On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:53:03PM +0100, Carlos Lozano wrote: > Hello :) > > I have taken the 20 first entries of the top 100 tucows list, > except that some entries has been removed, mainly antivirus > and programs what need other different program to work. > (URL: http://tucows.uam.es/toppicks.html) > > Comments, improves, ... are welcomed :)) Cool stuff !
> 4. WinZip - The most popular compression utility for Windows just got better. > > VERSION 8.1. > * Install: Yes. (Dlls installed none) > * Run: No, it needs riched20.dll to shown the text in zipped files what > includes a message, zipped files without messages works fine. Hmm, why No here ? AFAIR WinZip works pretty well. > 10. Winamp - This program has so many possibilities and offers such a wide > range of interfaces, you'll need no other player. > > VERSION 3.0: > * Install: Yes. (Dlls installed none) > * Run: No. (Need native msvcrt.dll then works) This should definitely be looked into (might be easy, too). We really should be able to run Winamp out of the box. > 13. Fruityloops - Make your own MIDIs, WAVs and MP3s in minutes. > > VERSION 3.56: > * Install: Yes. (It will install fruitloops in the directory what you are > when run the installer, it is a buggy because you must stop the > instalation with ctrl+c when it will ask by "overwrite files", but > it works). > * Run: No. (Need hhctrl.ocx native, with it the program runs, but i haven't > used it before :/) "Windows syndrome" - you'd have needed hhctrl.ocx on Windows, too, no !?!? Hmm, or is hhctrl.ocx a standard Windows component ? > 18. Easy CD-DA Extractor - This program rips CDs, converts audio files between > different formats, and creates audio CDs from WAV and MP3 files. > > VERSION 5.0. > * Install: Yes. (Dlls installed advpack.dll, drmv2clt.dll,msdmo.dll, > w95inf16.dll,wmnetmgr.dll,asfsipc.dll,l3codeca.acm,msnetobj.dll, > w95inf32.dll,wmstream.dll,blackbox.dll,laprxy.dll,msvcrt.dll,wmadmoe.dll, > wmvcore.dll,drmclien.dll,npwmsdrm.dll,WMASF.dll, drmstor.dll,msaud32.acm, > sl_anet.acm,wmidx.ocx) > * Run: No, crashes. (sysparams.c:1646 - user.dll.so) Err... this is the same crash as with... > 26. CD Mate - This is a powerful CD backup utility. > > VERSION 2.2.8.1. > * Install: Yes. (License and more info is not visible - riched32) (Dlls > installed none) > * Run: No, crashes. (sysparams.c:1646 - user.dll.so) (the audioplayer > included with the program works) ...this one ? > 29. Putty - This simple Telnet application could hang with the big boys. > > VERSION 0.52. > * Install: No needed install. > * Run: No. (it doesn't show the right part of the window, regression????) Very strange. PuTTY used to work. And please don't name it "Telnet application". Telnet is a small part of it that should be neglected as much as possible. But AFAIR I recently had problems getting it to run, too. Andreas Mohr
