http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: Excellent Freeware website en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16303 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:55:26 +0000 JerryChance 16303@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes, still digging around trying to find good freeware sites. Speaking of which -</p> <p><a href="http://www.winaddons.com/top-300-freeware-software/" rel="nofollow">http://www.winaddons.com/top-300-freeware-software/</a></p> <p>300 programs to choose from (with short descriptions) from the excellent winaddons website. Good hunting lovely people!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16181 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:20 +0000 RunesageMagik 16181@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hah, I see Jerry's still here. This was the thread from 4 months ago I wuz talking about! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-16177 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:32:59 +0000 JerryChance 16177@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>150 FREEWARE downloads from Microsoft! Yes - Microsoft!! The link is at -</p> <p><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns" rel="nofollow">http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns</a>!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry</p> <p>I gleaned the link from <a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">www.cybernetnews.com</a> which I have to say, once again, is a brilliant software and freeware information site. Give them a visit and be prepared to get excited!!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11257 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:34:20 +0000 JerryChance 11257@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>OK you guys and gals - this is THE definitive, bestest super duper, top of the range Freeware facility! It is described as "The Ultimate Freeware Guide" by our friends over at <a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">www.cybernetnews.com</a> (Pay them a visit sometime, they are fabulous!)</p> <p>It comes with a health warning however, because once you click onto this link you will spend countless hours perusing the site. Better still,save it to your 'Favourites' folder because you'll want to come back again and again! Click onto -</p> <p><a href="http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html</a></p> <p>Enjoy yourselves folks!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11236 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:49:03 +0000 Pete4r 11236@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.yown.net" rel="nofollow">www.yown.net</a> : only best freeware<br /> new skin and more software :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11214 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:08:37 +0000 Nancy 11214@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>jerry,<br /> you can save them on a .txt and update it every once in a while. All you have to do later is copy the url and past it. that is what i do. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11210 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:23:09 +0000 JerryChance 11210@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thank you 'ender' for the above websites! Excellent stuff - my only problem is that my 'Favourites' folder is getting fatter by the minute. Two other websites in a similar vein that may be of interest to everyone are -</p> <p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com" rel="nofollow">www.downloadsquad.com</a></p> <p>and also</p> <p><a href="http://www.cybernetnews.com" rel="nofollow">www.cybernetnews.com</a></p> <p>I visit these sites daily and they have an amazing amount of information for freeware and software addicts.</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11165 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:36:52 +0000 ender 11165@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>personally, i love these two sites , that i visit daily along with giveawayoftheday, that have reviews to the freeware that they are recommending: </p> <p><a href="http://www.freedownloadaday.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freedownloadaday.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.freewaregenius.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewaregenius.com/</a></p> <p>and of course, Gizmo's <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/</a><br /> newsletter, both the free and the paid version, are superb.<br /> He has the only newsletter, where I am actually a paid subscriber!<br /> the 10 dollars per year are totally worth! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-11154 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:45:12 +0000 Nancy 11154@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>all are great sites. thank you guys. i made a compilation of all links that were mentioned above:</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249?replies=31" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249?replies=31</a></p> <p><a href="http://all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?action=newlinks" rel="nofollow">http://all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?action=newlinks</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sillysot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sillysot.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://osswin.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://osswin.sourceforge.net/</a></p> <p><a href="http://portableapps.com/" rel="nofollow">http://portableapps.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.tinyapps.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyapps.org/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oldversion.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldversion.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.carolsvault.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.carolsvault.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.perfectdownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.perfectdownloads.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/" rel="nofollow">http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.freshdevices.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freshdevices.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://rocketdock.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rocketdock.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.8start.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.8start.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.appsapps.info/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.appsapps.info/index.php</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows" rel="nofollow">http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows</a></p> <p><a href="http://bearbottoms1.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bearbottoms1.com/</a></p> <p>cheers. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249/page/2#post-9841 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:15:05 +0000 JerryChance 9841@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi there Freeware addicts!</p> <p>Everything has gone very quiet on this thread - where has everyone gone? Time for me to suggest another Freeware website that may well catch your imagination. This website includes some lesser known and rather unusual Freeware and Open Source offerings plus information about technical support sites and forums, as well as games and fun links etc. It is published by someone called 'Bear Bottoms' and he offers links to other Freeware sites, as well as full descriptions of the software that is recommended. Well worth a visit and a good link to include in your 'Favorites' folder!</p> <p>The all important link to click onto is at -</p> <p><a href="http://bearbottoms1.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bearbottoms1.com/</a></p> <p>Good hunting folks!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace<br /> JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-9217 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:18:05 +0000 JerryChance 9217@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There is a web page at Listible.com entitled 'The Most Popular Freeware for Windows'<br /> Obviously a controversial claim - but have a look, it has 195 resources listed altogether - some that you will be familiar with of course. However, there are also some unfamiliar programs well worth investigating. The web address link to click onto is as follows :</p> <p><a href="http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows" rel="nofollow">http://www.listible.com/list/the-most-popular-freeware-for-windows</a></p> <p>Good hunting folks!</p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8945 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:42:05 +0000 BigThunder1 8945@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's a nice well designed little site owned by one of our members named <a href="http://www.appsapps.info/index.php">Apps103</a>. Has a handful of neat apps and a great source of links for programmers etc.. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8714 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:48:32 +0000 JerryChance 8714@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There's a gentleman called Gizmo Richards who produces an absolutely BRILLIANT computer technical support Newsletter every month. As well as producing masses of technical information, plus hints and tips - he also provides numerous links to FREE Software. If you go to the following link, you will find Gizmo's suggestions for his best 46 free utility software programmes. He has undertaken an enormous amount of work researching these programmes and they are worth close inspection. After perusing these, if you then click onto his Home page, you can subscribe to his monthly Newsletter. If you are interested in Freeware, plus accessible information about computer technical issues, then I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you to subscribe. You will not be disappointed I promise you - and all Subscribers are given additional links to a further 55 FREE Utilities! The Newsletter is freely available, but for a small annual fee you can also receive the premium edition. The link for Gizmo Richards' website is -</p> <p><a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm</a></p> <p>Good hunting!</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace<br /> JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8215 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:05:03 +0000 Kat 8215@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi BuBBy,<br /> Thanks so much for the RocketDock link, it ROCKS! I've spent hours tweaking and customizing it.<br /> Kat </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8212 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:26:15 +0000 Face 8212@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BuBBy:</p> <p>Thanks for the links! Do you know if they can be used together?<br /> I have a lot of icons to manage (thanks to GOTD and GGOTD!) and at first glance they seem to have different and possibly complimentary advantages. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8178 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:41:42 +0000 BuBBy 8178@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Direct links<br /> 8Start Launcher - <a href="http://www.8start.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.8start.com/</a><br /> Rocket Dock - <a href="http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock" rel="nofollow">http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8165 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:13:47 +0000 jplutchok 8165@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I like Iconoid. However, I find a better approach to organizing desktop icons and clearing up the desktop is represented by 8start Launcher (free). I describe it in my weekly blog on free and cheap utilities, <a href="http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com</a> (#25, 17 June 2007). There are other similar launchers, too (I've heard good things about Rocket Dock but haven't tried it yet).</p> <p>I hope this is helpful. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8105 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:57:15 +0000 BigThunder1 8105@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Hi Bobby,</strong></p> <p>You and <strong>Archangle</strong> are welcome from all of us I'm sure! Link you posted is a nice site. Just checked it out and it looks like it's fairly popular. Search by keywords. I noticed it seems one has to reset filters on each new page which I don't like personally, but no biggy because they're right at the top of the results section. Thanks for the addition Bobby. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8089 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:25:49 +0000 Bobby 8089@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks to all for the heads-up on Iconoid and OSSWin Project. Have you tried the 'Best Vista Downloads' site? The apps are not strictly for Vista, but they do work on Vista (nice change there, eh?). Both freeware and shareware. <a href="http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8042 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:45:38 +0000 Archangel 8042@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Now this is a great thread. I can see everyones desktop filling up with icons. LOL</p> <p>Thanks for all the links members. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-8026 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:23:44 +0000 BigThunder1 8026@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>JerryChance, you've put some nice links up here too and I thank you for them. Good sites to browse.</p> <p>Here's a few more;</p> <p><a href="http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/default.asp</a> = Not extensive, but a good selection and building.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freshdevices.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freshdevices.com/</a> = 4 apps offered. Fresh UI very in depth hidden system settings tweaks all in one place. Fresh diagnose will tell you everything you want to know about your PC from hardware to software and everything in between. Both apps highly recommended. Registration isn't necessary unless you want the hardware benchmark reference feature in diagnostic app. All you need is an email address for reg'n which can be used forever on any machine the apps are installed on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/" rel="nofollow">http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/</a> = Very extensive listing of some outstanding free apps. User ratings included. They also host an extensive listing of shareware apps as well.</p> <p><a href="http://www.perfectdownloads.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.perfectdownloads.com/</a> = Nice variety of freeware. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7986 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:04:11 +0000 JerryChance 7986@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Oops! So sorry, I forgot the link which is -</p> <p><a href="http://www.carolsvault.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.carolsvault.com/</a></p> <p>JC </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7985 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:02:54 +0000 JerryChance 7985@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Some good conversation going on now. For your further edification, have a look at this link. It's a Freeware and Open Source Software blog with simply LOADS of good info and download possibilities. If you like it, I do have others up my sleeve! Keep on surfing.....</p> <p>Love, Light and Peace<br /> Jerry Chance </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7927 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:47:41 +0000 Keilaron 7927@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Whoops - I was sure I had pasted the link in. What did I do, then, I wonder?<br /> At any rate, all's well, and that's what counts ;) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7898 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:33:37 +0000 BigThunder1 7898@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for that note BuBBy. I knew I wasn't seeing things when there was no link there yesterday. Since I couldn't obviously see the problem, I assumed there was no link which is typically whats left out. It was underlined and highlighted fine, but when I hovered over the link it didn't show in the taskbar and as I stated to Keilaron, I got the text cursor rather than the active link cursor. Glad you were able to fix it. It worked this morning and I just chalked it up to yesterdays site access problems etc. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7895 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:02:09 +0000 BuBBy 7895@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Mystery solved with the "missing link".</p> <p>(There was an anchor tag - but no href)</p> <p>I fixed it. ;) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7884 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:56:15 +0000 BigThunder1 7884@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Keilaron:</p> <p>Your right!! You <em>didn't</em> miss it and I apologize for the implication. Apparently when I moused over it yesterday I experienced a small piece of yesterdays site problem myself in that respect and didn't realize or stop to think about it. All I got then was the text cursor indicating no link present, yet all the others were fine, go figure. But... your link is there today! Intact and standing tall! Oh well. Another mystery to add to the archives I suppose. :)</p> <p>I suppose considering yesterdays issues I should have been more thoughtful under the circumstances rather than make a friendly accusation of oversight. Generally when a link reacts as such, it is due to an oversight on the posters part which is very common in forums. Happens to the best of us. Didn't mean to sound offending in my post. Just ass-u-me-d it was an oversight. No biggy, and again my apology for the implication.</p> <p>I agree with you on the CSS and relative html tags. I commented about the 'block-quote' tag seemingly not working in another post hoping someone would take notice and try to resolve the issue. I also tried the "a href" tag and it didn't work the other day. I had to edit my post and remove the tag and just post the link itself. Things may be quite a handful for the PTB to keep on a leash for the moment. A little comment/complaint here and there to keep them aware of issues until they get fixed is likely the only way they can be made aware of some issues. Then too, there may be issues behind the scenes we aren't aware of. All things considered here, I think they're doing a reasonably fair job at dealing with the problems that do arise for the most part and trying to make all happy as best they can at the moment.</p> <p>Regards </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7882 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:08:57 +0000 Keilaron 7882@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BigThunder1 - I didn't miss the link. It was, as links are supposed to be, inline. Just hover your mouse over the title and you'll see it. Sadly, links aren't terribly visible here, and I'm this close to overriding the CSS on this site because it is poorly done.<br /> (Blockquotes, for example, don't show any visual cues whatsoever.)<br /> The reason I didn't bother with three out of five links is that the title of the site was essentially the URL, and therefore didn't say much.</p> <p>Archangel - Yeah, but was that before the transition to the other company that now takes care of it, or even now? I know that Mailwasher went from free, to commercial, to being handled by another company altogether (Or is he behind that company? I don't remember anymore.). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7865 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:58:18 +0000 BigThunder1 7865@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well I'm glad I could be some help, and your welcome. LOL... yhaaa, I did the same thing once upon a time with grouped folders. Man what a PIA that was trying to remember what was where. Even when categorized it was difficult at best to find everything hidden inside those folders. And yes, there's always an option. Glad Iconoid works for ya. As I said, I've tried a bunch of 'em and haven't found anything to top Iconoid to date. A well thought out and designed little piece of software if I don't say so myself. If you don't already use the Desktop toolbar on the desktop taskbar, you may want to turn it on and enjoy it now too! It's like having a second-start-programs-menu which includes all your desktop icons when you have 2-? apps open and don't want to minimize all just to get to the desktop. Speaking of minimizing open windows, the 'Hot Corner' feature of Iconoid will come in handy next time your doing the finances or other personal biz and the kids or unwelcome eyes walk into the room. Just put your cursor in your chosen Hot Corner and viola!... all windows instantly minimize to the task bar! Pretty cool feature amongst the others.</p> <p>I installed Iconoid on a family members PC running Win98se to eliminate the background color highlighting behind the text of desktop icons (as well as it's other features) because that's one of those little pesky things about 98 that was/is a PIA to configure. Seems once you do, then install a new software app, 98 seems to get a mind of it's own and resets the desktop 9 out of 10 times. That Win98 OS is getting replaced with XP real soon btw. 98se was a real milestone historically, but it's time is long past and may it R.I.P.. Linux has come a long way since then as well. Although it has it's shortcomings (as ALL OS's do). I think it's maturing nicely and giving MS some competition. All be it slow considering the market share, but that's changed enough recently to scare MS into a deal with Novel SUSE. And we all know MS does nothing that doesn't concern it's market share...... Nuf said.</p> <p>Enjoy Iconoid Archangle! Hope it serves you as well as it does me.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> BigThunder1 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1249#post-7828 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:14:36 +0000 Archangel 7828@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Oh I know you wasn't. I like yours better with the timer. This one is manual. I know the feeling of a desktop full of Icons. I created folders so I could group them. Guess what, I filled over half the screen again. LOL</p> <p>Thanks BigThunder1 your like me, theres always an option. </p>