Yesterday I was asked by a coworker about one of the applications that I had running so I thought I'd make a list of applications that I frequently use for programming (in no particular order):
- 4NT
- HEdit
- Reflector
- VMWare Player
- Process Explorer
- Tortoise SVN
- Remote Desktop
- DbgCLR
- OleView
- C++Builder
- Delphi
- Trillian
- iTunes
- Firefox
- Xana News
- Raid
- Quality Central
- Outlook
- Office
- Open Office
- Skype
- Google Desktop
- WinRAR
- Acrobat Reader
- Atomic Clock Sync
12 comments:
Nice to see you're a command-liner! :)
As for Outlook, it's not that bad, particularly in the 2003 version. I love it even though it could be better in many ways but it has worked flawlessly for me. Like you, I've tried others, mostly to try and have a single program for mail and news (I hate Outlook Express!), but they simply are too lacking once you get spoilt by MSFT with Outlook! :)
File management : FileCommander (http://silk.apana.org.au/fc.html) or FAR Manager (http://www.farmanager.com/).
Beyond Compare for file diff (http://www.scootersoftware.com/).
Launchy for making the start menu obsolete (http://www.launchy.net/).
Watching "TV" - Democracy Player (http://www.getdemocracy.com/)
Chat - Miranda (http://www.miranda-im.org/) + Off-the-Record (OTR) (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/)
Finding graphics files: Picassa from Google
Screen Capture: FastStone (http://www.FastStone.org)
Virtual PC: MS Virtual PC 2007
Capturing colour numbers: Instant Eyedropper (http://Instant-Eyedropper.com)
I'm not liking Outlook to much either anymore... Anyone know of any good alternatives? Seriously... :-)
For web stuff... there are a lot of good editors out there but this one by far has been the best for me... WeBuilder 2007...!
Google Desktop for seaching.
http://desktop.google.com/
Ultraedit
http://www.ultraedit.com/
TotalCommander (4NT is wonderful too)
http://www.ghisler.com/
Araxis Merge
http://www.araxis.com/
You should take a look at Altap Salamander. (www.altap.cz)
It is a file manager tool for those of us who just cant live without Norton Commander.
For a text editor windows replacement look at notepad2
Fernando, Outlook has a lot of quirks, especially filtering and searching. Firebird was pretty good the last time I used it. My favorite mail client is currently Mail on the Mac, but it has some quirks as well.
Anthony, another web authoring tool that I've used in the past, besides Dreamweaver, is 1st Page 2000 (http://www.evrsoft.com/).
For the Editor, have a look at NOTEPAD++ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus
For Diff and Merge: WinMerge
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/WinMerge
I use Copernic instead of Google Desktop(and it's written in Delphi)
www.copernic.com
I tried google but Copernic was better, I don't know how the Google desktop now
Some ones I use:
PDF Reader: Foxit (Freeware)
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PDF Print driver: PrimoPDF (Freeware)
http://www.primopdf.com/
RSS: GreatNews (Freeware)
http://www.curiostudio.com/
File Management: Directory Opus (Not free, but worth it)
http://www.gpsoft.com.au/
Shortcuts: Colibri (Freeware)
http://colibri.leetspeak.org/
Source Code: Perforce (Free for single developer)
http://www.perforce.com/
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