opensourceCMS.com This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to try out being the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your need
Kronolith 2.1 is a web-based calendar that supports shared calendars, alarms, recurring events, and a simple interface that one can run the Apache webserver with PHP support
Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability - Loads of ways to improve your website
WinSCP 3.7.6 [1.68 MB] Windows (Open Source) Secure FTP program. A plain vanilla FTP (file transfer protocol) session is not secure. That's because your userid and password are sent in the clear (without any encryption) to the remote server when you log in. Further, the contents of the files you are transferring are sent unencrypted as well. So there is a chance that someone could intercept your login details or snoop inside the file while it's being transferred over the public Internet. WinSCP uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol.
Nvu [6.75 MB] Linux, Mac, Windows (Open Source) WYSIWYG editing of web pages, making web creation as easy as typing a letter with your word processor. Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site. Reliable HTML code creation that will work with all of today's most popular browsers. Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs. Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap. Powerful support for forms, tables, and templates. The easiest-to-use, most powerful Web Authoring System available for Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh users.
Metadot Portal Server 6.4b6 (open source) [All operating systems] Non-technical people can create rather powerful websites and portals through a number of clicks with the mouse. Some of the elements that users can add to these website or portals include calendars, polls, a FAQ section, discussion forums, and a number of other helpful features
MereSurfer 2003 8.009 W95 and later (Free) Includes a pop-up ad stopper, a tracks-eraser and an ad-remover to webbrowsers,
LinkStatus 0.1.1 Windows (Open Source) - Check for broken or non functioning links within websites. Search by depth or domain
1st Page 2000 v2.0 [5.2MB] W9x/NT FREE reviewer totally blown away with how extensive this freeware HTML editor is - users particularly like the way it keeps HTML bloat to the minimum
HTML-Kit Build 292 (Free but additional plug-ins can be purchased) Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP Download Size: 3.1 MB - a fully equipped coding and editing toolbox that can hold its own against HTML editors three times its size
This service (from Delorie software) allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) to a search engine. This service ignores the META tags that some search engines honour. Helps make sure you haven't blocked the search engines with your frames layout.
META Tag Analyzer: The BIGGEST mistake submitter's make is submitting a Web page that is not search engine friendly
Search terms suggestion Web resource, lists search terms including a keyword or keywords you enter done recently
Xlogan v1.0 [2.0] W98/2k/XP FREE {Analyze log files} view visitors, referrers, search engines, browsers, files, country, and the raw log. The search engine page shows you a list of the keywords visitors have used
Web-Site Optimizer free web page analyzer - give it the URL and get back various useful statistics. The site then makes recommendations for improving the page performance.
HTML Builder XP v5.0 LITE [9.1M] W9x/2k/XP FREE development environment for HTML. Some of the features include HTML Syntax Highlighting, Instant Tag Property Editing (e.g., Delphi & Visual Basic), Tag Insight Drop Down Helper Lists (e.g., MSVC++), Automatic Tag Completion, ... and much more. Integrated help files, webmaster resources and reference manuals covering HTML 4.0 and CSS.
DHE Editor v1.0.0.280 [1.8M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {HTML editor} A WYSIWYG editor, probably falls between FrontPage and Dreamweaver in terms of complexity
MonitorCentral v2.15 and MetaValidator v2.15 W9x/2k/XP FREE {Diagnose a Web page} The two Java-based applications check for Section 508 violations, WC3 standards compliance, Meta Tag content validation, broken links, spelling errors, and out-of-date pages
Abyss Web Server v1.1.5 [133k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Personal Web server} Running a Web server isn't just for hosting a Web site on a computer. It's a great tool for learning .asp, .php, and .cgi scripting. Apache is one of the more widely used free Web server applications, but it's complicated and not easy to learn without some help. Furthermore, it does .php, but not .asp. Microsoft's IIS is another tool, and you can install it to learn .asp, but not .php. Abyss Web Server can support .asp, .php, and PERL after downloading additional free software.. The application is small by server standards, and doesn't hog the memory. Those who have yet to make the move into managing a Web server may find this a good place to start before trying the bigger and fancier apps.
IndigoPerl v2003.02 [18.9M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Binary build of Apache, Perl, and PHP} Write Perl and PHP scripts using IndigoPerl, which comes with an integrated, pre-configured Apache. The MySQL module is also included. This is a quick and easy way to get started in writing scripts with Perl/CGI. It doesn't even use the Windows Registry.
MdbToMySQL XPv0.9 [Earlier version was on this link] Windows FREE {Migrate to MySQL} This is a utility for programmers who want to migrate a Microsoft Access database into MySQL. It reads an MDB file and dumps out a text file containing MySQL strings for building and filling the database
Dev-PHP v1.9.4 [754k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {PHP Integrated development environment} To get started with PHP, go to the official site at php.net
Bruce Clay, LLC: Search Engine Optimization [.pdf] contains detailed instructions about how to achieve and maintain a high rank. A series of eleven steps are outlined.
EGG - Easy Gallery Generator v2.1 [728k] W9x/2k/XP FREE allows you to create photo galleries of your images that can be used for publishing on the Web. It creates small thumbnail images that are linked to the full-size image. The program provides you with an instant preview of your page layout, allows you to re-arrange images, add comments, and more. The gallery page can be customized as well as the size of the thumbnail images
Open Database Project registering your site is easy - you just click down to the appropriate classification and then go through the URL submission process. If you submit to the Open Database it will eventually appear in all the clone databases that use it as source information
Postcast Server v2.2.0 [11.6M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {SMTP server} send out your newsletter or e-mailings without making your ISP mad, you can send 20 e- mails simultaneously, and it can send out 3,500 messages per hour
CSS Code Assembler v1.0 [248k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Create cascading style sheets} download the CSS Code Assembler to run from your computer or just run it from the Web site, as it is HTML- and Java-based.
JAlbum 2.0 Web Photo Album Generator freeware - also creates thumbnails of the images on an index page- supports many popular image and Web video formats, and can also create a slide show
BTexact Technologies: Web Site Design topics addressed include site navigation, page design, graphics and multimedia, and user input
Web Album Generator v1.0.1 [835k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Create Web albums} For the more advanced Web designer, Web Album Generator creates its Web album to fully conform to the XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS 2.0 standards
Technobuff a good starting point for people learning about Web development. It has introductory tutorials, tips, and software for programming in Java and HTML. The Java Start Kit is particularly useful for novice programmers
BRS WebWeaver v0.69 [819k] W9x/2k/XP FREE a fairly robust Web Server with built-in FTP Server; Basic ISAPI support (Microsoft Internet Server API); CGI/1.1 support; Multi-threaded; Basic user authentication; IP address based security; URL based security (Realms); Alias support; SSI Support (Server Side Includes)
HTML Gallery Maker v3.3 [2.5M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Make a gallery}Supportes: JPEG, GIF, BMP, TGA, TIFF, PIC, PNG; automatic generation of 'Main Index' and 'Local Index' pages; absolute and relative addressing; button and text navigation; automatic renaming of images and thumbnails
CSShark the CSS Know-How Site answers some of those frequently asked questions regarding Cascading Style Sheets and explains some of the basics of CSS, provides tips and tricks for tackling the problems with Netscape 4, offers a tutorial concerning positioning, web design without tables
Movable Type Version 2.0 is a Web-based personal publishing system designed to ease the maintenance of regularly updated news or journal sites. Most importantly, this product runs on your own Web server, allowing complete control over your sites and permitting visitors to post comments on entries and engage in conversations with its built-in comment system. It is free for personal or non-profit use; however, there is a fee for commercial or for-profit sites.
IE Booster a freeware set of web browser extensions for IE 5 and upwards shows lists of all forms and applets, all hyperlinks, all images, style sheets, image information and many copy options all on a right click menu
PUT AN ANNOYING CLOCK ON YOUR WEBSITE! a text-based clock face that displays the current time and even has a ticking second hand. Through the wonders of Javascript, it follows your cursor around the screen, dismembering and re-assembling itself in spectacular form.
AAScripter v2.0 [2.5M] W98/2k/XP FREE {Scripts for Webmasters}over 200 scripts with info and copy and paste for the code
Advanced CSS Layouts: Step by Step tutorial on how to create WebReference table-like layouts
Web Publishing Curriculum covers many of the latest standards, including HTML 4.01 and Cascading Style Sheets for novice Web users
The HTML Reference Library v4.0 - HTML Validation & Related Tools
The best
HTML validation tools on a single page. One of the best, free, online HTML validators
is http://validator.w3.org/
Of course, validating your pages' code is just the first step. Most
good Web designers also check their pages' accessibility, ensuring
that their pages can be used by everyone. The 800 pound gorilla in
accessibility validation is WatchFire's Bobby
Add a search to your site - FusionBot has the simplest approach I have yet seen and the free version has minimal advertising at present
AccessFP: Front Page Resource Center
FrontPage Users Forum is for people to ask and answer questions around FrontPage (and other web topics) in a friendly manner.
To keep track of which search engines have added your site (and where your site "ranks" on important kewyord searches), use our free service Rank This < http://rankthis.webpromote.com >!
do's and don'ts of building a web site http://epona.ucam.org/~ssb22/slides/CopyURL v2.21 [206k] FREE Copy URL, Copy Link , and Copy Name [copies the URL/title to the clipboard]
World Wide Web Broadcaster The World Wide Web Broadcaster is a totally *FREE* service that enables you to submit your Web page addresses to over 235 search engines at once
SmartFTP a FREE full featured FTP client with an easy-to-use, Explorer-style interface, allows users to open multiple connections to servers
reallybig.com Styling itself "the largest directory of Web building resources on the internet," this gateway offers links to over 3,000 resources for Web page developers of all skill levels
ScriptWorx v4.12.0 [2.6M] W9x/NT/2k FREE Top performing HTML editor
BlackWidow v4.1 (shareware) a powerful Website scanning tool and an offline browser, displaying broken links and status of links will be useful
ABC-EDUCA Startpage Creator v0.3 [1.5M] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Create Dynamic HTML from your Favorites}
Check If Site Is Still Up v1.0.0 [1.6M] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Make sure your server is running}
Web2FTP{FTP server Web administration} not a bad way to get around those pesky firewalls that try to block your access
HTML Document Conversions GoHTM will "instantly convert your document into HTML (RTF, DOC, PDF etc)
Web Developer's Virtual Library offers original articles and tutorials on Web development technologies and problems
Access FP - FrontPage Resource Centre -- " slanted towards the UK
CNET Builder.com - Web Authoring - Spotlight on HTML
W3Schools
e-learning portal offers more than a dozen tutorials relating to
Internet development including HTML, XHTML, DHTML, and CSS. The XML
section has tutorials in XML, DTDs, XSL, and DOM as well as other
developing XML technologies. For the more advanced developer, the
site presents
tutorials on JavaScript, ASP, and SQL. All of the tutorials start
with information for beginners, but many also have complete
reference sections
Stepzilla v1.07 [800k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Simple HTML document editor}
Grace Plotting Software graphical interface and publication quality output is available at this site for free
akPi v2.2.0 [638k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Calculate Pi to 100000 digits}
Keep track of how much traffic your site gets with the simple help of a Bravenet Counter.
TidyGUI v1,1 [144k] W9x/NT/2K FREE {Clean up HTML documents}
WEFT v3.0 Beta 8 [124k] W9x/NT/2k FREE
"What does WEFT do? The Web Embedding Fonts Tool lets Web authors create 'font objects' that are linked to their Web pages so that when an IE user views the pages they'll see them displayed in the font style contained within the font object. It takes all the hard work out of creating font objects and linking them to your Web pages. Point WEFT at your site and it will analyze each page, building an accurate picture of their font usage. The tool will then create compressed font objects containing the required characters. Finally the tool adds code to your pages linking the font objects to them.
OmniUpdate Update your Web pages from any browser
Bravenet Webmaster Tips and Tricks.
Microsoft WEFT users community
INotepad v3.1 [2.6M] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Internet-aware text editor} Insert HTML code with a single click, choose from basic or advanced HTML, or import an already existing file. This is a decent standalone vanilla editor too.
ShiledsUp (Steve Gibson's site) PC On-line security check. Easily check your system here, and begin learning about using the Internet safely
Microsoft Antispyware has been renamed "Windows Defender" and the interface has changed. It's still pretty much the same software at its core, but cleaned up, streamlined, and improved.
HPHosts (free, community supported and very up-to-date) hosts file for protection against nasty web sites and user forum
AuditMyPC.com {Free online firewall tests}or try Try Symantec Security check to Audit your firewall, do a port scan, or do a privacy test to get immediate results, with information about how to act upon problem areas
SpamNet (Only for those on Outlook 2000/2002/XP with W98/2000/XP) You effectively share a global list of spam addresses and that mail gets dumped in your spam folder. If mail arrives which you consider to be spam you can click on the block button, which is added to your toolbar and it will dump it in the spam folder, it will be added add to your spam list and a vote will be sent to add it to the global list. You can also unblock falsely spammed mail.
SpamPal v1.06 [777k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Fight spam} check your e-mail against any number of the freely-usable "blocking lists" (DNSBL lists). You control the "whitelist," so you can approve anyone you want to receive e-mail from, regardless of whether they are on a blocking list or not
Mailwasher (FREE but donation requested) - bounce back unwanted e-mails so it looks as if your email address is not valid and delete unwanted e-mails before you download them and use external spam blacklists
What & why a cookie is
These sites review and compare a number of personal firewall and anti-virus products - some free for personal use http://www.check-mark.com http://www.icsalabs.com/ http://www.av-test.org/ http://www.claymania.com/anti-virus.html
Ad-Aware 5.83 is a free utility (for Windows 98, 98 SE, NT 4, 2000, ME, and XP) that scans your computer's memory, registry, and hard drives for known spyware
Spybot search and destroy v1.0 ...another similar free program although it tends to over-report, treating some harmless (or nearly so) items as if they were major threats
This web site attempts to list, test and rate the best FREE firewall products for Windows
AVG Anti-Virus - Free Download Page (For the UK only)
AntiVir Free Anti-Virus Software The resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically, e.g. downloading of data from the Internet
PCFlank offer a three-minute "Quick Test" for your online security; a "Stealth Test" to see if commonly-exploited "ports" might be exposing your PC to outside snoops; a "Browser Test" to see what personal info your browser may reveal; a "Trojan Test" to see if your system has been infected with many of the more common Trojan horse programs; and "Advanced Port Scanner" to look for less-common (but still potentially dangerous) open ports on your system; and an "Exploits" test that looks for vulnerabilities to things such as denial-of-service attacks.
Break the Chain: Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation - offers some good guidelines for e-mail etiquette and how to research chain letters. It also has a searchable database of over 300 chain letters and hoaxes currently in circulation. A fun part of the site is the Yanking the Chain Awards, which is a monthly award given out to a particularly effective (and usually humorous) response to junk e-mail.
ASS Maker v3.1 [284k] W9x/2k/XP FREE writes a JavaScript for you that can be copied and pasted into your code in the place of 'mailto' tags. It disguises the tags so spammer bots and spiders can't the address but users can still click on it to send mail
You can get harmless emails sent you that will reveal if you do have an email security problem.
Check out this recent list of sites for checking possible Hoax emails from Fred Langa
VCatch v3.7 [300k] W9x/2k/XP FREE Virus protection tool} can detect viruses that come through e-mail, ICQ, or file sharing programs
SpywareInfo - Fight those spies provides links to related articles and information so that your system can stay free and clean
PowerCrypt 2000 v4.3 [1.7M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {File encryption} can encode multiple files at one time, manage archives, compress data, and create packages with multiple encrypted files. Can encodes file names too
Iron Key v1.3 [1.0M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Encrypt quickly} recipient must enter a special password to open whatever file you send them, but they won't need any extra software to do it. Just drag and drop your files and they'll be encrypted. It can delete files after encryption with the integrated file shredder.
ANTS v2.0 [1.2M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Scan for trojans}lets you monitor connection and application activity on your system
Winsecure-IT v5.31 [611k] W9x FREE {Secure your non-NT system}stops other people from using your system while you're away
Use that old PC to run a Linux firewall package SmoothWall The release version is due out on Aug 27th. 2001
AbcKeylogger [354k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Record keystrokes secretly} It can automatically start logging when your computer starts and runs hidden in the background. One of ABC Keylogger's special features is that it can optionally capture only keystrokes that take place when a certain keyword is detected, either as a Window title or typed. In addition, to logging keystrokes, the program can also take screenshots of the desktop, so you can see exactly what was done while you were gone. Screenshot capture can also be triggered by keywords or performed on a regular schedule. ABC Keylogger provides a built-in log viewing utility that can be launched by typing a secret password anywhere in Windows.
BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger Lite v1.0 [171k] W98/2k/XP FREE (lite version only) Provides an easy-to-read log viewer that allows you to select a day from a calendar and view the logged keystrokes for that particular day. You can also search the log and limit logging to specific programs or windows (e.g., web browser, e-mail, etc.) and use stealth mode.
Cleaner v1.0 [150k] W9x/NT/2k FREE securely deletes files. Also available: an archiver with strong-security based on open key technology
TrendMicro give clear instructions for dealing with malware, as well as a Web-based scan tool. Their free tools include a live, online anti-virus scan, and a tool to scan for malicious code in Outlook email and attachments. Their commercial products also have a 30-day free trial, which is nice.
Test Your Email Defenses - e-mail yourself a VBS file to test how well your system is protected against malicious scripts
AV-Test {Test your anti-virus software}make sure you're running the best anti-virus software, see what the testers at this site have to say about it
Cryptext v3.40 [201k] W9x/2k/XP FREE Each block is read, encrypted, and then written back to disk to completely overwrite the original
Hide In Picture v2.0 [366k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Hide data in a picture} The whole works is also password protected
These sites maintain
lists of all known spyware. http://www.spychecker.com/
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~johnf/dspypdf.html
http://www.infoforce.qc.ca/spyware/enknownlistfrm.html
http://www.globalnet.cz/spyware/list.html
... and many others: http://www.google.com/search?q=spyware+list
Sneakemail, a free service that you can use to generate disposable email addresses to avoid spammers.
Don't post your email address (in plain text) on your website. For information on how to encode your address and hide from Spambots (programs that extract email addresses from web pages) look here: http://www.turnstep.com/Spambot
WinGuard v1.1 [21k] W9x FREE Your password locks and unlocks a faux desktop, even disables the CTRL-ALT-DEL function
"Disappearing Ink" For Emails a form of automatic public encryption: Sender composes HTML mail (it won't work on plain text) and the software embeds a link to the centrally-stored key and decoding software. The key allows the message to be decoded automatically
Hide Folder Contents From Prying Eyes (Free) performs on-the-fly encryption. You just put your confidential files in a single folder and point-and-click. You don't have to think about security or remember anything except your password. W 95/98/ME and NT/2K compatible
A similar program Scramdisk v3.01R3c [187k] W9x FREE creates an encrypted Virtual Disk of a size you specify on your hard drive. After entering a passphrase, the drive is mounted and then can be used as a normal drive. Files, Folders and even your E-mail directory can be saved and retrieved from this
Spychecker is a public database, currently with close to 1,000 listings of "Spyware" programs that are advertiser supported and track and send certain data and statistics via a server installed on the user's PC. It uses a simple keyword search engine, and returns list the ad company involved
AVG Anti-Virus System v6.0 [4.8M] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Live virus protection} scan E-mail messages or attachments too
PC On-line virus checker (free) from Trend
Counterpane Labs: Password Safe (free) copy a password just by double clicking and pasting it directly into your application
CSPassword v6.0 [916k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Password manager} a safe place to keep all of your passwords and account information
MailExpire - be assigned an e-mail address which won't live longer than a month
MyID v1.1.40 [873k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Keep your passwords safe}you enter a PIN number, the longer the PIN, the better the encryption
SpamMotel {Junk e-mail jail} actually lets you find out where the spammer got your address, and lets you block him / her with a single mouse click.
BrightMail FREE anti-spam, anti-virus program acts as a filter between your computer and your e-mail server. Email sent to you that's genuine spam or a known virus never reaches your inbox. You can always check what's in your spam box anytime you want.
Spytech Integrity Check v1.03 [424k] W9x/NT/2k FREE quickly check possible security weaknesses on your PC
HyperSend {Secure Internet file delivery}
http://spamcop.net/ You can forward spam you receive, it generates an e-mail to report the spammer to the spammer's ISP
Freedom is a suite of free tools including a Firewall, an Ad Manager, and a "Keyword Alert" that watches your credit card # transmitting
eSafe Desktop v2.2 b24 [10.0M] W9x/NT FREE snares malicious vandals before they can cause irreparable damage or access confidential information on a user's machine
Email Scanner v1.0 [132k] W9x/NT FREE scans through emails and extracts all the email addresses found within
SpyChecker {Find spyware before it finds you} be aware of adware that installs additional tracking software onto your PC
Combatting SPAM adr1 adr2 adr3 adr4 adr5 adr6
FireEyes v1.0 [571k] W9x FREE it allows you to "watch" your ports (and alerts you when they are connected to)
spIE v1.0 [643k] W9x/NT FREE remains completely invisible and log every Web site visited
MailCleaner v2.6 [818k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Kill e-mail viruses} Outlook (and Outlook Express) users can use this filter to detect e-mails containing viruses.MailCleaner will automatically delete deadly messages, and it runs alongside other anti-virus programs. With automatic updates every day
ZoneAlarm v1.8 [1.2M]W9x/NT FREE make being connected safer:
MailCleaner an add-on program that works in conjunction with standard AV programs to scan incoming email
eSafe is also a free Pro-Active anti-virus tool.
F-Prot. is a true DOS AV program and can be run from floppy boot disks
Housecall is a free web-based AV program
InoculateIT AntiVirus v4.5.0 [2.2M] W9x/NT FREE
Spammer Slammer (WIN) FREE An easy to use anti-spam program
CyberCop site lets you share your experiences, abuses, gripes, or report suspicious activity on the Net
purportal.com Users can search five of the most well-known sites dedicated to setting the record straight: Snopes Urban Legends Archive, About.com Urban Legends search, CIAC Hoax Database, CERT Computer Security Database, and Symantec (Real) Virus Encyclopedia.
Symantec
Anti Virus Research Center McAfee
Associates Virus Hoax List Department
of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability
The Urban Legends Web
Site Urban
Legends Reference Pages Datafellows
Hoax Warnings
How To
Evaluate Internet Research Sources How
To Evaluate Information Sources
Computer viruses (myths) may have now followed Rob Rosenberger to the second URL
Published by Kasperskey Lab - claims to be the biggest visus encyclopedia
Vmyths.com: Truth about Computer Security Hysteria. Serves as a reference to refute virus hoaxes and, more generally, to eliminate widespread hysteria by educating the unaware
Search for known "Urban Legends" Before you forward ANYTHING to your friends via email, go toSnopes.com and make sure what you are sending is true. Chances are it isn't, and chances are Barbara and David Mikkelson have written a wonderful, in-depth article telling you exactly why it isn't.
David Emery's archive of current Net hoaxes also http://urbanlegends.about.com/, http://www.snopes.com/
NAI which is now what McAfee is called. It has real news about REAL viruses (not the urban legend variety)
Computer Incident Advisory Capability at the US Department of Energy - computer virus myths
Gain free access to: VirusScan Online, UnInstaller QuickClean, 2000 ToolBox Online, and the First Aid Advisor
Tiny Firewall is now free, and business users may evaluate it for free.
Script Sentry 131KB free, checks for malicious Windows Scripting Host scripts, hidden SHS/SHB extensions, HTA files, REG files, macros.
Stripmail v0.99c [256k] W9x/NT/2k FREE utility that cleans received e-mail messages containing '>' or '|' at the beginning of each line
NetSpider v1.22 [964k] W9x/NT/2k FREE allows you to see all the links on a selected page with description and type information, save file and page list for later browsing, drop files from other programs, and resume interrupted downloads
MiniMail v1.0 Beta 1 [127k] W9x/NT/2k FREE Simple e-mail client only sends. It'll be ready to roll a lot quicker than any other e-mail app.
"URL Discombobulator" tool can be used to pick apart any numeric address web site address
Jeremi (free?) is a tool for realtime document sharing, supports distributed work on different documents or files by different people
ePrompter v1.02 [574k] W9x/NT/2k FREE E-mail notification utility for POP3 and web based accounts
http://www.mailandnews.com gives FREE Webmail access to any POP3 or IMAP4 mailbox, use it all the time when travelling
SurfSaver for WindowsW9x/NT(FREE)- offline web page storage with sophisticated boolean search
UrlTracker v1.00 [458k] W9x/NT FREE Use UrlTracker to record any URL entered into IE's Address bar. It runs in the background and can be password protected for limited access. This way, incriminating log files will remain unseen
iMesh 2.01 Beta [Windows 95/98/NT/2000] iMesh is a file-sharing program, like Gnutella, that allows users to locate and download audio, image, and video files from the computers of other iMesh users. Searches can be conducted using iMesh or through the iMesh Website
Odigo 2.5 beta W9x/NT/2k Instant Messenger cross-compatibility incl. AOL IM and ICQ
Jabber v0.9.5.4 [1.1M] W9x/NT/2k FREE Instant Messenger cross-compatibility incl. AOL IM and ICQ
Bantu - you'll be able to send and receive instant messages to/from ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, and Bantu.com
AOL Instant Messenger 3.5 (Beta) has a new feature called AIM Talk, which allows users to speak over the Internet directly has a new feature called AIM Talk, which allows users to speak over the Internet directly
ICQ 99a v2.13 b1700 [3.9M] W9x/NT FREE
JVDE ICQ Backup v2.10 [320k] W9x/NT FREE ICQ Backup will prevent your important ICQ data from being lost
100MB of web space to share with others on joint projects
Network Assistant v1.9 [1.0M] W9x/NT FREE Draw on shared whiteboard, define alarms on remote events ...
egroups.com an easy way of creating a FREE private (or public) group mailing list, document vault, automatic calendar and more. Even virtual meetings are possible in a chat room.
WebCopier offline browser utility offline +access to sites referenced only from Javascript. WebCopier is free
Jana Server v1.43 [315k] W9x/NT FREE provides a gateway to the Internet using a modem
FREE private (or public) group mailing list, document vault, automatic calendar and more. Even virtual meetings are possible in a chat room.
With this free service, downloaders can have those files e-mailed to them!
File Demon Instead of searching separately at Hotfiles.com, Shareware.com, Download.com, Jumbo.com, and Filez.com,
Shane Brook's Faster and 32MB smaller windows 98 Internet Browser program
Winip v1.0b [290k] W9x/NT FREE gives you a static host name even though you have a dynamic IP address
NetSonic: A web accelerator that tries to speed up your surfing byguessing where you'll go next
Free Pint improving results from search engines, and metasearch sites
FILE TRANSFER (FTP) WS-FTP LE (WIN) FREE A highly rated file transfer program useful for updating your web sites
HTTrack is available for Win95/98 and retrieves some or all Webpages, graphics, and files from a remote site and downloads them to the user's local hard drive The software is free, but the donation is requested
Mind-It service. A tracking service that monitors Web pages that you specify and then sends you an e-mail anytime the Web page changes
NeoTrace program for Windows users. It gives an awesome graphical real-time display of the links from here to there and does color coding for link speeds
If you can't run traceroute from your own computer, the next best thing is to visit this website and find a location close to you so you can see the results of a traceroute from that site to the site you want to check out
The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. Visit this page and you'll find a map of the world labelled with numbers between zero and 100
INTERNET WEATHER REPORT This is similar to the Traffic Report, but the data is displayed differently. This site uses Java to present ongoing animated scans ofconditions within the Internet
Free Mailing List Service you create a mailing list and manually add addressees or people add themselves from your www pages
NetSonic is a web accelerator that tries to speed up your surfing by guessing where you'll go next.
Dipstick is a little Windows program that helps you figure out the best download site when you're ready to download a file, but there are multiple sites listed. Just drag and drop the URL to see which download site is fastest
BoostWeb: claims to make you surfing up to seven times faster using a proxy server that compresses web info
Opera 5.1 for Windows a small and speedy browser , one of the few real alternatives to the two majors, free and supported by advertising - Now free to use in advert supported mode or pay $29 to eliminate the adverts
Dasher is an
efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a
convenient text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,on a palmtop computer or when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse.
Dasher is fast, efficient, easy to learn, and free software.
http://www.oldversion.com/ houses a free library of the older, simpler, smaller, less-aggressive versions of many popular programs such as Acrobat
Reader and media players
ReaConverter Pro v3.2 [W98 and higher] converts a multitude of images at one time, utilizing a command line utility so that users may process images in console mode. Converts images to a number of formats and a sharpen tool, along with effects such as smooth, blur resize, crop, rotate and mirror images
SynchronEX v2.12 [755k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Syncing files and directories} A command line directory automation tool for synchronizing files and directories, incremental backup, finding duplicate files and empty directories, and FTP. It is a shell application that's integrated into the Windows Explorer.
SVG Factory v1.0 [216k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Export SVG files} SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics, a vector graphics file format that enables two-dimensional images to be displayed in XML pages on the Web. The SVG Factory is a free utility that allows almost any Windows drawing or graphics program to export SVG and SVGZ files. It can also be used as a metafile (WMF) to SVG converter. To view such files requires installing a free converter from Adobe. You can learn more about SVG at Adobe's SVG Zone and the SVG Basic Tutorial
Atlantis Nova v1.0.0.65 [900k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Word processor} Is compact and can convert graphical images. The learning curve for using Atlantis Nova is small for anyone who has used MS Word. It DOES support .DOC files. There's also a pay for version of the software, but it's "small potatoes" compared to Micro$oft
iEdit v1.0 [440k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Collaborative editing} Chat with other team members through the LAN or the Internet while simultaneously editing a file together
YANKEE CLIPPER (super-clipboard) can record every 'copy' and 'cut', and stores them even when the PC is switched off, up to a limit of 200 text items, 200 RTF, 200 URLs, and 20 bitmaps. There is also an additional Boilerplate mode which can store standard texts for pasting into documents as required
X-FONTER 3.7.6 (sort out bloated font lists) illustrates the list and shows their file names. There is a generous-sized panel on which one can set up one's own specimen text to see instantly, for example, if a Euro or other symbol is available
xatshow v5.02 [649k] W9x/2k/XP FREE
{Slide show and screen saver creator} Create .exe slide shows and
screensavers for the PC, Web, or TV. No viewer needed for others to enjoy the show. Its features include
transitions, cropping, resizing, captions, image quality options,
rotations, and reformatting for widescreen TV
Crypt Edit (Freeware) Print preview, configurable toolbars, file window tabs, picture and object insertion, HTML clearing, saving files encrypted and compressed, spell-checker, E-mail with address book, line sorting. Reads and writes MS Word, Wordpad, Word Perfect, RTF, HTML. Imports Excel97. Export to Unix or Mac format
NotePad XP v1.5 [2.3M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {PowerPad}features include word count, customizable date/time formatting, bullets, mail merge, dockable toolbars, no size limit on documents (unlike regular Notepad). You can even have multiple documents open within the program. Launches quickly.
Visual Thought v1.4 [6.8M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Diagramming and flowcharting} It's rough around the edges, but it's free and it offers a lot for the money
PagePlus v5.0 [11.6M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Desktop publisher}
3D Canvas v5.7a [7.2M] W9x/2k/XP FREE {3D graphics tool}tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects. Build an animation by positioning the objects within the scene for each point in time in your animation. The animation scene can be stepped through one frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a video (AVI) file for distribution
How to use Internet Explorer 6 to make a XML Editing: A WYSIWYG XML Document Editor
Addin Favorites v1.0.0.6 [1.1M] W9x/2k/XP FREE organize a Favourites list of your PDFs, bookmark individual pages in documents too
SmartMorph v1.50 [354k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Graphics and animation} works with BMP, WMF, EMF, JPG, PNG, and PCX images, and outputs animated pictures in AVI, BMP, JPG, PNG, and PCX formats
E-Mage for Web v1.0.23 [754k] W9x/W2k/XP FREE for creating HTML image galleries from pictures on your computer. It automatically generates pages with thumbnail images that are hyperlinked to the original, larger image
Easy Thumbnails W9x/2k/XP/NT4/Me create accurate thumbnail images and scaled down copies from a wide range of picture formats. Thumbnails can be saved to a Web page using a HTML template that can be customized to create a variety of layouts.
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder v7 [4.3M] W9x/2k FREE {Make Windows Media files}capture live video/audio, capture from a file, or do a mixture of both andrecord your own dialog
EditPad Lite v4.5.0 [783k] W9x/2k/XP FREE {Neat text editor} Different files accessed by tabs, open as many files as you want, with no restriction on size
Texture Processor v1.3 [504k] W9x/2k/XP FREE get practically an unlimited quantity of complex