- True Launch Bar 3.2. Effective Environment Embodied — A typical computer user, when he becomes a bit «advanced» (which means, he uses applications beyond Word and Minesweeper), suffers a lot from the ineffective standard Windows environment (Desktop). Windows lacks Information on the system state, lacks Control over running processes, and lacks Tools in user’s hands. To perform, view or change Something under Windows, we would need to do a lot of useless…
- Macromedia Style Menu. Flash Done Right. — Every serious web site does need a navigation menu. Any objections? OK, let’s go further. The best looking and acting menus are Flash ones, it’s a well-known statement. As well-known, as Flash technology’s drawbacks: large size, difficulties of design, search engines unfriendly-ness (they can’t follow Flash links, and thus can’t index entire web-site properly). Less known fact is that you CAN really use…
- EymBarcodeReader.ocx Decode Bar Code — Barcodes (the approach to encoding data in black-and-white bars) are widely used since their invention in the middle of the XXth century. They have proven themselves to be a universal and reliable mean in cases when a small amount of uniform significant data is to be associated with multiple things and then processed automatically. Though in last years the usage of barcodes has gradually yielded to distant…
- Betty's Beer Bar, Try Those Pains And Joys — How does it feel to be a barman? It’s about working hard and doing your job fast. It’s about being under risks and uncertainties at all times: will this client pay? Will he leave tips? Won’t you be confused with all those actions required to be a good barman? But why good barmen love their work, even when working in awful, terrible places? — Because it’s about being smart, fast and…
- XP Tools 7.76, Rule Over Your Windows! — When you’re trying to enchance and control your Windows, you have many options and utilities. The two most common extremes are «one utility for each single function» and «a suite for all service tasks». XP Tools software follows the second approach, and I should say it does the best in the logical organization and effective control. Let’s take a short guide through XP Tools and its usage patterns. The program…
- Mines XP — There are games that were once created to stay for long. They do not demonstrate mind-numbing graphics, feature amazing soundtracks and cutting-edge in-game technologies that modern entertainment titles have to offer. On the contrary, they are simple, compact, have a rather straightforward «storyline» and are primarily intended for testing your skills and entertaining you during short breaks in your mundane activities. These are casual games, which have…
- Password Recovery Bar — Nothing can be more frustrating than being unable to perform common tasks because of a lost or forgotten password. Your online community where you have a profile, your mail and news accounts, forums — all these services cannot be fully used in guest mode. If you are seeking a way to recover and store passwords from your favorite applications and sites, take a look at Password Recovery Bar, as it may answer all…
- Local Account Manager - comprehensive access rights management in Windows XP Home — Windows XP Home is a great operating system that offers everything necessary for a typical home computer for a price any household can afford. However, it lacks some of the more advanced features found in the Professional edition — and the ability to manage users’ access rights and permissions tops this «wanted» list. If you would like to stay with the Home edition and yet be able to efficiently manage…
- AlphaXP - all you need to have full control over transparency in Windows XP — Transparency is one of the coolest features that Windows Vista can boast. It creates the eye-candy effect that so many users expect to see in a next-gen OS, but, unfortunately, does not have much practical value. Although you can see through window elements, the underlying objects are blurred and the content of the window is not transparent at all — so, for instance, you cannot fill out a form by simply looking…
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