Useful Computer Programs

Hal Emmerich

I haven't seen something like this in a long while so time for an update!

Be it Browser Addons, something to manage your Photos, kill abit of time...whatever Programs you use to help you do the things you like to do, during the Week, on you Computer.

I know it's not the right Forum for this but with all the different Folks that peep in we could root out some Gems!

I'll go first, fairly new one this, some of you may have heard of it...

F.lux

It automatically controls the brightness of your Computer Screen depending on the time of day and where you are in the World, so no more sore eyes late at night when you haven't blinked in an Hour. I'll bet the first joke will be to do with the last bit of this sentence.

Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.

f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again. Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. F.lux will do the rest, automatically.

And VLC Media Player

Be it Music or Video, if it's on your Computer this will play it!

Ghandee

Solitaire.

(only when at work)


/thread.

El Weirdo

Windows, Ubuntu, OS X.

All make your computer do shit.

sock puppet

Wow incredible. I can't wait to try out my new screen brightness adjustment program.

AnonoBoy

Computer program?

I thought we just called them apps now.

chin_grin

Yeah...............this isn't the place for any nerdgasms regarding freeware programs that help your day to day productivity. There's a forum for that, which I guess will be moved there fairly lively.

Ghost Train

http://www.maxthon.com/

http://www.irfanview.com/

El Weirdo

chin_grin wrote: »

Yeah...............this isn't the place for any nerdgasms regarding freeware programs that help your day to day productivity...

Ahem...

Ghandee wrote: »

Solitaire.

Samich

Friends and Fr Ted are pretty good programmes you can get on the computer.

Conor108

Rainlendar 2 - It's niiice. Desktop calendar/to-do thingy

HTTPS Everywhere add-on for firefox so sites will use https by default if available

LastPass Password manager for Firefox, Safari, Opera, chrome & mobile devices

Oh and Dropbox

Ste_D

As a software developer the 2 most useful things i have used recently are:

- resharper from jetbrains, its awesome on so many levels
- and fiddler2, really handy local proxy that lets you examine http traffic

just my 2 cents - please dont bash the nerd!

johnners2981

download prime95, keeps your room nice and warm

Slydice

defraggler
burnaware
7zip
rocketdock

eth0

johnners2981 wrote: »

download prime95, keeps your room nice and warm

Folding @ home would be more useful
http://folding.stanford.edu/

Jake Rugby Walrus666

0 PRINT CHR$(147)
1 FOR I=0 TO 1023
2 POKE 1024+I, 3
3 NEXT I
4 PRINT CHR$(147)
5 END

starbelgrade

Calculator & MS Paint.

orourkeda

Redtube

ejmaztec

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Computer program?

I thought we just called them apps now.

6 minute apps, the only exercise I get.

LumpyGravy

Browser addon: Stumbleupon

App (pc and smartphone): Evernote - perfect for notetaking, synchronises between devices.

Sergeant

Sugarsync is like Dropbox only it gives you 5GB of storage.

o1s1n

>snip<

Abi

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

I'll go first, fairly new one this, some of you may have heard of it...

F.lux

sock puppet wrote: »

Wow incredible. I can't wait to try out my new screen brightness adjustment program.

I always found myself adjusting brightness before I installed this, eyes were wrecked - but I haven't had to since. Wouldn't be so quick to knock it.

Latchy

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

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F.lux

It automatically controls the brightness of your Computer Screen depending on the time of day and where you are in the World, so no more sore eyes late at night when you haven't blinked in an Hour. I'll bet the first joke will be to do with the last bit of this sentence.

And VLC Media Player

Be it Music or Video, if it's on your Computer this will play it!

I think the F.lux is just what I need as I find the glare a bit of a strain on the eyes so will download later ....and the VLC Media player to thanks .

Photobucket and U.Torrent would be the ones I use more than most .

Johro

LumpyGravy wrote: »

Browser addon: Stumbleupon

App (pc and smartphone): Evernote - perfect for notetaking, synchronises between devices.

Also another firefox extension, Adblock Plus. I've not seen a pop-up or banner ad since I installed it years ago. I used to wonder what people were on about when they complained about the one on boards.ie, on the right side of screen, 'til I used Internet Explorer and there it was. IE sucks.

**Timbuk2**

For Chrome: Last.fm Free Music Player

Let's you play music for free off Last.fm (make a free account) while you browse!

RichieC

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

For Chrome: Last.fm Free Music Player

Let's you play music for free off Last.fm (make a free account) while you browse!

Not even funny how amazing it is..

John Doe1

whorefinder-lets you know of the easiest girl within a 10 mile radius

bnt

PortableApps are great: free apps designed to be self-contained, can work off a USB key, and which can be moved around between disks without breaking. The "Platform" includes an app menu and updater.

GreenWolfe

Johro wrote: »

Also another firefox extension, Adblock Plus. I've not seen a pop-up or banner ad since I installed it years ago. I used to wonder what people were on about when they complained about the one on boards.ie, on the right side of screen, 'til I used Internet Explorer and there it was. IE sucks.

First rule of Adblock is not to talk about Adblock. Flashblock mops up any of the rest

Anyways, I find that MP3 tag edits in WMP12 don't seem to save. Then, they show up as blank fields in Windows 7 explorer....AND you can't edit them from the W7 shell.

I use SmartTagFix to manually repair stubborn music file tag info. It has the appearance of a student project, but it does what it does without a fancy interface, or sucking up every last resource on your PC.

http://smarttagfix.sourceforge.net/

Dempsey

Installed Flux and my screen has a kind of orange tint to it, will give this a couple of days to see what its like

Johro

Dempsey wrote: »

Installed Flux and my screen has a kind of orange tint to it, will give this a couple of days to see what its like

Read the FAQ.

K-9

Johro wrote: »

Also another firefox extension, Adblock Plus. I've not seen a pop-up or banner ad since I installed it years ago. I used to wonder what people were on about when they complained about the one on boards.ie, on the right side of screen, 'til I used Internet Explorer and there it was. IE sucks.

Very handy add on for Firefox, loads the next page of Boards, Google etc. automatically:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autopager/?src=ss

studdlymurphy

Recuva
for recovering deleted files or files lost after a restore or format.

Ccleaner
for cleaning crap of your system to help speed it up.

oppenheimer1

texworks

Excel

Opera

UglyBolloxFace

ejmaztec wrote: »

6 minute apps, the only exercise I get.

What if somebody brings out 5 minute apps?

Real player lets you download youtube videos.





Eh.. Yeah.

Where To

Does the Late Late Toy Show have computers on it?

If so, that.

Hal Emmerich

If using Firefox, Video Downloadhelper lets you download whatever media you're listening/watching.

GreenWolfe

Edz87 wrote: »

Real player lets you download youtube videos.





Eh.. Yeah.

Ever try YouTubeFisher on Codeplex? Simple UI, no install, no fancy interface and no opening umpteen services in the background, no Ad toolbars. Just extract from the zip and go. Best bit - if you put a complete YouTube video URL into the clipboard it immediately appears in the URL field when you start the program. Fab.

It's Windows only, which is a shame.

http://youtubefisher.codeplex.com/

Johro

K-9 wrote: »

Very handy add on for Firefox, loads the next page of Boards, Google etc. automatically:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autopager/?src=ss

Autopager, yeah I have that. Also DownThemAll video downloader add-on and WOT, (web of trust), tells ya when a site is dodgy. I have way too many add-ons to list, should probably tidy it up a bit, remove the ones I don't use much. Nice to have all those options though, plenty of handy extensions available for Firefox.

Johro

Edz87 wrote: »

Real player lets you download youtube videos.





Eh.. Yeah.

Free Studio, it's a program that lets you convert all types of formats including downloading, uploading, and converting youtube videos to mp3. Like, if you want the audio from a music video. Quick and easy. You can get it from here http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=freestudio&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows

Sergeant

Zotero is a fantastic extension if you are completing a thesis or doing research. It allows you to store your citations, and can automatically create bibliographies on the fly.

Chuck Stone

Real Player is aggressive.

Skylinehead

http://imgur.com/tools

Hyperdesktop is the highlight there. Press Ctrl/Shift/F3, it takes a printscreen, uploads it, and provides a link for you.

Coriolanus

Teracopy, expecially if like me you move stuff around between hdds and like having extra copies of important files etc scattered around multiple externals and what not. Sooo much faster than relying on the native processes.

Spunge

use flux for a few days, then turn it off. The screen will blind you.

Godsentme

Flux on now. Wow! Thats much better!

danniemcq

4cdl

don't have a link as i'm at work but it works for downloading threadsfrom 4chan, doesn't matter if its /s/, /hc/, /b/ or any of the others just copy the thread address while this program is running and it will download all images, a copy of the thread and the thumnails for browsing offline.

very handy and the cmd window it opens will keep checking for new posts and download accordingly.

Downloads where you tell it and names all the folders 1234123 or whatever the title is so its easy enough to manage and sort the folders if you want to move them by theme

jester77

kindle cloud reader for chrome, firefox. You can read your books at work when you are on a break!

cocoshovel

VLC player is crap. MPC all the way.

Dyr

Given that windows search is ****e in windows 7, I consider Everything to be essential.