Recommended Software

Recommended Software

History

• 1-2-2005: first version
• 3-21-2005: updated with more links & table cleanup.
• 5-15-2005: added "ZIP Genius"
• 7-4-2005: replaced "ZIP Genius" with "IZArc."
• 4-21-2006: substantial update.
• 8-1-2006: Tom Marriot sent me an email recommending "TugZIP:" I think its worth downloading.
• 4-11-2007: update.
• 9-8-2007: cleanup & migrate to wiki.

Disclaimer

I haven't made any of these programs, nor support them. I list them here, or offer downloads because I believe them to be safe & useful. If you have a problem with any of them, please consult the original author as provided in their documentation. Thank you.

List of Software

Most of these are "Windows" programs, but most of the open-source ones are also available for other OS'.

Name	Function	Link
Avast	Anti-Virus	http://www.avast.com/
KompoZer (successor to Nvu)	Web editing	http://kompozer.net/
Mozilla Firefox	Web browsing
Mozilla Thunderbird	E-mail client (IMAP, POP, IPv6 compatible)
Pidgin	Chat
Tidy	HTML cleanup	http://tidy.sourceforge.net/