List of Useful & Free Software Programs

[aimeeandbeatles]

If you have a lot of books, check out bookTome, which catalogs them.

 

[thetrooper]

^ Please find the same for DVDs...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's several,. haven't tested any so use at your own risk.

DVD Collector
Movienizer
DVDBase (scroll down)
Ant Movie Catalog

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does anybody know a good free animation program? And not 3D animations. I'm hoping something similiar to Animation Shop 3 (it comes with Paint Shop Pro). I'm trying to shift to free/open-source software.

Thanks

 

[Agent327]

http://virtualbox.com creates an independent OS on top of your current OS

http://melzoo.com/ search engine using a split screen, so you can scroll on the left, view on the right

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

http://virtualbox.com creates an independent OS on top of your current OS

http://melzoo.com/ search engine using a split screen, so you can scroll on the left, view on the right

The first link gives me a dodgy search engine, while the other gives me a blank screen.

EDIT: Now the second one works.

 

[thetrooper]

Thanks Aimee for the tips above.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

http://virtualbox.com creates an independent OS on top of your current OS

http://melzoo.com/ search engine using a split screen, so you can scroll on the left, view on the right

The first link should be virtualbox.org, not .com

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's a fancy calculator. you need a genuine Windows to download it, though.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...59-B53A-4DC9-8265-DA47F157C091&displaylang=en

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I once had a screensaver where the desktop would "melt" to the bottom of the screen. now I can't find it, I googled but got the ones that don't do the same thing, they just make waves or something. any idea?

edit: tried screensmelter. That's not it.

 

[dcmort93]

Firefox has been incredibly slow on any system I've run it on. Avant has always been faster.

But whatever. I really don't care what browser other people use. Avant is pretty good, I've been using it for quite a while. And if Firefox or Opera get your goat, well, then, good for you.

Although I have to admit I'm not too impressed with Avant 11.0.

if ur still having trouble w/ firefox then get the fasterfox addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9037

allows you to optimize the performance settings and makes it loads faster

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Um, the post you quoted is... 3 years old.

 

[dcmort93]

i know but hey its worth a shot

 

[Genocidicbunny]

if ur still having trouble w/ firefox then get the fasterfox addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9037

allows you to optimize the performance settings and makes it loads faster

Doesnt really do anything my personal addon doesnt do already ( wrote one to have the about:config settings I want set to what I need when I reinstall)

 

[Zelig]

Don't you trust the developers of Firefox to pick the best settings by default?

 

[dcmort93]

yes but sometimes extra stuff helps

 

[Zelig]

yes but sometimes extra stuff helps

Here is where you can let the developers know that they could make Firefox faster with a few easy changes.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

AudioShell, lets you edit ID3 tags from the file properties.

 

[ainwood]

I once had a screensaver where the desktop would "melt" to the bottom of the screen. now I can't find it, I googled but got the ones that don't do the same thing, they just make waves or something. any idea?

edit: tried screensmelter. That's not it.

I believe it was one called "let the screen decay". Set-up the entire lab at university with that screensaver (.bat file to replace the default one, which changed it on every PC I logged-on to).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thanks

Remember a while back I asked for a program that would stitch together panorama pics? I found one. Ironically, from Microsoft.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/