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Software Reviews

by skidoodad

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.

ImgBurn
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Why can`t all software be this direct?  qright

ImgBurn version 2.3.2.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I am always amazed at the amount of bloat and lethargic responsiveness of CD burning programs. When you just want to deal with image files this is the Swiss knife for the job.

    Review date: Nov 15, 2007

MyDefrag
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Quality defragmentation for everyone!  qright

MyDefrag version 3.16
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Read the documentation. You'll learn a lot about defragmentation in a short period of time. It's apparent that the author takes the subject seriously but wants to make the process easy and (relatively) fast as opposed to using the rubbish shipped with Windows. Lots of options for command-line usage too!

    Review date: Jun 25, 2007

ICEOWS
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  The last of its kind you'll ever need.  qright

ICEOWS version 4.20b
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great right-click functionality and also deals handily with the lzh format for all of our drawing files from our Japanese parent company.

    Review date: Nov 27, 2006

IE7 Menu-on-Top Tweak
  • Freeware
  • WinWin XP

qleft  A review of the actual product  qright

IE7 Menu-on-Top Tweak version 1.0
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

It works. Why someone would review their opinion of whether or not the tweak is necessary is like those conversations you have with people who are always hijacking the subject off to something else other than the topic at hand. I downloaded it, applied it, it works (and it's free!), therefore it gets my rating accordingly - not on whether or not I think you should subscribe to a religious argument.

    Review date: Oct 24, 2006

ieSpell
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Spel corectlee!  qright

ieSpell version 2.1.1.325
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

A great tool for those who frequently post messages (and reviews). Before this tool I composed in Word, did my proofing, and then copy-and paste into IE form. Major pain to say the least. Trying to use it with something other than IE? Wah! It does work with Maxthon.

    Review date: Jul 08, 2005

Maxthon
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Out-foxes firefox  qright

Maxthon version 1.2.000
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Though I'm still concerned about the IE-based foundation, this program has surprises galore. I can't understand wy IE has not caught on to the usefullness of these enhancements. At any rate the ease of use is tremendous. I'll be here for a while, at least. Hooray for the myIE2 team!

    Review date: Mar 07, 2005

Core FTP LE
  • Freeware
  • Win98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

qleft  Handy dandy ftp client!  qright

Core FTP LE version 1.3b build 1401
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I like that the scrolling session log is on top. The two-pane local/ftp site explorer window is straightforward. I'm not a big FTP commando and am usually annoyed with the presumptuous interfaces of many FTP clients. This one did the trick!

    Review date: Mar 02, 2005

Nico`s Photocopier
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  About as effortless as they come.  qright

Nico`s Photocopier version 2.31
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Sure, lots of scanners come with "one-touch" scanning but they always pull the job into some goofy photo editor. This program is reminiscent of the controls found on a traditional photocopier (hence the name) and has familiar UI for quick print jobs without all the what-not. I usually have it set for 100% grayscale and have found it useful for all sorts of quick work. Thanks Nico!

    Review date: Dec 17, 2004

Visual Color Picker
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  For serious color aficionados and the curious  qright

Visual Color Picker version 2.5
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

All I can say is this is a very well thought out tool. Even thought the days of "color safe" Web design seem pre-1999 this tool gives you an avalanche of details that can be used for other color considerations and includes Hex and body tag syntax of your choices. It takes a minute or two to grasp the use of this product (the screenshot is different from the current version in that it is actually three separate forms that can be "pinned" to effect "always-on-top" functionality) but once it is learned the fun has only just begun. A future recommendation would be to let users store color schemes (perhaps some preconfigured ones too?). Good show, Novosib!

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

Purrint
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Print screen for the rest of us...  qright

Purrint version 14
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I consider myself handy with getting Print Scrn captures into Photoshop, PhotoFiltre, etc. but this adds an additional layer of convenience (including an option to copy to clipboard, which I already thought was the case, but anyway...). The only problem is that there is not an option to save to gif (very useful for Web pages, I guess I'll have to stick to doing it the old way if I want that). Output formats are .bmp, .jpg, and .png. Though there's no choice of compression levels for jpg, the stock setting is not bad and keeps the file size relatively small compared to .bmp (a sample of a Web browser page filling the screen was bmp = 770kb, jpg = 167kb). I've never fooled with png. A handy product to add to your IT tool belt!

    Review date: Oct 25, 2004

PsTools
  • Freeware
  • WinNT/2000/XP

qleft  It pro's best friend...  qright

PsTools version 2.06
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Tinkerers will probably pass on this collection of "arcane command line" tools. However they are very powerful and can take a load of stress off a win admins day when used intelligently. Psexec is perhaps the best of the bunch but there's something to be found in all the tools. Documentation could be a little better. Spend a little time and get to know these gems!

    Review date: Oct 06, 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.