- InterBase/Firebird Development Studio 5.1.3. Database Designer. — There is an amazing integrated suite for working with Interbase and Firebird, obviously named InterBase/Firebird Development Studio. It is really brilliant in all of its aspects and components, but I want to speak about the «first between equals» — the Database Designer component. IB/FB Development Studio’s Database Designer is a many-sided crystal. It serves as: Full-fledged visual ER diagram…
- SWF Toolbox 3.1.12, Obedient Flash — The Flash (SWF) and Flash Video (FLV) file formats are very common and useful on the Web. Their only drawback is their «thing in itself» nature: You hardly can change those files, extract their parts or convert them to other formats. You hardly can — unless you have SWF Toolbox! In this case, you can do virtually any conversion with Flash/Flash Video files. Here is an (incomplete) description of what SWF Toolbox allows…
- AscToHTM, Web Designers, Take a Rest! — What options do we normally have when it comes to posting a document online? Not much, really: a plain-text editor with the knowledge of HTML (a good bargain but with a bit of headache for the bonus), WYSIWYG HTML editor (a less achy solution that pulls cash out of our pocket) or… How about using a converter for that? Suppose, you have a plain-text file laid out in a certain format. You could just load…
- Concrete Mix Designer — According to history books and modern research, ancient Roman architects were amazingly skilled in preparing extra-durable construction mixes that allowed their creations to live through the centuries and still retain their remarkable firmness. Although the secret recipes were lost, the durability of ancient buildings exemplifies the importance of exact proportions and adherence to established practices in preparing construction mixes of the highest…
- Print Designer GOLD — Wouldn’t it be frustrating to find out that your stack of business cards that you ordered last year has come to an end a day before a long business trip? Or, on the eve of your friend’s birthday, to learn that the printing place around the corner has moved? How do you create a cool envelope, put some graphics on your home video DVD, make badges for an upcoming meeting without…
- Iron Speed Designer — Sometimes it happens so that you urgently need a working .NET application and the word «ASAP» seems to be literally everywhere, you should be looking for outstanding people and cutting-edge development tools. If none of that is immediately available, you should get yourself a copy of Iron Speed Designer, as it replaces both and allows you to create fully-functional ASP .NET applications in minutes, saving your…
- Fairy Christmas Day 3D Screensaver 1.0, Saving Screen, Saving Mood — Screen-savers became popular in the good old days when they addressed an important, even vital, problem of — you’ll laugh! — saving the screen. In those sad old days, CRT screens had to change their picture frequently enough to prevent pixel burnout. Those sad times are long gone, and nowadays screensavers are just an entertainment: when you aren’t using your computer, why should it look like a boring workplace…
- Flash2X Flash Hunter - just save a Flash movie you found on the web and enjoy it later — Today’s Internet is full of Flash movies of all sorts. A great part of them are useless ad banners, but it’s not at all uncommon to come across real masterpieces, as well as short movies, trailers, teasers and other kinds of content that you would gladly save on your hard drive and watch later. Unfortunately, most Flash players and movies are protected from being downloaded and saved…
- ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator - Save Time, Save Nature — How many pencils do you wear out each month on putting up a shift schedule for your staff? A similar question about the number of sleepless night hours spent over the same job would probably be an excess. How about «hiring» an automatic (well, almost) schedule creator? — That would bring that scheduling hassle to the end. Check out ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator. It’s a fast and user-friendly employee and…
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