www.mirc.com
Chat. Unanimously supported by all #Flipside members. (even those that don't chat!)
www.team-nexgen.com
Our scripts are available here. However, they will be vastly different to our current
interface. I will create a nice install package of or modification soon, to distribute
online.
www.opera.com [ www.opera.com/download ]
[ http://ftp.southcom.com.au/opera/ow502e32j.exe
]
Use the latter for a direct download of Opera 5 for Win32 (with Java), in Australia.
Opera is a very fast browser. However, it is necessary to use MSIE as
well, since Opera doesn't support JavaScript/DHTML and some other things. I currently use
it for browsing/sufring and research, but to view the #Flipside page, and JavaScript
sources, i use MSIE.
www.getright.com
Downloading. Supports pause,and FTP. Stack up a list, and let it download overnight, or
while you're away. (note that the Opera browser has its
own download feature built in, including file resume etc)
www.icq.com
Messaging. I've heard AOL IM is actually supposed to be better than this, but it seems
that all of my friends are using it.
www.winamp.com
MP3 player. The best. Actually, I've also heard (and seen) that Sonique is better...
www.zonealarm.com
Protection/Firewall. Um....ZoneAlarm looks nice coz it sits there with its little flashing
icon, blocking 'unsolicited traffic'. I dunno. When I first started it, it kicked 8
connections to my computer....including an AOL one from when I had installed AOL. Am I
ramballing? Anyways, its a little too flashy, so I use it in conjunction with NetworkICE's
BlackICE. Let me put it this way: ZoneAlarm has
found over 1000 'intruders' (pffft), where, in the same amount of time, BlackICE has found
zero. Someone's exaggerating here.....
