GREAT APPLICATIONS ...

ROUGHOATS FLASHES AND FREEBIES

The following are some great applications available on the Internet.

MAD ONION

This site contains some fantastic benchmarking tools. If you have a 3D Accelerator Card in your system, try "3DMark 2000" and "3DMark 2001." These programs will run a sequence of short movies that become more sophisticated as the test progresses. At the end, you will receive a report on the performance of your system. www.madonion.com

WINAMP

WinAmp is one of the best MP3 players I have come across on the Internet. It not only looks good, but it is easy to use and packed with great visual plug-ins. To download this utility, go to www.winamp.com/download/

WINZIP

If you use the Internet to download programs and music, you will most likely have come across a Zip file (.zip). A Zip file is an archive of files that are compressed to save space and make transporting, copying and storing files faster and easier. To download this utility, go to www.winzip.com/

SHOCKWAVE

There are a growing number of interactive websites popping up on the Internet made with a web design tool called Flash. To view these sites you will need to download an application called 'Shockwave' which is available at
www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/

FLASH PLANET

This site is for the Flash enthusiasts! You can view, download and submit flash animations. Even if you have never heard of flash before, this site is worth a visit www.flashplanet.com/

JIM TOOLS

This site contains a style sheet generator, checks your web pages for broken links and incoming links, analyzes and generates keywords, contains a 3D text generator and more!! Visit www.jimtools.com/

If you know of another great tools available on the Internet, which are not listed on this site, please click here to send me the details.