- 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…
- Star Defender 3. Defeat Iron Greenfly! — It’s a Big Greedy Insect that wants to own your entire Galaxy, all planets, fields and forests; it always feels the lack of territory. You with your incredible star ship are the only thing in the entire Space that can stop it. Would you neglect your duty? Of course, you would not! You would play Star Defender and crush all the Insect Forces! Strictly speaking, Star Defender 3 is «vertical scrolling space shooter» (you have…
- BeatSpeed 1.2, Technique before Creations — When you want to do something artistic, something creative, something completely new, you typically need to study the basics before. When you want to write a novel, you should learn writing, enrich your dictionary, and do lots of other «homework». When you want to paint, you should learn something about colors and brushes and paints, about mixing paints and drawing technique. And when you want to play drums, you should train your speed and…
- Addict 3.5, Spell-Checked! — Addict Component Suite is a set of VCL components for Borland Delphi/C++ Builder (wide range of Borland/Turbo IDE versions are supported). The suite is designed to solve spell-checking issues once and for all: virtually any scenario of checking is easily supported with highly customizable controls. The basic option is the dialog-based spell-check: you click on the «check» item and see the dialog with misspelled words shown one…
- STAR Exam 1.2, Friendly and Playful Examiner — Presumably, the best type of teachers are those who know how to use games in their work. Of course, this doesn’t mean things like «when you are done with your homework, I will let you play football» — nothing like that. I’m talking about the cases where the entire process of studying something becomes a game, and the higher level you’ve completed successfully, the higher is the level of your…
- InfoSeek - advanced data mining techniques at your fingertips — When it comes to extracting the necessary information from a large array of heterogeneous data, you normally have two options. The first and the least efficient one is to do the work manually — but this approach is plain inefficient when the size of the input file exceeds a certain value and becomes completely unusable when you are dealing with a large file or a website. The second option would be to hire…
- Firehawk, Star Wars Went Mobile — If you’re not thirsty for blood and horror and just want to take a break shooting a few spaceships and flying a mission, consider Firehawk. Unlike those 3D meat grinders that most of us are used to seeing on desktop computers, this game lets you really enjoy the play, relax and still feel the adrenaline rush of completing a crucial life-saving mission. Board on your spaceship and take off for your mission. Certainly…
- PolyEdit Word Processor - a powerful alternative to conventional word processing tools — If you have been growing increasingly irritated by the monstrous size and obvious excessiveness of each new version of Microsoft Word that you tried over the past few years, you have definitely wondered about the existence of efficient alternatives. If you can relate to the above, you should definitely check out PolyEdit Word Processor. The name of the software speaks for itself — it’s a versatile word processing application…
- MidiRunner - a great way to test your music skills! — If you have a talent for music and believe that some of your favorite songs could’ve been played in a different way, you can, of course, start your own band and create great cover versions. However, if you are not ready for such drastic changes in your life, you can use your musical skills backed by high quality instruments and tools to make the music you like. MidiRunner will be a great starting point for ay musician…
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