[PL] 2004 General Discussion

[Susan Bugher]

The Nominations page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

Nominated programs can be evaluated at this time.

I have uploaded revised pages. The pages that will become the final
PL2004 web pages have been revised to show *only* the programs that
received a second during the nomination period (including the
alphabetical list and the category page).

The nominations page shows all nominated programs, the links for
programs that did not receive a second now point to a new set of pages
for nominated programs. Descriptions of all nominated programs that are
*not* selected for PL2004 will eventually be moved to these pages.

Please take a look at the new furniture arrangement and let me know what
you think.

Susan
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PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
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[omega]

I have uploaded revised pages.

I found a speck on the carpet.

A couple of download links that have an href typo:
Dubit (Multimedia) & Dir2html (Organizers)

 

[Susan Bugher]

I found a speck on the carpet.

A couple of download links that have an href typo:
Dubit (Multimedia) & Dir2html (Organizers)

Thanks for the heads-up Karen.

I think I may have broken a whole bunch of local links . . .

be careful where you put your feet . . .

the clean-up crew begins work tomorrow.

Susan
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PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
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[Bjorn Simonsen]

Programs that did not receive a second during the nomination
period are listed below in alphabetical order.

AR RAM Disk

a Ram Disk driver/utility for NT/2k/XP

XMS.EMS RAMdisk

a Ram Disk driver/utility for Win9x/DOS.

Surprised to note these two Ram Disk utilities did not make it past
the nomination phase. AFAIK there are no other RAM DISK
drivers/utilities nominated for the PL.

If curios about these two, see my nomination post with descriptions
and links <or
<http://google.com/groups?&[email protected]>

....or to see what others have said about AR Ram Disk and/or XMSDISK,
one might also want to try a Google search - like (modify if needed);

search USENET groups for "AR Ram Disk":
<http://groups.google.com/groups?&q="AR+Ram+Disk"&num=100>
search USENET groups for xmsdsk OR xmsdisk:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?as_oq=xmsdsk xmsdisk&num=100>

search the WEB for "AR Ram Disk" AND review:
<http://google.com/search?&q="AR+Ram+Disk"+review&num=100>
search the WEB for review AND xmsdsk OR xmsdisk
<http://google.com/search?as_q=review&as_oq=xmsdsk+xmsdisk&num=100>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

a Ram Disk driver/utility for NT/2k/XP
a Ram Disk driver/utility for Win9x/DOS
Surprised to note these two Ram Disk utilities did not make it past
the nomination phase.

On second thought - I think maybe my post (and any follow-up comments
from others about the two programs) belongs in the System Utilities
thread, since it can and should be read as invitation to
try/nominate/second the two programs. I have therefor now posted a
copy of my post in the System Utilities thread, see
<
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Susan Bugher]

The Nominations page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

Nominated programs can be evaluated at this time. A valuable program may
been have been overlooked during the nomination period. Late nominations
and seconds are permitted during the discussion period if there is
support for the program.

AVA FIND was nominated and seconded in the File Utilities thread. I will
add it to the nominations list.

but . . .

Just to clarify things a bit (I hope) . . .

*Nominations* *are* ***closed***

If discussion shows that there is support for adding a program it can be
placed on the Nominations List. This is allowed as a means to correct
serious omissions.

It is *not* an extension of the nomination period.

Questions?

Susan
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
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[REMbranded]

Susan Bugher <[email protected]> wrote:

Questions?

No. An extremely great job though. Take a bow. If someone sees you it
won't be all that bad. You have earned it!

 

[Susan Bugher]

No. An extremely great job though. Take a bow. If someone sees you it
won't be all that bad. You have earned it!

Oh my! Thank you sir. We've still got a ton of programs in some
categories - I thought there would be more discussion by now -
especially where there is a lot of competition for the top spot. Is
everybody talked out? Are they off hunting? I'm *hoping* to try out a
few programs before the vote - I need more info!

Saw your post with the URL for the text editor page - you gave me far
too much credit and are *much* too modest about your own hard work. When
I get a minute I'll add the URL to the info page - just haven't gotten
there yet.

Susan
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

A revised set of files has been uploaded.

There are 410 programs on the nomination list.

These programs are new additions:

AVA FIND
Forte Free Agent
EDXOR

Satori PhotoXL has been removed from the 2003 PL and the 2004
nominations. The version available now is shareware. (A new freeware
version is *promised* but not available as yet.)

Susan
--
Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org
PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

DISCUSSION: November 17 - November 30, 2003

I have uploaded a revised set of web pages. 410 programs have been
nominated and seconded by my count. Are any corrections needed?

note: Late nominations made during the DISCUSSION period are shown on
the Nominations list *if* they received support from the group. If late
nominations were made and supported *outside* the PL threads please
repost them in the appropriate category thread - for the record.

Susan
--
Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org
PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

DISCUSSION: November 17 - November 30, 2003

I have uploaded a revised set of web pages.

Another set has been uploaded - changes have been made in the SYSTEM
UTILITIES subcategories.

Susan
--
Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org
PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

DISCUSSION: November 17 - November 30, 2003

I have uploaded another revised set of web pages. Changes include
description updates from posts to ACF and my checking, revisions in the
layout of the pages, the order of some subcategories etc.

Programs descriptions on the BUSINESS-HOME page are complete but not
final. I'll post more about that in the BUSINESS-HOME thread.

Susan
--
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

I've uploaded a full set of revised PL2004 web pages. AFAIK all info
that has been posted to date is included.

******* REMINDER *******

VOTING (1 week): December 1 - December 7, 2003

83 *new* programs were nominated and received seconds. Most of these
programs do *not* have complete descriptions. A *complete* description
must be posted *before* December 1, or the program will *NOT* be on the
PL2004 ballot.

******* END REMINDER *******

Please see the post I made today in the Program Description thread for
more information on what constitutes a *complete* description.

*Anyone* may post the *complete* description for a new program.

but not me babe . . .

I'll be updating PL2003 programs. (328 carryovers nominations were
seconded.) Would anyone like to help?

Susan
--
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody who will be celebrating it tomorrow.

My out-of-town *kids* and grandkids arrive today.

That means no time to work on the PL.

The voting period may have to be moved to a later date.

It doesn't look as if the new program descriptions will be complete by
December 1. I am reluctant to remove a large number of programs from
the ballot.

There are issues that need to be resolved - mostly questions about
*which* version we are voting on.

These programs have unresolved description *issues*:

AI RoboForm - VERSION?

Desktop Architect - WARNING? porn / spyware?

Graph Paper Printer - VERSION?

Kerio Personal Firewall - VERSION?

Mailwasher -VERSION?

PopCorn - VERSION?

Terragen - Crippled?

TypeItIn - VERSION?

WinDriversBackup Personal Edition - now $ware: is a legal last freeware
version available?

-----------

FWIW - I spent most of yesterday updating PL2003 programs and only
managed to get about 20 finished (searching for new download locations
etc. etc. etc.)

AFAIK these new programs have incomplete descriptions (I haven't looked
at all of them - some may be complete):

1-4a Rename
2Flyer Screensaver Builder
Ant Movie Catalog
ArsClip
AVA FIND
Avast!
Cathy
ClickTray Calendar
Cobian Backup
CyberKit
DCOMbobulator
Diagram Designer
Dir2HTML
Dirhtml
EDXOR
emacs
Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT)
eMule
Explore2fs
FileTargets
Foobar2000
Free Agent
FreeZip
FSRaid
Geminisoft Pimmy
GrabIt
GSpot
IceChat
ID-Blaster Plus
IEradicator
IZArc
K9
Kookie Jar
Lister
Lupas Rename (Lupas 2000)
Media Player Classic
MemoKeys
Mp3tag
nnCron LITE
nPOP
Oscar's File Renamer
Outlook Express
Pan
PDFCreator
PolderBackup
POP Peeper
Popup Manager
Privoxy
PSPad
Psycle
Python
QuickPar
QuickSilver
RecycleNOW
RegMagik
SciTE
Scribe
Shareaza
SlimBrowser
SpywareBlaster
Stone's WebWriter
TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer)
The GodFather
TortoiseCVS
TweakAll
UUDWin
Visual CD
WAssociate
Weather Watcher
WebMon
YahooPOPs!
ZipCentral
ZipInstaller


Comments? Suggestions?

Susan
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html

 

[Sietse Fliege]

WinDriversBackup Personal Edition - now $ware: is a legal last
freeware version available?

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2545

Both the links to the Planet Mirror (UK) and the BTN mirror (USA)
downloads from there seem to work.

 

[BillR]

AFAIK these new programs have incomplete descriptions (I haven't looked
at all of them - some may be complete):

Lupas Rename (Lupas 2000)

PROGRAM NAME
Lupas Rename

WARE DESCRIPTION
Donationware or Emailware

OS:
Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP.

LANGUAGES:
English and 8 others (German, French, Dutch, Português, Castellano,
Italiano, Polski, Català)

DESCRIPTION
Program developed to rename a few or a massive number of files with a
lot of features.
Here are a few features to help you rename the files:
* Rename files and folders including recursive subdirectories
* Shell Integration (right click)
* Instant Preview (Optional)
* Undo
* Make a Batch file to rename and for UNDO operation
* Save and Load your options into an INI File
* Filter by any masks: *.mp3;*.mp2 or ???a*.txt...
* Load/Edit a Text Files in a Small Editor to help renaming files
* Displays and Sort Ascendent/Descendent by any column (name, path,
size, dates ...)
* Replace the name or extension by any text
* Replace a substring by other with Matchcase Optional
* Crop n Chars (Left and/or Right) * Insert any string before and/or
after the filename or extension
* Convert Case (Upper, Lower, Initial, Reverse Initial)
* Autonumbering in any place of the name or extension of the filename.
Optional autostart by Folder in recursive mode. -- Starting at any
number; Incrementing by any number (positive or negative); Adding n
zeros to the number; In Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary, Excel
Mode and Manual Excel Mode formats
* You can use TAGs in any text box to use special features when
renaming:
to use the Current Date with any format;
for MP3 Files (Title, Artist, Album, Year and Comment)
for RA Files (Title, Author and Copyright)
for Graphic Files (JPG, GIF, TIF, BMP, PSD, PNG, TGA, LBM and PCX)
(Width, Height, Bits and Color)
to extract the original name from Nintendo 64 Roms
to Create random names
to use Manual Numbering (In any base numeric format and in Excel
Format by using the characters you need)
to insert Data from external Files
to extract the titles from HTML pages

NOTES: It is a simple .EXE file and doesn't need any other external
libraries. Save and Load your options into an INI File. Forum
available.

AUTHOR
Ivan Anton
(e-mail address removed)
(web form) http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/requests.php

LINKS- URLs:
Program Description:
http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/lupasrename.php
Download Page: http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/download.php
Download Links:
(Installable Setup 535Kb)
http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/zips/LupasRenameSetup.exe
(Zipped 250Kb) http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/zips/lupasrename.zip
(SFV for exe) http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/zips/LupasRenameSetup.sfv
(SFV for zip) http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/zips/lupasrename.sfv

PROGRAM VERSION
v4.0

RELEASE DATE
04-August-2003

FILE SIZE
Installable Setup 535Kb; or Zipped 250Kb

 

[BillR]

AFAIK these new programs have incomplete descriptions (I haven't looked
at all of them - some may be complete):

Oscar's File Renamer

PROGRAM NAME
Oscar's File Renamer

WARE DESCRIPTION
Freeware

OS:
Unstated, but known to run on Win95, Win98, Win2000, and ???.

LANGUAGES:
English

DESCRIPTION
"The Renamer takes and enhances the idea of editing files in directory
in a full featured Text editor and then writing all the changes at
once into the files. It works simple: Open Renamer, select directory
and the files will appear in the File Name Editor which is a normal
full featured text editor with some additional changes (f.e. you can't
add or delete [a line or enter invalid characters in a filename]). You
can use all the editor functions like Quick find, Replace, multiple
Undo/Redo, Macros and of course normal editing [as well as various
tools like Upper Case/Lower Case or sequential numbering]. Each file
is on a new line and [you] can easily move with arrows like in a
normal text. When the files you wanted to rename are done simply click
Apply Changes and all files will be physically renamed." Original
filenames are visible in a separate small pane and all changed lines
are highlighted. The actual changes are only written to disk when
you press Apply Changes, not during editing. Even then you can undo
changes you just applied.

NOTES:
The Renamer includes an option to add a context menu for files but
not directories. The macro tool only records keyboard entry, not
mouse movements.

COMMENTS:
Sometimes the easiest way to change filenames is just to directly edit
them. If the changes are repetitive, then use the keyboard macro
feature. The Renamer offers minimal help as part of the site
description, but if you know how to use an editor, who needs more?
Oscar's File Renamer is the most intuitive renamer of the bunch.

AUTHOR
Roman Voska (aka Oscar)
COMPANY
Mediachance.com
Email: (e-mail address removed)

LINKS- URLs:
Description: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
Download: http://www.mediachance.com/free/Renamset.exe

PROGRAM VERSION
v1.1 (Aug 6, 2002)

RELEASE DATE
Nov 2002(?)

FILE SIZE
~542kB

 

[DAN]

PROGRAM NAME - 1-4a Rename


WARE DESCRIPTION - Freeware - Emailware
"Freeware (also for companies), but you have to send me an eMail what you think"
No need to give your address: form at http://www.1-4a.com/rename/emailthanks.htm


OS: Win32: 95 to XP

other requirements -none-

LANGUAGES: English

DESCRIPTION
1-4a Rename is a file renamer which renames many files at once. Has Undo. You
can preview changes instantly, thus no danger. Now with STAR TREK stardate /
startime. Tons of functions. Perfect for .jpg, .mp3, digital camera files...
Works in networks and with subdirectories. Fast, even with many files.

No installation needed + fits on a floppy


AUTHOR - Janik ([email protected])

LINKS- URLs: http://www.1-4a.com/rename/

RELEASE DATE - 2001.

FILE SIZE 320k. <---(fits on a floppy!)

FILE NAME http://www.1-4a.com/cgi-bin/rename.cgi

Personal comment:
This program has a definitely weird interface, and some rather immature-ish
features (Eleet, stardate, etc). Nevertheless it is the one I always come back
to for serious renaming. Not for the non-techie user, but when you get the hang
of it then it is both extremely powerful and fast/easy to use.

A usability hint: set the command line switches in a shortcut. For ex
"C:\Program Files\1-4a-rename\rename.exe" /noc /e c:\mydownloadpath.
Then always start by unchecking the darn "typical song standards" box.

 

[DAN]

PROGRAM NAME
Forte Free Agent 1.93

WARE DESCRIPTION
Free for personal use only. Feature-restricted version of a shareware.


OS: Win 32

LANGUAGES:
English included in the program.
Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands separate downloads.

DESCRIPTION
Usenet and email client for text and binaries, with a recognized excellent user
interface.
Free Agent 1.93 is a feature-restricted version of Agent that is free for
personal use. The main restrictions are no yEnc binaries (must be saved as text
and decoded separately), and no watch/kill filters in the free version.


Note & personal evaluation:
Agent and FreeAgent are the most used newsclient for text groups. Great user
interface. An important missing feature for heavy users is the restriction of a
single server per instance.



AUTHOR www.forteinc.com

LINKS- URLs:

Program Description http://www.forteinc.com/agent/features.php

Download page http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download.php

PROGRAM VERSION
Current version is 1.93.

RELEASE DATE
2001. (version 2.0 is now in beta)

FILE SIZE
2.29 MB

FILE NAME
a32en193.exe

 

[DAN]

Hi Susan,
I tried to complete my first description.
HTH.
DAN
---------------------------

PROGRAM NAME
POP Peeper v2.2

WARE DESCRIPTION
Freeware. No restrictions on business use mentioned.
Source: No. Reverse engineering barred in the EULA.

OS:
Win 32.

Other requirements
Internet Explorer 4 or better for certain Webmail and for viewing HTML.


LANGUAGES:
English included in the program, 15 others available as separate downloads.

DESCRIPTION
POP Peeper is an email notifier -- lets you know when you have new email on any
of your POP3, Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo accounts. View the headers, a preview of
the message, or the entire message. Can also open and save attachments, delete
messages from the server, view messages with or without HTML.

COMMENTS: personal evaluation
Perfect for weeding out spam and for mail reading. View as rich text/noHTML is
safe and private. Launches your mail client for answering, filing, etc. Very
unobtrusive.

AUTHOR
Jeff Meier - Mortal Universe Software Entertainment
http://www.poppeeper.com

LINKS- URLs:
Home Page and/ or Program Description http://www.poppeeper.com/
Download page http://www.poppeeper.com/download.php


PROGRAM VERSION
POP Peeper v2.2

RELEASE DATE
v2.2.9 - Jun 09, 2003

FILE SIZE
621kB

FILE NAME
POPPeeper-Install.exe