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Started by bishop_pass May 1, 2002 at 12:13 PM 28 replies 500+ views

Original Post

May 1, 2002 at 12:13 PM

Such as... Mozilla Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Opera and... Gnutella Grokster Kazaa and... Whatever you can think of that you like or despise, that I have left out, or is another category altogether... What are your favorites? Which ones really do the trick? Which ones are the most horrendous things to have ever graced your desktop? And so on.

bishop_pass

May 1, 2002 at 1:48 PM

*sigh*

I guess everyone here hasn''t heard of the internet yet.

sporty

May 1, 2002 at 1:51 PM

All I use is Internet Explorer and it works beautifully. It has all the features I need, and does what I want to do: be online.

Gnutella sucks. Ineffecient. Slow. Downloads never work. Etc.

Kazaa = Works alright, but has spyware.

Morpheus = Basically just a gnutella client now, and probably the worst one ever.

Zanthos

May 1, 2002 at 2:24 PM

I use LimeWire, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Download Accelerator Pro(doesn''t accelerate d''load, but isn''t denied by some download sites, like gozilla is), and mIRC, all for their obvious uses

Worst programs to ''grace'' my desktop...

ICQ 2000beta (its too fat) and
Netscape Navigator(i have no idea why i even installed it, but its gone now

)

garconbifteck

May 1, 2002 at 3:36 PM

I use Internet Explorer for browsing websites, which probably includes GDNet as 60% of its usage. I use Windows messenger for wasting time talking to people from school who have found some new flash website, are moaning about something, or just want to use some acronyms (seriously, some of them seem to talk in a code; "FYI I am gonna 2 c it 2moz"), I use KaZaa-lite for downloading MP3s and music videos. Last but not least I use mIRC.... for chat.

I have had Netscape 6, Netscape navigator and Opera, back when I first got a PC and decided I wanted to be a "web-designer" when I grow up (something which changed when I discovered photoshop was hard and Java-script seemed easy) anyway, all those browsers seemed crap compared to IE, mostly probably because I never bothered to change them to my default web-browser.

"Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc. 1989
Edit: How could one forget mIRC?

[edited by - garconbifteck on May 1, 2002 4:38:32 PM]

LessBread

May 1, 2002 at 3:58 PM

Mozilla - web, email, news, chat client all in one. Nowhere near as bloated as Netscape 6, more easily configurable than IE.

The Sygate firewall is pretty handy - monitors outbound as well as inbound connections. FTP Commander is a fairly good free ftp client. AnalogX has a few handy tools. Super Scanner is a fairly good port scanner. There are a couple of useful tools at sysinternals.com as well. And pc-mag released a site snagger tool back in ''98 that works pretty well for leeching sites - good for downloading online books for offline reading and referencing.

nes8bit

May 1, 2002 at 5:57 PM

My favorite would be Total Instant Messenger because it is the best thing out there! It''s so cool and easy to use! It''s better than AOL!

bishop_pass

May 1, 2002 at 6:08 PM

quote:
Original post by nes8bit
My favorite would be Total Instant Messenger because it is the best thing out there! It''s so cool and easy to use! It''s better than AOL!

Is this the TIM? Did you know that you will be competing with my more feature rich alternative?

benjamin bunny

May 1, 2002 at 6:11 PM

The EMTIM?

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cyanide

May 1, 2002 at 6:57 PM

though I''m a strong believer of the free code but still nothing beats the Internet Explorer when it comes to browsing. I''ve also got Opera and NC4.7/6 on my desktop, but that is mostly needed to see if the websites I develop are compatible everywhere, I never use them for any browsing, etc...

Plus, I like audiogalaxy (despite the fact the threat of vx2 like spyware that comes with it).

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Densun

May 1, 2002 at 7:29 PM

I use Internet Explorer for browsing the Web. It works well for me, so I haven''t seen a need to try anything else.

For file-sharing programs, I use Audio Galaxy and WinMX. Audio Galaxy supplies me with more obscure songs, but I like to use WinMX when I can because it has a better interface.

For e-mail I use Tera Term (supplied free by the University of Washington) because it''s fast. But if I need to write more elaborate e-mail messages, I will use Outlook.

benjamin bunny

May 1, 2002 at 7:46 PM

Internet Explorer 6 is buggy as hell, and it''s seriously unstable. I''ve used it both on 98 and 2K. Personally I like mozilla a lot. They''ve finally done something about the HTML design flaw which allows pop-up windows (ie, you can turn them off). Tabbed browsing is a very nice also.

I still use Outlook Express for email, despite the fact that it''s one big stinking security hole. I don''t use mozilla because I don''t see why my email program should be integrated with my browser.

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Colin Jeanne

May 1, 2002 at 8:32 PM

quote:
Original post by bishop_pass
*sigh*

I guess everyone here hasn''t heard of the internet yet.

inter-wha?

Internet Explorer for browsing
Winamp for listening to music
Gnucleus for getting music
Trillion for ICQ and sometimes AIM
but usually AIM for AIM
Solitaire for some elite gaming

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nes8bit

May 1, 2002 at 9:59 PM

quote:
Original post by bishop_pass
Is this the TIM? Did you know that you will be competing with my more feature rich alternative?

Yes that is THE Total Instant Messenger. It doesn''t get any better than that. I''d like to see yours...

Liquid Darkness

May 1, 2002 at 10:19 PM

WOW!!
Total Instant Messenger Is a GREAT peice of software! I''m ditching all those old crap programs to get The Whole Package!

Its got tons of original features and even more to come! I''d even go as far as to say that it was THE BEST PRODUCT EVER MADE.

Dont just take my word for it! Try it out! They''ll even send you a cd in the mail with 1000 free hours! Or you can download it and have infinite free hours! And when your time runs out you get Infinite hours free!

I cant wait till the latest version comes out! It''ll be GREAT!

nes8bit

May 1, 2002 at 10:48 PM

quote:
Original post by Liquid Darkness
WOW!!
Total Instant Messenger Is a GREAT peice of software! I''m ditching all those old crap programs to get The Whole Package!

Its got tons of original features and even more to come! I''d even go as far as to say that it was THE BEST PRODUCT EVER MADE.

Dont just take my word for it! Try it out! They''ll even send you a cd in the mail with 1000 free hours! Or you can download it and have infinite free hours! And when your time runs out you get Infinite hours free!

I cant wait till the latest version comes out! It''ll be GREAT!

Gee lonnie..err person I don''t know. You sure are right about new Total Instant Messenger! It''s the coolest thing out there! I wonder who the guys are that made it! They are like far out!!!!

Way cool!