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It's a small BBCode Editor that lets you write a forum posting offline including all bbcode formatting options. Other features:


Save and load your postings.


Resizable GUI.


Add signatures to your postings. (possible workaround for 255 char limit within some boards.)


Supports language english/german via Ini file. Create your own language file and simply copy it to the 'lang' subfolder.


Preview mode to see how your posting will look like.


Support for 10 user-defined BBCodes by new CustomBBCode tags button bar


F-Key (F1, F2, ...) Hotkeys for easier formatting. Including the standard Alt hotkeys known from phpbb.


Tag compose mode - add more than one bbcode tag by using Ctrl key




At the moment the script is specialised for the phpbb forum, but it can be adjusted for any other forum. Due to using RegEx inside the script, your version of Autohotkey has to be 1.0.46+ when you want to use the source code (Autohotkey scripts) instead of the compiled .exe.




If you have created a language file on your own, feel free to share it with the community. I'll add it to a future release if you're interested.


offline BBCode Editor












Convenient



Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.



Open



PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). It's open source built around an open format that any hardware vendor or software developer can use.



Free



The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.


PortableApps.com











The best alternative to WinZip


7Z also known as 7Zip archive utility is available as open source and is free to use. 7Z is fast, efficient and free. While we like 7Z and we recommend it to everybody who asks for our opinion we do believe that people should have the freedom to choose the archive utility that is right for them. 7Zip.com provides a comparison of what we think are the best seven Zip alternatives.


7zip











What is KeePass?


Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable.




KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). For more information, see the features page.









Is it really free?


Yes, KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source and check whether the encryption algorithms are implemented correctly.


KeePass









Get Organized





Thunderbird 2 includes several new features to help you manage your inbox. As you receive email, Thunderbird 2 will help you organize the most important messages to get you through your day.


Message Tagging





Thunderbird 2 allows you to "tag" messages with descriptors such as "To Do" or "Done" or even create your own tags that are specific to your needs.


Mozilla ThunderBird











Managing your day-to-day life is not an easy job to do. There are so many things to concern for - housekeeping, shopping, children... And what about cousin's birthday you always forget or important 'phone numbers? Undoubtedly your working place is covered with dusty yellow (or blue, or pink) sticky notes. If so - PNotes is right for you. Throw the physical stickies away and replace them with virtual ones on your desktop.


PNotes (Pinned Notes or Portable Notes, use what you prefer)


Pnotes









Tinyspell


Occasionally you need to check spelling in an application that does not include a spelling checker and you don't want to launch your word processor just for that. This is when tinySpell becomes handy. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check and correct the spelling in any Windows application.


tinySpell can watch your typing on the fly and alert you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It can also check the spelling of text that you copy to the clipboard.


tinySpell installs itself in the system tray for easy access. It comes with an American-English dictionary containing more than 110,000 words.


tinyspell











If you... email files to yourself, want to share large files but can't, rely too much on USB drives, need automatic backup of, documents, want to access your files anywhere, want to share photo lbums, well here is the perfect program


DropBox









Download Social Music, Video & More…


Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP. And to make general downloading easier and faster.


OrbitDownloader











OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.


OpenOffice











Xion Audio Player is here!


Xion Audio Player is an ultra light, easily skinnable, out of this world Audio Player.


Xion Audio Player features a new standard in skin support. Baffled by script syntax? Pulling your hair out over slicing up skin elements? Crying over spilt milk?


Xion's approach to skinning will remove all scripting and slicing requirements that other skin systems have placed on users. Xion Audio Player will directly read a .PSD file and using layer names, instantly bring your skin to life.


Xion Audio Player also supports direct loading from Zip files which allow you to package several .PSD files in the one package. This has the added benefit of being compressed and therefore consumes less disk space.


Xion Audio Player is ultra light and only consumes minimal amounts of RAM and CPU.


Xion Audio Player











Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.


It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.


Paint.Net











GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. (more...)


The Gimp











VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.


It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.


It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.


VLC Player











As a small and fast PDF viewer, Foxit Reader currently has over 50 million users all around the world. After keeping users waiting for almost two months, Foxit Reader 3.0 has been released and introduces many fascinating new features such as multimedia design and Foxit OnDemand Content Management.


Foxit PDF Reader











PIXresizer is a tool for quickly generating screen-friendly versions of your images with dramatically reduced file sizes. It is a photo resizing program that enables you to quickly resize one file or a selection of image files for use on the web and in e-mail. A great companion for webmasters and digital photographers.


PIXresizer











Free Studio is a single package which bundles 20 tools from DVDVideoSoft to work with dvd, video and audio files!




Free YouTube software:


Free YouTube Download


Free YouTube to MP3 Converter


Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter


Free YouTube to iPhone Converter


Free YouTube Uploader




Free video and audio conversion software:


Free Video to DVD Converter


Free Video to Flash Converter


Free 3GP Video Converter


Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter


Free Video to iPhone Converter


Free Video to MP3 Converter


Free Video to JPG Converter


Free Audio Converter




Free burning and ripping software:


Free DVD Video Burner


Free Disc Burner


Free Audio CD Burner




Free video and audio editing software:


Free Video Dub


Free Audio Dub


Free Video Flip and Rotate


Free Studio











What's Snackr? It's an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.




How do I get it? If you're running Windows or Mac OS X, just click the "Install Now" button over there on the right. If that doesn't work, download and install the Adobe AIR runtime, then download and run the Snackr installer manually.












Snackr