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Chzn8r
03-03-2004, 03:51 AM
What sort of programs do you use?
Me-
Internet Browsing: Opera
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: iTunes
Ripping/encoding: iTunes
Burning: iTunes
Video playing: Windows Media Play (but Quicktime and Real if necessary)
Instant Messaging: AIM+
Filesharing: SoulSeek
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: SmartFTP
Virus Scanning: NOD32
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spybot
Software Firewall: Zone Alarm
File Archiving: WinRAR
Go ahead and fill in all the categories you can! Also, if you have any good ideas for another category, tell me and I'll add them :)
Yamaneko
03-03-2004, 03:56 AM
Internet Browsing: Firefox
Word processing: OpenOffice
Text editing: Textpad
Audio Playing: Winamp 2.91
Ripping/encoding: CDex
Burning: Click 'n Burn Pro 2
Video playing: Media Player Classic
Instant Messaging: AIM / MSN
Filesharing: Kazaa / WinMX / Bit Torrent
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: CuteFTP Pro
Virus Scanning: AVG 6 Free Edition
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spybot
Software Firewall: Sygate Personal Firewall
File Archiving: WinRAR
Enoki
03-03-2004, 03:58 AM
Internet Browsing: Avant Browser
Word processing: Microsoft Works
Text editing: N/A
Audio Playing: WMP
Ripping/encoding: Audacity
Burning: Easy cd creator
Video playing: WMP
Instant Messaging: AIM
Filesharing: WINmx
Image creating/editing: Eoff signature service (hehe)
FTP: N/A
Virus Scanning: McAfee
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spybot
Software Firewall: N/A
File Archiving: N/A
Peegee
03-03-2004, 03:58 AM
Internet Browsing: Mozilla Firebox. Yes really
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: Winamp
Ripping/encoding: I don't rip music, and I don't encode anime any more. But if I did I would use MusicMatch Jukebox
Burning: Nero
Video playing: (The)Core Media Player
Instant Messaging: AIM (Deadaim); ICQ, MSN, Y!M
Filesharing: K++
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 6
FTP: FlashFXP
Virus Scanning: Norton AV Corporate Edition
Spyware detection: Adaware
Software Firewall: None. In fact I'm in DMZ mode (yes really; mods can see my ip *wink*)
File Archiving: WinRAR, for Zipping
Kirobaito
03-03-2004, 04:44 AM
Uh....
Internet: Internet Explorer
Imaging: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8
Music/Video: WMP
Word Processing: Microsoft Word
White Raven
03-03-2004, 05:34 AM
Me-
Internet Browsing: Internet Explorer
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Audio Playing: Win Amp
Ripping/encoding: WMP
Burning: Nero
Video playing: VLC Media Player
Instant Messaging: MSN Messenger
Filesharing: DC++
Image creating/editing: Paint
Virus Scanning: Systemec
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spybot
Software Firewall: Zone Alarm
Xander
03-03-2004, 09:21 AM
Internet Browsing: IE6
Word processing: Microsoft Word (97 on my comp, 2000 at college)
Text editing: Notepad rules always.
Audio Playing: WinAmp
Ripping/encoding: Ahh something Lindsey put on my computer..Creative MediaSource or something.
Burning: Record Now DX. Just came on the comp.
Video playing: Windows Media Player or Winamp, good for watching lots of videos after each other.
Instant Messaging: MSN. I have AIM/YIM but rarely remember to put them on, MSN is easier for me.
Filesharing: Kazaa.
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: Don't use.
Virus Scanning: Norton AntiVirus
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spybot
Software Firewall: Norton Internet Security thing.
File Archiving: Umm, what's that?
I also use Dreamweaver for web design, Flash for animation, and 3D Studio Max, Director, and Premiere at college, although I'm not too good at those yet ^_^
For me:
Internet Browsing: Opera
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: Winamp 5
Ripping/encoding: Winamp 5/Nero
Burning: Nero
Video playing: Winamp 5
Instant Messaging: MSN/AIM/Y!M/IRC
Filesharing: DC++
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: CuteFTP
Virus Scanning: Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro
Spyware detection: Adaware
Software Firewall: Zone Alarm
File Archiving: WinRAR
Meat Puppet
03-03-2004, 09:49 AM
I just use all the stuff that came with my OS. I'm too lazy to download/buy other stuff, which may as well be better than the junk now; and I'm too lazy to join the microsoft campaign.
Skogs
03-03-2004, 11:10 AM
Internet Browsing: Mozilla Firefox
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: WinAmp
Ripping/encoding: RealPlayer
Burning: Roxio Easy CD Creater
Video playing: Real, WinAmp
Instant Messaging: MSN Messenger
Filesharing: KaZaA (it's been banned by my college, though), and DC++
Image creating/editing: MSN Paint
FTP: Uhh....
Virus Scanning: McAfee
Spyware detection: Ad-Awarr
Software Firewall: Uhh...
File Archiving: WinZip
Loony BoB
03-03-2004, 12:21 PM
Internet Browsing: IE5.5 (at work) and IE6 (at home)
Word processing: Microsoft Word / Notepad / CuteHTML
Text editing: Notepad / CuteHTML
Audio Playing: WinAmp / Sound Recorder
Ripping/encoding: I forget.
Burning: Roxio Easy CD Creator 5
Video playing: WinAmp
Instant Messaging: AIM / Y!M / mIRC
Filesharing: BitTorrent / AIM / KazaaLite / mIRC
Image creating/editing: MS Paint :D I have PSP8, too, but rarely use it.
FTP: FTP Wanderer and FXP
Virus Scanning: Norton Antivirus Pro 2004
Spyware detection: Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D
Software Firewall: ZoneAlarm
File Archiving: Winzip / WinRAR
Other programs I use on a semi-regular basis: MS Excel, MapEdit.
Erdrick Holmes
03-03-2004, 01:08 PM
Internet Browsing: Firefox
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: Winamp
Ripping/encoding: Windows Media Player
Burning: Nero
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: AIM, MSN, mIRC
Filesharing: Imesh
Image creating/editing: Photoedit 8
FTP: CoreFTP
Virus Scanning: AVG Virus scanner
Spyware detection: Spybot S&D
Software Firewall: Default Windows XP one
File Archiving: WinRar
Question, is Zonealram free?
Angyles Cerddoriaeth
03-03-2004, 03:44 PM
Internet Browsing: stupid explorer
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Reports: Excel
Audio Playing: Launchcast for my radio
Instant Messaging: AIM, MSN, mIRC, Yahoo
Filesharing: Limewire
Virus Scanning: My IT department
Software Firewall: Whatever is on the server at work
Program I actually use to do my work on: Eclipse/Eterm
crono_logical
03-03-2004, 04:23 PM
Internet Browsing: Mozilla/Firefox/Opera
Word processing: OpenOffice.org
Text editing: Notepad/Wordpad
Audio Playing: Winamp
Ripping/encoding: don't really rip stuff
Burning: don't really burn stuff anymore either :p
Video playing: Media Player Classic (http://www.sf.net/projects/guliverkli)
Instant Messaging: YM/MSN
Filesharing: Azureus (http://azureus.sf.net/) mainly, BCDC++ too
FTP: don't have any one program - they're all crap in Windows :p
Virus Scanning: Mcafee, though I leave that disabled 99% of the time since I don't really need the CPU overhead of it - I'm careful enough to not get infected in the first place so I'm not worried :p
Spyware detection: I don't bother usually, don't need to again :p I sound overly confident of myself, don't I? :D
Software Firewall: Tiny Personal Firewall - more to block apps on my PC accessing out to certain things rather than the other way round to be honest.
File Archiving: WinRAR
Joel: Zonealarm is free, but when the TrueVector service it installs eventually dies and gobbles up 100% CPU cycles, don't say you weren't warned of a system reinstall being imminent :D
Shoeberto
03-03-2004, 05:15 PM
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Internet Browsing: Firefox
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Crimson Editor
Audio Playing: Winamp 5
Ripping/encoding: CDex
Burning: Nero
Video playing: DivX Player
Instant Messaging: Trillian
Filesharing: Kazaa Lite K++, BitTorrent
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: AceFTP 3
Virus Scanning: AVG
Spyware detection: Spybot Search and Destroy
Software Firewall: n/a
File Archiving: WinRAR
Mikztsu
03-03-2004, 05:17 PM
Sup son. Are you gonna make more RPG's? Loved your previous one.
Leeza
03-03-2004, 06:47 PM
Mik, Mik, Mik. I come into here after seeing that you posted expecting to see what programs you use, but all I see is you talking to Hsu. That's what our PM system is for, you know. I'm sure that Hsu would really appreciate getting a PM from you. Now post what programs you use please. Thank you. :)
ZeZipster
03-03-2004, 07:19 PM
Internet Browsing: Firefox or Avant (if I run in to compatibility issues I'll use Avant, because it's basically IE with tabbing and a built in pop-up stopper)
Word processing: MS Word
Text editing: MS Word
Audio Playing: Winamp 3.0
Burning: Roxio/Nero
Video playing: Realone Player
Instant Messaging: Trillian (the old free one)
Filesharing: oDC or Winmx, whatever is compatible with my proxy
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 4.0
FTP: MS-DOS (Hey, it works faster than explorer and Bullet Proof)
Virus Scanning: AVG
Spyware detection: Adaware
Software Firewall: I'm behind a Proxy, and the server hosting the Proxy is very secure.
File Archiving: WinRAR/Winzip/Stuffit Standard.
Lament
03-03-2004, 10:51 PM
OS: Windows XP Professional
Browsing: IE6
Music: Winamp 2.7
Chat: MSN6 / IRC
Word Processing: Notepad / Wordpad (w00t, retro!)
Graphics: PSP7 / Adobe Photoshop / Good ol' PAINT!
Antivirus: None... come on, I dare you :cool:
Spyware: SpyBot S&D
Firewall: None... feel free NOT to h4x0r me back to the stone age...
File Sharing: None... my piracy is strictly between friends
FTP: RightFTP
Video playback: I leave it up to Windows to decide.
I also find use for the following:
Multisim 7, CommSim, Ultiboard, PCB Layout32, A8031/52 Emulator & Assembler... but now we're getting into hardcore nerd territory, so I'm stopping there :cool:
Mikztsu
03-03-2004, 11:03 PM
Originally posted by Leeza
Mik, Mik, Mik. I come into here after seeing that you posted expecting to see what programs you use, but all I see is you talking to Hsu. That's what our PM system is for, you know. I'm sure that Hsu would really appreciate getting a PM from you. Now post what programs you use please. Thank you. :)
Mod whore! >< >:O
Fine, fine then, wahtever mod whore tells me to do.:)
Word processing: MS Word
Text editing: MS Word
Audio Playing: Winamp
Burning:Nero
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: Mostly MSN. Also Aim and Y!M.
Filesharing: KaZaa lite
Image creating/editing: HP program that came with my digi cam-
FTP:-
Virus Scanning: AVG
Spyware detection: Adaware
Software Firewall: ZoneAlarm
File Archiving: WinRar
Leeza
03-03-2004, 11:31 PM
That's better, Mik. Thank you. :)
Word processing: MS Word 2000
Text editing: WordPad
Audio Playing: Winamp
Burning: Nero
Video playing: Windows Media Player/Winamp
Instant Messaging: Mostly MSN. Also Y!M and AIM.
Filesharing: KaZaa lite
Image creating/editing: PhotoShop 7, Jasc Paintshop Pro 7
FTP: Don't use one.
Virus Scanning: Norton AntiVirus
Spyware detection: Ad-aware 6, Spybot S&D
Software Firewall: Don't have one. Had ZoneAlarm for a while but it started acting all funny so I uninstalled it.
File Archiving: WinRar
EDIT: Browser: IE 6/Firefox
Enoki
03-04-2004, 12:32 AM
how can any of you suffer though the agony of explorer?
Lament
03-04-2004, 12:55 AM
My view on the subject is, why waste a decent browser on 56k? ;)
Enoki
03-04-2004, 01:09 AM
ok then how can anyone endure the agony of 56k?
j/k, but really cable rules.
Kirkpatrick
03-04-2004, 01:26 AM
Internet Browsing: Firefox
Word processing: WordPerfect 2000, Word 2000 if I have to work with the computers at school on the same document.
Text editing: TextPad
Audio Playing: Winamp
Ripping/Burning: Easy CD Creator 4
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: MSN, Trillian only for using MSN on two accounts at the same time :p, Y!M When I can bothered (almost never)
Filesharing: I have KaZaA installed, but the spyware components got deleted :p
Image creating/editing: Photoshop 6.0, ACDSee for viewing and simple things like cropping if I don't want to wait for photoshop to load.
Virus Scanning: AVG Virus scanner
Spyware detection: AdAware
Software Firewall: ZoneAlarm
File Archiving: WinRar / WinZip
Hopefully I'll be getting Flash soon as well, and I would like to get Finale or Sibelius for Music stuff too.
Tokki Wartooth
03-04-2004, 01:44 AM
Internet Browsing: IE
Word processing: Wordpad!
Text editing: Huh?
Audio Playing: Creative Play Center (which SUCKS btw)
Ripping/encoding: What.
Burning: Roxio Easy CD Creator
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: MSN thx
Filesharing: None :(
Image creating/editing: Photoshop
Virus Scanning: Freedom
Spyware detection: Spykiller or something
Software Firewall: I forget. It's from Sympatico tho.
File Archiving: Ah? D:
Wow my internet terminology is bad :(
Chzn8r
03-04-2004, 02:10 AM
Originally posted by Tokkiquil
Text editing: Huh?
Ripping/encoding: What.
File Archiving: Ah? D:
Wow my internet terminology is bad :(
Text editing, basically for coding with web languages and whatnot.
Ripping/encoding: Taking music from your CDs and putting it on your PC, changing types/compression of music files, etc...
File Archiving: Ever used a Zip file? Those are archives. They compress the size of the files and make them better for transfering. Most downloads on the internet come in .zip format, but many also come in .rar, so having WinRAR instead of just WinZip is good because it can handle .rar and .zip types.
Shlup
03-04-2004, 04:27 AM
Internet Browsing: IE
Word processing: Microsoft Word XP
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: WinAmp
Ripping/encoding: Music Match
Burning: Nero
Video playing: Windows Media Play (but Quicktime and Real if necessary)
Instant Messaging: AIM, sometimes Y!M but mostly for email notification
Filesharing: KaZaA, emule, mIRC, and a couple more occasionally...
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 6 (don't like7)
FTP: LeechFTP
Virus Scanning: Norton
Spyware detection: Adaware
Software Firewall: dunno
File Archiving: WinZIP/WinRAR
Wind Shear
03-04-2004, 04:43 AM
Even thoug that I don't have a single PC around. Here are the programs that I use frequently.
Internet Browsing: MSIE 6
Instant Messaging: MSN and Yahoo!
Audio Playing: Winamp
Web Design and Development: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Image Processing: Macromedia Fireworks MX and Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: SSH Secure File Transfer Client
Terminal (Remote Login): SSH Secure Shell Client
CD Burning (In figurative sense): Nero Express
File Archiving: WinZip and WinRAR
IDEs: JCreator for Java
Word Processing: MS Word
File Sharing: none
Mikztsu
03-04-2004, 11:02 AM
I didn't know 56k's even existed anymore.
And oh yeah, I use IE6. No reason to complain about that browser.*_*
Shadowdust
03-04-2004, 02:50 PM
Internet Browsing: Firebird
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Windows Notepad
Audio Playing: Windows Media Player
Ripping/encoding: Cdex/Nero Wave Editor
Burning: Nero/Blindwrite
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: Yahoo! Messenger
Filesharing: Kazaalite Ressurection/Bit Torrent
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: None
Virus Scanning: Norton AntiVirus
Spyware detection: Adaware, Spykiller
Software Firewall: Norton Internet Security
File Archiving: WinRAR/Winzip
Chzn8r
03-04-2004, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by Mikztsu
I didn't know 56k's even existed anymore.
And oh yeah, I use IE6. No reason to complain about that browser.*_*
Ever recieve a pop-up or a flash ad? Ever have so many windows on your taskbar that you couldn't tell between them all?
There are many, many, many browsers out there better than IE that improve on these main points, and others. And of course there are many more secure browsers out there. Settling for IE is like riding a bike just because it's in your driveway, when there's a BMW in your garage with the keys in it.
If you want an easy change from IE, switch to Avant Browser. It's basically a modification for IE, which has the same layout, and will have the same favorites/cookies/etc... of your IE browser, but is also much more customizeable, and will block popups, ads, flash banners, etc... And, it makes multiple tabs of windows inside your browser, instead of flooding your taskbar.
Of course, that's only if you want an easy switch from IE. I prefer Opera. Many also prefer Mozilla Fire(insert word here).
Red Wizard
03-05-2004, 02:17 AM
Internet Browsing: Firefox 0.8
Word processing: Microsoft Word
Text editing: Object Edit
Audio Playing: Winamp 5
Ripping/encoding: Music Match
Burning: Nero 6
Video playing: Windows Media Player
Instant Messaging: Trillian Pro 2.0
Filesharing: KaZaA K++ and Shareaza
Image creating/editing: Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: Filezilla
Virus Scanning: Norton Anitvirus 2002
Spyware detection: Adaware
File Archiving: WinRAR, but only because it does .rar files. the decompression algorithm sucks.
Dr Unne
03-05-2004, 05:24 PM
Internet Browsing: MozillaFirefox
Word processing: OpenOffice.org
Text editing: vim
Audio Playing: Beep Media Player
Ripping/encoding: grip
Burning: cdrecord or K3B
Video playing: mplayer
Instant Messaging: Gaim
Filesharing: gift + giFTcurs
Image creating/editing: Gimp 2.0
FTP: ncftp
Virus Scanning: Linux
Spyware detection: Linux
Software Firewall: iptables
File Archiving: tar zcvf [filename]
Baloki
03-05-2004, 05:47 PM
Operating System: Windows Massive Edivice (to rubbish) aka ME
Internet Browsing: IE6SP2, Firefox, Netscape
Word processing: Word 2001
Text editing: Notepad
HTML Editing: Notepad or AceHTML Freeware 5
Audio Playing: Winamp 5 (classic)
Ripping/encoding: CDex
Burning: My Dads computer
Video playing: Winamp 5 or WMP7
Instant Messaging: MSNMessenger or the barking AIM if all else fails
Filesharing: What? Me do something illegal? NEVER!
Image creating/editing: Paint Shop Pro 5 and Adobe Photoshop 7
FTP: AceFTP Freeware
Virus Scanning: Norton Super Edition
Spyware detection: Adaware 6
Software Firewall: Norton Super Edition + Self Programmed Super Lockdown Extra Edition Pro Plus 12
File Archiving: ME's personal zip program, now down to 38% corrupt attempts!
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