Author Topic: Top 3 programs you use (Read 147204 times)

wreckedcarzz · « **on:** August 08, 2007, 09:14 PM »

OK, not sure if this has been asked before (if so feel free to close topic), just its for a project I am doing, and the fact that I am looking to try new (good) software, so here goes.

What are the top 3 programs/games you use on a daily basis? (You don't need to post 3, just no more then 3 please)
EDIT: It would also help, if possible, to also link to the program (I need to install it myself for the project).

After a few days I will take down the apps/games and count them off, and the top 25 or so will get added my project, SimpleStart (easy starting of commonly used apps) that I am releasing later this month.

To start off, mine are...
Pidgin
Firefox
Halo 2 Vista

Loki15 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:16 PM »

Hmm, Brandon, Brandon, Brandon, Made me think.. DAMN YOU! Umm, hmm I would have to say Pidgin, Opera, and Adobe Photoshop.

KenR · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:22 PM »

Cool post. For me, most basic are FeedDemon, The Bat, XChat.

armatostr · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:23 PM »

mine are Opera, foobar2000 and .....FARR

Wordzilla · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:25 PM »

Firefox, mIRC, and phpDesigner.

KenR · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:28 PM »

Hmm, Brandon, Brandon, Brandon, Made me think.. DAMN YOU! Umm, hmm I would have to say Pidgin, Opera, and Adobe Photoshop.
-Loki15 (August 08, 2007, 09:16 PM)

Wow Loki15, what do you do that you use Photoshop every day. I thought that was illegal.

Ken

wreckedcarzz · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:41 PM »

I was wondering the same thing...its not like he does actual work

app103 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:52 PM »

This is hard for me to answer because I always have so much running and there are at least 40 that are running at all times for various reasons.

But if I had to pick 3 that I am always actively using and would be of interest to someone in 'the rest of the world' they would have to be these 3:

1. AOL Explorer browser
2. xchat
3. OpenPandora

lanux128 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 08, 2007, 09:57 PM »

it depends on what i'm doing, usually i will launch programs by categories - web-browsing, word processing, music & movies, gaming & etc.. but off the cuff, it will look something like this:
• 1st i pay homage to this program called Farr, you might have heard of it..

• then the ubiquitous Firefox.
• and finally the indispensable Altap Salamander.

PhilB66 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:31 PM »

Opera
Serious Samurize
MultiMon Taskbar

urlwolf · « **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:38 PM »

opera
acrobat
onenote

of course, Total commander is always open, but doesn't get used that much in terms of time with windows on focus.

Vim gets outbursts when I'm programming.

cnewtonne · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2007, 11:06 PM »

UltraRecall
ClipMate/ClipCache
FireFox

nite_monkey · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2007, 11:41 PM »

firefox
gom player
notepad (yes, I am to lazy to use notepad++ which is installed on my computer)

mouser · « **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2007, 11:48 PM »

icekin · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2007, 12:00 AM »

Not including programs that run in the background,

1. xplorer2
2. K-Meleon
3. GreatNews

Darwin · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2007, 12:08 AM »

In no particular order:

Outlook 2003
Maxthon 1.6
EDIT: Don't know how I missed DOpus 9!

For the final app, it's a toss up between:
Evernote 2.1
Word 2003
ZuluPad Pro

wreckedcarzz · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2007, 12:30 AM »

Awesome, keep the programs coming!

Firefox and Opera have places in the program guaranteed, FARR and Xchat might also. (Maxthon is included, but only 2.0)

yksyks · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2007, 01:04 AM »

nitrix-ud · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2007, 02:45 AM »

without any doubt (and in no particular order) :

Directory Opus http://www.dopus.com
Autohotkey http://www.autohotkey.com
and of course FARR

allen · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2007, 05:25 AM »

Opera
FARR
Tie between AceText/ArsClip

ak_ · « **Reply #20 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:13 AM »

Hmmm, only three, tough one... Let's say :

Photoshop
Firefox
Autohotkey (because i use it to enhance other programs i use, including Photoshop)

And FARR to launch all of the above (and more)

f0dder · « **Reply #21 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:24 AM »

I'd say FireFox, TheBat, NotePad++.

Most of my mail is forum reply notifications though, so if we count those out we could switch TheBat with explorer^2 - yes, for some reason, I spend a lot of time copying files around and whatnot

Listing a web browser is pretty much "duh", so perhaps I should replace that with MSN (or Miranda, really) instead. Keep it running most of the time, though whether it's the most-used app changes depending on what I'm actually doing - some days it just sits idly in the background, mostly.

A couple of years ago mIRC would have been a solid #1, but now I only log on a couple of times a week.

Oops, that was more than three, I'm afraid

muntealb · « **Reply #22 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:55 AM »

1. EditPad (Pro / Lite) => text editor
2. GreatNews => RSS aggregator
3. GreenBrowser => IE clone

masu · « **Reply #23 on:** August 09, 2007, 07:11 AM »

The Bat!
Website Watcher
Copernic Desktop Search

tomos · « **Reply #24 on:** August 09, 2007, 07:36 AM »

Lately
& excluding Freehand (vector drawing app) which I use for work,

I would say:
DOpus 8
Surfulater
Evernote as well, even though as I get to use it more I'm not that crazy about it

Firefox get's left out cause it's bugging me at the mo (I'm really an opera fan but cause of Surfulater..)
I know you said only three but I cant leave out instant boss from app

Poll

What is your most used program? (listed, top to bottom, by popularity as of 8-29-07. excludes web browsers.)

Author Topic: Top 3 programs you use (Read 147204 times)