The Free Software Thread

[wezcountry]

1. Online stopwatch - count-down or count-up. Big graphics. Alarm.

2. Clocking IT - free project management app.

3. Been using Homepage of Crimson Editor - Free Text Editor, Html Editor, Programmers Editor for Windows for years.

 

[karizma07]

thanks for sharing such a great list

 

[dragis]

Gridstone 2 - time tracking software

aptana studio its built on eclipse but focusses on web coding languages html, php, css, etc... no wysiwyg

VUE great tool for making mindmaps etc, for quick simple mindmaps freemind is better tough

thinkingrock great tool for organizing your thoughts, projects etc

ganttproject gantt charting software, can import/export microsoft project

phproject project management software written in php/mysql

cool firefox addons:
web developer - install, hit shift-ctrl-f, then click on an element to see what it is (like click on a title to see i.e. if its really a h1 or if the wp template you are using is fucking up your seo efforts)

firebug plus pagespeed - checks your website for speed breaks and tells you what to do.

xmarks - bookmark synchronizer, nice for research too (smarter search feature)

ghostery - deactivates google analytics and other trackers - so your own visits dont show up in analytics

betterprivacy - takes care of flash cookies

pencil - scatching software for creating wireframes

scrapbook - really cool bookmark addon that saves the site you've bookmarked locally, you can edit it with comments, mark text, etc

 

[allco]

Text Mechanic - Text Manipulation Tools

Not sure if it was listed already. Found some useful basic tools here. De duping lists etc.

 

[Spode]

Couple of Firefox plugins

SenSEO performs some optimisation checks on your pages, helps me to avoid missing obvious stuff.

iMacros - automation plugin, can be used to streamline almost any repetitive activity.

 

[MAV923]

CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software

Screen capture, not as good as camtasia, but its free.

 

[gammacrews]

thank you for this sharing..so many tool and software..i like it..

 

[FoolG]

Thank you all. Some really good stuff. One free photo editing I like is

Photoscape

 

[imkevintan]

XMind.net is a great tool to keep yourself organized and on target - it's one of my favorites.

 

[secondfire]

Very Good List, Thank You So Much

 

[Ulixes]

Free, Instant email addresses
Mailinator
TempInbox

 

[hareedoptimizer]

You have given valuable resources to me.Will be helpful to me and will decrease mt time span in searching this.
Thanks a lot,
:thumbsup:

 

[stunner]

Good list i was searching for Drupal and i got it..

 

[m0nster]

keep your contacts together great messenger - trillian
keep all of your emails together - firefox plugin - webmail notifier
great screen capture - it captures then uploads it to their server and copies the URL to your clipboard - gyazo
share your screen or allow remote access - teamviewer


great website for tons of software - MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities.

 

[cybersleek]

Great thread, lot of useful softwares.

Thank You verymuch for this useful thread.

 

[Ivalex]

Thanks for this awesome list!

 

[Macypu]

Useful FireFox Plug-ins

SearchStatus | Firefox SEO Toolbar Extension - identify links as no-follow or do-follow. this plug-in will highlight any link that has a no-follow tag attached to it.

SEO Toolbar for Firefox: Free Firefox SEO Extension / Browser Plug In - toolbar containing PR and Alexa

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/seoquake-seo-extension/ - display various search engine information within the search results.

 

[mikereils]

easiest to use, quickest to open color picker: ColorSchemer | Free screen color picker from ColorSchemer

 

[shankshera]

SEOQuake toolbar, highly effective for analyzing SEO competition on your keyword.

 

[waltertech14]

Not an affiliate or anything. I'm just using this software. Have not seen any Free version of spinning softwares around so here's my input.

http://www.contentprofessor.com/amember/member.php

Got this Free version tool for spinning articles. Choose Standard memberhip Free and you can download upto 20 versions of your article at once with upto 70% uniqueness and 50% readability score.