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Software Reviews

by BurningRopeCom

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.

Greenfish Relief Map Generator
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  No use, but fun! :-)  qright

Greenfish Relief Map Generator version 1.2
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

I can't think of a practical USE for this, but it is quite fun to feed it a list of local villages and see it make an imaginary map of them! :-) Might be handy for role playing games to have a random countryside generated, but it`s fun to play with for a while!

    Review date: Feb 11, 2008

JPEGcrop
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Very handy tool  qright

JPEGcrop version 2008.01.04
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've always performed crops with PaintShop, but having seen this little tool listed I thought I'd try it, and am very impressed. Lossless, easy to use, fast loading and stand-alone - for me one huge bonus is that it leaves all the xif data intact, so that I can perform crops before using bulk remane utility to auto rename the files. Another handy feature is the optional masking of cropped areas. Give this program a try!

    Review date: Feb 11, 2008

DSynchronize
  • Freeware
  • WinNT/2000/XP

qleft  Great sync tool  qright

DSynchronize version 2.30.1
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've tried any number of sync tools, and for making sure that my laptop is in sync with the desktop machine (just a couple of folders) this is without a doubt the best I've used. Just set up the the folders you may need to keep in sync and check the ones you need for the occasion. For whole drive back-up I still prefer Tarylynn, but to sync a few folders with the laptop this is the best.

    Review date: Nov 06, 2007

Broadcaster StudioPRO
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Stunning!  qright

Broadcaster StudioPRO version 1.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This is an amazing toy! Lets you switch between your webcam and streaming any video file via MSN. A feature I really like is the ability to set a static picture to display when you 'pause' streaming, great for a be-right-back message! Another great feature is sending a stream of your screen - makes it easy to show someone how to do something. I run a quite low-spec machine and have had plenty of problems with cam applications before now - but this little program works without any problems. The only negative is a very occasional nag screen that pops up, but I can live with that for such a useful free program. Give it a try, it's fun and has some serious uses too! :-)

    Review date: Nov 06, 2007

MyRun
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Works well  qright

MyRun version 1.10
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

If you need to start a sequence of programs with one click this is the easy way to do it. I needed to stop a number of running programs when burning dvd's - restarting them all afterwards was a real pain. MyRun allowed me to have one icon in quick launch that would restart them all with one click. Maybe not something that many people would have a need for, but excellent for those who do! :-)

    Review date: Oct 29, 2007

zFTPServer Suite
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Makes ftp hosting a breeze!  qright

zFTPServer Suite version 2.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've tried a couple of FTP servers before, and none had worked to my satisfaction, but zFTP is so easy to set up and use - so simple to set up users and define which folders to give them access to. If you need a simple and stable ftp server, look no further! Excellent.

    Review date: Oct 29, 2007

WinDirStat
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Great tool  qright

WinDirStat version 1.1.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Not a program you are going to use often, but it's handy to have when you are running low on free space as it shows clearly the big files that you have forgotten about - a big avi stands out a mile in a folder of jpgs! - I found 4Gb being wasted on one drive thanks to the colour-coded display on this great little program. Highly recommended.

    Review date: Oct 29, 2007

Bulk Rename Utility
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  I can't fault this program!  qright

Bulk Rename Utility version 2.5.4.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is a great bit of work. Whatever batch rename task you need to do this will do the job - from simply removing one word or first few characters to removing the whole filename and replacing it with date and sequence numbering. The interface looks daunting at first glance, but don't be put off - it is far easier to use then it looks and is VERY powerful. My most common use is to feed it a folder full of photos which it can then convert into date and suffix order. Once you have setup a format you can even save the settings and reload them next time. Download this program and give it a try, you won't be disappointed!

    Review date: Oct 29, 2007

Trillian
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  The best  qright

Trillian version 3.1
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Without a doubt the best way to use IM. Yes, it has a few flaws. Yes, you are best advised to keep the genuine clients on your machine for the things that Trillian can't do. But for multi-protocol chat it is all you need. There have been issues when changes are made to MSN or Y! systems, but there is always an update (fast and free!) to make it right again. The lack of video chat in the free version is a shame, but if that is important to you, get the pro upgrade. They guy who commented that he can't see what system people are on needs to change his skin, most skins use different icons per system! The range of skins available is amazing. I like a small, basic interface to keep my desktop clear - Trillian gives me this with all the features I use, I cannot recommend this program highly enough!

    Review date: Sep 10, 2006

XVid;-)
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Great alternative to media player  qright

XVid;-) version 2.1
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've found this prog to be far easier to use than WMP. The only problem I have is that it won't associate with file types properly, it will open on clicking a mpg file, but won't play it. But if you can live with opening the files from within the prog this is not an issue, and I find that a very small price to pay for the ease of use of this program. Highly recommended.

    Review date: Feb 03, 2006

TMPGenc
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Great audio/video tool  qright

TMPGenc version 2.5.24
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Very useful prog. Handy for putting together short clips into full videos, lets you split off the audio for editing and then replace it. Converts different size/frame-rate clips to the same format and then join them. Have a few problems joining files it insists are incompatible, but mostly this program works like a charm! Very impressed.

    Review date: Feb 03, 2006

WebMon
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Perfect!  qright

WebMon version 1.0.10
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Faultless tool. Tidy compact interface, no frills, designed to do a job and does it very very well. Perfect to flag up that someone has signed a guestbook, or new content has been added to a page, if it has, just click the page in the interface and it opens. Has option to only check parts of a page, and can keep a log of when pages changed or were unavailable.

    Review date: Feb 03, 2006

Emsa Web Monitor
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP

qleft  Handy tool.  qright

Emsa Web Monitor version 1.0.21
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

Handy little tool - I wanted to check that my site was available following some problems with my hosting company, this little prog just pings it every few mins to check response time. The only problem for me was that it has no logging - so I couldn't see any time-outs unless I was watching it. If it kept a log of time-outs it would be far more useful.

    Review date: Feb 03, 2006

EarthWatcher
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Limited use, but fun!  qright

EarthWatcher version 1.1.1
  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

This is a great little prog - does what it says and does it well. It's fun to see the sunrise and sunset move around the world. I can't comment on the automatic wallpaper function, as I've only used it to dump to file.

    Review date: Feb 03, 2006

Stickies
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Very handy.  qright

Stickies version 4.5b
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great program with many uses. Sticky notes on your machine, reminders that pop up at set times, and also great for poking notes or url's across the network to my partners machine too! This does three useful things in one little program. Excellent.

    Review date: Oct 04, 2004

Tarylynn
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  A must have tool  qright

Tarylynn version 2.3.625
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is great. Makes backing-up files easy. Works perfectly across the same drive or over a network. Gives me a perfect sync between my working folders and back-ups. Very useful little tool.

    Review date: Oct 04, 2004

Poppy
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  How did i manage before????  qright

Poppy version 5.3.1
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This is a great little program. So useful to see at a glance if you have mail, whatever you are working on... And the plain text preview is useful to - can get a good idea what a mail is before you let it near Outlook... :-) If only it had a 'blacklist' to delete certain mails without disturbing you it would be fantastic - as it is it's merely brilliant!!! Great program, can't imagine online life without it.

    Review date: Oct 04, 2004

Harddisk Search and Stats
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  It did the job!  qright

Harddisk Search and Stats version 2.0
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I downloaded this to find a large number of html files with an obsolete script in them - it found them in seconds, and when set up to open the files with notepad removing the old script was easy. I'm sure I'll find 101 other uses for this program as well - a great little tool.

    Review date: Oct 04, 2004

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