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<section id="Software" title="Software URLs">
<item id="collection" title="Collections of Windows software and utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://planetmirror.com/">Planet Mirror</a> -- Asia Pacific's largest online
software repository [cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://hotfiles.zdnet.com">Zdnet shareware</a> -- complete listing with evaluations</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.softseek.com/Programming">Softseek programming</a> -- shareware and
evaluation software (part of ZDnet)</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.cetus-links.com/">Cetus Links</a> -- A remarkable list of lists -
languages, object technologies, methodologies, infrastructure, you name it. [cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/">CPAN</a> and <a href="http://search.cpan.org/">search</a>-- Perl modules and source</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="database" title="Databases">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.ideit.com/products/dbvis/">DBVisualizer</a> -- a good Oracle client
[wsargent, awaltman].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.mysql.com">MySQL</a> -- database for Bugzilla.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/products/mysqlcc/index.html">MySql Control Center</a> -- good
beta of a MySQL client for Linux and Windows [adamb]. See the Bugzilla FAQ on <a href="http://bugs.atg.com/road/bugzilla/bugs/bugfaq.html#myadmin">mysqlcc and myadmin</a>.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/Downloads/Win32/myAdmin1.1.30.zip">MySQL/MyAdmin</a> -- MySQL
client for custom queries and remote admin [bradb].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-myodbc.html">MySQL/MyODBC</a> -- ODBC driver for
MySql. See <a href="http://bugs.atg.com/road/bugzilla/bugs/bugfaq.html#excel">Using
Excel</a> for custom queries with MyODBC</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.toadsoft.com">TOAD</a> -- Oracle client. TOAD is really great. It's much
more powerfull than oracle's own clients and it's free [ashish].</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="email" title="E-mail and Instant Messaging">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian/index.html">Trillian</a> -- connect to
everyone [jwang, matt]</li>
<li>Netscape e-mailer -- installed by IT. Good search.</li>
<li>Outlook Express -- "It's way less buggy and otherwise quite similar." [jimf]. Try <a href="http://flash.to/outlook-quotefix">QuoteFix</a> [see employee.atg.com for IS notes,
mlandau]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.eudora.com">Eudora Pro</a> 5.0 -- Good UI and search. Stores each email
folder as one text file. Stores attachments in a download directory [bradb]. The sponsored
version is free and not overly intrusive [cpatti, bradb]. Stores mail as text files. See <iref file="win-os.xml" item="Eudora" title="How to use Eudora with Outlook"/></li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="ftp" title="FTP">
<ul><li>
Use 'scp' or 'sftp' instead of FTP (e.g., cygwin w/ OPENSSH). These programs are more secure than FTP, especially when used in public key mode with a passphrase.
</li><li>
<a href="http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/">WinSCP</a> - scp client (secure copy), Launch the winscp
executable. Enter in the host name (pyros.atg.com and your network username and password.
Now double click on your public_html folder. From here you will need to select files or
folders in windows explorer and drag them to the winscp gui. Easy as that. [bartonn]</li>
<li>ws_ftp -- good reputation</li>
<li>
<a href="http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/">LeechFTP</a> -- freeware FTP client</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.globalscape.com/">CuteFTP</a> -- easy to use with plenty of features
[bradb]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="graphics" title="Graphics">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.irfanview.com/">Ifranview</a> -- Great freeware gif/jpg/whatever viewer
and manipulator [cpatti].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.smartdraw.com">SmartDraw</a> -- good alternative to Visio, inexpensive
[cpatti]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="html" title="HTML Editors and utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage">1st Page 2000</a> -- free HTML editor [fkim]</li>
<li>Macromedia's <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/">Homesite</a> is an
excellent html editor [cherylm]. It does not rewrite your html codes (most of the time).
<i>For help</i>: <a href="http://www.ezwebdesign.com/frames/homesite5.html">EZwebdesign</a>, and <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/toolbox/homesite">WebMonkey</a> [cherylm]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx">Office HTML Filter</a> --
an MS Word add-on that generates simpler HTML than Save as HTML.[cherylm]. HomeSite includes
CodeSweeper and HtmlTidy with lots of customization.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bagism.com/tablemaker/">TableMaker</a> -- create html tables. See also
HomeSite's table wizard [cherylm].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://tidy.sourceforge.net/">HTML Tidy</a>, <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ablavier/TidyGUI/">TidyGUI</a> -- HTML syntax checker
[fkim]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="Java" title="Java software and utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a> -- Full-featured Java IDE, with lots of useful
plug-ins [sdrye]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/bugs/">FindBugs</a> -- identify potential bugs in
Java source via source code and flow analysis. [sdrye]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.performant.com/">Optibench</a> -- detailed performance analysis [ruthm]</li>
<li>Websphere Studio Application Developer (900 Megs) -- It is Eclipse based, but fills in
some nice holes. [Blake Crawford] <ol>
<li>it automatically publishes applications to WAS and keeps a WAS instance running in the
background</li>
<li>automatically verifies, compiles, updates, and reloads application changes on WAS</li>
<li>has a JSP editor that, while lacking the detailed code-completion of other IDEs, does
have source, preview, and visual design modes for editing</li>
<li>has a really nice interface for working with deployment descriptors.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>JPad Pro from modelworks.com -- like UltraEdit with good Java support [jscott]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.jedit.org">jEdit</a> will not only color code jsp correctly, but it will
figure out when you've escaped into Java code and use java formatting correctly in that
section. It also does JHTML and RelationalViews formatting. [wsargent]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="mac" title="Macintosh software and utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.cs.jhu.edu/services_sshmac.html">Nifty Telnet SSH/SCP</a> -- good telnet client
[bartonn]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.prgrsoft.com/pages/disktop.html">DiskTop</a> -- all the facts and
commands for Mac directories.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.disktracker.com/">DiskTracker</a> -- catalog and manage your disks and
directories.</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="merge-diff" title="Merge and Diff utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.scootersoftware.com/">Beyond Compare</a> -- file and directory
comparison with lots of features. New licenses are $13 or less in quantity.
To compare zip files, Change 'Zip Extensions' in
Tools>Options>Folder View> to "zip;jar;ear;war;dar". To compare embedded zip
files, unpack the distribution first.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.guiffy.com/">Guiffy Merge</a> -- multiplatform diff and 3-way merge
(Java-based)</li>
<li>
<a href="www.araxis.com">Araxis Merge</a> -- Windows diff and 3-way merge [tleblanc]. How to
<a href="perforce/p4-faq.jhtml#araxis">install in Perforce</a>.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/products/merge.html">Perforce</a> -- 3-way merge
and diff from Perforce with list of other merge tools</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="network" title="Networks">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/NetStumbler">NetStumbler</a> -- monitor the
wireless network [nboyd]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="text" title="Other Editors and text utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.xmlspy.com/">XML Spy</a> -- IDE for XML and XSLT [ruthm]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.openoffice.org">Open Office</a> -- office suite for all major platforms
with XML file format and excellent html export. "In terms of offering the features I need
without getting in my way, OpenOffice has been the clear winner in all my recent projects."
[cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="software/PDFconverter.jhtml">PDF Converter</a> -- convert Word docs to pdf files
for the web.</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="utility" title="Productivity Utilities">
<ul>
<li>ButtonBoogie -- move buttons on your taskbar <a href="http://hotfiles.zdnet.com">ZDNet</a>
search "ButtonBoogie"</li>
<li>ContextEdit -- edit your context menu by file type <a href="http://hotfiles.zdnet.com">ZDNet</a> search "ContextEdit"</li>
<li>Freedom of Association -- manage file type associations. <a href="http://hotfiles.zdnet.com">ZDNet</a> search "Freedom Association"</li>
<li>Startup Cop -- manage your start up programs. <a href="http://hotfiles.zdnet.com">ZDNet</a> search "Startup Cop"</li>
<li>TrayIcon -- launch program by clicking icon on system tray. <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/swlib/">ZDNet</a> search: TrayIcon</li>
<li>Msched -- macro scheduler with hot keys and scripting language. Combine with TrayIcon. 5
stars from ZDnet. "I use Macro Scheduler (available as shareware at <a href="http://www.mjtnet.com">www.mjtnet.com</a>) which has some small limitations, but
generally rocks." [timm]</li>
<li>How to switch <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/input/W2kscan-map.htm">Ctl and
CapsLock</a> [Ashish, be careful].</li>
<li>Quickeys -- keyboard macros, text macros, screen capture. GUI interface. See <a href="http://www.cesoft.com/products/qkwin.html">www.cesoft.com</a> [bradb]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys/networking/nttweakui.asp"> tweakui</a> -- remove "shortcut to" and other improvements. Unpack in a directory. Right
click on tweakui.inf and select install. Either reboot or click on WinNT\tweakui.cpl.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTComPrompt.asp"> Command prompt here</a> -- access the DOS box from Explorer. Execute the installer.
Right click on DOSHERE.INF and select install.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTDsktpMenu.asp"> Desktop Menu</a> -- access your desktop from the Taskbar. Execute the installer. Move
DESKMENU.EXE to your start directory. Execute to use it without rebooting.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTSendToX.asp"> SendTo</a> -- do more with the send to menu. Execute the installer. Right click on
SENDTOX.INF and select install.</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="editor" title="Programmer's Editors, Text Editors, and IDEs">
<ul>
<li>See <a href="#java">Java software</a> below.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://internal.atg.com/software-dist/Win32/xemacs/xemacs.exe">XEmacs for Windows
NT. Emacs - The Next Generation</a>. Using XEmacs nifty 'EFS' functionality, you can
specify a path like: <tt>/cpatti@nibbler:/work/releng/DCS/5.0/Makefile</tt> and XEmacs will
automatically use FTP to get/put the file. The home page is <a href="http://www.xemacs.org">www.xemacs.org</a>. Cons: xemacs over the network is slower than emacs inside CRT or
telnet. Also the control keys in emacs are hard on the wrist.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://internal.atg.com/software-dist/Win32/emacs/emacs.tar.gz">GNU Emacs</a>
software distribution for NT.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.textpad.com">Textpad</a> -- full-featured replacement for Notepad.
Recommended [tleblanc, jlang, bradb]. See Plasma #8629 for Dynamo syntax and clip libraries
[tobrien].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.unipad.org/main/">UniPad</a> -- free text editor with full Unicode
support [lizanne]</li>
<li>Visual C++ -- excellent editor with multifile search, keyboard macros, and navigation bar
[bradb]. 'Help:keyboard map' includes useful keys. For example F4 goes to the next search
result.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.premia.com/">Codewrite</a> -- programmer's editor with an excellent
multi-file search and replace. Somewhat difficult to configure. [bradb].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.ultraedit.com">UltraEdit</a> -- includes tabbed interface to open files
[wredmond]. See Plasma #8356 for Dynamo and Java syntax files [billon].</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="script" title="Shells and scripting languages">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.zsh.org">zsh</a> -- better than bash/tcsh [cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/index.html"">ActivePython</a> -- installers for Python on Win NT, Solaris, and Linux. The Cygwin package
includes python for NT. See <a href="http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/">py2exe</a> for stand-alone executables [rollin].</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="telnet" title="Telnet Utilities">
<ul>
<li>VPN -- Logon is faster if you change 'Dial up networking', Properties:ServerTypes,
and unclick Log on to network, NetBEUI, IPX/SPX Compatible [bradb].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.vandyke.com/products/crt">CRT</a> -- telnet and terminal emulator. Use SecureCRT for SSH. Cygwin's ssh works almost as well.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://internal.atg.com/software-dist/Win32/PuTTY/">PuTTY</a> - a great, free,
SSH/telnet client for Win32 [cpatti] <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html">home page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="release/build_instructions.jhtml#ntaccess">VNC</a> -- remote access to NT servers
and other hosts.</li>
<li>TeraTerm Pro -- on shareware.com [LaMantia, Baron]</li>
<li>eXceed -- X window server. </li>
<li>Procomm Plus -- solid VT100 emulation. Tries to do too much. [bradb]</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="unix" title="Unix software and utilities">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/#network_utilities">netcat</a> -- The swiss
army knife of networking tools. You can create everything from a simple network pipe to a
simple server with a single command line invocation. Also good for diagnosing network
problems. [cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/">WWW Security FAQ</a>.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://planetmirror.com/">Planet Mirror</a> -- Asia Pacific's largest online
software repository [cpatti]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.guiffy.com">Guiffy Merge</a>, a Java-based merge tool with intra-line
diffs. [Andrew Jacobs]</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com">Solaris freeware</a> -- Freeware packaged for Solaris
[Matt Rice].</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/index.html"">ActivePython</a> -- installers for Python on Win NT, Solaris, and Linux. The Cygwin package
includes python for NT.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~calvin/software"">pylice</a> -- HTML links
checker in Python or java</li>
<li>
<a href="software/csh-whynot.jhtml">Reasons not to use csh</a>
</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="browsers" title="Web Browsers">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp">Netscape 7</a> -- based on
the Mozilla browser -- works with Bugzilla, performance bug on very, long pages. <ul>
<li>
<a href="http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/">LiveHTTPHeaders</a> -- Mozilla addon for
viewing HTTP headers and cookies [fkim]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.opera.com">Opera</a> -- fast, works with Bugzilla, breaks on IE sites.</li>
<li>Internet Explorer -- what else</li>
<li>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/">Tiny URL</a> -- create short, URL aliases for any link</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="compress" title="Zip">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.winzip.com">winzip</a> -- a standard. They have a <a href="http://www.winzip.com/wzcline.htm">command-line</a> version.</li>
</ul>
</item>
<item id="disk-util" title="Disk utilities">
<ul><li>
<a href="http://www.isobuster.com">IsoBuster</a> -- CD and DVD data recovery, especially scratched or damaged disks. Shows all tracks, sessions, and file systems. [PC Magazine, 5/25/2005, p. 82]
</li></ul>
</item>
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