Have you taken the 'desktop search' plunge yet?
Friday, June 13, 2008
Desktop search.....
This post will soon be 'updated' to reflect the plethora of 'desktop search' apps that are available.
Have you taken the 'desktop search' plunge yet?
Have you taken the 'desktop search' plunge yet?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
FAQs
How do you choose what proggies/applications are listed?
I list only programs I personally use and find useful, and that are true 100% freeware (NO exceptions).
What is the definition of 'freeware' for this site's purposes?
My/The Freeware Outpost's opinion of true freeware is software
that is available for download at no costs and with no spyware or
adware included. And with no expiration/no time restrictions or and no
'demo only' features (or the lack of features).
Can I submit a freeware program for possible listing on Freeware Outpost?
Click here to submit your freeware only suggestions (please - no spyware or adware).
How often is the site updated?
New listings are posted as I find them. This may vary depending on my schooling and work schedules.
When was this site started?
This site first came online in April 2003, though it had been an idea of mine for over a year. Thanks to the support and encouragement of several friends, it finally was born/created/conceived (?)
Do you list spyware or adware?
NO, I do not consider (in my opinion) spyware and adware to be
freeware so I do NOT list them or consider them for listing on this
site.
Where can I ask a question not answered here?
Use my contact form to send your question(s).
What is The Freeware Revolution?
Here is where you can view an informational page regarding this movement.
I list only programs I personally use and find useful, and that are true 100% freeware (NO exceptions).
What is the definition of 'freeware' for this site's purposes?
My/The Freeware Outpost's opinion of true freeware is software
that is available for download at no costs and with no spyware or
adware included. And with no expiration/no time restrictions or and no
'demo only' features (or the lack of features).
Can I submit a freeware program for possible listing on Freeware Outpost?
Click here to submit your freeware only suggestions (please - no spyware or adware).
How often is the site updated?
New listings are posted as I find them. This may vary depending on my schooling and work schedules.
When was this site started?
This site first came online in April 2003, though it had been an idea of mine for over a year. Thanks to the support and encouragement of several friends, it finally was born/created/conceived (?)
Do you list spyware or adware?
NO, I do not consider (in my opinion) spyware and adware to be
freeware so I do NOT list them or consider them for listing on this
site.
Where can I ask a question not answered here?
Use my contact form to send your question(s).
What is The Freeware Revolution?
Here is where you can view an informational page regarding this movement.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Is it spyware?
Ever wonder if a 'freeware' program may actually be "spyware"?
Use the form below (from the folks at SpywareGuide.com) to see.
Use the form below (from the folks at SpywareGuide.com) to see.
Or if you care to, you may puruse the full listings of spyware as listed at SpywareGuide.com here.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Graphics Freeware
PhotoFiltre (ver 6.31)
Author : Antonio Da Cruz
PhotFiltre just may be THE photo editing proggie of choice for me from here on out. FREEWARE photo editing proggie that is!
It has a vast array of option and functions and comes preloaded with a slew of plug in/filters!
Size : 1.6 Mb - Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
Author : Antonio Da Cruz
PhotFiltre just may be THE photo editing proggie of choice for me from here on out. FREEWARE photo editing proggie that is!
It has a vast array of option and functions and comes preloaded with a slew of plug in/filters!
Size : 1.6 Mb - Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
Irfanview (ver 4.10)
Author : Irfan Skiljan
If you get one graphics freeware program - Irfanview is it. It may appear to be just a graphics viewer (it is notable that Irfaniew was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support. One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIFF support. The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support), but it goes far past 'just' that. It is a thumbnail creation tool, can support many plug ins, can view many additional formats (avi, mpg, mp3 among others).
Size : 4.6 Mb - Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
PIXIA (ver. 3.1te)
Author : Isao Maruoka
PIXIA is a very well rounded graphics program. It serves all this site's graphics needs superbly. It has so many features of commercial graphics programs costing hundreds of dollars (ie, working with brushes, layers)
Filesize : 3.6 Mb Rating : 4
Homepage - Download
DeKnop (ver. 4.3.11)
Author : Sam Francke
I want to thank the author of this proggie for submitting it and for providing this very nicely detailed description :
"DeKnop is a graphics editor that is designed to let you create buttons for your web site without requiring any graphic design experience. Besides it's easy to create 3 fold buttons for Neobook projects.
It provides an easy to use step-by-step interface that lets you select
the text, font style, colors, 3D bevel, size, gradients and more. DeKnop also supports projects, allowing you to save your work.
Create you mouse-over buttons.
Easy to translate the user interface in your language.
Help and interface in French, more interface: Spanish, Francais, Dutch,
Hungarian, Polish, Catalan, Chinese, Czech."
Filesize : 950 Kb - Rating : 4
Homepage - Download
Capture (ver. 1)
Author : Bernt Levinsson
The program's title is 'Capture' and it does just that - screen captures. It saves the 'grabs' as bitmaps (no need to sweat the size of bmp.s , just fire up Irfanview and convert it to another format, my choice is gif). It can do window captures, screen captures or selected areas. You can also do time delayed captures.
Filesize : 248 Kb - Rating : 4
Homepage - Download
Color Cop (ver. 5.3)
Author : Jay Prall
If you work with web pages or graphics, a 'color picker' is a very necessary tool. ColorMania is by far the best and easiest to use I have run across.
Filesize : 326 Kb - Rating : 4
Homepage - Download (download is from C|Net site)
The 'selling' of freeware
Note : This piece was originally written back in 2003, but it is still as relevant as it was back then.
I am actually beginning to 'enjoy' part of the 'freeware' world (note, I said 'some parts of the freeware world'). For I am so delighted that the Freeware Revolution is now beginning to gather momentum and to reach many via some open mined media journalists. This is contrary to the previous maligning goings ons about it that were occurring(and for all I know still do go on). I also am really pleasantly suprised at the numerous kind exchanges I have had via membership at FreewareArena, which it is free, with no strings attached, and no pressures to 'do anythings' (like the typical 'tell everyone about us', click on this link, or visit these sites because we "approve" of them), for people have sent me very nice messages and that is not the typical result of 'joining' a site, usually the site operator is either 'pushy' (as previosuly addressed) or the 'webmaster' simply wants anyone and everyone to be a 'member' to either A ) brag about members numbers, B ) lourde over their 'members' like they are their 'minions' to do their bidding (sorry that is just a line I have always treasured from "Creative Writing" class a few years back), but it does illustrate what many nefarious 'webmasters' do - they impose their greedy goals by pushing the 'promote me' issue, sometimes very discreetly (albiet subtle) or just plain 'hammer to the head' boasting of how their site is so..."blah blah whatever, bling bling of this or that...and soon we will be on top", and other pathetic diatribes to encite visitors to act as promotional tools. I feel sympathy for sites that have to play the 'fame game' and play dirty to 'succeed'. They spend so much time talking trash** that they only end up appealing to the same type of users that they are (**lowest common denominator theory).
The more opportunistic 'webmasters' there are, the narrower the lines of useful knowledge become. Search engines are already overwrought with poor 'results' when searches are done. And the number of 'keyword games players' grows. I am in total agreement that content trumps flash anyday. But intelligence is insulted when this 'knowing how to properly use keywords' is the petty excuse put into play.
Then there are those sites that will proudly link to anyone. Anyone? Hmmm...anyone, could that signify either an urgency to get traffic or simply that they have no regard for visitors as they have no standards. I myself (though new to the 'webmastery' realm) am very selective and though that may ire many, I don't use my site as a soapbox to scream 'look at me'. I have communicated with a small number of very reliable and professional 'webmasters' whose sites are useful and certainly are usable from my youngest cousin to my Grandma. I was raised to be respectful of others and the Internet has the potential to reach untold numbers, so should someone new to my site visit and I send them to a site that I myself would not revisit or am appalled at, what message am I sending to 'guests' to this site? That people are only numbers? NO, I prefer to do things honestly, professionally and straight as an arrow. I only seek to share resources and sites that I find helpful or useful.
Now if I were so inclined to make money, I could follow the trend of 'selling' freeware on disks. But how can doing that convey to people what freeware truly is? If you visit a site that sells freeware, stop, and click to another site, or resign yourself to having been indoctrinated into believeing freeware and shareware are synonymous. And abandon the respect that freeware authors deserve for you have just enabled a plagarist to take a 'gift' and turn it into a 'product'. Also acknowledge that by frequenting/supporting these 'payware' sites, you are condoning and validating these bandits lack of creativity. For they haven't the intelligence to create an original idea, and must ripoff talented people.
Perhaps the answer is one that may trouble some but 'could' alleviate such thievery from getting recognition - censoring on the part of search engines. But with a different approach - have 2 Nets, one for free content(s) and one for 'pay for' contents(s). YES that is a far fetched idea, and no doubt would have 'free speech radicals' warbling about freedom of speech, but when something is blatantly stolen it is a crime, plain and simple. And users deserve the truth, not just 'come ons' of the best 'free software', and then to be led to questionable sites, or lurid content(s). Nor to be duped into 'buying freeware'.
But maybe it relates to how the words aesthetic and pathetic sound so similar any yet are so diametrically different, one deals with beauty (or the conveyance thereof) and one is the almost putridness that results from wallowing in depravity and smirking at what one can wreak.
Sincerely,
Lis
I am actually beginning to 'enjoy' part of the 'freeware' world (note, I said 'some parts of the freeware world'). For I am so delighted that the Freeware Revolution is now beginning to gather momentum and to reach many via some open mined media journalists. This is contrary to the previous maligning goings ons about it that were occurring(and for all I know still do go on). I also am really pleasantly suprised at the numerous kind exchanges I have had via membership at FreewareArena, which it is free, with no strings attached, and no pressures to 'do anythings' (like the typical 'tell everyone about us', click on this link, or visit these sites because we "approve" of them), for people have sent me very nice messages and that is not the typical result of 'joining' a site, usually the site operator is either 'pushy' (as previosuly addressed) or the 'webmaster' simply wants anyone and everyone to be a 'member' to either A ) brag about members numbers, B ) lourde over their 'members' like they are their 'minions' to do their bidding (sorry that is just a line I have always treasured from "Creative Writing" class a few years back), but it does illustrate what many nefarious 'webmasters' do - they impose their greedy goals by pushing the 'promote me' issue, sometimes very discreetly (albiet subtle) or just plain 'hammer to the head' boasting of how their site is so..."blah blah whatever, bling bling of this or that...and soon we will be on top", and other pathetic diatribes to encite visitors to act as promotional tools. I feel sympathy for sites that have to play the 'fame game' and play dirty to 'succeed'. They spend so much time talking trash** that they only end up appealing to the same type of users that they are (**lowest common denominator theory).
The more opportunistic 'webmasters' there are, the narrower the lines of useful knowledge become. Search engines are already overwrought with poor 'results' when searches are done. And the number of 'keyword games players' grows. I am in total agreement that content trumps flash anyday. But intelligence is insulted when this 'knowing how to properly use keywords' is the petty excuse put into play.
Then there are those sites that will proudly link to anyone. Anyone? Hmmm...anyone, could that signify either an urgency to get traffic or simply that they have no regard for visitors as they have no standards. I myself (though new to the 'webmastery' realm) am very selective and though that may ire many, I don't use my site as a soapbox to scream 'look at me'. I have communicated with a small number of very reliable and professional 'webmasters' whose sites are useful and certainly are usable from my youngest cousin to my Grandma. I was raised to be respectful of others and the Internet has the potential to reach untold numbers, so should someone new to my site visit and I send them to a site that I myself would not revisit or am appalled at, what message am I sending to 'guests' to this site? That people are only numbers? NO, I prefer to do things honestly, professionally and straight as an arrow. I only seek to share resources and sites that I find helpful or useful.
Now if I were so inclined to make money, I could follow the trend of 'selling' freeware on disks. But how can doing that convey to people what freeware truly is? If you visit a site that sells freeware, stop, and click to another site, or resign yourself to having been indoctrinated into believeing freeware and shareware are synonymous. And abandon the respect that freeware authors deserve for you have just enabled a plagarist to take a 'gift' and turn it into a 'product'. Also acknowledge that by frequenting/supporting these 'payware' sites, you are condoning and validating these bandits lack of creativity. For they haven't the intelligence to create an original idea, and must ripoff talented people.
Perhaps the answer is one that may trouble some but 'could' alleviate such thievery from getting recognition - censoring on the part of search engines. But with a different approach - have 2 Nets, one for free content(s) and one for 'pay for' contents(s). YES that is a far fetched idea, and no doubt would have 'free speech radicals' warbling about freedom of speech, but when something is blatantly stolen it is a crime, plain and simple. And users deserve the truth, not just 'come ons' of the best 'free software', and then to be led to questionable sites, or lurid content(s). Nor to be duped into 'buying freeware'.
But maybe it relates to how the words aesthetic and pathetic sound so similar any yet are so diametrically different, one deals with beauty (or the conveyance thereof) and one is the almost putridness that results from wallowing in depravity and smirking at what one can wreak.
Sincerely,
Lis
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Monopoly?
Monopoly (courtesy of Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
):
1 : exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action
2 : exclusive possession or control
3 : a commodity controlled by one party
4 : one that has a monopoly
First - I DO like Google.
Second - I have no ill will against Google, and that has nothing to do with the fact that Google owns Blogger and Picasa and Hello.
Third - I have long been one who is using a computer because of Microsoft and just want to snap out when I hear/read that real jagasses that rant about "Microsloth", the "Evil Empire" and so on.
Now in that vein I refer to the whole MS is a monopoly mindset/mindrot.
Ok, MS is a monopoly because of their huge and control of the market right?
Google rules in search right? And now in blogging, right? And sports a pretty cool desktop search tool (though it is free, some plug ins are demos, what's up with that??), right? And Picasa and Hello rock too right?
So...not that I am saying it, but using the bonehead thinking applied to MS, wouldn't some comspiracy theorists who must wear aluminum foil hats and use radiation mointors to ward off being radiated by evil neighbors also apply such accusations to Google?
"Nah...not Google, they are just looking to knock MS down a notch or two, which somebody should", they'd say. Hmmm...so if MS is on top of things and has so much in a tight vise grip, then wouldn't knocking of and thereby taking over mean that they would be the new monopolizer?
Here's my thoughts on it all. I like MS (no they are not perfect and Windows NEEDS improved and all the holes plugged just to mention a few things), I also like Google.
As long as users examine what they do and what others may be able to do to them, then who's fault is it at the end of the day if we ALLOW compamies or whatever to hold sway over things and or us? Either build a better whatever or please, please do me and everyone else a favor, please?
Do this. Push your lower jaw up against your upper jaw, and do not make a sound, thx:)
):
1 : exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action
2 : exclusive possession or control
3 : a commodity controlled by one party
4 : one that has a monopoly
First - I DO like Google.
Second - I have no ill will against Google, and that has nothing to do with the fact that Google owns Blogger and Picasa and Hello.
Third - I have long been one who is using a computer because of Microsoft and just want to snap out when I hear/read that real jagasses that rant about "Microsloth", the "Evil Empire" and so on.
Now in that vein I refer to the whole MS is a monopoly mindset/mindrot.
Ok, MS is a monopoly because of their huge and control of the market right?
Google rules in search right? And now in blogging, right? And sports a pretty cool desktop search tool (though it is free, some plug ins are demos, what's up with that??), right? And Picasa and Hello rock too right?
So...not that I am saying it, but using the bonehead thinking applied to MS, wouldn't some comspiracy theorists who must wear aluminum foil hats and use radiation mointors to ward off being radiated by evil neighbors also apply such accusations to Google?
"Nah...not Google, they are just looking to knock MS down a notch or two, which somebody should", they'd say. Hmmm...so if MS is on top of things and has so much in a tight vise grip, then wouldn't knocking of and thereby taking over mean that they would be the new monopolizer?
Here's my thoughts on it all. I like MS (no they are not perfect and Windows NEEDS improved and all the holes plugged just to mention a few things), I also like Google.
As long as users examine what they do and what others may be able to do to them, then who's fault is it at the end of the day if we ALLOW compamies or whatever to hold sway over things and or us? Either build a better whatever or please, please do me and everyone else a favor, please?
Do this. Push your lower jaw up against your upper jaw, and do not make a sound, thx:)
Friday, June 03, 2005
Antivirus
McAfee AVERT Stinger (ver. 2.5.4)
Author : McAfee
McAfee provides a free anti virus tool called STINGER that is a good secondary tool to detect and remove specific viruses.
As stated on McAfee's website, "It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.", but that having been said it is worth having for certain instances, and it IS freeware.
Filesize : 1.1 Kb Rating : 4
Homepage - Download
AVG (ver. 7.323)
Author : Grisoft
Antivirus is an absolute without question necessity! And AVG is fantastic (not only because it is freeware and that updates are free) in it's functions. I love the shell integration (making it so simple to scan specific files. It can also be set to scan your Outlook Express mail - NICE! (note - the screenshot is of ver. 6)
Filesize : 11 Mb Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
avast! 4 Home Edition (ver. 4)
Author : ALWIL SOFTWARE
avast! Home Edition is a superb antivirus program. It has a ton of useful attributes, like - automatic updates, shell integration and email scanning. Much like AVG, avast! requires registration, but as with AVG I gladly gave up my email addy (ok actually I gave a 'throw away' addy I use for such registration needs).
Filesize : 8.92 Mb Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
Author : McAfee
McAfee provides a free anti virus tool called STINGER that is a good secondary tool to detect and remove specific viruses.
As stated on McAfee's website, "It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.", but that having been said it is worth having for certain instances, and it IS freeware.
Filesize : 1.1 Kb Rating : 4
Homepage - Download
AVG (ver. 7.323)
Author : Grisoft
Antivirus is an absolute without question necessity! And AVG is fantastic (not only because it is freeware and that updates are free) in it's functions. I love the shell integration (making it so simple to scan specific files. It can also be set to scan your Outlook Express mail - NICE! (note - the screenshot is of ver. 6)
Filesize : 11 Mb Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
avast! 4 Home Edition (ver. 4)
Author : ALWIL SOFTWARE
avast! Home Edition is a superb antivirus program. It has a ton of useful attributes, like - automatic updates, shell integration and email scanning. Much like AVG, avast! requires registration, but as with AVG I gladly gave up my email addy (ok actually I gave a 'throw away' addy I use for such registration needs).
Filesize : 8.92 Mb Rating : 5
Homepage - Download
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Desktop Search the battle rages for supremacy
Here's some of the big name entries in the "desktop search" battle that is under way......
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Copernic Desktop Search
Google Desktop Search
MSN Desktop Search
Ask Jeeves Desktop Search
Article about the Yahoo! Desktop Search projected for launch Jan. 1st (2005)
A piece that touches on AOL's potential "desktop search" entry that is purported to be part of their soon to be released AOL Browser (** yawn **) can be viewed here
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Copernic Desktop Search
Google Desktop Search
MSN Desktop Search
Ask Jeeves Desktop Search
Article about the Yahoo! Desktop Search projected for launch Jan. 1st (2005)
A piece that touches on AOL's potential "desktop search" entry that is purported to be part of their soon to be released AOL Browser (** yawn **) can be viewed here
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Home Computer Magazine
Home Computer Magazine home of "Free PC tutorials, reviews, advice, help and more", according to the site's main page.
You can dl an app that will "deliver" each issue (pdf format) to your computer.
Sounds interesting and I will report on it when (and if) I give it a go.
You can dl an app that will "deliver" each issue (pdf format) to your computer.
Sounds interesting and I will report on it when (and if) I give it a go.
Monday, December 20, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
The Smile Project
The Smile Project - a "must have" extension for Firefox users who frequent forums and such!
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
A few interesting articles.....
From PC Pro : XP SP2 passes security experiment
A rather "duh" article from USA Today entitled, "Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes".
From IT Observer, one titled, "HP Looking to Ward off Viruses."
And finally, from PCWorld, "Lycos Antispam Screensaver Draws Fire"
A rather "duh" article from USA Today entitled, "Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes".
From IT Observer, one titled, "HP Looking to Ward off Viruses."
And finally, from PCWorld, "Lycos Antispam Screensaver Draws Fire"
Monday, November 29, 2004
Friday, November 26, 2004
Thunderbird for OE
I love the various Lockergnome.com newsletters, and an article in a recent edition of the Windows Fanatics is version entitled Switching to Thunderbird is a very good and timely piece to read.
This one is especially for my friend PearyLime.
This one is especially for my friend PearyLime.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Stinger (specific anti virus freeware tool)
McAfee provides a free anti virus tool called STINGER that is a good secondary tool to detect and remove specific viruses.
It currently is at version 2.4.5.1
As stated on McAfee's website, "It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.", but that having been said it is worth having for certain instances, and it IS freeware.
It currently is at version 2.4.5.1
As stated on McAfee's website, "It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.", but that having been said it is worth having for certain instances, and it IS freeware.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
free image editor called Enhance
Image Enhance is a very basic but handy graphics tool for applying a number of graphics enhancements to images. Not a fancy proggie loaded with bells and whistles - but does the job.
This is one I used a few years back and just remembered about it and thought I'd share it with those that may not have known about it.
Like ALL freeware I list (after using**), it is real freeware - NO ads, NO time limits, NO hidden malware, NO demands for anything from the proggie, just that you enjoy it and hopefully share with others about it and about what REAL freeware is.
(**beware sites that list freeware without testing it and using it FIRST. For they'll never be able to say anything about the software, other than it is supposedly 'freeware'. Such sites do not really respect either the freeware authors or you, the end user)
This is one I used a few years back and just remembered about it and thought I'd share it with those that may not have known about it.
Like ALL freeware I list (after using**), it is real freeware - NO ads, NO time limits, NO hidden malware, NO demands for anything from the proggie, just that you enjoy it and hopefully share with others about it and about what REAL freeware is.
(**beware sites that list freeware without testing it and using it FIRST. For they'll never be able to say anything about the software, other than it is supposedly 'freeware'. Such sites do not really respect either the freeware authors or you, the end user)
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Cheers......
Alcohol facts, informations and such at drinkaware.co.uk
*thanks(?) to spedder's son* for sharing this one with me.
*thanks(?) to spedder's son* for sharing this one with me.
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