Indispensable Tools

(In my view)

Windows Commander | Secret Agent | Crescendo | ICQ | MemTurbo | Netmeeting |
internet traffic | Netmedic | Naviscope | Speedlane |Shoutcast | Winamp |
Clox | Swatch | DaveCentral | 3D flags

Windows 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) notebook ( or now its clone CuteHTML) for changing files and therefore I do all the HTML editing mostly 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

Crescendo

For Easy playing midi files present on homepages.
And creating music on your own page!
For free/ Gratis ( but then with spyware! You can put it of)
CRESCENDO Plugin.
(Not any longer necessary: for the latest Netscape has his own player now, like MSIExplorer, but it allows "streaming" and a better sound quality and a automatically floating control-panel)

http://www.liveupdate.com/dl.htm

ICQ

See whom of your friends is online and communicate directly.
Op dit moment ben ik:  

http://www.mirabilis.com


The ICQ Online-Message Panel
Sender Name:
Sender EMail:
Message:

  
My Personal Communication Center    What is ICQ, Download
Create Your Own ICQ Message Panel

Use of the ICQ Dispatcher is subject to Terms and Conditions


Memturbo

Recover and Defragment Your RAM With MemTurbo. Keeps Windows going even in case of memory leaks Recover and Defragment Your RAM With MemTurbo!

http://www.memturbo.com

Netmeeting

See and hear each other on webcam.
(And give each other warning first by ICQ ).

From Microsoft, goes free with Explorer, (sorry that I make advertisement for them.) But it is very good! Something like: CUSEEME, but this has also screen-sharing facilities and whiteboard.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/download/default.asp

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.vitalsigns.com

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.naviscope.com/


Speedlane
Fine-tuning the TC/IP settings, makes internet connection to your PC much faster!
http://speedlane.com/io

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

CLOX World Time Zones. Nice set of world clocks,

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

The Andover Update Newsletter and software store You need a Java-capable web browser to see the applet.

http://www.davecentral.com


3D flags


http://www.3dflags.com/World/index_ws.html




To test this, you must use a Java enabled browser.
A java-applet to search this site
made by:David Faden fromThe Gilbert Post