My Favorite Software - Comments Page 2

I use Gimp instead of Photoshop. I did a little reasearch and although the interface is somewhat different it can do almost anything that can be done in Photoshop. And it's free. The name is horrible though. My wife who is disabled thinks it's funny that she's a gimp using gimp. Gnome Image Manipulation Program. http://www.gimp.org/

1Password is the Mac OS X equivalent of AI RoboForms. Integrates nicely on all browsers and the developers at agilewebsolutions.com are personable and responsive.

For some reason, the Calc URL was not highlighted in my newsletter. All the others were (by the way I use 5 out of th total already). Would you send it out or reply to this posting with the URL? Thanks.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That's because CALC is a Windows program, no need to download it. Click Start->Run then enter CALC.

I like IObit Advanced WindowsCare Personal Edition and IObit SmartDefrag (www.iobit.com). They're both free.

Password programs for Mac include: Web Confidential ($20 for Win or Mac version or $35 for both) and 1Password ($34.99). A free one that I haven't tried is Password Gorilla, which is available for Mac, Win, Linus, Solaris, BSD, etc.

Actually, Windows Calc will do sines and cosines and such. Pull down the 'view' menu, and select 'scientific'. It's no TI99, but it is serviceable for most basic trig functions and such.

Couldn't agree more on EditPad (Gary, June 11). It's one of the first things I install on a new PC.
Another outstanding editor is Crimson Editor. I use it almost exclusively for CSS stylesheets, but it can do a lot more. Check it out.

I use Moffsoft Freecalc - it doesn't have the scientific capabilities of Calc, but it has a running tape of what you did, so you can see if you made a mistake. Very handy.

I use the software Photostory 3. It very intersting. I can make my own photo story like a movie. Try it.

I definitely agree with yo on Irfan Viewer. It's my default viewer AND I use it to scan as it has great features for that.

I also love Total Commander from Ghisler.com as a Windows Explorer replacement. It has soooo many featutes: 2 file windows, multi-file rename, program launch shortcuts, basic ftp, zip/un-zip, dos command line, a non-indexed search and more. It's similar to the old Norton Commander.

After using it for free for too long (it functions forever with a 3 button nag screen) I got a licensed version in appreciation for the value of this great times aver.

I always carry it around om my usb toolkit for working on people's computers. It works as a standalone if you copy the folder from the My Programs folder.