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		<title>Essential software</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read one of Photomatt&#8216;s articles on essential software, which got me to thinking on some of the more useful pieces of software I use. Here is an impromptu list: Web design: Firefox 1.0 &#8211; My favourite browser Filezilla &#8211; Open &#8230; <a href="http://www.nickromney.com/2004/10/06/essential-software/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read one of <a href="http://photomatt.net">Photomatt</a>&#8216;s articles on <a href="http://photomatt.net/archives/2004/03/04/software/">essential software</a>, which got me to thinking on some of the more useful pieces of software I use. </p>
<p>Here is an impromptu list:</p>
<p>Web design:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">Firefox 1.0</a> &#8211; My favourite browser</li>
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/">Filezilla</a> &#8211; Open source FTP client</li>
</ul>
<p>General utilities:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.textpad.com/">Textpad</a> &#8211; Very fully featured text editor</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jedit.org/">Jedit</a> &#8211; A text editor for programmers. Written in Java, so the same under Windows, OS X, Linux, Unix</li>
<li><a href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-Zip</a> &#8211; A compression utility, which can handle .tgz archives under Windows (very handy)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.explorerxp.com/">Explorer XP</a> &#8211; A replacement for Windows Explorer which has two great features: 1) Folder size is displayed.  2) &#8220;Create New Folder&#8221; is a button on the toolbar</li>
<li><a href="http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/beta.htm">Iso Recorder</a> &#8211; For creating images of installation CD&#8217;s for your hard disk</li>
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<p>Music:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/index.php">CDex</a> &#8211; Music compression / file-format changer -.wav to .mp3, and vice versa</li>
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity">Audacity</a> &#8211; A sound recorder and so much more. Very useful for recording speech</li>
<li><a href="http://www.winamp.com/">Winamp</a> &#8211; Music / media player. Small, but perfectly formed</li>
</ul>
<p>Graphics:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.irfanview.com/">IrfanView</a> &#8211; Views all images I&#8217;ve come across, plus loads of options for reducing file sizes.</li>
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<p>I hope that you find them as useful as I do.</p>
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