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mouser:
there is an unofficial and official forum for directory opus, maybe they can help:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DOpus/
http://resource.dopus.com/

rockin4459:
Some of my most have audio application that are free:

Audiograbber 1.83 at http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ It's thural yet easy to use, and as oddly as it sounds drop the Lame mp3 encoder into the program file for the best internal mp3 encoder.There are to many cool features to list here.Goto http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

MP3Gain from the guys at Sourceforge http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume.The changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless.I'd suggest backing up your files first when you use this in case something goes horribly wrong.They are trying something new since i obtained it.

Then there is Mediajoin.The name says it all.This is one of my favorites. http://www.audiovideosoft.com/ (on the lefthand side of the page)

I hope these come in handy for you.
Rodney

Hirudin:
BSPlayer (for those of you who are tired of me bringing this up, sorry...) I've tried most of the compitition (Zoomplayer, WMP, VLC(sp?), Winamp, etc), and it's truely the best video player I've found. Quick cool feature: borderless video window. I like to make a playlist of cartoons/sitcoms and play them almost continiously while I use my computer, I'll just shrink the video window down to about 100 pixels wide, stick it in the corner, and go about my business. Another cool feature: it doesn't need to be installed, if you're like me and you format a lot it's nice not to have to install it every time.

The GodFather, I can't tell y'all how much time I've saved by using this mp3 (and other audio files) manager. Unfortunately it's allowed me to obsess over having "perfect" tags, so it's also wasted a good deal of my time... (this is another program that doesn't need to be reinstalled after a format)

Daemon Tools : a cool little free app that emulates a CD/DVD ROM, very usefull for using CD/DVD images without burning them. HEY... they released 4.0 a couple days ago! But the server is busy... :(


Honorable mention:
Quicktime Alternative: I hate having to sign my soul to Apple just because I want to watch a MOV. This fixes that problem. Version 1.44 is working fine for me, 1.66 "final" is out now.

aignes:
The first software I install on a fresh Windows is the file manager Servant Salamander, and I could not live without it!   :)

There's an older freeware version that can still be downloaded while the latest shareware version 2.5 blows away most other file managers. v2.5 has many tools included which I use in my daily work, for example a very well working directory + file compare feature.
http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/compare.html

johnk:
hierarchical note takeing apps are one of those programs like wsw that many people dont use and which i consider to be one of those kinds of apps that can make such a difference.. so they really need a review and advocacy.
-mouser (April 25, 2005, 06:58 PM)
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This is resurrecting a really old post, but I've only just got around to reading this thread, and note-taking apps are one of my obsessions. Of course a lot depends on what you mean by a note-taking app.....

I agree with Mouser that there are so many programs and sub-categories that it's probably impossible to do a truly comprehensive review, or even overview, but I also think it's one of those categories that many people are not even aware of. That's a shame, because properly used these programs can be a great benefit to productivity.

As an example, I would not be without Ultra Recall (a great program to dump data in), Onfolio (a very powerful web research and publishing tool), Treepad (a traditional tree-based note-taker), Bonsai (a robust outliner that excels if you need to sync with your Palm). Then there's Notesholder for the short-term stuff...maybe I have too many of these programs. But they all serve a purpose.

And I'm forever evaluating/re-evaluating other options. At the moment I'm looking at Surfulater, a very promising program in the same category as Onfolio, but one that takes a very different approach. And I'm almost breathless with anticipation of the next version of Zoot....

If you share this minority passion, it's worth visiting http://www.outliners.com/discuss/ if you have not already done so. Although the group is called Outliners, conversation ranges widely over information management apps, and it contains some of the best conversations on the web on this topic.

Ultra Recall: http://www.ultrarecall.com/      Onfolio: http://www.onfolio.com/
Treepad: http://www.treepad.com/          Bonsai: http://www.natara.com/
Notesholder; http://notes.aklabs.com/     Surfulater: http://www.surfulater.com/
Zoot: http://www.zootsoftware.com/

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