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1. 
   Review - Proxomitron

   4.5 (Aug 14, 2009)

   The anybrowser sh11t blocker. Runs through WINE. Gentoo Dapper, Tiger: Platinum , Gold http://appdb.winehq.org/...=application&iId=39
   Takes a while to learn the tools prx has. But noobz can still use. Be sure to download a current filterset.
   How-to's? Filter syntax resembles regex. Prx also has builtin "commands" (like functions). Reread Scott's help html often.
   Castlecops is down, but there's yahoo group and prxbx.com/forums, and google for some old pages with good info. Users who write filters tend to become specialists. :-)
   
   Constantly hoping an oss team will consider a fresh rewrite of this unique app. Would like an easier config-interface. A full "IDE" would be nice.

2. 
   Review - Norton Internet Security

   2010 Beta (Aug 14, 2009)

   comments pertain to "2009" [oem "trial"]
   Pro: seems NIS/NAV is no longer bloated enough to stall a new c2d (running oem vista).
   Con: blocked two pcs on lan. I didn't know it was NIS causing this, so took a while to drill into and find the bad setting. (these "full" security suites suffer complexly *nested* UIs.)
   uninstalled NIS (then hijackthis to kill one remaining bit of debris in registry). using comodo3 + avira av.

3. 
   Review - 7-Zip (32-bit)

   4.58 Alpha 2 (Jan 14, 2008)

   error, I meant sqx not sfx.

4. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)

   2.0.0.11 (Jan 14, 2008)

   Not perfect, but the among the top5 most usable ware I've ever used.
   
   Working down thru the prev comments:
   While FirefoxMyths.com make valid points, some are silly red herrings (see wikipedia), and the site itself purveys some fud. Also, you should notice the author is anti user-control.
   
   10 year old pc's? I usually use a sub-1GHz, 640kB ram WinXP. Yes, FF flakes after i have 50 or so tabs open (with a couple other (smaller) things running, plus Comodo fw v2, Avira antivirus). I've noticed Opera also begins eating ram with lots of tabs open. But Opera seems to start faster.
   
   Opera's UI is bizarre, and strange things happen during customizing. Multiple inconsistencies in user-experience. The mail and newsgroups are nice, but way too clutzy to use except when desperate. Toolbar, menu, ini, buttons, js (eg, smir.de/cg/), etc can be found on the net. As w/Greasemonkey, research before using userscripts. Despite (?) Opera's js-orientation, Opera seems very security conscious. Opera's good for a slimmer running or for self-contained usage. BTW, context-click>Site preferences to disable js on per-site basis.
   
   IE7 is hopeless. Use Maxthon1.x if you want a usable (tho ugly) UI for IE, and find a good IE settings (friggin mess in tiny tabs gets bigger every year) guide. Reviews of IE7Pro look good, but on XP and Vista Home Premium, FF2 runs better than IE7, so I don't expect to try it w/IE7Pro.
   
   Over the years, I've found that few FF extensions are worth reinstalling: Googlebarlite. Pederick's webdev in a profile for that type of work. Xpather is useful.
   Tabmixplus is nice but huge.
   I suggest userstyles.org to optimize UI (and webpages).
   
   Font size. hmm, to set font size, use that option. It's a bit like the %size preference in Opera. However you can also specify font and other styles in userContent.css. For site-specific styles, wrap styles in curlies with @-moz This should work as example:
   @-moz-document domain(kb.mozillazine.org){body, * {color:red;}}
   
   I don't think moz claims FF's (or SM's) password manager is highly secure. It's a logon convenience for people registered at too many sites. :-) Maybe Opera's Wand security is stronger? (It's a form filler) Else use external password manager? (read betanews reviews :-) )
   
   Blocking? All browsers should run thru Proxomitron and HOSTS.
   
   For employment purposes, I sometimes install Adobe's flash plugin in a FF profile. The other plugins are even more useless: pdf in a browser?? Java on the web was a 90's experiment.
   
   FF's trunk, branch(es), and release nightlies (and tinderbox and other builds) system is confusing. :-) Use Releases only, to avoid confusion. BTW, desktopteam has the opera 'beta' builds.
   
   Google's toolbar went bad after v2 (2004?).
   
   Yahoo periodically revises mail and breaks it in new ways. Turn off javascript. You'll lose the checkall function, but everything else will actually work. Best: switch to Fastmail.
   
   FF and IE7 have the most complete heirarchy of search tools. Full-option searchbars, searchplugins, quicksearch/keyword, and bookmarklets. Opera's missing the full-option toolbar(s).
   
   [this review page needs breaking into multipages, cuz load time is ridiculous.]

5. 
   Review - AkelPad

   3.4.5 (Jan 13, 2008)

   "can open url" ?? can drag or sendto .url file in metapad, crimson editor, editpadlite, akelpad,notepad2,pspad,topgun,tslite3[topstylelite],win32pad. that's all i currently have installed.
   
   q10 [no drag and drop]acts differently: fetches html of the url. seems to connect via ie's connection setting.
   
   .lnk files: metapad, tslite3, open them as a .lnk file, not as the 'shortcut's target'. but they don't show anything editable. akelpad, topgun "opens as binary".
   but, metapad opens target if open via context menu's "open with" submenu.
   
   q10[no drag and drop], crimson, editpadlite, pspad,notepad2,open file that is the target of .lnk.
   
   akelpad:
   unzip plugins (.dll's) to \AkelFiles\Plugs\ folder, else Options>Plugins... shows nothing in list.