Jonathan Briggs Online

Nuclear Medicine Service Engineer plus Computing and Photography Enthusiast

A few notes on the some of the software I enjoy using on my Windows 7 computer. All the software detailed below is available free of charge unless otherwise stated.

• Anti-Malware Software - Avast! I'm now using this excellent anti-virus and anti-spyware program. Has minimal impact on my PC adding only a few seconds to the boot time while it's daily quick scans typically take only a couple of minutes and don't interrupt your work. Paid-for versions are also available with more comprehensive features.
• Web browsing - Mozilla Firefox with the IE Tab V2 add-on which gives Firefox the capability when required to render pages using the Trident (Internet Explorer) "engine". I find the vast majority of sites render fine in Firefox but there are a few from which I often have to print pages. This is done much better by the Trident engine. The IE Tab add-on allows me to do this from within the same browser rather than forcing me to switch to Internet Explorer. It even remembers the sites on which I like to do this, automatically switching to the Trident engine when I navigate to these sites.
  
• Email - Mozilla Thunderbird. Allows multiple accounts, different signatures for each account, you can define rules to filter your incoming emails and warns you if you forget to add an attachment to an outgoing email.
  
• Quick launcher - Object Dock A great way to keep your desktop tidy while allowing quick, elegant access to regularly used programs and folders.
• Personal Information Managers - Evernote (free for personal use up to the monthly limit).
  Evernote is great for storing all sorts of information and syncs your notes to "the cloud". It's not so well suited for encrypted and password protected notes however so for this I use OpenPim.
  
• Photo manager and raw photo developer - ACDSee Pro. Does a great job of both managing and editing your photo collection. Includes comprehensive raw development capabilities.
• Compiling this website - SeaMonkey. A very easy to use web page editor.