After over 48,000 visitors, over 1,000 specific comments, and an entertaining amount of 'passionate debate' on this site and Slashdot, here's a compiled list of the top ten Windows applications most suggested to me by the community. This list is in order starting with the most frequently recommended software:
IrfanView
OpenOffice
Picasa
Firefox
Opera
Half-Life 2
Nero 7
Winamp
AVG Anti-virus
Spybot S&D
Again, thank you everyone who took the time to offer their personal suggestions, carefully considered tips and generous advice. I'll have some more analysis soon as I finish wading through the mail!
Productivity
Utilities
- Activewords
- Alcohol 120%
- AllChars
- Altiris Software Virtualization Solution
- Backup 7
- bbLean
- BitPim
- CandyXP
- CardFile.exe
- Catfish (cataloging)
- CD Check
- CDex
- Cygwin
- Directory Opus
- Diskeeper
- DU Meter
- Ecco Pro
- EditPadPro
- Exact Audio Copy
- Examine32
- FileBox eXtender
- Find and Run Robot
- FlashFXP (FTP)
- Foobar 2000
- G Spot
- GetData Graph Digitizer
- GetDataBack
- IDA Pro
- Intellij Idea
- IZArc
- Keynote (notetaking)
- LiteStep
- Memento
- Neomem
- Nero
- NETime Diary
- Norton Ghost
- Object Desktop
- ObjectDock
- PaperPort
- Partition Magic
- PerfectDisk
- Power menu
- PowerDVD
- PowerPro
- Primo PDF
- PrintKey
- PrintMagic for Windows
- Process Explorer
- Qlock (clock)
- QMP
- QuickSpell
- Rainlendar
- RBTray
- SafeHouse HD encryption
- Samurize
- Screenshot Captor
- SequoiaView
- SlickRun
- SnagIt
- StrokeIt (gestures)
- Styler
- SyncBack
- SyncToy
- Sysinternals
- Textpad
- thumbwin
- Total Commander
- Treesize Professional
- TugZip
- Tweak UI + other MS PowerToys
- UltraEdit
- UltraISO
- Unlocker
- VirtualDub
- VMware
- WebDrive
- WinAce
- WinAmp
- Windows Defender
- WinRAR
- X1
- XPLite
- Yankee Clipper
- Yz Shadow
- ZipGenius
- Zoomplayer
Graphics
- 3D Studio Max
- ACDsee Photo Manager
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
- ArtRage
- Camtasia Studio
- Corel Draw X3
- Cubit
- FastStone Image Viewer
- Flame
- FlashPaper 2
- GIMP
- Houdini
- IMatch
- Inkscape
- Inventor
- IrFanView
- Memories on TV
- Microsoft Max
- Paint Shop Pro X
- Paint.net
- PhotoPlus
- Picasa
- Pivot
- Q Image (printing)
- RealDraw Pro
- Rhino 3D
- SketchBook Pro
- Softimage XSI
- SolidWorks
- Swish
- Texture Maker
- Vegas
- VisiPics
- Xara Xtreme
- xnview
Games
- AcidSolitaire
- Battlefield 2
- Black & White 2
- Chessbase: Fritz 7
- City of Heroes
- Command & Conquer: Generals
- Counter-Strike: Source
- Doom 3
- DX Ball
- Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
- Eve Online
- Far Cry
- FreeSpace 2 + FS2_Open
- Half-Life 2
- Kyodai Mahjongg 2006 1.2
- LOTR - Battle for Middle Earth
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Need for Speed - Most Wanted
- Neverwinter Nights
- Planescape: Torment
- Prince of Persia
- Ragnarok
- SereneScreen
- Solitaire!
- SolSuite 2006
- Total War
- Transcendence
- Visual Pinball
- Warhammer 40000
- World of Warcraft
- Xfire game utility
Online Enhancements
- Bitcomet
- CoreFTP
- Ethereal
- Filezilla
- Firefox 1.5
- FlashGot
- FolderShare
- Gaim
- GetRight
- Google Desktop
- Google Talk
- Hamachi VPN
- Internet Business Promoter
- Maxthon
- Miranda
- mIRC
- MoinMoin (wiki)
- Net Snippets
- Netdrive
- NetMeter
- OE QuoteFix
- Onfolio
- Opera
- PureText
- Roboform
- SecureCRT
- Skype 2.0
- SmartFTP
- SuperBot
- Tiny Firewall
- Trillian
- Vlog It!
- Windows Desktop Search
- WinScp
- Yahoo! Widgets
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Tip Jar
Thanks!
Audio
Ads
Malware
- Ad Muncher
- Ad-Aware
- AntiVir
- Autoruns
- Avast! Antivirus
- AVG Anti-virus
- BitDefender
- CCleaner
- CSMailManager (Spam)
- Housecall
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus
- Kerio
- Mailwasher Pro
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- Nod32
- Outlook Advanced Security
- Outpost Firewall
- Spybot S&D
- Spyware Blaster
- Windows Defender
- ZoneAlarm
Other
- 3DNA
- Avisynth
- Babylon (dictionary)
- Battle Planner
- Bluetooth Remote Control
- CCCP (codec pack)
- Celestia
- DB 2
- DBAN
- DC++
- DeLorme Street Atlas USA
- Engineering Equation Solver
- ER/Studio
- Garmin GPS MapSource
- K-Lite Codec Pack
- MediaMonkey
- MindManager
- Napster
- Origin (graphing)
- Real Rhapsody
- ReplayRadio
- SpeedFan
- Streets & Trips
- TeamSpeak
- UltraMon
- Ventrilo
- Virtual DJ
- WindowBlinds
- WorldWind
It's interesting to note that only 2 of these applications are available only through commercial means. Perhaps the people responding to your request were a bit biased?
Posted by: Stringer | May 10, 2006 at 11:52 PM
Very interesting
Posted by: free | April 05, 2008 at 10:07 AM