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Software Reviews

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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.

Mass Directory Eraser
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Not that fast but it`s okay  qright

Mass Directory Eraser version 3.260
  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Deleting about 150.000 files took it 45 sec (not 2 or so as promised in the description) but still a much better solution than a lifetime waiting for Explorer to finish. Simple, efficient, does the job.

    Review date: Jul 05, 2009

Shareaza
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Best of its kind - but be careful!  qright

Shareaza version 2.3.1.0
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

There are different versions of Shareaza. Version numbers like 2.3.x are usually fine and work as you'd expect. BUT! They will warn you about an "update" to 4.0 which you should NOT allow because it's a dirty trick from someone else, it's not from the same author, it acually has nothing to do with the good old Shareaza. 4.0 will not allow you to download torrent and stuff, but instead offers a nice-and-dumb interface to buy music online. So just keep the old 2.x versions running and you'll be fine. The REAL Shareaza is the best p2p tool I've ever used, and all I can say is thank you guys.

    Review date: Nov 30, 2008

Desktop Sidebar
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP

qleft  I just love it  qright

Desktop Sidebar version 1.16
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

After first seeing Vista Gadgets I thought I would look for a sidebar like that for my XP. Well, this one is better. Very handy, able to do a lot of things I've been missing for a long time, etc. Has quite a few gadgets. (For first time users I recommend to remove the standard clock and add a World Clock that's much more customizable.) Take a look at the "Add plug-ins" page on the web, and see why I love this stuff. Undocked toolbars are my favorite - I can place file lists on my desktop for every project I work on. G.R.E.A.T.

    Review date: Jul 03, 2008

Absolute HTML Compressor
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Don`t expect too much  qright

Absolute HTML Compressor version 1.14
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 3

When you read the word "absolute" and see some 80-85% compression ratios you can easily suppose that this program does a lot more than just remove the whitespaces and stuff. Wrong. That's what it does. This is the standard html compression method, don't expect too much. I did :) On the other hand, the program does the job, it's a fair tool to anyone looking for what it actually does. Still I wouldn't recommend to use this one - there are others, and this one has a little but annoying advertisement on the top.

    Review date: Oct 20, 2007

BackStreet Browser
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Simply doesn't do the job  qright

BackStreet Browser version 3.1
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 2

My problem was that BSB didn't fetch things the way it should. I tried clicking, looking, reading, begging but neither helped. BSB can download files but links will still open from the original server. NO, it's not that I haven't configured it properly. Believe me I did my best. The annoying fact is that it's probably a 2-chars bug that keeps BSB from working, I don't know... I wouldn't say bad things about the author, I see he is a thinking human but this time he just couldn't make it.

    Review date: Aug 25, 2007

SpamBayes
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Smart and silent - just what i like  qright

SpamBayes version 1.04
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

First of all: it WORKS. Does the job very well and doesn't disturb at all - this program is just silently working in the background, collecting the "questions" for you. Then when you say "ok, let's see what we have" it shows a well-formed list of each email you've received and you can start teaching. Mr Bayes gets smarter and smarter every time :) it's fun, but also surprising how fast he learns. What I really like about this program: it doesn't hide anything from you. No unwanted extras, no hidden mail disposal, it's all YOUR business to handle the results, Bayes just inserts his "humble opinion" about the mail and if you trust him enough you can make a rule in Outlook Express to collect the spam. So 1: you still receive everything, 2: you always have a chance to ignore the Bayes filter, 3: you can even check the mails AFTER they have been "managed". Great. You'll like it.

    Review date: May 15, 2005

mp3DirectCut
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Return of the programming jedi  qright

mp3DirectCut version 1.37
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Once upon there was a sport called programming. This guy is one of the champions. Check the file size - for Gods sake, it's 45 KILOBYTES, and it has everything in it! Pretty interface, fast operation, no annoying extras, no install (it simply WORKS if you run the exe), no registry-f*cking, no unwanted behaviour. Very nice job, and very good tool. A must have.

    Review date: Oct 24, 2004

Powerbullet Presenter
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  In emergency only  qright

Powerbullet Presenter version 1.35
  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 2
  • Overall: 2

If you really hate Flash and need just a few simple effects to be quickly done - well, in this case it's good. But it's hard to control, it's not flexible, most of the fixed motion/spin effects are not cool at all, etc.

    Review date: May 21, 2004

Stickies
  • Freeware
  • Win98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

qleft  Very good  qright

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

Nice! This is a sticky note manager and a time-triggered reminder, too. Very good, VERY easy to use, can be controlled with a few comfortable one-hand hotkeys (not some ShiftAltCtrlScrollockZ:), styles are easy to save/recall, sizing is semi-automatic (just as it should be, x=manual, y=auto)... Stickies can sleep for a while, or UNTIL a specific time, very useful - a little inconvenience when setting the time from keyboard only, but it's okay. And, you don't need to worry about deleted stickies.

    Review date: May 21, 2004

Tanida Quiz Builder

Tanida Quiz Builder

Create educational quizzes in Flash format that can be distributed online or as standalone .EXE file.

Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

A powerful monitoring solution to record PC activity, including keystrokes, email and more.

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.