From: Bob Adkins on
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:17:13 -0400, Duddits <Duddits(a)Dreamcatcher.com>
wrote:



>Ant Movie Catalog
^^^^^^^^^^^

Good one! Almost made my list too!
From: Bob Adkins on
On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:53:44 -0500, M.L. <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:

>
>
>>>>Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which
>>>>programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no
>>>>real good Freeware alternatives, and its disappearance would change
>>>>the way you work, or force you to go commercial?
>
>>>Firefox
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.
>
>>>Eraser
>>>CCleaner
>>>MalwareBytes
>
>>>Avira Antivirus Personal
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.
>
>>>Event Manager
>>>WinKey
>>>Ant Movie Catalog
>
>>>Media Player Classic
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.
>
>>>Foobar 2000
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.
>
>>>IMGBurn
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.
>
>>>Burrrn
>Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential.

You know, I agree with most of this. 2 or 3 are arguable either way.
From: Bob Adkins on
On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:18:39 +0200, Taf� <taf4news(a)gmail.invalid.com>
wrote:


>I forgot:
>a) in portable mode
>Everything
>Index Your Files (IYF)
>
>b) Installed
>Dropbox

+1 on Dropbox! Good stuff! :)
From: Bob Adkins on
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:23:59 +0200, bored stiff <"with
lists.of.favorites"@acf> wrote:


>I knew this was going to be along thread when I first saw it.
>Don't people just love to post lists of their favorit programs!

It got us back to discussing Freeware, and away from the silly 3rd
grade schoolyard fighting for a moment, so I think it was worthwhile.

>The OP may just as well have grabbed the 2009 Pricelessware list,
>cut it in half and posted it, It would have been as much use as yet
>another list of peoples' favorites, which serves little useful purpose.

I beg to differ, because 3 or 4 of my most valuable programs came from
someone's list of favorites. I suggest you read these lists carefully,
because you are never too old to learn.

>What is "essential" to one person is easily replaceable by another.

Agreed!

>IMVHO of course!

Just about all opinions posted here are just that.

>-bored stiff

Obviously. :)
From: Bob Villa on
On Jul 5, 10:25 am, Bob Adkins <m...(a)pit.com> wrote:
> Most Essential (to you) Freeware
>
> Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which
> programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no
> real good Freeware alternatives, and its disappearance would change
> the way you work, or force you to go commercial?
>
> Here's mine:
>
> 1. Maxthon Browser
> 2. Comodo Internet Security
> 3. FastStone Viewer
> 4. ObjectDock
> 5. Cobian Backup
> 6. ImgBurn
> 7. OpenOffice
> 8. Free Download Manager
> 9. WordWeb
> 10. NetMeter
> 11. XMPlay
> 12. VectorNotes
> 13. Google Earth
> 14. Everything
> 15. ProgeCad Smart


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