Apps, Progs & Thingies

What do you like to use on a regular basis?

Here some that I use ....

Chrome browser
Google Calendar
Google Maps
Picasa ... for viewing pics
Gimp & Paint.Net ... for making & editing images.
LibreOffice ... a freebie MS Office substitute
RapidTables ... notepad
Snipping Tool ...
Skype .... blah blah blah

... just some that I can think of.

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Google Chrome
Youtube
Google maps & street view
BBC i player
FB
Weather

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I think I'm out of my depth here, I don't know the difference between Apps, Progs & Thingies, Websites too, they all kind of cross over. But shucks I would love to hear what other things people do with their pcs ... and recommendations.


Hi Tiff

Youtube ... I listen/watch music vids everyday, in fact I don't have any other music source nowadays.

Google maps & street view ... I'm addicted.

BBC i player ... haven't tried that in a long time.

FB ... ditto

weather! I check the BBC site, but that takes up about 10 seconds of my day.

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I watch all sorts on Youtube, wildlife stuff, horse related stuff, cartons, there are some very talented film makes out there & funnies.
I stalk people on Google street view, or rather look at their homes. I also check it to see places we are going to.
i player & the ITV one I watch progs I've missed on TV
Weather, we travel a lot so I look to see what the weather is like in various places

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I regularly use:-

Firefox
Google
YouTube
Roxio
Coraldraw
Mediaface
Microsoft Office
Ancestry

Also have access to various Government/College/University accounts.

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Some of mine are the same as other people's

Picasa
Gimp
M$ Office 2010
M$ Money
UTorrent for file transfers
Calibre ebook Manager
CCleaner
Malwarebytes
Firefox


There are some free open source programs that I would not be without

Shotcut for video editing
Audacity for audio editing
MP3Tag for managing my MP3s
OBS Studio for screen recording
Open Live Writer for my blog
Irfanview just for bulk scanning docs and photos
Rebox.Net for converting MKV to MP4
MKV Cleaver for getting the subtitles out of MKV files
EbeeDRM Remover
Notepad++ for editing text
Filezilla Client for FTP
Imgburn to make CDs and DVDs
MP3 Split to get MP3s into managable chunks

Some that I use a lot less than I used to

Handbrake for ripping DVDs
Fairstars CD Ripper
VLCLan video player

Apps on my phone:

Dropbox - my photos are on my computer by the time I get home
Fires Near Me - for bush fire warnings
Fuel Map - cheapest local fuel
Live Traffic - road works, crashes, hold ups etc
Endeavour Energy - Power outages
Tripview - train/bus/ferry timetable in real time
WhatsApp - like Skype but better
Keep Notes - Shopping lists etc
Spotify - music while I walk
BOM - Weather forecast
Centrelink - keep an eye on my pension
AusPost - keep track of my parcels
Opaler - my Opal card
Skymap - wondeful google map of the sky and planets
DTV Antenna - find the local TV and radio broadcasts when travelling
Agoda - for booking motels/hotels where ever I am in the world.

Plus all the usual stuff like Calendar, Maps, Time for Appointments, my Bank's app, FM radio, compass, calculator etc

And Keepass my passsword manager is on all my computers, tablets and phone.

Well, you asked.

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Google Chrome
Youtube
Over50's
Breaking News Brexit
Google Apps
Google Documents

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Google Chrome
Gmail
Adobe Photoshop elements 12
Excel
Word

Probably a few others.

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These are installed/used at present but sometimes the line-up can vary..

Firefox.
MS Edge Dev (Developer).
Windows Mail App.
CorelDraw Suite X7.
Xara Designer ProX
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020.
PaintShop Pro 2020.
Serif Affinity Designer 1.7.3.
Serif Affinity Photo 1.7.3.
RealDraw Pro.
MS Office Home & Student.
EaseUS ToDo.
Geek Uninstaller.
Dymo LabelWriter.
Digiguide TV Guide.
Tile Iconifier.
TomTom App.
Brainsbreaker Jig-saw.
HP Smart.
PrivaZer.
Big Fish Games App.
A few games.