Author Topic: My favorite software! What's yours? (Read 234225 times)

Wordzilla · « **Reply #25 on:** September 23, 2006, 07:23 AM »

ACA capture PRO - powerful screen capture software.
www.acasystems.com

-titan216 (September 23, 2006, 12:15 AM)

Well, I tried ACA capture PRO just now, it seems the thing is powered by dirty publicity (false claims, paid reviews and deceitful download buttons) rather than real functionality.

And most amusing of all, the website claims that the program "gets" a CNET Editor's rating of 5/5, while in fact there's no CNET review at all, only a user rating of 2/5 which says the thing is crap.

http://www.download.com/ACA-Capture-Pro/3000-2192_4-10565132.html

- Anderson

f0dder · « **Reply #26 on:** September 23, 2006, 08:39 AM »

Well, I tried ACA capture PRO just now, it seems the thing is powered by dirty publicity (false claims, paid reviews and deceitful download buttons) rather than real functionality.
-Mobysaurus (September 23, 2006, 07:23 AM)

Interesting that titan216 only has two posts here, both of them about ACA... $:-\$

allen · « **Reply #27 on:** September 23, 2006, 09:41 AM »

Yeah, more of the dirty publicity spamming. could they be the author?

It's interesting that ACA was the only of his/her favorite apps worth linking to. It's as if the others were thrown on there as tokens

mouser · « **Reply #28 on:** September 23, 2006, 09:42 AM »

ok ok let's get back to fun stuff.

allen · « **Reply #29 on:** September 23, 2006, 09:43 AM »

That is fun stuff . . . such a party pooper.

namaskar · « **Reply #30 on:** September 24, 2006, 08:50 AM »

I SHOULD download app which I HAVE NOT USED TO HAVE A TRY!

housetier · « **Reply #31 on:** September 24, 2006, 12:09 PM »

I can only recommend/praise linux software, I am not sure how others would benefit from that...

app103 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 24, 2006, 09:36 PM »

I can only recommend/praise linux software, I am not sure how others would benefit from that...
-housetier (September 24, 2006, 12:09 PM)

Let's hear about your favs. There are other linux users around here.

housetier · « **Reply #33 on:** September 25, 2006, 12:25 AM »

These are the ones I either use every day, or which I had been using for a long time:

Purpose	Name	URL	Windows Version?
File Manager	ROX-Filer	http://rox.sf.net/
IRC	XChat	http://xchat.org/
IM	Bitlbee	http://bitlbee.org/
EMail	Sylpheed-Claws	http://claws.sylpheed.org/	via cygwin
Web Browser	Swiftfox	http://getswiftfox.com/
Remote Deskop	FreeNX	http://freenx.berlios.de/	don't know
P2P	Azureus	http://azureus.sf.net/
Movies	MPlayer	http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
Audio	Quod Libet	http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet/
Audio	MP3Blaster	http://mp3blaster.sf.net/
Window Manager	OroboROX	http://rox.sourcefor...net/desktop/OroboROX

I do have many more favorite programs for other purposes as well, but I don't use them very often. If wou want to know, just ask: "Hey what do you use for <your purpose>, and why?" and I'll try to give a meaning- and helpful answer. Also,

Mark0 · « **Reply #34 on:** September 26, 2006, 07:20 PM »

The first app I install on a PC on witch I have to work is Total Commander.

Bye!

titan216 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 27, 2006, 02:27 AM »

ACA capture PRO - powerful screen capture software.
www.acasystems.com

-titan216 (September 23, 2006, 12:15 AM)

Well, I tried ACA capture PRO just now, it seems the thing is powered by dirty publicity (false claims, paid reviews and deceitful download buttons) rather than real functionality.

And most amusing of all, the website claims that the program "gets" a CNET Editor's rating of 5/5, while in fact there's no CNET review at all, only a user rating of 2/5 which says the thing is crap.

http://www.download.com/ACA-Capture-Pro/3000-2192_4-10565132.html

- Anderson
-Mobysaurus (September 23, 2006, 07:23 AM)

well, there is one more things you should noticed, as a common user, the CNET editor's rating is not my concerned. i concerned about the funtion, ACA can solve my problem......that's enough..

titan216 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 27, 2006, 02:38 AM »

Well, I tried ACA capture PRO just now, it seems the thing is powered by dirty publicity (false claims, paid reviews and deceitful download buttons) rather than real functionality.
-Mobysaurus (September 23, 2006, 07:23 AM)

Interesting that titan216 only has two posts here, both of them about ACA... $:-\$
-f0dder (September 23, 2006, 08:39 AM)

look, titan216 has his follow up post...more than two...
first, i saw the discussion about what is your favorite software, so i replay...
however, i think i can introduce the aca to everyone, so i post a new topic.

Wordzilla · « **Reply #37 on:** September 27, 2006, 03:06 AM »

look, titan216 has his follow up post...more than two...
first, i saw the discussion about what is your favorite software, so i replay...
however, i think i can introduce the aca to everyone, so i post a new topic.
-titan216 (September 27, 2006, 02:38 AM)

Hello titan216, thank you for your interest in our forums and introducing ACA to everyone here.

As you can see, some forum members and I believe you are affiliated with the product ACA which you mentioned, based on your previous posts (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=46464;sa=showPosts)

Please refer to https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3429.0 for more information with regard to "obligation of disclosure"

BUT we take VERY seriously the obligation of disclosure - you absolutely must disclose when you have a relationship with a company or product when you post about it.

No offense, but I'd like to ask you to unambiguously clarify your affiliation with the ACA company and its products as soon as possible, since spamming is not in any way tolerated on our forums and will lead to permanent deletion of all related current and previous posts considered as spam.

- Anderson

titan216 · « **Reply #38 on:** September 27, 2006, 03:29 AM »

Mobysaurus, i am a common user of ACA product....i do not have any further relationship with
ACA company..

titan

mouser · « **Reply #39 on:** September 27, 2006, 05:25 AM »

i've talked with titan, and he's just a regular user - i think this was really just a matter of confusion in style of message posting, and we should all welcome titan216 with a nice warm welcome the way we normally welcome users

i think we just jumped the gun here because titan's posts "seemed" like a spam advertisement.

some thoughts that might be worth reading for new visitors to our site:

People on forums get really used to being "spammed" by advertisers, and they learn to recognize patterns.

Some posts have the "flavor" of one of these spam advertisements:
1) users very first posts are about the product and in different sections, repeating themself.
2) posts look like a copy and paste of program description from the website.

In general, people on almost all forums will expect a new person to post a few posts that don't have to do with a commercial program when they first arrive on a site, just so people can get to know them and trust them a little. and then when you do post about a commercial program you might want to make very clear you aren't associated with the company and post your own thoughts rather than pasting from the product page.

anyway, welcome to the site titan216!

f0dder · « **Reply #40 on:** September 27, 2006, 05:29 AM »

The first app I install on a PC on witch I have to work is Total Commander.
-Mark0 (September 26, 2006, 07:20 PM)

Heretic! xPlorer^2

Mark0 · « **Reply #41 on:** September 27, 2006, 08:39 AM »

Tried, but I don't really like it at all.
Me think file manager's are very very subjective things!

Bye!

mrainey · « **Reply #42 on:** September 27, 2006, 08:54 AM »

jv16 PowerTools (registry management)
UltraEdit (long-time favorite text editor, becoming more buggy and bloated)
Classic Clipboard (clipboard extender)
Directory Opus (file manager)
Courier (email)
Foxit Reader (lightweight pdf reader)

Cloq · « **Reply #43 on:** September 27, 2006, 09:57 PM »

Total Commander
Admuncher
Allsnap
Image For Windows
Maxthon
SmartFTP
Winrar
NOD32
Cookiewall
TrueCrypt
Win32pad

Ohh.. did I mention Windows XP Pro? Sorta need that to run all the others.

housetier · « **Reply #44 on:** September 27, 2006, 11:21 PM »

Back in the days of ~~yore~~ windows...

I also liked Total Commander very much. IIRC, it even had a means to integrate with an archiver program so one could easily browse through archives. It is possible, however, I am confusing this with the opensourced and GPL'd Midnight Commander.

My favorite software! What's yours?

Anyway, the two-paned interface is extremely efficient. Too bad there is no way my beloved ROX-Filer would support this. Its approach is too different.

titan216 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 28, 2006, 02:06 AM »

mouser,,,think you for your understanding. i am glad to join the donationcoder site..

titan

Wordzilla · « **Reply #46 on:** September 28, 2006, 02:13 AM »

Welcome to our forum, titan!

Mobysaurus, i am a common user of ACA product....i do not have any further relationship with
ACA company..

titan
-titan216 (September 27, 2006, 03:29 AM)

urlwolf · « **Reply #47 on:** September 28, 2006, 05:10 AM »

opera
vim
agenda at once
Webdrive
visual timeanalyzer
slickrun
adobe acrobat
mediamonkey
ahk

zridling · « **Reply #48 on:** September 28, 2006, 05:56 AM »

Welcome Titan!

Man, I gotta say: you guys have some good tastes in software. Has anyone listed a single Microsoft product yet? Let me reread.

Black Mamba · « **Reply #49 on:** September 28, 2006, 06:28 AM »

Windows 98/2000/XP should be on almost every list...