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Useful Computer Programs

  • 22-11-2011 11:48PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭


    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!


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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Solitaire.

    (only when at work)


    /thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Windows, Ubuntu, OS X.

    All make your computer do shit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Computer program?

    I thought we just called them apps now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,581 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭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!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭johnners2981


    download prime95, keeps your room nice and warm :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    defraggler
    burnaware
    7zip
    rocketdock


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭eth0


    download prime95, keeps your room nice and warm :)

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


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 528 ✭✭✭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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Calculator & MS Paint.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Redtube


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Computer program?

    I thought we just called them apps now.

    6 minute apps, the only exercise I get.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭LumpyGravy


    Browser addon: Stumbleupon

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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,923 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    >snip<


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


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

    F.lux
    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    .

    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 .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭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.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    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..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭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.

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭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/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,529 ✭✭✭✭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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭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.


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