money (billionaire's edition

)
Ad-Aware
SpyBot
Wise Disk Cleaner 4 Free
DivX Player
PowerDVD
Forte FreeAgent - newsgroup reader

Laz116 · 01-28-2010, 07:29 PM

Win7
Firefox
Live Messenger
Office 2007
Newsbin
Calibre
Photoshop
Nero
Sopcast
Streamtorrent
Foxit Reader

Moejoe · 01-28-2010, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uRwhatUr

I will give it a try, thanks.

You won't be dissapointed. This word processor exports to ePub, has a very small footprint, and has old-worldy typing sounds (you can turn them off). And it's very cheap too.

01-26-2010, 11:51 AM	#1
uRwhatUr Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 1276 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The South Device: Aluratek Libre	What are some of the software programs you use? I use Windows. Not a complete list of course and in no particular order, but some of the programs I use are: Roboform (password manager) http://www.roboform.com EditPad Lite (text editor) http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html Fences (desktop organization) http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/ ObjectDock (desktop organization) http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/ Update Notifier (update utility) http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html The Bat! (email) http://ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/ Axcrypt (encryption) http://www.axantum.com/axCrypt/ KeePass Password Safe (password manager) http://keepass.info/ VLC (media player) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ USB Safely Remove (usb device manager) http://safelyremove.com/ PDF-XChange (pdf viewer) http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_...s/pdfx_viewer/ WhoCrashed (crash dump analyzer) http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed Unlocker (unlocking utility) http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ PowerArchiver (archiving utility) http://www.powerarchiver.com/ GoodSync (synchronize) http://www.goodsync.com/ BounceBack Essential (backup/pc recovery) http://www.cmsproducts.com/products/...essential.html Active Hard Disk Monitor (disk utility) http://www.disk-monitor.com/ SpeedFan (hardware monitor) http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php IMatch (digital image management) http://www.photools.com/ Mozilla Sunbird (calendar) http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/ Irfanview (image viewer) http://www.irfanview.com/ FastStone Capture (screen capture utlity) http://www.faststone.org/ ConceptDraw (diagramming software tool) http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/cd5/main.php Recuva (file recovery) http://www.piriform.com/recuva I am NOT an affiliate, NOR am I associated with any of the above companies.

01-27-2010, 08:28 PM	#6
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Firefox, Vuescan, Aperture, Gimp, Evernote, Dropbox, iTunes...and that's about it (there'd be more, but they're not on my Dock, so they'd be "occasionals"). I assume we're not counting iPhone apps. Cheers, Marc Last edited by montsnmags; 01-27-2010 at 11:47 PM.

01-28-2010, 03:20 AM	#13
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	IE7 (mainly) Firefox (sometimes) MS Office Enhanced Windows Backup BabasChess - online chess GUI Foobar Avira AV Password Safe Get_iplayer - downloads BBC radio and TV progs Dummy File Creator - because modern disks are just too big! Microsoft Money (billionaire's edition ) Ad-Aware SpyBot Wise Disk Cleaner 4 Free DivX Player PowerDVD Forte FreeAgent - newsgroup reader Last edited by Sparrow; 01-28-2010 at 03:23 AM.

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01-26-2010, 05:40 PM	#2
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Wow, I thought I was up on my software and I never heard of most of these. Anyway, here's a partial list of the stuff I use most. I'm using Windows 7. Incredimail (email) Paint Shop Pro X2 Microsoft Office 2007 (required for online classes) Internet Explorer 8 (works best for online school portal) AVG (antivirus) Ad-aware BN EReader software Adobe Digital Editions Calibre Kindle for PC Notepad ++ Digsby (multi chat client) Windows Media Player 11 (music/movies)

01-26-2010, 06:06 PM	#3
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	I tend to reach a version of software that is "good enough" and stop upgrading to more bloated versions. I use a word processor from 13 years ago (Word 97), an image viewer from 10 years ago (ACDSee 2.44) an image editor from 13 years ago (PaintShop Pro 4.14) an FTP program from 14 years ago (CuteFTP 1.8), Adobe Acrobat (not the reader-- the full thing) from 9 years ago (v5). Use MediaPlayerClassic for video (with the look of Windows Media Player way back from Win95-- I also still use the desktop look of Windows95, and I'm XP, not Vista, but that's pretty mainstream there...)

01-27-2010, 12:19 PM	#4
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI Nikon Capture NX Firefox Calibre Microsoft Word mIRC iTunes Alcohol 120 UltraMon NoteTab Pro Finereader

01-27-2010, 12:41 PM	#5
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Calibre, Gimp, Inkscape, Sigil, Atlantis Ocean Mind (the best word processor), Foobar2000, MetaX, Yamb, MP4Box, MP4Creator, mkvtoolnix, mkvextractgui, Handbrake, VLC, Utorrent, Transmission, Final Draft, Sophocles 2007 (last version), IMGBurn, Sabnzb+, Lottanzb, Grabit..... I run OSX, Linux and Windows, too many applications to list all of them

01-27-2010, 11:37 PM	#8
the quiet fox Interstitial Reader Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: K1/KDX-G/PRS-650	It's interesting to think about how streamlined my home computer use has gotten in the past few years. I've gone from a gaming desktop and hours of playing MMORPGs to a little netbook and a small crop of low-intensity applications: - Firefox - Songbird (for music) - Thunderbird (for occasional usenet lurking; I just do email through the web) - GIMP (image editing) - OpenOffice (word processing/spreadsheets) - XChat (IRC) - Pidgin (instant messenger) I think all of those except Songbird were installed by default on my OS (Linux Mint).

01-28-2010, 01:28 AM	#9
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	Firefox Rythmbox (Organize and play music) OpenOffice Scribus (DTP) Gimp Calibre MusicBrainz Picard (Identify and tag Music) Sigil TomBoy (Personal wiki) GreaseMonkey (Addon to firefox) DTA and Jdown (Download managers) Transmission (Bittorrent client) VLC MPlayer ChatZilla (Addon to firefox) AdBlock Plus (Addon to firefox) GEdit Anjuta (IDE) GCC GDB AWN (Dock) Compiz (Desktop effects) And a bunch of others now and then. All free. Most included in Ubuntu. I use them under Gnome.

01-28-2010, 01:58 AM	#10
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hmm, at home, I use: WinXP Microsoft Virtual PC Textpad Office 2003 FireFox Unlocker Paint Shop Pro 9 WinAmp Various games some other apps that I probably just installed to use once or twice In my VPC: WinXP TextPad Visual Studio 2008 some other apps that I probably just installed to use once or twice On my work laptop: WinXP Microsoft Virtual PC Textpad Office 2007 FireFox Unlocker Paint Shop Pro 9 WinAmp KeePass And on my VPC whatever I need to get my work done... (right now, WinXP, VS2005, VS2008, VSS, TextPad, BeyondCompare, things like that)

01-28-2010, 02:08 AM	#11
nikkie Guru Posts: 614 Karma: 73700 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WA, USA Device: Android, Kindle Paperwhite, lots of ancient readers	I use wakoopa!

01-28-2010, 02:51 AM	#12
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	Firefox Opera Open Office Vuescan Faststone image viewer Winamp Media Player Classic Calibre CCleaner Skype Free Commander (Have Vista, Never use an Anti-virus. No probs with the OS)

01-28-2010, 07:29 PM	#14
Laz116 Guru Posts: 640 Karma: 12129 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Sony PRS-700	Win7 Firefox Live Messenger Office 2007 Newsbin Calibre Photoshop Nero Sopcast Streamtorrent Foxit Reader

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