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Headings on this page :
- General
- IT
- IT - software (=a table - which can be sorted and filtered)
Our thanks to all the organisations and individuals mentioned on this page.
General
Organisations and individuals who have provided us with information and advice - especially charities, central government, QUANGOs, local councils (mainly licensing, trading standards and legal departments), the police and the media.
The few regulators who have taken action against bogus/unlicensed collectors - see the page on prosecutions.
The collectors who do comply with the law - such as Clothes Aid Ltd.
Alan Stanton, Keith Kondakor, Mike Durham, Neil R, Rachael, Harlan, Emma.
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Organisations which have allowed us to use their copyright material on our website.
Please see also the Copyright page.
Please see the About images page for acknowledgements (and other information) in respect of images.
And ...
ER, V, Rosie, Carolyn, PP, MEL, PAC, Leo, ES, AJG-S, CPB, PCWW, ARS, MFO, TDW, DE, F Abela
Elspeth, P, F and C - for essential culinary supplies
T: Karen, Sharon, Kieran, Judy, Blake ...
IT
Hosting - Our thanks to the following for kindly hosting this site :
Namesco Limited / CheapNames tel: 0845 363 3630
Milonic Solutions Limited for the software powering the site's JavaScript DHTML drop-down menus
picosearch.com for the site search facility
Serif (Europe) Ltd Serif - Publishers of WebPlus, PagePlus, DrawPlus, PhotoPlus, MediaPlus, MontagePlus, MoviePlus, ImpactPlus, PanoramaPlus
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Web User
The UK's favourite internet magazine Fortnightly IPC Media Ltd |
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Acer computer products
BCA (mail order books)
Dennis (magazine publishers) and PC Pro magazine
IT - software
See also :
- the Web design page - on HTML, CSS etc
- the Help page (=help on using the site - eg navigation, software)
Of course, IT isn't the focus of our website and campaign. However, nowadays these activities involve IT at every stage - whether it's word-processing letters, dealing with emails, searching the Internet or designing the website.
Below is a list (table) of some of the programs we find useful. (We mainly use Windows XP.)
Most of the programs are free or have a free version.
With some of the paid-for programs, they're free for personal/non-commercial use.
a) Our thanks to those commercial software producers (large and small) who produce
b) Our special thanks to those commercial software producers who generously give away some of their products (free).
c) And (above all) our thanks to the generous, public-spirited people who only produce free software.
Many free programs are as good as paid-for software (or better).
Some of the programs which only have a free version, offer features which aren't available in any paid-for program (eg "Everything" and TreeComp).
Also, we're grateful to the publishers of British computer magazines. They're an excellent source of information. The free CDs and DVDs supplied with them are a great source of (1) freeware and (2) free copies of paid-for software.
Examples:
Computer Shopper
PC Plus
PC Pro
PC Advisor
Items are included in the list below only because we like the products.
We don't accept advertisements, sponsored links etc
Key
Product column: Items in green are resources (eg websites) rather than specific programs.
Category column :
- applic =application(s) (eg office software)
- editor =editor (ASCII text)
- FM =File Management
- FMcomp =File Management: Comparison utility
- FMS =File Management: Searching (or search-and-replace)
- FMSI =File Management: Searching: Indexed
- FMSItext =File Management: Searching: Indexed: full-text
- FMzip =File Management: Zipping/compression
- The codes used for the other categories of software are self-explanatory.
- Multi-product categories sort at the top (namely :resource :utilities :various).
F and P columns :
- F =Free version (and not time-limited)
- P =Paid-for software - most are available as free trials (eg for 30 days)
Programs with both an F and a P :
- Typically the free version is called "Standard", "Lite", Essentials, SE, PE or similar
- Typically the paid-for version is called "Pro", "Full" or similar - and has extra features
"regex" below stands for "Regular Expressions" (a search "language").
Filtering and/or sorting the table below
You can look at the table below just as it is - browsing up and down the page as usual 
And you can search it as usual - for instance using Ctrl-F (then using the Enter or F3 keys).
However, this table uses table-filter software - so you can filter and/or sort entries.
Filtering: At any stage, you can select (in other words, filter) the entries below.
This "collapses" the table temporarily - so it only lists the items (rows) which you want.
Do this as follows:
- Type your search text into one or more of the empty form boxes in the top row of the table (where it says "Type your search text here ! ...").
- Then press the Enter key to do the selection.
- To see the full list of entries again :
- Delete all the text you've added in the form box(es) - and press the Enter key.
- Or click on the "Clear filters" icon
(a filter funnel with a red cross) at the top right. - Or press the F5 function key - which refreshes the page.
The heading(s) of the selected column(s) and the selected text are highlighted.
The filter is case-insensitive - so UPPER or lower case makes no difference.
Use two vertical-line characters (by the "Z" key) to indicate "or". Example: bloggs||smith
Other codes include:
{x =begins with x
}x =ends with x
!x =not x
[empty] =empty
See http://tablefilter.free.fr/ for more of these codes (with examples).
At the top of the table, there's a counter that tells you the number of rows shown.
Sorting:
- With most filter-tables on the website, you can click on column headings to sort them.
- You can tell if it sorts - your mouse pointer changes to a hand when you hover over a column heading.
- You can click on a sequence of columns to get two or more "levels" of sorting.
Click in the order of increasing importance (eg click the main sort column last).
There's an arrow shown on the last column you clicked to sort. - To revert to the original sort order, press the F5 function key to refresh the page.
These filtering and sorting facilities allow you to interact with the table - so you can change it to suit your needs. They make the table behave like a simple database or spreadsheet.
See our Web design page for more on table filtering facilities (JavaScript).
The software used on the table below is called "HTML Table Filter" (by Max Guglielmi).
For more help on using it (eg search syntax), see http://tablefilter.free.fr/
Browsers: The software works fine with Internet Explorer 8, Firefox and Safari. It's fine with Opera too - except it only sorts one column at a time.
By the way, there's another nice JavaScript table utility called "TableTools" (by Mingyi Liu). A modified version is available as a free add-on for the Firefox browser. When you're browsing with Firefox and see any table, you can call up the TableTools utility (with a right-click) and do powerful filtering and sorting (and more).
Sorting - examples :
- The initial sort order (=the default) is by Product (A-Z) =column 2.
- If you sort by Publisher, you get an A-Z list of the producers of the software.
- If you sort the Category column, you get a rough-and-ready classifed list (=subject order).
NOTE: For the best result, click on the Product column first, then click the Category column.
| Publisher | Product | Category | Description < < click these headings to sort > > |
F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aprelium | Abyss Web Server | web | Web server (including support for SSIs). Allows web designers to preview their site without uploading | F | P |
| Elcomsoft | Advanced Registry Tracer =ART | monitor | Makes snapshots of the Windows Registry (eg before and after an event) and compares them | P | |
|
Mythicsoft David Vest (Oxford) |
Agent Ransack & FileLocator Pro | FMS | Non-indexed full-text searching (with regex) | F | P |
| Ashampoo | Ashampoo: various | applic | Eg Ashampoo Office, Burning Studio, Photo Commander, Snap, Uninstaller | F | P |
| AVG | AVG Anti-Virus Free | security | Security: Anti-virus program | F | P |
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Bare Metal Software
Australia |
BareGrep | FMS | Non-indexed file finding and full-text searching (with regex) | F | P |
| capturetext.com | Capture Text | screen | Screen capture - especially editable text This product seems to be related to Grab Text |
P P |
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www.mtg.sk/rva/
Robert Vasicek |
Cathy | FMSI | Disc cataloguer (indexer) - files and folders. Tiny and portable | F | |
| Mitja Perko | CDCheck | data | Data examination and recovery - for CDs, DVDs etc | F | P |
| CoffeeCup | CoffeeCup: various | web | Web design software: eg HTML editor, FTP, DHTML menus, Sitemapper, Flash | F | P |
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Gulf Coastal Software (defunct) |
Columnizer | editor | Manipulates (edits) column and row data. (last-ever version: 5.38 - dated 2006) |
F | |
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www10.pair.com/vsap Victor Sapojnikov |
CopyText | system | System/screen utility - searches, marks, copies text, adjusts windows | F | |
| Component Software | CSDiff | FMcomp | Compares two files - including MS Word | F | |
| David Pye Australia | David Pye: various | :utilities | Utilities: Freeware eg Text Magician (utility) | F | |
| StahlWorks | Depeche View | FMS | Instant mass text-searching of files (in RAM memory) | F | P |
| SourceGear | DiffMerge | FMcomp | Compares folders and files | F | |
| GPSoftware Australia | Directory Opus | FM | File manager (multi-pane, regex) | P | |
| voidtools David Carpenter Australia | Everything | FMSI | Locates files and folders by name instantly. Quietly auto-indexes in the background. Includes regex | F | |
| FastStone | FastStone: various | image | Image utilities - eg viewing, capture | F | P |
| FileMaker Inc | FileMaker Pro | database | User-friendly relational database | P | |
| DonationCoder.com | Find And Run Robot =FARR | system | Finds Start Menu programs, documents etc as you type - using live incremental search - and then launches your choice. Hotkey, portable, regex | F | |
|
Mozilla various |
Firefox =FF Firefox add-ons |
web | Internet browser Various - eg HeadingsMap, LinksCounter, TableTools |
F F |
|
| Foxit Software | Foxit: various | Tools for PDF files - viewing, creating, editing | F | P | |
| Freebyte.com | Freebyte: various Treepad Disktective Freebyte website |
:various |
Various: Tree-structured PIM/editor/WP/DB Statistics and pie-chart of used disk space (FM) Guide to free software and resources |
F F F |
P |
| Fresh Devices | Fresh: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg Fresh Diagnose, Fresh Download, Fresh UI, Fresh View | F | |
| Funduc Mike Funduc | Funduc: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg files, searching, Registry - including CountChars (screen text grabber) | F | P |
| giveawayoftheday.com | Giveaway of the Day =GAOTD | :resource | Free give-aways of paid-for software each day | F | |
|
Fanix Australia |
Hilitext Full Screen |
screen | Screen text highlighter - including wildcards Window and screen utility |
F | P P |
| Max Guglielmi France |
HTML Table Filter =TF | web | JavaScript utility for web pages. Allows you to filter and/or sort rows in tables | F | |
| Hyperionics | HyperSnap | screen | Screen capture (including scrolling and editable text) | P | |
| Rosenlund Nielsen | IncludeHTML | web | HTML file pre-processor | F | |
| IndexYourFiles.com J Rafael Castro | Index Your Files =IYF | FMSI | Locates files and folders by name, date and/or size instantly (indexed). Includes viewers, full-text searching of found files. Portable | F | |
| InfoRapid | InfoRapid Search and Replace | FMS | Searching of file contents, text retrieval (non-indexed) | F | |
| VGT Software | InsideCAT | FMSI | Disc cataloguer (indexer) - files and folders | F | P |
| Irfan Skiljan | IrfanView | image | Image viewer and editor | F | |
| IsoBuster | IsoBuster | data | Data examination and recovery - for CDs, DVDs etc | F | P |
|
JGsoft Jan Goyvaerts |
JGsoft: various eg EditPad Pro RegexBuddy PowerGREP |
:various | Various eg: ASCII text editor - with folding (expand/collapse) and regex 'Regular expressions' (regex) utility Searches files - using regex (FMS) |
F |
P P P |
| 321download.com/ LastFreeware | Last Freeware Versions =LFV | :resource | Software downloads website (eg Hilitext) | F | |
| lists.thedatalist.com David Stockbridge & Bill Barto | List of Lists | :resource | Classified annotated lists of software programs and resources | F | |
| Locate32 | Locate32 | FMSI | Locates files and folders by name instantly (indexed, includes regex) | F | |
| Macallan | Macallan Outlook Express Extraction | web | Recovers emails from corrupted Outlook Express .dbx files | F | |
| Milonic | Milonic Menus | web | JavaScript drop-down menus (navigation) | F | P |
| MiTeC Michal Mutl | MiTeC: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg InfoDesk, MailView, MSI, WRR | F | |
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Nico Cuppen Netherlands |
Nico Cuppen: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg Photocopier Pro, Fax Machine | F | P |
| NirSoft Nir Sofer | NirSoft: various | :utilities | Over 100 free utilities - eg Folders Report, RegFromApp, RegScanner, Shortcuts Manager, SysExporter | F | |
| Fookes Software Switzerland | NoteTab | editor | ASCII text editor | F | P |
| OpenOffice.org | Open Office =OOO | applic | Office suite - WP, spreadsheet etc (open source) | F | |
| Paragon | Paragon: various | HD | Hard disk utilities - eg partitioning | F | P |
| PicoSearch | PicoSearch | web | Website search engine | F | P |
| PSPad | PSPad | editor | ASCII text editor (freeware) | F | |
| sourceforge.../regshot | Regshot | monitor | Compare Registry and files before/after (snapshots) | F | |
| den4b Denis Kozlov | ReNamer | FM | Powerful file renaming tool (with regex) | F | |
| rj-texted.se Rickard Johansson | RJ TextEd | editor | ASCII text editor | F | |
|
sandboxie Ronen Tzur |
Sandboxie =SB Sandboxie add-ons |
security | Sandbox software (install and/or run any software without affecting your "real" drive) | F F |
P |
|
Serif Nottingham (UK) |
Serif: various | applic | Eg DrawPlus, PagePlus, PhotoPlus, WebPlus | F | P |
| RJL Software | Shortcut Key Explorer | system | Lists Windows shortcut keys (Ctrl-Alt-x) | F | |
|
Sowsoft Russia |
Sowsoft: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg Instant File Name Search (=IFNS, indexed, FMSI) | F | P |
| TechSmith | SnagIt | screen | Screen capture (including scrolling and editable text) | P | |
| Macro Systems | The Spreadsheet Assistant | applic | Excel spreadsheet add-on | P | |
| LC IBros Solutions | SpyMe Tools | monitor | Monitors changes to the Registry and disks (snapshots, comparisons & real-time monitoring) | F | |
| Sysinternals now MS | Sysint: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg for Windows, system, Registry | F | |
| ZGSpro | TablePro | database | Simple generic flat-file database (CSV, TSV etc) | F | P |
| TeamViewer | TeamViewer | comms | Remote access and remote Desktop sharing | F | P |
| TopStyle4 Stefan van As | TopStyle | web | Editor for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | P | |
| Lennert Ploeger Netherlands | TreeComp | FMcomp | Compares/synchronises 2 directory trees | F | |
| truecrypt.org | TrueCrypt | security | On-the-fly disk encryption (open source) | F | |
| MustangPeak | UltraExplorer | FM | File manager (dual pane) | F | |
| Jam Software | UltraSearch | FMS | Locates files and folders by name in seconds (non-indexed, uses NTFS Master File Table =MFT). Portable | F | |
| Legroom.net | Universal Extractor | FMzip | Decompresses/extracts files from most archive formats - including cab chm iso mht msi | F | |
|
virtualbox.org Sun/Oracle |
VirtualBox | security | Virtualisation product (open source) | F | |
| J. A. Associates | Virtual Drive Creator | system | Adds/removes virtual drive letters (SUBST) | F | P |
| RedTree | Wilbur Wilma |
FMSIfull |
Instant full-text searching (indexed) Instant full-text searching (indexed) |
F F |
|
| winmerge.org | WinMerge | FMcomp | Compares folders and files (open source) | F | |
| WinZip Corel, Canada | WinZip | FMzip | File compression - zipping/unzipping, encrypting | P | |
|
AndyScouse.com Liverpool |
WordFind | words | Word-finding utility (British) | F | P |
| WordWeb | WordWeb | words | English thesaurus and dictionary | F | P |
| Ipswitch | WS_FTP | web | FTP software (uploading/downloading files) | F | P |
|
x-setup.net / XQDC Xteq.com |
X-Setup Pro | system | Tweaks Windows settings (WUG became insolvent 2010, now freeware) |
F | |
| Tilman Hausherr | Xenu's Link Sleuth | web | Web link checker | F | |
| ZABKAT | Xplorer2 | FM | File manager (dual-pane) | F | P |
| XRayz | XRayz: various | :utilities | Utilities - eg CPExt (Windows Explorer add-on =FM), ClipCache Pro | F | P |
| XYplorer | XYplorer =XY | FM | File manager (dual-pane, portable) | P | |
| Zedtek | ZTree for Windows =ZTW | FM | File manager (inspired by XTree). Includes 'showall' listings, saved snapshots (Alt-Z) | P | |
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| _Hardware | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| _Kyocera | _Ecosys laser printers | _printer | _Printer: Lifetime drum, low toner costs | _ | _ |
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