Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
just wondering....sometimes i'll run across a program and notice it has a no-install or portable version available but tbh i'll might have no idea if its useful here at PFC...seems like it would save some time if we could just paste a link in some thread set up for this and some of the veterans on here could have a quick look to see if the program is worth considering or not...
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
We certainly welcome your effort and always like to hear about no-install / portable stuff. However if you're looking for your work to get noticed, there are certain qualities which tend to grab our attention:bzl333 wrote:just wondering....sometimes i'll run across a program and notice it has a no-install or portable version available but tbh i'll might have no idea if its useful here at PFC...seems like it would save some time if we could just paste a link in some thread set up for this and some of the veterans on here could have a quick look to see if the program is worth considering or not...
- Don't have any other program like it (some examples)
- A strong recommendation from a regular
- Clear description
- Good idea of portability
- Standard (no weird fine print) licenses
- Source code available
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
ok...thanks Webfork....
(i thought you guys were trying to catalog most of what is avail out there but that prob takes too much time anyway....i'll only post if i see something good that isn't duplicated)
(i thought you guys were trying to catalog most of what is avail out there but that prob takes too much time anyway....i'll only post if i see something good that isn't duplicated)
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
I think its an overall goal of the website, but with volunteer contributors and a voting system to get items posted to the main database, they need advocates and more than one of them. There are many programs that I've worked on or suggested that haven't made it into the database yet.bzl333 wrote:ok...thanks Webfork....
(i thought you guys were trying to catalog most of what is avail out there but that prob takes too much time anyway....i'll only post if i see something good that isn't duplicated)
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
I thought of another one:webfork wrote:... there are certain qualities which tend to grab our attention:
- Don't have any other program like it (some examples)
- A strong recommendation from a regular
- Clear description
- Something Nirsoft produced
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
yeah, i like Nirsoft but his site and program GUI's could use a little modernizing....looking at his blog it seems like he puts out a new freeware app every week though....he must be a computer genius or something...webfork wrote:I thought of another one:webfork wrote:... there are certain qualities which tend to grab our attention:
- Don't have any other program like it (some examples)
- A strong recommendation from a regular
- Clear description
- Something Nirsoft produced
also, i was just hoping this site can grow like Gizmo's site and seems like it could...i mean with prices of netbooks and laptops getting so cheap people start messing around with multiple OSes and re-install OSes and partitioning etc and who wants to reinstall all the dozens and dozens of programs every time when you could just paste in a folder of your portable apps?
Re: Possible to have a thread where we just post a link?
I don't know what his motivation is, but I've certainly benefitted from his work on more occasions than I can count.bzl333 wrote:yeah, i like Nirsoft but his site and program GUI's could use a little modernizing....looking at his blog it seems like he puts out a new freeware app every week though....he must be a computer genius or something...
Absolutely. I very rarely actually use my portable apps on a portable drive -- they're all set up just exactly the way I want them so I can drop them on any machine I like and keep going where I left off. It would take days to download and reinstall all the software I have.bzl333 wrote:who wants to reinstall all the dozens and dozens of programs every time when you could just paste in a folder of your portable apps?