James's Profile

Member since June 14, 2004

  • Name

    James Francis

  • Location:

    South Africa

  • Homepage:

    www.nag.co.za

Favorite Files

  1. BitSpirit
  2. DAEMON Tools Lite
  3. LClock
  4. ShirusuPad
  5. WinZip for Windows

Recent Posts

  1. Review - ShirusuPad

    1.1b Beta (Dec 21, 2005)

    Nice program - been using it for a few versions. An update is due, though. The ability to save tabs in a project file (instead of the limited export feature) would be helpful and adding notes to checklists will expand it a lot. Finally, some rich formatting options like bold and underline would be cool.

    Still, there's nothing better I know of on the market. It's free, light in resources and easy to access. Font sizes can be changed and the checklist/notification features are terrific if you need them.

  2. Review - Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (VM)

    5.00.3810 (Aug 23, 2005)

    To be honest, I've yet to try this version. But I hope and pray it's more stable and less sluggish than the Sun VM. Sun, completely on its own, has made me shudder whenever I have to use a Java app. Alas, excellent programs like Freemind come in no other favlour, so I'm forced to use Java.

    If only Sun would develop a version of Java that doesn't appear to be dragging a program through molasses.

  3. Review - K-Lite Codec Pack Full

    2.52 (Aug 23, 2005)

    The definitive codec pack. Seriously, if a movie file won't play with K-Lit einstalled, it's probably not worth playing :) It's a one-stop codec solution, plus Media Player Classic is a nice bonus.

  4. Review - Free Download Manager

    1.8 Build 307 (Aug 23, 2005)

    Very nice, very feature rich.

    Not the most resource-friendly, but name an all-encompassing download manager that isn't anyway. No spyware, no nag screens. Plus when it interecepts a file you don't want downloaded (such as a CGI script), when you cancel the download it hands it back to the browser to handle normally.

  5. Review - Soulseek

    157 test 8 (Aug 14, 2005)

    Still stable, fast and Spyware free. Granted, because of the project's nature it's not going to give everyone equal performance (though assigning a dedicated port for it makes a world of difference). But it even beats Audiogalaxy, which says a lot.