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you will find links to the most useful and popular (or unpopular)
tools that every web surfer must have. If you know of a really
useful tool that you think could help other users as well please
.
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Office [Productivity Tool]
An office productivity suite offering word processing, spreadsheet
and presentations programs, very similar to Microsoft's Office
suite, but with the added bonus that it is free (open source).
It is being developed by Sun MicroSystems in colaboration with
the community.
FREE (Open Source) |
PLATINUM PICK |
Gimp - [Graphics
Utility]
An open source graphics editor with a multitude of options.
It is powerful enough to be used by professional designers even.
It offers a wide array of options and has very little to be envious
of commercial graphics editors. Best of all its available for
free !!!
FREEWARE |
PLATINUM PICK |
Skype [Communications
Tool]
An extremely popular tool used to transmit voice communications
over the internet. With Skype you can "call" other friends
of yours that are subscribed to Skype with no additional costs.
It uses Voice over IP technology and produces excellent audio
quality and speed. Recomended for those who have broadband connections
(DSL, ADSL, Cable, ect).
FREE |
GOLD PICK |
ICQ [Communications
Tool]
An Internet Communications tool, used to message and find
friends who are on-line.Through various third-party programs the
applications of ICQ can be extended to a huge variety of applications,
from sending files to having audio conversations.
FREEWARE |
GOLD PICK |
UltimateZip
[Compression Utility]
A free compression - decompression utility that can handle
most archive types and comes with a multitude of useful features.
FREE |
GOLD PICK |
Real
Media Player [Audio Player]
Real Player allows you to listen to live audio and video broadcasts
through the internet. It is a must have tool for the up-to-date
web surfer.
FREE & COMMERCIAL VERSIONS |
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Shockwave
[Multimedia Viewer]
Macromedia's shockwave is a revolutionary tool that allows
for intensively interactive and animated presentations over the
web. You will need to have a current version of the player
to view web sites that utilise shockwave technology.
FREEWARE |
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Ws-FTP
[File Transfer Utility]
The most widely used ftp program in the world. An extremely
useful tool for visiting ftp servers or manipulating your own
web site through ftp access. Only reason its not a gold
pick is that it not shareware.
TRIAL/COMMERCIAL |
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GetRight
[Downloads Tool]
Tool that allows you to resume downloads that were interupted.
Also logs and keeps records of your download history. Extremely
useful, especially for large file downloads. The program is limited
to servers that support the "resume" function. As most
recent browsers support resuming downloads also, its usefulness
in this respect has diminished a bit. However the fact that you
can establish multiple connections to a single download and thus
increase your download speed substantially makes this tool still
a must have.
SHAREWARE |
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