Cumulative Pricelessware List

[Susan Bugher]

I've added year 2000 programs. I think the cumulative list is now
complete back to day one. . .

Being a relative newcomer - I had to dig back through the archives. . .

It looks like the first "Pricelessware" list was circa early 2000
(before that there was "The Big List").

I used the programs shown on a Pricelessware web page archived by the
Wayback Machine on 2000-03-03 as the year 2000 list. The revised
cumulative PL page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CumulativePL.htm

Susan

 

[bambam]

I've added year 2000 programs. I think the cumulative list is now
complete back to day one. . .

Being a relative newcomer - I had to dig back through the archives. . .

It looks like the first "Pricelessware" list was circa early 2000
(before that there was "The Big List").

I used the programs shown on a Pricelessware web page archived by the
Wayback Machine on 2000-03-03 as the year 2000 list. The revised
cumulative PL page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CumulativePL.htm

Wow, there is so much useful information on the Pricelessware site now. It
is a credit to all your hard work. Thanks Susan, it is much appreciated.

 

[Wayne D]

I've added year 2000 programs. I think the cumulative list is now
complete back to day one. . .

Being a relative newcomer - I had to dig back through the archives. . .

It looks like the first "Pricelessware" list was circa early 2000
(before that there was "The Big List").

I used the programs shown on a Pricelessware web page archived by the
Wayback Machine on 2000-03-03 as the year 2000 list. The revised
cumulative PL page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CumulativePL.htm

Susan

The site looks very nice. You can tell that a lot a work has been put
into the site. Very well done

Regards

Wayne D

 

[Son Of Spy]

Not only a saint but an able historian as well......


from Dec 27th 1999...


We Rollin' !!!

Those listings with question marks I am
still looking for input on as I have no direct
experience with the suggested application...

1) View picture files: IRFANVIEW

2) Monitor program installations: INCTRL4

3) Basic TextEditor: NOTEPAD+/NOTETAB LITE

4) Edit Graphics: THE GIMP

5) Newsreader: FREE AGENT

6) Email : PEGASUS (big) or FOXMAIL (small)

7) Make thumbnails: IRFANVIEW

8) Translate: ALTAVISTA (online) DICTIONARY2000 (on disk)

9) Make a screensaver: FLASHER (on disk) ALCYONE (to send to others)

10) Make a calendar: DAYSEASE (on disk) CALENDAR CREATOR (on site)

11) Make a family tree: KINDRED CONNECTIONS

12) Clean the registry: EASY CLEANER

13) Find duplicate files: EASY CLEANER

14) Create/open archives: EASYZIP2000 / ZIPCENTRAL (tossup)

15) HTML Editor: ARACHNOPHILIA (text) XSITE (wysiwyg)
also noteworthy 1STPAGE2000 (ONLY IF you run IE)

16) DUN application : NETLAUNCH

17) CAD program: CADSTD

18) Share internet connection: WINGATE

19) Free Bible :THEOPHILOUS (huge) BIBLE PLUS (small)

20) Best Freeware Site : Son Of Spy/Freewarehome

21) Best information management: SKWYRUL PRO/FUNNELVISION

22) Best lightweight organizer/PIM: DIGITA ORGANIZER

23) Best versatile PIM/Organizer/planner: SIDEKICK95/HJTREEPAD/COMMENCE

24) Best anti-virus: INOCULATEIT PE

25) Best web search utility: COPERNIC99

26) Best spreadsheet: SPHYGMIC SPREADSHEET/STAR OFFICE

27) Best planner: SPHYGMIC PLANNER ?????????

28) Best time/project manager: MYOCLOCKER ???????

29) Best chat/on-line tool: ICQ

30) Best disk space information tool: TREESIZE/DISKDATA/STATS99

31) Best disk/directory synchronization: SYNCHRONIZE IT!

32) Best disk/file explorer: FMEDIT98/WINKEY

33) Best graphics button & title maker: DD TITLE

34) Best setup/installation builder: GKSETUP ??????

35) Best netsurfing speed-up etc.: NAVISCOPE/ISPEED

36) Best diagram and chart drawing tool: GRIDS ??????

37) Best OCR: WOCAR

38) Best screen capture: PRINTKEY

39) Best cataloguer: CATFISH

40) Best currency converter: CURRENCY CONVERTER

41) Best free astronomy prg: ADASTRA

42) Best free download aid: OCTOPUS/ GET RIGHT (freeware version)

43) Best free clipboard-extender: YANKEE CLIPPER

44) Best free batch/script language: PVDS

45) Best free beginner programming language: Euphoria/Yabasic

46) Best free major programming language: LCC-Win32

47) Best free Control Panel Add-on: Startup CPL

49) Best free Linux that coexist with Win: WinLinux 2000

50) Best freeware newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware


"MORE INPUT!!!!" JNE5



SOS
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[Susan Bugher]

Wow, there is so much useful information on the Pricelessware site now. It
is a credit to all your hard work. Thanks Susan, it is much appreciated.

You're very welcome bambam. It's info that people in the newsgroup
have posted to ACF. . . I'm just working on making it easier to find.

and speaking of easier to find. . .

A new filter might help us find archived posts of special interest. I'm
thinking of [VP] (for valuable post). . . added either by the original
poster or by a responder. Recent examples: downloading Lindows, adding
AVG servers for updates - IMO it would be useful to label such posts to
make them *easy* to find. Looking for a recent [VP] would be especially
easy - just Google for [VP] with the results sorted by date - pick the
one you need. . .

Does anyone else think this would be helpful?

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

The site looks very nice. You can tell that a lot a work has been put
into the site. Very well done

Thank you <vbg>

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

Not only a saint but an able historian as well......

I *very* much appreciate your confirmation on the history - the wording
sounds like the very best butter to me. . .

20) Best Freeware Site : Son Of Spy/Freewarehome

despite the flattery. . .

I'm *not* going to add "Best Freeware Site" to the Cumulative PL.

Susan

 

[Roger Johansson]

A new filter might help us find archived posts of special interest. I'm
thinking of [VP] (for valuable post). . . added either by the original
poster or by a responder. Recent examples: downloading Lindows, adding
AVG servers for updates - IMO it would be useful to label such posts to
make them *easy* to find. Looking for a recent [VP] would be especially
easy - just Google for [VP] with the results sorted by date - pick the
one you need. . .

Does anyone else think this would be helpful?

Introducing a new convention like that VP could be somewhat difficult.

Another alternative is to copy all valuable articles on a web site.
That could lead to copyright problems, people getting angry because
"their" articles are copied without their consent.

A better alternative could be to put links to the articles (on
groups.google) on a web page, together with a short description.
The result, links to acf faqs and articles on a web page, sounds natural
too me.

Copying the best articles to another mailing list or newsgroup, is
another idea. (Copyright considerations here too.)

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

A new filter might help us find archived posts of special interest. I'm
thinking of [VP] (for valuable post). . . added either by the original
poster or by a responder. Recent examples: downloading Lindows, adding
AVG servers for updates - IMO it would be useful to label such posts to
make them *easy* to find. Looking for a recent [VP] would be especially
easy - just Google for [VP] with the results sorted by date - pick the
one you need. . .

Does anyone else think this would be helpful?

Introducing a new convention like that VP could be somewhat difficult.
Agree.

Another alternative is to copy all valuable articles on a web site.
That could lead to copyright problems, people getting angry because
"their" articles are copied without their consent.

A better alternative could be to put links to the articles (on
groups.google) on a web page, together with a short description.
The result, links to acf faqs and articles on a web page, sounds natural
too me.

Copying the best articles to another mailing list or newsgroup, is
another idea. (Copyright considerations here too.)

Your suggestions involve one person doing a lot of work. Filters do not
have this drawback. The primary advantage of a filter is it's *easy* to
implement. The filters we have now don't always get added to posts -
but enough people add them to make them useful.

I save a lot of posts because it's easier than trying to search the
archives and find them - I believe many other people do the same. IMO
adding [VP] to valuable posts would cut down on the need for this. . .

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

from Dec 27th 1999...

I compared that list to the list from the 2000-03-03 web pages. These
apps from your list are not on the web page:

CADSTD
Euphoria
LCC-Win32
PVDS
Startup CPL
EASYZIP2000
WinLinux 2000
Yabasic
WOCAR

Should the above be noted as PW2000 or can they be considered non-starters?

The web page I used to recreate the PW2000 list has quite a few more
apps than the list you posted. Do you think it's a reasonable
approximation of the year as a whole (I believe the list was more fluid
then)?

Susan

 

[Roger Johansson]

Your suggestions involve one person doing a lot of work.

I did not think about that aspect before.
Maybe it could be done as a group effort, if we would use a wiki, for
example.

Filters do not
have this drawback. The primary advantage of a filter is it's *easy* to
implement. The filters we have now don't always get added to posts -
but enough people add them to make them useful.

If I add VP to the reply I write, and 10 others get involved in the same
thread, we will have 6-7 complete quotations and a few partly snipped
versions of the same text.

Ideally the marker should only be attached to the subject line of one
message.That means that people have to learn to use VP, and they have to
learn to remove it from the subject line in following replies.

I think this would work, I just think about the possible problems we may
run into. I am for the VP marker, let's try it.

I save a lot of posts because it's easier than trying to search the
archives and find them - I believe many other people do the same. IMO
adding [VP] to valuable posts would cut down on the need for this. . .

I save only a few messages which are directly applicable, and they are
stored away in their respective area of usage.

 

[Son Of Spy]

I compared that list to the list from the 2000-03-03 web pages. These
apps from your list are not on the web page:

CADSTD
Euphoria
LCC-Win32
PVDS
Startup CPL
EASYZIP2000
WinLinux 2000
Yabasic
WOCAR

Should the above be noted as PW2000 or can they be considered non-starters?

The web page I used to recreate the PW2000 list has quite a few more
apps than the list you posted. Do you think it's a reasonable
approximation of the year as a whole (I believe the list was more fluid
then)?

Susan

Well you could go here...

http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/PricelessSave.html

Sorry I'm toooooo lazy to track down the images...

SOS



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Some You Won't Find Anywhere Else...

http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html

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[Susan Bugher]

Well you could go here...

http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/PricelessSave.html

Went there and here:

Mar 01, 2000 *
http://web.archive.org/web/20000301002450/http://www.sover.net/~whoi/Priceless.html

Mar 03, 2000 *
http://web.archive.org/web/20000303014646/http://www.sover.net/~whoi/Priceless.html

Aug 17, 2000 *
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817032821/http://www.sover.net/~whoi/Priceless.html

Based on those four pages I'll keep all the programs that are currently
listed as PW2000 and add these 6:

AD-AWARE
BABYLON
BLOWFISH ADVANCED CS
DLEXPERT
PAF
WOCAR

Susan

 

[Susan Bugher]

I did not think about that aspect before.

I *started* from that aspect - what can be done that would be an
improvement *and* would require very little effort?

If I add VP to the reply I write, and 10 others get involved in the same
thread, we will have 6-7 complete quotations and a few partly snipped
versions of the same text.

Ideally the marker should only be attached to the subject line of one
message.That means that people have to learn to use VP, and they have to
learn to remove it from the subject line in following replies.

Maybe that's not terribly important, Google search results usually show
threads, not individual posts. . .

OTOH - if a summary of an interesting discussion is posted at the end of
a thread - that could be the *one* post that's labeled [VP]. . .

I think this would work, I just think about the possible problems we may
run into. I am for the VP marker, let's try it.

That might be the best way, try it on some posts and see what works -
what the problems are.

Susan

 

[dubber]

Pricelessware is a wonderful resource. Thanks for your service to the
Internet community.

Are Start-up Monitor and Startup Monitor the same program?

 

[Susan Bugher]

Pricelessware is a wonderful resource. Thanks for your service to the
Internet community.

Are Start-up Monitor and Startup Monitor the same program?

They sure are. Thanks for catching that and thanks for the kind words.

Susan

 

[Craig Reed]

24) Best anti-virus: INOCULATEIT PE

I seem to recall that InoculateIT PE isn't being updated any more.
Wouldn't it be better to replace this with a freeware version of some other
anti-virus program? (I use Avast!)

Craig

 

[REM]

Craig Reed <[email protected]> wrote:

I seem to recall that InoculateIT PE isn't being updated any more.
Wouldn't it be better to replace this with a freeware version of some other
anti-virus program? (I use Avast!)

I still haven't tried Avast. I used AVG for a long time and switched
to AntiVir PE. I'm very impressed as to how often the engine and
definition files are updated and the ease with which they can be
downloaded.

http://www.free-av.com/

I like it enough to nominate it when the time does come.

 

[Craig Reed]

I still haven't tried Avast. I used AVG for a long time and switched
to AntiVir PE. I'm very impressed as to how often the engine and
definition files are updated and the ease with which they can be
downloaded.

I will admit there is one small thing about Avast! I don't care for. It's
the voice which announces, "Virus database has been updated . . ."

Why? There's no way to turn it off, that's why.
(I once heard it at 4 am . . . .)

Craig

 

[My Name]

I will admit there is one small thing about Avast! I don't
care for. It's the voice which announces, "Virus database
has been updated . . ."

Why? There's no way to turn it off, that's why.
(I once heard it at 4 am . . . .)

Craig

There is always a way. I don't use it, so I can't say with
specificity, but there is usually something like a .wav file
that can be re-named, or deleted.