Monday, February 26, 2001		Downloads of the week

Organisation and management is the key to success of anything in this world. This holds true even for computers also as working on computer could be fun if you have well-organised files. Normally we create directories and files and often forget about it. The next time when they are required we find it difficult to trace them and once again create new directories for saving such information. The mismanagement of files on computer not only takes a lot of time but also takes up space unnecessarily. However, there is a solution for all such problem in the form of Power drawer. This program presents a nice way to organise and access the files and data fast and efficiently. This software includes pop-up graphics and text previews and also allows multiple applications associated with file types. It also increases the security of screen-saver passwords and allows easy customisation of folders, drives and the desktop. You can download this software from www.dynamickarma.com

The best way to keep yourself and also someone else informed about something is to stick a note at the "most-seen" product, normally the computer monitor. Normally people use PostIt sticky notes on the computer monitor to either remind or inform about some important matter. However, this method of posting memos is old-fashioned since you can use electronic stick notes on computer screens. Though there are many stick notes programs yet Stick-It eNotes, is better than most of other programs as it uses a user-friendly interface and is yet quite feature rich. It rests in the system tray and is thus quite easy to access. It automatically saves all notes, which can be resized, hidden, minimised, renamed, toggled etc. Moreover using this software you can choose custom fonts/sizes/colours/styles, insert pictures, and even OLE objects. The linking of OLE objects adds a lot of value to this program as you can link other external programs with this utility and thus a change in the linked data can directly be reflected in your Stick-It eNotes programs. Therefore, you can keep a track of a lot of information in linked data and save yourself from botheration of tracking them individually. This software can increase the productivity significantly and can make your work life organised. You can download this performance enhancement tool from http://stick-itenotes.hypermart.net

Time is the most important factor in everyone’s life. Normally, time is wasted everyday and the important tasks remain pending. However, time management can be implemented effectively, if you are reminded of your tasks. One method of reminding is through the sticky notes mentioned earlier. The other more effective method of reminding is through alarm. Alarm Clock2000 is an excellent program that is sleek in design and versatile in use and can be used as an effective tool for meeting your deadlines. This software when installed is shown as a desktop item and also stays in your system tray. You can use this software to launch multiple one-time, daily, monthly, or yearly alarms. The set alarm plays a sound file or even a CD track, which can be customised as per your choice and preferences. Moreover, besides alarms it also displays rich text-formatted reminders. However the best feature of this software is that it gives the liberty of moving away from your computer and still get all important messages. Well! It can send e-mail either to your account, alphanumeric pager or even mobile phone as a text message. This software has many more uses besides the alarm feature and is thus a value-added tool for all computer users. You can download this software from http://www.alcideas.com

One of the most important, but often-ignored components of the operating system is the clipboard. We all use clipboard in some or the other form, but never utilise it to its full potential. However, now you can harness the power of Clipboard with the ClipQuick software. ClipQuick is an easy-to-use clipboard storage system, which supports and stores a number of clipboard entries ranging up to 50 at a time, and save an unlimited number of custom-made cliplists. Thus it can store a major part of work in its memory, which can be recalled and used easily. This software is simple to use. Like the normal clipboard, the data from this software can be transferred to any application or program with ease and can also be left for other users. This program is especially useful in networking environment, where many persons may have to access the information on a computer. This software also has a built-in text editor for viewing and editing existing entries, quickly saves and loads entire entry sets, loads text files as entries, auto-saves entries on shut-down and auto-loads entries on start-up. The functions and uses of this software can easily be accessed like any other Windows application and the drop-down window of its function can be opened by simply right clicking on it. This program has unlimited uses for everybody as all those who use computers. However, it can be more useful for Web designers, Web masters, and anybody whose work requires keeping a lot of data in memory temporarily. This program has compatibility with all the major Windows applications It can be downloaded from http://members.nbci.com/clipquik.

Alerts and reminders are not just the features of desktop utilities. However, it may play a major role in communication through e-mails also. These days’ e-mails have become the lifeline of the modern communication world and almost everybody who uses computers uses email. Normally we send and receive many e-mails through in a day and thus it is important to be aware of arrivals of new mails in your mailbox. The traditional way to keeping a track record of incoming mails was to check them regularly. However, the modern way is the use of e-mail notification programs, which alerts you on the arrival of new mail in the your mailbox. WM Mail@Mate is one such advanced e-mail notification tool for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Exchange Client and other MAPI compliant e-mail programs. This software not just informs you the arrival of the new mail, but it delivers new messages to the Inbox of your e-mail client and allows you to read incoming messages, create new messages, delete old messages and also download and save attachments, which have come along with the mail. This program is an excellent tool for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook users as they can use WM Mail@Mate for even hotmail account, if they don’t have a POP account. However, if the users have POP mail account then it can be configured for all POP accounts. This program can be found at http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate.