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"Your top 10 Apps"

Well, I figured this forum needed a bit of a boost, it seems to be turning into a support forum more then a chat one! Anyway, i'm interested to know what your top 10 appplications are, what applications make your computing life easier/more interesting?

I'll start, just list anything you like, afterall this could turn out to be quite a decent thread for getting "Program reccomendations".

1. Mozilla Firefox - Probably the most advanced web browser ever, fast and easy to use. Excellent!
2. MSN Messenger - I cannot live without this, I have to communicate with people, and this seems the best way to do so.
3. mIRC - For those "file" getting needs (totally legal, yup).....
4. Winamp - This is probably the best multimedia playing app I have seen, it's fast and easy, and very very versatile. Highly reccomended as an alternative to WMP.
5. Nero - Awesome CD Burner, has lots of features.
6. AVG Antivirus - Seeing as I have a Windows system, it's best I keep myself protected, and this beast of a checker does exactly what it says on the tin.
7. Kazaa Lite - Obviously to get music from those budding underground artists....
8. Dev C++ - For my C programming requirements, this program is apt enough.
9. WinRAR - I have to do a lot of copmpression, and this beast of a compresser is excellent for my needs!
10. ExpressPCB - Excellent little Circuit Designer.

Your blog isn't very full.

Mozilla is just Netscape, with a different name. It's frankly just a load of overly complicated rubbish.

Firefox isn't rubbish.

In my opinion, it's a beast of a browser, it's well just perfect

And to back up what Misrableman has stated, visit my site ([URL]http://www.djh-world.com[/URL]) in IE, then in Firefox, Notice the difference? Yes my site is a load of rubbish, but i'm just proving a point that IE is frankly a load of bull crap compared to Firefox.

Oh and Azul...*downloads Alcohol*

Miserableman wrote:
> Whooo! wrote:
> IE - It works. What more could I need?
>
> Aoe wrote:
> 1.Internet Explorer
> What? I can't be bothered to spend my time downloading other
> browser.
>
> Rickoss wrote:
> 2. IE - Can't beat it. Unless you find a better program.
>
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> 1 - Internet Explorer - Because er, it works.
>
> adrian wrote:
> 1. IE, because it works and I dont want or need a better browser.
>
> IE only works because ignorant sods like you lot force web-designers
> to cripple their products especially, because whether or not your
> website follows official design guidelines, incompatibility with IE
> means 90% of your audience can't access your site. So you see
> websites like argos.co.uk turning away browsers that properly support
> web standards because they incorrectly render the bastardised code
> the website had to be written in.
>
> If you ever bothered to try another browser (Rickoss, even tried
> looking?) you'd never go back. IE is not a top 10 app because you
> "can't be bothered" to spend your time downloading a better
> browser.

Actually I have seen and used Mozilla and Netscape. Had to get them for a friend who wanted them. They are good, but why do I need to use them? IE works, it does what I need it to do. I can view webpages, store favourites, what else do Mozilla, Netscape etc do that I need?

Do sites look different with Mozilla etc? Do they offer any functionality over IE in terms of viewing a page? Probably not. All I need is to look at a page and thats what IE does.

From what I have seen of Mozilla and Netscape, which actually both look the same they dont offer much more than IE. Ok you can customize them, Mozilla 1.6 has IRC chat, newsgroups which I already have dedicated programs for. A pop up blocker which my firewall can deal with.

Like it or not, IE is more stable on my computer than firefox is at the mo. Therefore, IE will be used more.

Whooo! wrote:
> IE - It works. What more could I need?

Aoe wrote:
> 1.Internet Explorer
> What? I can't be bothered to spend my time downloading other
> browser.

Rickoss wrote:
> 2. IE - Can't beat it. Unless you find a better program.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> 1 - Internet Explorer - Because er, it works.

adrian wrote:
> 1. IE, because it works and I dont want or need a better browser.

IE only works because ignorant sods like you lot force web-designers to cripple their products especially, because whether or not your website follows official design guidelines, incompatibility with IE means 90% of your audience can't access your site. So you see websites like argos.co.uk turning away browsers that properly support web standards because they incorrectly render the bastardised code the website had to be written in.

If you ever bothered to try another browser (Rickoss, even tried looking?) you'd never go back. IE is not a top 10 app because you "can't be bothered" to spend your time downloading a better browser.

1. IE, because it works and I dont want or need a better browser.

2. mIRC, well for its chat ability of course :D

3. WinRar, to use in conjunction with mIRC :D

4. Nero, to burn the many CDs/DVDs.

5. Bit Torrent, so I can get the latest TV shows.

6. Newsbin Pro, to get pron from news groups :D

7. Norton Firewall/Anti-virus, to keep my machine pretty secure.

8. Office XP, Uni work needs it.

9. JBuilder X, Uni work needs it.

10. VirtualDub/TMPGEnc/DVD Shrink and all my editing tools, need to be able to convert video and also be able to get my camcorder video to PC.

1. Mozilla - Browsing just wouldn't be the same with any other browser.

2. Macromedia Fireworks - Image work wouldn't be possible without it.

3. Macromedia Dreamweaver - I'm lazy and this saves me typeing most of my code.

4. Nullsoft Winamp - Best. Media. Player. Ever.

5. Sonic Foundry (Sony) Acid Pro - Couldn't edit mp3 etc and create my own music without this.

6. Macromedia Flash - Obvious really.

7. jv16 PowerTools - Registry and file tools that mean I never have to format my pc.

8. dBpowerAMP Music Converter - Powerful and easy to use music converter.

9. Lavasoft Ad-aware 6 - Keeps the overeger spyware that gets through mozillas stringent blocking at bay.

10. MSN Messenger - Another obvious one...

Safari
FireFox is nice, but I like the metallic look o_O

LimeWire
*ahem*

Dreamweaver MX 2004
I only use Code View and it's "tag completion" thing is dead handy

iChat / MSN Messenger
iChat looks nicer, but they're both handy

iSync
Makes sure my bookmarks and addresses are synched with my .Mac account so I can get to them from anywhere

Toast
Burn, baby, burn!

Mail
OS X's built in mail client - deceptively well featured

iTunes
What can I say?

Virex
A bit pointless, really, as there are currently zero viri for OS X ...

iCal
Alarms go off even when it's not open and I can publish calendars to my .Mac account so friends and family can see when I'm free ... [URL]http://ical.mac.com/timothy_griffin/Appointments[/URL]

gamezfreak wrote:
> 5. Nero - Awesome CD Burner, has lots of features.

Respect for the gamezfreak = -10023

Heathen.
Alcohol 120% is the way to go, brother.

Christ... er, let's see. I don't think I have ten really...

1 - Internet Explorer - Because er, it works.
2 - mIRC - Wonderful for communicating with my lovely group of fools
3 - MSN - Wonderful for communicating with more fools
4 - Adobe Photoshop 7 - Because it rules, may upgrade to CS sooner or later
5 - 3D Studio Max 5 - Although I haven't used it much recently, it's still far too much fun.
6 - Notepad For all my wonderful webpaging
7 - Winamp While I do spend more time playing cds than music off my hard drive, it's still the best for music.
8 - Winzip Because without it I'd never be able to play all my c64 games.
9 - CCS64 Best Commodore 64 emulator in the world.
10 - ZSNES Likewise for the Snes.

Well, that'll do. :)