The most useful software

[Andem]

In order to add some spunk to the download site, we'd like to know which software utilities you find the most useful. Some examples are as follows:

"I love winamp, use it every day! Great features and extremely fast"

"I can't live without the DivX player and codec. They rock!"

"AVG Antivirus rocks! Gets all the crap off my systems and sure beats Norton!"

(These are just examples)..

So what's one of your favourite programs and how does it make your life easier?

 

[Zed]

RE: The most useful softw

For me it's Photoshop. But then I'm an artist so go figure 8)

 

[undergradNITZ]

bittorrent...downloaded Unreal Tournament 2004 (4gigs)....its awsome...u cant download it like this and with assurance anywhere else...

 

[Cosmo]

Re: RE: The most useful softw

For me it's Photoshop. But then I'm an artist so go figure 8)

Graphic artist? I love photoshop ... have you tried 7 yet? Lots of neat goodies with that version.

 

[undergradNITZ]

i have adobe photoshop and jsak or something photoshop... i also have corel draw 8(sucks) and for some reason i have autoCAD and 3DS MAX

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: The most useful softw

Photoshop is cool, especially in the hands of somebody who is really good with it. I just use it mostly for colour corrections etc...standard things that I used to do in a lab.

The program I like best and use most is WordPerfect. It is very intuitive and makes writing easy.

My other favourite is Mozilla. Not sure how I ever lived without tabbed browsing for all those years.

 

[Zed]

Re: RE: The most useful softw

For me it's Photoshop. But then I'm an artist so go figure 8)

Graphic artist? I love photoshop ... have you tried 7 yet? Lots of neat goodies with that version.

I do some graphics by my main gig is illustration. I don't use Photoshop a lot for drawing but I use it every day for something.Here's a few samples of what I do.

 

[Cosmo]

Re: RE: The most useful softw

I do some graphics by my main gig is illustration. I don't use Photoshop a lot for drawing but I use it every day for something.Here's a few samples of what I do.

Wow ... You are extremely talented. I am impressed. Being confined to computer design I have a healthy respect (and perhaps a tinge of jealousy!) for people who can actually draw. Hats off to ya, Zed!

 

[Zed]

Thanks Cosmos I would really like to try the latest Wacom Tablet just to see how good it is. I've tried the older ones and they were kind of like a novelty. Couldn't really compete with the traditional methods of drawing but they are getting better.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

The most useful software I have is free. There are fully functional freeware replacements available for the MS Office suite (which is not cheap), and Photoshop (which is *really* not cheap), plus much more secure browsers and email clients than anything you can buy, and a lot of other stuff, including operating systems. Though I should point out that Linux is free only if your time is worth nothing. There's a useful set of links to a bunch of this stuff at:

http://clubweb.interbaun.com/mward/gmc/freesw.html

The guy who maintains that page is an instructor at a community college in Edmonton that I've known for many years. He put it up for his students, who can't afford to shell out the $hundreds for commercial software packages, but I'm sure he'd be happy if you all looked at it too. I use all that stuff regularly, and I can assure you it all works very nicely.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Zed, good stuff!

The most useful and favourite software for me is, by a long way, good old Quark. If I could only have one program, that would be it. Sure the company sucks with its inability to keep up with the times, its ridiculously high prices, and its obsessive measures to prevent piracy, but Xpress remains the best page-layout program going.

PS Dex, wow, thanks for the great link!

 

[Technology Bot]

Open Office has been added to our site at http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/downloads/Office+Tools/4/ (bottom of page) and http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/files/3316.html .

It is now flagged as "Editors' Pick" which is a new system awarded to software developers which receive praise from either staff members or suggestions from these forums.

 

[Paranoid Dot Calm]

Norton Internet Security Pro
http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat...&V1=584416&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=74456

Norton System Works 2004 Pro
http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat...&V1=584420&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=74456

I think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread, especially with all the plugins.
Emurasoft EmEditor 3.38
http://www.emeditor.com

These are the Logo Creator Programs which I have installed.
The Logo Creator 3.0
Corporate Edition 1
Corporate Edition 2
Cartoon Edition
Hollywood Edition
Leisure Edition
Mascot Edition
http://www.thelogocreator.com

This is a very simple but useful program for web graphics. It works as a plug-in with Dreamweaver or stand alone.
Xara Webstyle 4.0
http://www.xara.com/products/webstyle

This is great for small site Flash applications
Anim FX 1.70
http://www.anim-fx.com
and
http://www.easytemplates.com

Another great application for site graphics
Mix FX 1.04
http://www.mix-fx.com/index.htm

This is great when you want to steal somebody else's Flash project
Flash Miner 1.40
http://www.myminer.com/flashminer.htm

This sotware comes with tons of samples and stuff like that
Xara 3D 5.02
http://www.xara.com/products/xara3d

This is a good program to learn animations with.
Ulead Cool 3D 3.5
http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/runme.htm

This program is great for creating Flash intro's.
Ulead Production Studio 1.0
http://www.ulead.com/c3ds/runme.htm

This is the best file management program out there.
Power Desk 5.0.1.2
http://www.v-com.com/product/pd_ind.html

I use this instead of Google. Great stuff.
Copernic Agent Professional 6.11 Bld 721
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/professional.html

A nice and simple program to make greeting cards. Electronic Greeting Card 2.0.3a
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/crdcon.html

Great to have so that you can take a picture of your desktop to show someone an error message or stuff like that if taking a tutorila or getting help on line. Lots of times a picture saves typing a thousand words. Hyper Snap DX v5.30.0
http://www.hyperionics.com

This is the best mp3 player out there. Plus their site has a biography for every singer or whoever. Music Match 8.00.008.4c
http://www.musicmatch.com/home/

Everyday I use this to rid my puter of temporary files and cookies. Window Washer 5.1.0.2 http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/windowwasher/index.php

A great image viewer and slide show presenter combined ACDSee PowerPack 6.0
http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Store/PowerPack/index

Power Internet TV is the first internet software to use Peer-to-Peer system for channel sharing. You can watch over 300 (all working, unlike other software!!) world wide internet tv channels without any extra device. All you need is this software and the internet connectiont. The number of available channels is growing everyday, thanks to the P2P technology.
Power internet TV v3.7
http://www.snowportion.com

Of course I use Photoshop and ImageReady.
If you ever want to chat about plug-ins, well I know alot about plugs. I've tried 90% of the plugs available.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html

I guess you could say that I'm quite familiar with software. Ask me anything you'd like.

Software Programs
http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/!DL/SoftwareList.txt

Software Plug-ins
http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/!DL/S...arePlug-Ins.txt

 

[snooker]

Hi ... I have running on my computer the following :

Anti-Virus AVG Pro

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg_index.php

Firewall >>> Sygate Pro version

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_pro.htm

Spyblocker and spywarestopper

http://www.spyblocker-software.com/spyblocker/newbuypage.shtm

With these programs running I haven't had any problems with spyware , malware , viruses and what not ...

Here some free programs that are nice to have:

Winamp free version

http://www.winamp.com/player/

Great to have so that you can take a picture of your desktop to show someone an error message or stuff like that if taking a tutorila or getting help on line. Lots of times a picture saves typing a thousand words

http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

Here some programs from Microsoft , I like using Tweak UI , Some feel its a must to have

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Now i really like this program , it pretty well tell you everything about your computer , I think its a must ... ( Home version )

http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en

Lastly ever have problems removing or uninstalling an program from Windows Add and Remove Programs area , Well this tiny little program does a great job at it >> Version Pro 2.08

http://www.regvac.com/ffreewar.htm

 

[jseaton]

I've been using Grisoft's AVG since it came out and I love to hear people complain about Norton and McAfee with all the problems they have. But today I have just tried the Opera browser and I love the speed and organization offered by this alternative to IE.