Module 4: Downloading tools for the web
Friday, April 13, 2007
1) Adobe's pdf reader.
I already own Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional edition, I've used it to compile various pdf documents together, cut and paste pages etc. A useful program.
Alternatives: Foxit Reader 2.0
Comparison: I personally prefer Adobe Acrobat to read pfd documents, as in my experience sometimes the Foxit reader can display the pdf file a little differently. The whole purpose of pdf documents is that they should look the same on any computer!
2) Flash/Shockwave Players
I have both Flash and Shockwave installed on my computer.
3) Media Players
I have tried Apple Quicktime player, Windows media player, and Real Networks Real One.
I prefer Windows media player . I found Apple Quicktime was too slow on my computer, and Real One player (free edition) was full of advertising.
Alternatives: Foobar2000
Comparison: After using Windows media player, Apple's itunes player, Apple Quicktime player, Real One player and Foobar2000, I found that Foobar2000 offered me the most features. The best points are it is quick loading, playlists are easy to sort, you can customize the layout, and it supports almost every music file format.
4) Search Manager/Combiners
I downloaded a copy of Copernic Meta for PC and tried it out while searching for web sites for my annotated bibliography of resources. My first impressions of this program is that I do get a more varied list of results than I usually do using Google.
5) Bookmark Manager
I downloaded Bookmark Buddy for Windows and I can't say I'm a fan of this program.
To me it seemed more complicated than my favourites folders on IE7, and although it does include a search function, which allows you to search through keywords etc, these extra functions did not really appeal to me, as I already have my favourites organised well in IE7.
6) Offline Browser/Copier:
After downloading WebCopier 4.5 I decided to try it out by copying my personal blog, as this would be a good page to have a copy of.
To download a blog from blogger.com, you have to put in your user name & password. This is a good measure, as it will help my blog from being copied by someone and uploaded elsewhere under a fake name.
On fellow NET11 student Sonia's tip I then tried SpiderZilla, a Firefox add-on. It's great to see that this program has many customizable settings for you to apply when copying a page. I decided to once again try copying my personal blog, and for the time being, left the settings on default. I may change these setting if the copying process takes too long.
I already own Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional edition, I've used it to compile various pdf documents together, cut and paste pages etc. A useful program.
Alternatives: Foxit Reader 2.0
Comparison: I personally prefer Adobe Acrobat to read pfd documents, as in my experience sometimes the Foxit reader can display the pdf file a little differently. The whole purpose of pdf documents is that they should look the same on any computer!
2) Flash/Shockwave Players
I have both Flash and Shockwave installed on my computer.
3) Media Players
I have tried Apple Quicktime player, Windows media player, and Real Networks Real One.
I prefer Windows media player . I found Apple Quicktime was too slow on my computer, and Real One player (free edition) was full of advertising.
Alternatives: Foobar2000
Comparison: After using Windows media player, Apple's itunes player, Apple Quicktime player, Real One player and Foobar2000, I found that Foobar2000 offered me the most features. The best points are it is quick loading, playlists are easy to sort, you can customize the layout, and it supports almost every music file format.
4) Search Manager/Combiners
I downloaded a copy of Copernic Meta for PC and tried it out while searching for web sites for my annotated bibliography of resources. My first impressions of this program is that I do get a more varied list of results than I usually do using Google.
5) Bookmark Manager
I downloaded Bookmark Buddy for Windows and I can't say I'm a fan of this program.
To me it seemed more complicated than my favourites folders on IE7, and although it does include a search function, which allows you to search through keywords etc, these extra functions did not really appeal to me, as I already have my favourites organised well in IE7.
6) Offline Browser/Copier:
After downloading WebCopier 4.5 I decided to try it out by copying my personal blog, as this would be a good page to have a copy of.
To download a blog from blogger.com, you have to put in your user name & password. This is a good measure, as it will help my blog from being copied by someone and uploaded elsewhere under a fake name.
On fellow NET11 student Sonia's tip I then tried SpiderZilla, a Firefox add-on. It's great to see that this program has many customizable settings for you to apply when copying a page. I decided to once again try copying my personal blog, and for the time being, left the settings on default. I may change these setting if the copying process takes too long.
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