software reccomendations

[stefank60]

Hiya Folks

Just looking for opinions on your most valued/liked/indispensable software downloads and conversely any you have downloaded that have been big dissapointments or just would not work.

Lets see lots of replies :-)

Best wishes to all

stef

:)

[brianh]

Best freeware:

1. PsiDat - an excellent fully relational database manager (www.millican.info/home
2. Pocket Chess - a great clone (i think i got it from psionplace
3. OPL Editor for Revo - should be on 5mx
4. Sketch for Revo - should be on 5mx
5. PDF (plain) - a basic pdf file reader (www.mbrainsoftware.com)

Best Shareware:

1. nConvert - a wonderful file conversion utility (www.neuon.com)
2. Merlin - the greatest program ever written, check it out (www.neuon.com)
3. nArchive - a great compression app (www.neuon.com)
4. RMRArt - a great drawing program (www.rmrsoft.com)
5. RMRDraw - a nice vector drawing program (www.rmrsoft.com)
6. PacMac - a terrific clone (www.neuon.com)
7. RMRCrossword - a fun activity (www.rmrsoft.com / www.fatcatz.com)
8. Revertris - a Tetris variation (www.rmrsoft.com)
9. RMRFile - a great file manager with find and zip functionality (www.rmrsoft.com)
10.RMRZip - a great zip managing app (www.rmrsoft.com)


Best Commercial:

1. PDFPrinter - prints files to PDF files (www.mbrainsoftware.com)
2. PDF+ - reads virtually all PDF files (www.mbrainsoftware.com)

[netBookBabe]

Hi Stef

We had a "Top 5" thread a little while back which you might like to have a look at:

http://www.pdastreet.com/forums//showthread.php?s=&threadid=1470

I guess my top five hasn't really changed (my top essential is actually Opera, but I don't consider that to be an "add-on" since it is now part of the netBook OS):

1) MSN Messenger Force
2) Collins Spanish/English dictionary
3) Safe Place
4) nICQ
5) Vexed

Since we're not limited to five this time (generous of you, Stef!) then I could add a few more:

6) Mocha PPP (Ok, it's not an EPOC app, but since it lets my Psion share the PC's Net connection, I count it as such)
7) PsiDat (not used extensively at the moment, but I expect to be doing so for a future project)
8) MBM View
9) Reset Plus
10) TomeRaider

Booby prize for the most useless and pointless has to got to WinEPOC, in my opinion.

Short of time at the moment - I'll come back and add in some URLs a bit later.

Julie

[stefank60]

wait, wait somethings wrong here !

There has been 119 views of this page and just 2 replies . TWO !!

Come on folks don't be bashful lets hear some opinions :-)

S

[struesda]

OK stef, you forced me into it :)

1. Tools - I love it's Extra bar replacement and System Screen
2. PsiLoc - Lot's of utilites, nicely integrated
3. Assistant - nice way to add shortcuts to the system
3. DCP - nice graphical GUI - but doesn't do macros, so I use Assistant more
4. ProjXpert - Great for linking contacts,Todos, etc and tracking calls
5. MPocket - read my news on it all the time
6. Tomeraider - can carry lots of reference material with me
7. Money
8. SafePlace - one word - passwords...

Dissapointments:
Merlin - I love the GUI, but I found my batteries eaten because it diabled the auto-switch off (even if I didn't have a battery monitor on the toolbar) and cause my touch-screen to stop responding until I would do a soft-reset. So I had to stop using it.

[WolfUK]

My choices are listed below in no particular order ...

Programming
I've just started learning how to code in OPL but so far these have been invaluable ...
MBMView
Sadly this cannot be registered any more since the author passed away.
Symbian Text Editor
Good for some OPL tasks but mainly used for PHP and HTML coding.
PsiDat
As well as being a great stand-alone database this is the perfect tool for looking at OPL-created databases.

Productivity
RMRBank
I have relied on this for years and cannot see myself switching. This is one of the applications that convinced me to move from Palm back to EPOC.
Quiklist
Great for keeping simply lists.
Pdf+
Great for viewing PDFs (which I use a lot).

General Utilities
Compact
Reclaims space in 'bloated' files.
Merlin
I've had no problems lilke those described by struesda so I'm happy with it. This is the most recent addition to my must-have list.
Macro5
An essential time-saver.
RMRZip
An essential space-saver.
EpocSync
I have several EPOC devices and this keeps them all synchronised.

Games
Sokoboxx
Just fantastic! I've been a great fan of this game for a long time and the numerous levels available on the internet keep it interesting.
Z80
Used for Hear Over Heels, The Sentinel, Pyjamarama, Finders Keepers and many other classics.
Monopoly
Wonderful fun and a reasonably challenging game.
Vexed
The one really good thing to come out of my Palm days was persuading Ewan to convert this to EPOC.

[stefank60]

My that was a comprehensive list LOL.

Thanks for those you two :-)

stef

[kimoh]

My most used and liked:

1. ChartNote - my own program, but I use it daily!
2. Macro5 - very useful for text pasting and automated key entry
3. Start5 - I use the old 2.0 version which works great as a task switcher. Fairly easy to program plug-ins for also.
4. Wordbox - a much overlooked way to kill time!
5. Ebook - I use an older freeware version for reading text files.
6. Navigator - nice for file manipulation and zip/unzip.
7. Psolly - simple graphics, but nice implementation of solitaire - and freeware!

[cangiante]

Here is my "10+1" favourite list:
1) Nconvert (Neuon)
2) Pdf (mBrainsoftware)
3) Savemail (Sergio Alisi http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/bridge/1492/)
4) Reclaim (FreEpoc)
5) Phoneman
6) EpocSync (FreEpoc)
7) Essential data utilities
8) Mobipocket Reader V4.4
9) PsiBatt
10) Psidat (actually haven't used it yet, but I think I will in the near future)
10+1) nSwitcher (neuon)

I have both a nB and a 5mx: that's why I did not mention programs such as Opera, NetstatRF, nFTP which are standard apps on the nB.

I found this thread very interesting, since I learnt about programs I had never heard about before.

[noelt]

hi folks?!

can i still lists mine.. :)


programs run on my 5mx as follows(not in order)
-------------------------------------------------------------
1. codesafe
2. opera
3. cleanit
4. clock5
5. ebook
6. symbian text editor
7. essential disk utility
8. fifinger
9. fiworld
10. multi contacts
11. pdf+
12. pslights
13. restart
14. rmrftp
15. rmrzip
16. theslink
17. mobipocket
18. hermes telnet
19. rmrfile
20. rmrtask
21. opxscan
22. abp5
23. phoneman
24. yahoo messenger force

games..
-----------
1. mrmatt
2. pktchess
3. wall
4. smuggers
5. sokoboxx

other...
----------------
1. epoc baby



regards...

~noelt.

[stefank60]

So you haven't downloaded much then ? LOL

Thanks for that list

Stef

[diem]

Alright then, in no particular order:

Backup - Ralph Sprenger's perfect internal-to-CF backup software.

DreamConnect (http://www.dreamspring.com) - brilliant Contacts replacement that allows you to assign categories. This means multiple 'separate' lists of Contacts all kept in the one file :) It also has a super-fast and accurate search facility.

Macro5 - very, very useful. Took me ages to work out how to use it tho :rolleyes:

PhoneMan - complete phone management plus SMS without fiddly number keys!

JB5Utils - Finds temp files, large files, duplicate files, directory sizes..

RMRText - pure text/hex editor

SafePlace - just so long as i don't forget the password for it ;)

Global Find - find text inside files.

PsiMind - mindmapping software.

EDoom - just to show off to my CE-owning friends ;-)


Disappointments?

WinEPOC! The irony is, it clogs your machine up with tons of tiny files just like Windows does to a PC :D :D

[noelt]

yeah Stef :)

i didn't know that i have so much program installed in my 5mx. btw i forgot to put there TerraForce game.


best regards..

~noelt.

[netBookBabe]

noelt

I was interested to see that you have Yahoo Messenger Force on your list of favourite software. I assume you mean the one from Ruksun? I have never managed to get it to connect, and others have said the same thing, so I'd be interested to know if you had any problems with it.

My trial version expired long ago, so I gave up on it - no point in registering something that appears not to function - but maybe I should give it another go. Ruksun's MSN version works fine for me, by the way, but not their version of AIM. :mad:

Julie

[jhelton]

RMRTask - It alone has made the PDA worth carrying in my pants pocket. Very useful if you got too much on your plate, so to speak.

Does anyone know of a 5mx conversion of Revo's cascade?

[netBookBabe]

Does anyone know of a 5mx conversion of Revo's cascade?There is one called TileFall - it's not a replica of Cascade, but is very similar to play. It's shareware from Neuon:

http://www.neuon.com/apps/tilefall/index.php3

Julie

[WolfUK]

You could always get SameGame from Jon Read's site ... Jon converted SameGame to the Revo, called it Cascade and Psion liked it so much that it appears in the ROM. You can get it from http://epoczone.com/jon/samegame.php3 and it is freeware.

[netBookBabe]

Nice one, Simon! You know SO much more than I do about game-playing! ;)

Seriously, that seems to be precisely what jhelton is looking for - excellent. :D

Julie

[netBookBabe]

noelt

I'd still like to know about Y!M for EPOC and whether you definitely have it working - see my post earlier in this thread. :)

Thanks
Julie

[dbourne]

Some of these sound really interesting (e.g. pfd+/pdf, ebook, PsiMind.

Anyone like to add some URLs where they can be found?

Thanks,

Debra

[WolfUK]

Sorry, I should have added these originally. Here are the URLs for my picks ...

MBMView - No Longer Available
Symbian Text Editor - Look for 'Symbian OS Text Editor' at http://www.symbian.com/developer/downloads/archive.html
PsiDat - http://millican.info/Home/PsiDat.htm
RMRBank - http://www.rmrsoft.com/epoc/bank.htm
Quiklist - http://www.neuon.com/apps/quiklist/
Pdf+ - http://www.mbrainsoftware.com/Pdf/Pdf.htm
Compact - http://www.psionwelt.de/ralphsprenger/RSProgs.htm
Merlin - http://www.neuon.com/apps/merlin/
Macro5 - http://pnicolas.epocboulevard.com/
RMRZip - http://pnicolas.epocboulevard.com/
EpocSync - http://freepoc.genx.be/software.php
Sokoboxx - http://www.fatcatz.net/products/ER5/sokoboxx/index.php
Z80 - http://www.fatcatz.net/products/ER5/sokoboxx/index.php
Monopoly - http://www.zenobyte.com/monopoly/index.html
Vexed - http://freepoc.genx.be/software.php

[2naive]

Try here:

PDF+ - http://www.mbrainsoftware.com/Pdf/Pdf.htm

ebooks overview - http://www.foxpop.ndirect.co.uk/roadtesting/etext3.htm

psimind - http://www.cix.co.uk/~kgolding/psimind/index.html


John

[diem]

Don't remember the URLs for most of my suggestions - go to Google and put in the name of the app followed by 'EPOC' (e.g. 'PsiMind EPOC') and you should find them.