| | Software Recommendations |
| by Mark Kaprielian |
| 04-01-01 |
| Desktop Applications |
| | ClipTrackker | 1.2 | http://www.cliptrakker.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | Clipboard manager. Keeps a copy of everything you copy and paste. Comes in real handy |
| | when things just won't drag and drop between apps. Some conversion, scratch pad, etc. |
| | MemTurbo | 2.1 | http://www.memturbo.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | The first couple of times I heard of this program I thought, come on, this can't be really doing |
| | anything. Well, I gave it a try and I'm a believer. This program is a "memory defragger". |
| | What it does is it free's up reserved memory from applications that haven't used ram for a |
| | while. I first started using the program back when Netscape 4.0 was causing my system to |
| | crash after using it and other applications for a while. The number of crashes when down |
| | a lot after I started using the program. Things do seem to speed up again after it does a |
| | defag. The interface is easy and useful. You can set it to try an maintain a minimum level |
| | and to shoot for a maximum level of physical memory available. In addition, you can make it |
| | run on demand or periodically. |
| | MoonPhase | 2.2 build | http://www.locutuscodeware.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | Not exactly a critical application. It just sits in your tray and shows you what the moon looks |
| | like today. |
| | Password Tracker Delux | 3.61 | http://www.clrpc.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | Gets my product of the year award, two years running now. The only program in years I |
| | haven't found a bug in. Keeps all your passwords for you. Will log you into sites on the |
| | web and will even do it automatically for you if you want. Fantastic, saves me lots of time |
| | and effort. |
| | SocketWatch | 3.2 | http://www.locutuscodeware.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | Keeps your PC time sychronized via the internet. |
| | TraxTime | 3.6 | http://spudcity@spudcity.com/ |
| | Last Reviewed 11/21/1999 | TraxTime - Time clock for multi projects. There are many of this type of program to chose |
| | from but I picked this one because of overall functionality and an in your face GUI that is |
| | easy to get to and that reminds you to punch out and lets you change projects fairly easily. |
| | I'm using it to see just how much time I'm volunteering to various things. (three web sites, |
| | multi org management or participation, personal chess study which has been appallingly low |
| | this year, etc.) |
| Graphics Applications |
| | ACDSee32 | Super | http://www.acdsystems.com |
| | Last Reviewed 7/12/2000 | Image viewer. Was using SuperJPG and CompuPic. One feature that made me switch to it |
| | was the easy to get to rotate for fixing the Kodak CD images that Kodak sometimes scans in |
| | upside down. Also, presents file information neater than others and it has a generally |
| | cleaner interface. Still my choice after 7 months of use. (July 2000) Originally reviewed in |
| | 1999-11 |
| | IrFanView | 3.33 | http://www.Irfanview.com | $0.00 |
| | Last Reviewed 12/18/2000 | I have not explored the full capabilities of this program yet. I currently use it for one purpose |
| | 1:32:12 AM | only, to do batch resizing of graphics files which my current number one graphics viewer |
| | choice does not yet do. The ability to resize a collection of photos in one shot is a |
| | tremendous time saver if you take digital photos at a high resolution and want to display them |
| | on a web page at a reasonable size for most users. |
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