Archive for the ‘Desktop App’ Category
The 1MB PDF Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader taking too long to load. Foxit is only 1MB and loads lightning quick.
FireFox
I finally downloaded FireFox and I’m impressed. Make sure to get your copy.
Get to your computer
Don’t have a static IP address, Direct Update will keep dynamic DNS services informed of your IP address every time it changes.
Convert audio
dBPowerAmp can convert between nearly any audio format on your computer. You can even use it to extract the audio from video files.
Convert videos
Bink Video from RAD Game Tools can convert between any video format that you can play on your computer.
TI calculator on your computer
Too lazy to dig out your TI graphing calculator? You can run it on your computer, and it’s a lot faster. Get VTI and follow the set up wizard that it comes with to make it possible.
Photoshop Substitute
Can’t afford Photoshop? The open source GIMP has much of the same functionality and is completely free.
Measure Your Screen
JR Screen Ruler will allow you to measure the size of anything on your screen in pixels. I find it very useful for tweaking web site designs.
Free, Quality Software
For internet and media utilities I recommend AnalogX. Their tools are all free and very high quality.
Check Your Email, Often
Need to know right when you get e-mail? {{link http://www.dectsoft.com/products.php Ease-E-Check}} Sits in your system tray and checks for new e-mail every two minutes and plays a notification when it finds new mail.
Connect Your Calculator to Your Computer
Can’t get TI’s Graphlink Software to work with your computer anymore? TiLP is an open source project that replaces TI’s software.
Solve Your Rubik's Cube
Cant fingerer out how to get those last two colors into the right place (or maybe a few more?) Cube Explorer can solve the cube in about 20 moves. Just tell it where all of the colors are located and it will do the rest.
Measure Your Windows
Need to know how big that window is, or how wide that image is? JR Screen Ruler Can help you out.
Change window sizes
Need to change the size of one of you windows, exactly? WinSize allows you to set the size of any window to and size that you’d like. Very useful for checking your designs on different monitor resolutions without having to actually change your monitor’s resolution. WinSize
Song Lyrics
Need to find the lyrics for a song. EvilLyrics can help. It works with any media player, finds the lyrics for the currently playing song from various web sites, then it extracts just the lyrics, and finally saves them locally so you don’t have to wait for it to find them the next time aroun.
IE New Window Maximizer
Sick of IE opening a new window in some random size. IE New Window Maximizer makes every new IE window open full screen. It’s as simple as that.
Google Toolbar 2.0
I don’t like to take up extra space on my screen, so normally I wouldn’t add another toolbar to my browser. The Google Tool Bar however, is actually quite useful. It allows you to perform any of Google’s searches, blocks popups, and adds a host of other features that make browsing easier.
SpaceMonger
Need a visual representation of what’s on your hard drive. SpaceMonger is just what you’re looking for. It will show you each file’s size and location graphically, allowing you to see just where all of your space going.
Power Menu
Here’s a nifty tool that lets you minimize any window to the system tray, or force it to stay on top. Power Menu also has a few more features for power users.
More Options Than Msconfig
Msconfig lets you change which programs start up when windows starts, but you can’t change wether the program runs for all users or just you. Startup Control Panel allows you to change this. Go to Mike Lin’s site and download it.
