My Top Apps of 2009

from JoeUser Forums

Yes, it’s another “best of” 2009 article, but I think these are fun and useful to others who might discover a new app or game they haven’t heard of before.  20009 saw quite a few new and updated applications in all types of categories, including mobile.

This is my list of some of the most useful I found:

  • Jing Pro.  Jing Pro is very popular at Stardock.  It’s used for all types of things such as documenting errors, showing off cool stuff, and more in easy to record videos or images.   There is a free version, but I recommend the Pro version.

  • Fences.  No this is not a shameless plug, Fences has really made an incredible impact in peoples desktops all around the world.  If you need any type of organization on your desktop, grab Fences or Fences Pro.

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  • Dropbox.  Is an online storage and sync service which can be used across PC, Mac, and mobile.  It integrates with Windows via Explorer, and is pretty seamless.  Great for syncing and sharing files.

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  • Seesmic for Windows.  This is a new Twitter client for Windows, which is still in beta.  It has a great user interface, supports Twitter lists, and supports multiple accounts.

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These are some of my favorites, so lets hear yours![more]

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tineye - TinEye is a reverse image search engine

Microsoft Security Essentials - it just works....and it doesn't bog down my system(s)

PDF-XChange Viewer - dumped Adobe Reader (security hole & bloatware)

Dropbox.......one of my favorites also

honorable mention....HydroCAD R9, Directory Opus R9.5 (x64), Rainmeter 1.1

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

OpenOffice, easily.   No more plunking down $200 for Microsoft Office.  The Java API hooks into it aren't as good as the Visual Basic macros in Excel, but it's all open source and you can plug in stuff to all of the applications--not just the spreadsheet.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Openoffice, Fences, Winstep, KIS 2010, Damn Small Linux, Ubericon

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

One app I've been impressed with is Lunascape, a three engined browser that's fast and reliable... does all that Firefox can and more.  It's skinnable, uses FF addons and plugins, is tabbed, etc, etc.  Moreover, if a certain site doesn't happen to like the Gecko engine, you can switch to the IE one or Safari's.

Is it worth checking out?  I think so... and WC loads really fast to boot.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

I go with Dropbox too. It has really been of great help to me. :)

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Auslogics Disk Defrag...much faster than the built-in Windows defrag.  And, it is free!

CDBurnerXP...burns CD's and DVD's...gets the job done...and, it is free! 

Microsoft Security Essentials....doesn't hog system resources, and it is free!

 

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Directory Opus R9.5 (x64)

Ditto, I think.....still considering...;)

And Fences, of course....;)

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 4
One app I've been impressed with is Lunascape, a three engined browser that's fast and reliable... does all that Firefox can and more.  It's skinnable, uses FF addons and plugins, is tabbed, etc, etc.  Moreover, if a certain site doesn't happen to like the Gecko engine, you can switch to the IE one or Safari's.

Is it worth checking out?  I think so... and WC loads really fast to boot.

Thanks, mate. Looks good so far.

Deskscapes and Object Desktop (of course). Opera Browser. MS Office 2010 Beta so far. And always Winstep...the new interface is excellent.

 

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Nero 9

Acronis True Copr 2009

AnyVideo Converter

Fastone Image Resizer

Ashampoo Music Studio

DVD Profiler (catalogues DVD/video content)

AverMedia Media Centre

,,,, and of course, ObjectDesktop, ObjectDock Pro, CursorFX Pro

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ColorPicker http://uzaclan.com/eagle/

NexusFont http://xiles.net/programs/

StartKiller http://www.tordex.com/startkiller/

Faststone ImageViewer http://www.faststone.org/

And my staples are Windowblinds, IconPackager, CursorFX and ObjectDock