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Hain · 12-13-2007, 09:53 AM

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[ANCHOR]Digsby[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L) - "Instant Messaging: digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Email Notifications: digsby is an email notification tool that alerts you of new email and lets you perform actions such as 'Delete' or 'Report Spam' with just one click. Social Networking: digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to." - My new favorite multiprotocol instant messenging application. With additional features that notify me on what is happening on my MySpace (yeah, I know, why?) and Facebook (again, why did I bother?), I never need to go to those pages again.
Multi-Protocol Messenger Alternatives click to show
- [ANCHOR]Miranda IM[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W) - "Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive." - A very spartan multiprotocol instant messenging system. I don't really like it but many people use it.
- [ANCHOR]Pidgin[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W,M,L) - "Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once." - Just like Digsby but without social networking features. Highly customizable with a large development team.
- [ANCHOR]Trillian[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W) - "Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC." - Once my favorite instant messenging application. Very clean looking and easy to navigate. However, a slight resource hog compared to other alternatives.
[ANCHOR]Firefox[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups." - Excellent bowser. Highly customizable with a plethera of addons and themes, highly secure browser that only gets better with time.
Browser Alternatives click to show
- [ANCHOR]Flock[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.Flock is built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. Share photos, get your news, blog freely, and search your world with Flock. Flock makes it easier than ever for you to connect with your friends." - Given the recent explosion of social networking sites, it would be nice to have something that makes it easier to navigate through them all. That is where Flock comes in. It is a nifty browser, and I think will become quite popular in a short time. Read reviews from [ANCHOR]Flock[/ANCHOR][/COLOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.Flock is built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. Share photos, get your news, blog freely, and search your world with Flock. Flock makes it easier than ever for you to connect with your friends." - Given the recent explosion of social networking sites, it would be nice to have something that makes it easier to navigate through them all. That is where Flock comes in. It is a nifty browser, and I think will become quite popular in a short time. Read reviews from MIT's Technology Review "]MIT's Technology Review: "Flock: The New Superstar Browser" (June 23, 2006) and "Flocking Together on the Web" (May 07, 2008).
- [ANCHOR]Maxthon[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W) - "Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience." - Think Internet Explorer, only not as slow. It has the same look and feel of IE, but sells it is more secure. I know a few people that have been converted by it, and I used it myself without problem.
- [ANCHOR]Opera[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W,M,L,+) - "A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse." - An advanced tabbed browser that doubles up as an email client too. I used it for the longest time as it used to be less process intense than Firefox, however, it is a neck and neck battle now. I switched from it due to limitations and incompatibilities with certain websites.
- [ANCHOR]Songbird[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W,M,L) - "Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source." - Firefox and Winamp had a baby bird. A clever idea however, very resource intense. I imagine with the new performance gains of FF3, this will also improve. Large footprint, ~140MB, but compatible with iTunes/iPod.
[ANCHOR]Gizmo5[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(2/5)(W,M,L) - "Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you're connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It's just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free." - Think Skype only for all operating systems. It is cheaper than Skype Service, but I can't argue better. As of yet, there are still bugs to be worked out. I have this because it comes on my Nokia770. Supports voice and video chatting, computer to phone calling, voice mail, as well as voice mail- for a small price.
[ANCHOR]Skype[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(2/5)(W,L) - "Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world." - A popular and widely used internet to phone communication system. Supports voice and video chating, computer to phone, call in, and even voice mail- for a low price.
[ANCHOR]Thunderbird[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser. Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts." - I do everything with the 'Boid, include manage my schedule with Lightning.

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The Internet is a scary place. See my [anchorlink=SECURITY]security list[/anchorlink].

[ANCHOR]Flash Player[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices." - It's required for a lot of internet sites and applications.
[ANCHOR]Free Download Manager[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W) - "It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license." - It is a really easy interface for new users. Capable of resuming broken downloads (if the site offers this). It supports downloading Youtube videos and converting them. It however does not distribute bandwith efficient when one is downloading different types of files (ie HTTP/FTP, BitTorrent, Youtube, etc).
[ANCHOR]Google Toolbar[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Keep the power of Google search close at hand. Google Toolbar puts a search box in your browser, making it easier than ever to find anything you want on the Web." - Add a little more power and security to your browsing.
[ANCHOR]Hamachi[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W,M,L) - "With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication. Access computers remotely, use Windows File Sharing, play LAN games, run private Web or FTP servers or communicate directly." - Is super when making private VPNs for gaming or file sharing between family/friends over the internet!
[ANCHOR]Shockwave Player[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M) - "The Shockwave player allows you to play dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Macromedia Director." - Needed for a lot of internet applications.
[ANCHOR]uTorrent[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W) - "uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients." - Really efficient and stable bit torrent downloader. Comes with a bunch of plugins you can opt into installing too to make it feel more llike the other utilities.
Torrent Downloading Application Alternatives click to show
- [ANCHOR]Deluge[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client." - Another efficient torrent application. It is better than most (I have used) because of its advanced proxy settings. Still in early development, so a few bugs here and there.

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12-13-2007, 09:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	*[anchor]BROWSERS, EMAIL, MESSAGING, OH-MY[/anchor]* [anchorlink=RECENT UPDATES]Augi's list[/ANCHORLINK] \| [ANCHORLINK= The Open Source/Freeware/Gratis Software Thread]Biznatch's List[/anchorlink] The Internet is a scary place. See my [anchorlink=SECURITY]security list[/anchorlink]. [ANCHOR]Digsby[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L) - "Instant Messaging: digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Email Notifications: digsby is an email notification tool that alerts you of new email and lets you perform actions such as 'Delete' or 'Report Spam' with just one click. Social Networking: digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to." - My new favorite multiprotocol instant messenging application. With additional features that notify me on what is happening on my MySpace (yeah, I know, why?) and Facebook (again, why did I bother?), I never need to go to those pages again. Multi-Protocol Messenger Alternatives click to show [ANCHOR]Miranda IM[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W) - "Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive." - A very spartan multiprotocol instant messenging system. I don't really like it but many people use it. [ANCHOR]Pidgin[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W,M,L) - "Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once." - Just like Digsby but without social networking features. Highly customizable with a large development team. [ANCHOR]Trillian[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W) - "Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC." - Once my favorite instant messenging application. Very clean looking and easy to navigate. However, a slight resource hog compared to other alternatives. [ANCHOR]Firefox[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups." - Excellent bowser. Highly customizable with a plethera of addons and themes, highly secure browser that only gets better with time. Browser Alternatives click to show [ANCHOR]Flock[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.Flock is built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. Share photos, get your news, blog freely, and search your world with Flock. Flock makes it easier than ever for you to connect with your friends." - Given the recent explosion of social networking sites, it would be nice to have something that makes it easier to navigate through them all. That is where Flock comes in. It is a nifty browser, and I think will become quite popular in a short time. Read reviews from [ANCHOR]Flock[/ANCHOR][/COLOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.Flock is built on fast and secure Mozilla technologies. Share photos, get your news, blog freely, and search your world with Flock. Flock makes it easier than ever for you to connect with your friends." - Given the recent explosion of social networking sites, it would be nice to have something that makes it easier to navigate through them all. That is where Flock comes in. It is a nifty browser, and I think will become quite popular in a short time. Read reviews from MIT's Technology Review "]MIT's Technology Review: "Flock: The New Superstar Browser" (June 23, 2006) and "Flocking Together on the Web" (May 07, 2008). [ANCHOR]Maxthon[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W) - "Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience." - Think Internet Explorer, only not as slow. It has the same look and feel of IE, but sells it is more secure. I know a few people that have been converted by it, and I used it myself without problem. [ANCHOR]Opera[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W,M,L,+) - "A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse." - An advanced tabbed browser that doubles up as an email client too. I used it for the longest time as it used to be less process intense than Firefox, however, it is a neck and neck battle now. I switched from it due to limitations and incompatibilities with certain websites. [ANCHOR]Songbird[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W,M,L) - "Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source." - Firefox and Winamp had a baby bird. A clever idea however, very resource intense. I imagine with the new performance gains of FF3, this will also improve. Large footprint, ~140MB, but compatible with iTunes/iPod. [ANCHOR]Gizmo5[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(2/5)(W,M,L) - "Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you're connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It's just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free." - Think Skype only for all operating systems. It is cheaper than Skype Service, but I can't argue better. As of yet, there are still bugs to be worked out. I have this because it comes on my Nokia770. Supports voice and video chatting, computer to phone calling, voice mail, as well as voice mail- for a small price. [ANCHOR]Skype[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(2/5)(W,L) - "Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world." - A popular and widely used internet to phone communication system. Supports voice and video chating, computer to phone, call in, and even voice mail- for a low price. [ANCHOR]Thunderbird[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser. Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts." - I do everything with the 'Boid, include manage my schedule with Lightning. [anchorlink=RECENT UPDATES]Augi's list[/ANCHORLINK] \| [ANCHORLINK= The Open Source/Freeware/Gratis Software Thread]Biznatch's List[/anchorlink] *[anchor]INTERNET / NETWORK UTILITIES[/anchor]* [anchorlink=RECENT UPDATES]Augi's list[/ANCHORLINK] \| [ANCHORLINK= The Open Source/Freeware/Gratis Software Thread]Biznatch's List[/anchorlink] The Internet is a scary place. See my [anchorlink=SECURITY]security list[/anchorlink]. [ANCHOR]Flash Player[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M,L) - "Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices." - It's required for a lot of internet sites and applications. [ANCHOR]Free Download Manager[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(4/5)(W) - "It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license." - It is a really easy interface for new users. Capable of resuming broken downloads (if the site offers this). It supports downloading Youtube videos and converting them. It however does not distribute bandwith efficient when one is downloading different types of files (ie HTTP/FTP, BitTorrent, Youtube, etc). [ANCHOR]Google Toolbar[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Keep the power of Google search close at hand. Google Toolbar puts a search box in your browser, making it easier than ever to find anything you want on the Web." - Add a little more power and security to your browsing. [ANCHOR]Hamachi[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(1/5)(W,M,L) - "With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication. Access computers remotely, use Windows File Sharing, play LAN games, run private Web or FTP servers or communicate directly." - Is super when making private VPNs for gaming or file sharing between family/friends over the internet! [ANCHOR]Shockwave Player[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(3/5)(W,M) - "The Shockwave player allows you to play dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Macromedia Director." - Needed for a lot of internet applications. [ANCHOR]uTorrent[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(Filehippo)(5/5)(W) - "uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients." - Really efficient and stable bit torrent downloader. Comes with a bunch of plugins you can opt into installing too to make it feel more llike the other utilities. Torrent Downloading Application Alternatives click to show [ANCHOR]Deluge[/ANCHOR] (Homepage)(5/5)(W,M,L,+) - "Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client." - Another efficient torrent application. It is better than most (I have used) because of its advanced proxy settings. Still in early development, so a few bugs here and there. [anchorlink=RECENT UPDATES]Augi's list[/ANCHORLINK] \| [ANCHORLINK= The Open Source/Freeware/Gratis Software Thread]Biznatch's List[/anchorlink] Last edited by Hain; 07-20-2008 at 09:43 PM..