From a web developers perspective these are on the shortlist for peices of handy software that will save you time and wristache, Rob brings you his list of the 10 great bits of software:-
- 10 - Puretext - http://stevemiller.net/puretext
- 9 - Cookie Monster - http://www.tucows.com/preview/320753
- 8 - Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
- 7 - Objectdock - http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock
- 6 - Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/index.html
- 5 - VideoLAN - http://www.videolan.org/
- 4 - Textpad - http://www.textpad.com/
- 3 - Real Alternative - http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
- 2 - NetTransport - http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm
- 1 - Foxit Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
We also mentioned Microsoft Max - http://www.microsoft.com/max - it views your JPEGs in lovely 3D fashion, and a great way to melt your graphics card. The colour picker for web designers is called Pixie and you can download it for free at http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html.
The other thing we talked about was the BBC 'Have Your Say' form - please spend 5 minutes filling this in and you really can drag Auntie into this century.
Follow all the items Jon has for sale on ebay on our comments board, when he's sold his PS2 I'm sure there will be more stuff to follow.
Whoops - we had some really bad settings on the mic for the first couple of minutes - put up with it as the show does get better, honest.
ReplyDeleteWell, I can see myself doing some serious downloading to get most of that software - nifty list, Rob!! I have got TotalRecorder, a cheap - about $20 or so - downloaded mp3 recorder application, which records from any source, online and offline, have been using it for a few years for recording RealAudio content from various sources (no names, no pack drill hehe), and then using WavePad to edit the resulting mp3. But I am really looking forward to trying out NetTransport if it saves doing the recording in real time. Again, nifty list, Rob!
ReplyDeletegood list guys, even though you don't actually read these comments....
ReplyDeleteAnyhow just in case you do read this, VideoLan is excellent but there is also Media Player Classic which is a very slimline media player compared to most nowadays. I also use Real Alternative, it cuts down on the clutter in WinXP for sure.
Yup, I do actually read the comments - it just takes me ages to get round to as I spend forever trying to delete these comment spam posts all the time. Blogger isn't helping by using a verification system that doesnt work!
ReplyDeleteId say some of my favorite peices of software are Paint.NET a fantastic PS substitute. Really userfriendly. Google Desktop, iTunes and of cource Mozilla Firefox. I couldnt live with IE.
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteSpookily I was stripping the text from a Word doc when I started listening to your podcast and the first thing you talked about was a utility to do that! I'll check out the utility you mentioned, but a simple way to do it is just to paste in to Notepad and then copy that.
Also, your number one was Foxit, I've tried it but I found a better solution. Acrobat is so slow because it loads loads of totally unnecessary add-ons by default. Try PDFSU to remove all these add-ons and it starts in a jiffy! It's really wonderful - and free! Get it here http://www.fileplanet.com/143098/140000/fileinfo/AcroPDF---SpeedUp or search for 'pdfsu.exe'.
this app is one step ahead of the notepad thing because it does 1 key stripping rather than a lot of cutting and pasting.
ReplyDeletegreat feedback guys BTW, thanks for this!
i've tried a couple of other ones people have mentioned.
Rob
TOTP
It's h.264, isn't it? The new Quicktime codec.
ReplyDeleteSimon.
http://slamidol.tripod.com
i love the fact that open office can save in office formats, as im the only person i know that uses it, so i need ordinary office files to use elsewere.
ReplyDeleteA handy web-based tool for web-designing is the nice colour-mixer at :
ReplyDeleteColour-mixer remix
Very cool for playing with colour schemes :-)
Billy.
I can't live without RSS Radio, because it's what I use to get all these wonderful podcasts down onto my MP3 player !! No-one ever mentions it, but it's free for 5 subscriptions and only about £8 for the unlimited version. Support is instant and immediate (new beta released within hours to fix any bug you may find). Top class work by the developer. Find it at http://www.dorada.co.uk/
ReplyDeletethat adsense site you posted looks like BS to me, don't spam.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone,
ReplyDeleteWe are a bit snowed under this week what with work and the fact that it is Yom Kippur too, so we are not going to be around until next Monday.
Sorry for being a pain in the arse!!
Jonathan
www.topofthepods.com
Almost Daily Top Ten Lists
Sorry, By the way, if you notice any crap in the comments board could you email us to let us know where it is. We do get notification from Gmail, but occasionally we miss some. I think we are spam free at the moment as I have just deleted a few.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, speak to you all next week...
Jonathan
www.topofthepods.com
Almost Daily Top Ten Lists
no TOTP until monday is like taking coke away from boy george.....
ReplyDeleteHave a good week off, lads, you deserve it!! Loads of solid entertainment for months now, no-one should be deprived of a holiday...
ReplyDeleteWhat is the open office thing? seemed intrested but what is it? how useful, useless is it compared to office, mainly to keep track of school assigments?
ReplyDeleteoffice is too big and buggy for older pc's i find.
ReplyDeleteits alot smaller, less features. but quicker.
www.openoffice.org
does it have a calender and stuff? how many less features are we talking about? just curious...
ReplyDeleteeerm, is calender part of office? it has the important bits of all the office apps. but, the only reason i use it is that its free, as theres no way im paying for the crap that is office.
ReplyDeletei didnt say there was or wasnt, as i never use any calender programs.
ReplyDeleteMS Outlook contains the calendar in MS Office. But if you switch to Openoffice.org , I'd recommend using calendar for Firefox or Thunderbird as a replacement http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/download.html
ReplyDeleteph, what is your verdict on The Godfather mp3 organizer program? I know I need to get something to sort out my mp3 files, it is getting to be a serious problem...!
ReplyDeleteTypical Nerdy List - YAY!!!
ReplyDeleteBut you guys missed my absolute must have..
Beyond Compare
For only US$30 it is the best value money I have ever spent on an application... great for deploying your changes to a huge website (it compare directories locally and over FTP) and absolutely awsome for when it comes to comapring an individual file, as you can copy individual lines from one file to the other, etc...