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by eskimo100
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.
- Freeware
Win (All)
Simplicity is a virtue 
XXCopy version 2.85.9
- Interface: 3
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I have had XXCOPY for many years and find it a very powerful tool - its simplicity and versitility is its real strength. The owner has done a tremendous job over YEARS keeping it up to date and refining its functions, so I think he has every right to ask for payment after 90days use.
Review date: Jan 17, 2005
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
What is the fuss about?
Fresh UI version 7.18
- Interface: 3
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 2
- Overall:
Well yes it is a bit better "organized" (but you still have to KNOW what what you NEED to do - which most of us don't or can't remember so you still end up opening all those folders just like in X-teq). I also agree with Justin about the 11days and register for "free" activation - I mean, Why risk it? The "Unofficial MS TweakUI" does just about the same as FreshUI - or you can use X-teq (although it is overweight near 2mb). Also as for the "Special TOOLS" pulldown menu - most are available in the basic WIN98 folders (if you know where). I guess compact size is really all this FreshUI can offer - besides re-inventing the wheel. Cheers
Review date: Sep 10, 2004
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Handy for choreography!
Pivot Stickfigure Animator version 2.2
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Don't laugh - it is a time consuming but handy use! I got it to record my Taekwondo "kata's" - basically sequenced hand/foot fighting moves. But then my daughter played around with it for fun and added some of her hip-hop class moves. Really its a simple but effective program for this - and very compact/easy to learn. Cheers!
Review date: Jul 06, 2004
- Free Trial ($29.95)
- Win (All)
Prefer MRU Blaser - its free
Tracks Eraser Pro
- Overall:
This is a VERY tight program except MRU Blaster does much the same (including index.dat deletion and secure wipe) but is FREE. Sorry. This would be my NEXT choice as it does have a very well thought out UI, options and scheduler. Cheers
Review date: Dec 08, 2003
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
If you need those funny glasses
Z-Anaglyph
- Overall:
This is a great little program! BUT you need to get the glasses (btw, anaglyph s were invented by the french.) go here to order some = http://www.stereoscopy.com/reel3d/anaglyph-glasses.html
Review date: Jan 04, 2003
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Sweet
CD-DA X-Tractor
- Overall:
Yes! Clean install, intelligent, accurate and fast. Can t say enough for a rip n good time.
Review date: Dec 11, 2002
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Combines alot of useful toolbar utilities
WinBar
- Overall:
Ok, this is one you have got to adopt right away! It is sort of like comparing Xteq Setup to the old Win UI Tweak. Drop all those useful but single single purpose toolbar utilities - TClockEx, System Time Syncro, toolbar Volume & Winamp controls, Memory Usage indicator ... the list goes on. At 256k you won't regret it. Just get it, Ok? Cheers
Review date: Apr 02, 2002
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Just Buttons!
DeKnop
- Overall:
This is one of those "specialized" tools for when (not IF) you need a quick button solution for a webpage - and they look great! Small footprint too.
Review date: Mar 18, 2002
- Free Trial ($25.00)
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Searchable/Portable Bookmark DB
Powermarks
- Overall:
Agree with rix, I looked quite hard to find a user friendly but powerful bookmark DB - and this was my top pick. It works with MSIE, Netscape and Opera browsers. My problems with so many of these browsers were 1) finding a bookmark among my large collection (1600 entries) was neigh impossible without a search capability - Powermarks has this. 2) Often I needed to additional fields to record thoughts on URLand recall unique passwords and/or loginIDs for different sites - Powrmarks allows this. 3) Portability - after experience of moving from Netscape to MSIE I wanted a seperate DB and simple backup - Powermarks registratio includes web synchronization and storage so that you if you lose the DB (i.e OS reinstall) you still have a backup! This can also be ported to other PC's. Good value worth every penny!
Review date: Feb 19, 2002
- Free Trial ($39.00)
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Excellent for new Genealogist
GenoPro
- Overall:
Soon after I began conducting my family research "project" the need for some kind of program to assemble/maintain/make sense of all the scraps (scans of oringinal documents, photos, recordings etc) accumulated was PRESSING! If you are just starting this your search for such software will likely lead you to a LDS related sites (Ancestry.com and Rootsweb.com). For some reason they only push these share/freeware programs - Family Tree Maker (FTM) or Personal Ancestral File (PAF). After trying each and some others found at ZD.net I strongly recommend GenoPro v1.71. It has a small footprint, extensive data fields (such as DOB, death, locale, relationships, image file referances etc), automatically displays your newly entered family records as graphic "family-tree's", can import/export in the Geneololgy industry standard GEDCOM format (very important!) and can easily export results to various HTML report formats so you can post results on the web. Great support also.
Review date: Feb 19, 2002
A powerful monitoring solution to record PC activity, including keystrokes, email and more.
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