Indispensable Tools

(In my view)

Total Commander | Skype | ICQ | Trillian |
Internet traffic | Netmedic | Naviscope | Shoutcast | Winamp |
Clox | DaveCentral | 3D flags | zonealarm | All Programs | DeveloperShed |

Total Commander

Total Commander My main tool on Windows
Opens all files (F3), copies (F5), zips / unzips
Changes names of files ( shiftF6) or starts in DOS mode ( shift enter)
Opens (with F4) notepad ( or for me:
CuteHTML) for changing files and therefore I do part of the HTML editing from here. Even ftp-functions! (very easy comparing sites with the ones on the server)

Those who deplore disappearance with Windows 95 of the old Norton Commander, here it is back, a 32 bit Windows version done by:
Christian Ghisler

http://www.ghisler.com


Skype

Skype Internet telephony (and see who is online):
www.skype.com for internet telephony
(with Spontania-plugin)
www.video4im.com Spontania for video!!!

In the most recent version the plugin is not necessary anymore: Skype has video on board itself.
For a relative small fee: Phone with Skype-out to every telephone in the world


ICQ

See whom of your friends is online and communicate directly.
Not in use anymore, since there is Skype, a pity, it was a nice programm.
(New is ICQ 5 lite)

http://www.mirabilis.com


Trilian

Or what do you think of Trillian?
It can connect you at the same time to:
ICO, MSN, AIM, Yahoo and IRC (the sounds are better too)
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/




The actual overall internet traffic on this moment:

(Click to see graphs for each continent)

The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world.
It then displays a value between zero and 100.
Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections.


But Netmedic gives much more information: About where the congestion occurs: on the choosen site, in the internet, or on your own pc. See the traffic on your "dashbord"!

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/netmedic.html
(But does not work properly behind a proxy )


Naviscope , webbrowsing utility
Useful? You can see what is loading, that is the point, (by interposing a proxy: HTTP manual proxy set to 127.0.0.1, port 81). stop loading individual images, blocking advertisements, blocking cookies, etc is possible.

http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/naviscope_info.htm
http://www.naviscope.com



Shoutcast Find (or configure your own!) radio station (with the shoutcast server) http://www.shoutcast.com/



Winamp
Winamp MP3 music player.
Free and very good, find with the shoutcast directory (see above) the live-stream senders.

http://www.winamp.com


World Time Zones. CLOX
Nice set of world clocks,

http://www.mirage1.u-net.com/clox.htm


The Andover Update Newsletter and software store
Is renamed, now:
OSDN newsletter
http://freshmeat.net  Linux programs
site map in categories


3D flags


www.3dflags.com ($4,95 or a link)



Zone alarm

Zone alarm Zone Alarm  A good (free) firewall

Links to programs


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