technology Favourite computer programs to use and why ?

[NightOwl 912]

Hey everyone! 

 

Just wondering what are you favourite programs to use and why ? 

 

Mine are... 

 

1. Steam ( Best place to buy games for PC ) 
2. Spotify ( really cool app for music ) 
3. VLC media player ( love it's interface and features ) 
4. Google Chrome ( really fast browsing and easy access to YouTube )
5. Netbeans IDE ( pretty good for writing java ) 
6. Fences ( Keeps all my folders/programs organised )

So, How about yourself ?

[MLPForums Phanact 1,374]

Downloadmoreram.com's downloader. Sometimes I just need a boost of ram and this is perfect. XD

 

Seriously though, my favourite program is Adobe Audition CC. It's so amazing

[QuirkyUsername 1,576]

1.Steam, great games and steam sales. Need I say more

2. Spotify, I only recently started using it and love it

3. 3ds max, I LOVE using max for 3d modelling

4. Chrome, Just good for searching the net

Can't really think of any others aside from games

[Potato Sprout 109]

Ummmm... 1. Paint.NET I use it for making patterns for bead art. 2. Steam cheap games.

That's really everything I use :S Google Chrome if it coints...

[Scarlet 16]

1. Steam. Great games platform. Billion times better than origin. Great achievements ;3

2. Spotify, epic music app. A lot of favourite music

3. Mozilla Firefox. Just internet explorer.

4. Photoshop. Making graphic and stuff.

5. Illustrator, I really don't get it. Vectoring is great mystery for me.

6. Skype. Duh.. Talking.

[Valkyyria 11]

1. Steam. Games... what else to say?

2. Mozilla Firefox. Just internet explorer.

3. Gimp. Maiking Wallpapers and make fotos a little better and stuff

4. Skype -> chat, Webcam, talking... stuff like that

5. CCleaner -> Clean your PC and stuff

6. Disk Defrag -> Better than Windows defrag tool

[carrick sparkle 15]

1. vba: great for playing with roms (which is legal as long as you already brought the game for gameboy which i have so no saying it not legal)

 2. scratch:  great for starter coders like me i may upgrade to unity or panda engine if i get good at it(i have not made a game yet cause im still learning how to code)

 

3. mozilla firefox: great browser

 

4. wizard 101: great mmorpg i used to play LU until it closed  then i started playing wizard 101

 

5. steam: of course great game for cheap prices what else could you need

[Planty 1,053]

Paint.net a great free upgrade to paint

 

I also use speed fan which measures your pc components temperature which is very useful, and also Skype. Without Skype life would be very different!

[~Rule 63~ Lyeco 527]

I am using a Mac so...

1.Steam: yes there is a version for Mac

2.Chrome: best browser ever

3. Firefox: in case chrome fails me

4.Parallels desktop: so I can use windows 8 in my mac to play PC games

 

And oh, I use Microsoft Office 2013. I use a virtual machine to use it. I love the updated version!

[Faulty Roze 200]

Favourite Programs I use?

 

Google Chrome - Basically the reason I hope on the computer.

 

Photoshop - Sometimes I like getting creative and make stuff, other times I just want to torment a picture 

 

SAI - A paint program I use to draw

 

Sony Vegas - I like to edit video every now and then.

 

Sketchbook - Another drawing program I use.

 

 

[Rayalicious 435]

CHROME is the shit

Photoshop for stuff that well,concern photos and graphics

After effects to make some youtube intros

Audition for audio editing

Team viewer for remote computers worldwide

Utorrent, downloading stuff

AXTU, for overclocking

Prime 95 for torture tests CPU

Windows explorer:P

Bamboo dock

World of warcraft (game,duh)

Arc soft showiz and total recorder for recording footage from the ps3 and pc

[Kaspars L 100]

My favourites would be: Opera/Chrome (depends on what i'm doing)

                                      VLC media player

                                      Propellerheads Reason 5

                                      Adobe Illustrator

[Display Name 448]

1. Steam, because gaems.

2. Google Chrome, because interwebs.

3. Erm, i uh...i don't know. I don't use anything other than Steam and Chrome.

 

1. Steam. Great games platform. Billion times better than origin. Great achievements ;3

2. Spotify, epic music app. A lot of favourite music

3. Mozilla Firefox. Just internet explorer.

4. Photoshop. Making graphic and stuff.

5. Illustrator, I really don't get it. Vectoring is great mystery for me.

6. Skype. Duh.. Talking.

Your signature looks familiar.

[Celtore 2,770]

1) Yeah, Firefox! Woohoo! *flash crashes*

 

It really is my favourite browser. It runs very well on linux, I find it fast, highly configurable and I can trust the organization behind its development. That is the biggest problem I have with chrome, I really can't trust Google with releasing a proprietary browser. Yes, there's the less featured chromium, but it has its fair share of problems as well for me.

2) GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program.) Sure it isnt as powerful as Photoshop, but it's a hell of a lot better than MS paint. I have used it for pretty much all my photo editing, all I need is curves. I dont edit my photos to death, I must get the shot right the first time. It's a philosophy of mine that I have no intention to change.

3) rxvt-unicode. It's basically a lightweight configurable terminal emulator for Linux that I have taken a liking to. To those that dont understand, it is basically like the windows command prompt except a lot more powerful.

4) VLC. It plays pretty much anything and it is a lot more featured than it just being a media player! All in all, it's an amazing piece of software.

5) VIM (because it is clearly superior over emacs )

Edited August 29, 2013 by Celtore

[Harmonic Revelations 8,835]

Besides Google Chrome and Skype, three come to mind at the moment.

 

1.) Steam - Absolutely fantastic for all my gaming needs. It's by far the best game distribution software that is available. It has a huge selection of games and the prices are reasonable, and even if you don't have the money to buy them at the moment, Steam often runs amazing sales.

 

If you don't have it, get Steam here. It's free, but of course, you must purchase the games (Although there are some free ones)

 

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2.) Paint.NET - Basically just a free alternative to Photoshop, it does all the things I need it to, art wise. The choice in plug-ins makes it a very useful tool for almost any drawing I need to get done. It's the program I use to do things like make my avatars, signatures, animated GIFs, and the like.

 

It's a reliable program, and if you can't afford Photoshop, this is a good alternative, plus, this hasn't crashed once on me, unlike Photoshop.

 

If you don't have it, get Paint.NET here. It's completely free, and I highly recommend it, even if you don't plan on using it immediately, it's one of those programs that is good just to have around for when you need it.

 

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3.) Python (Specifically the GUI IDLE, since it's easier to use than the Command Prompt) - Very simple but useful GUI for Python programming, easier than simply running it through the command prompt. I've found myself spending long nights working on things in Python these days, and this just makes the process a bit faster and easier.

 

Python is by far my favorite programming language, if you're just getting into programming, Python is a great place to start learning, it has a lot of features that make it one of the best programming languages for beginners and pros alike, at least, in my opinion. Plus, Mac OS and Linux use Python quite a lot.

 

There are two main versions of Python people use, I personally use Python 3.

 

If you don't have it, get Python here, it's free, but if you don't know how to program already, it's something you might not find a use for it.

Edited August 29, 2013 by Harmonic Revelations

[Lost 1,410]

1. Steam for all my gaming and wallet emptying needs.

2. Google Chrome, for tinterwebs.

3. Sony Vegas Pro 12, for editing

4. iTunes, for dem musics.

5. TeamSpeak and Mumble for talky talky

 

All I can really think of that I use a lot

[Luximus 482]

Skype, Google Chrome, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Movie maker, Picasa 3, and sometimes Minecraft. those are all of mine.

 

They are all easier to work with and fun to learn and play on

Edited August 29, 2013 by Shadowlux100

[Scarlet 16]

 

 

Your signature looks familiar.

 

Yeah. Your're right. My own signature is too big, so I found some similar. Apart the fact that is Rainbow Dash, not Rainbow Blitz like pony on my singature.

[Smarts 1,622]

Steam -  Hands down my favorite computer program to use. The most obvious reason is not just because of games, but because it's the best way to chat with my friends at anytime.

 

Paint.NET - I love using this program to create cool projects and at times avatars and signatures. I used it all the time for those purposes on another forum site. I might start a thread for avatars and signatures someday when I feel up to it. Could be fun.

[Sir Hugsalot 9,294]

1. Steam, I think reason is quite obvious, games.

2. Skype for talking with friends of course.

3. Cubase for guitar recording (I'm still amateur though, so my mixes are far from perfect). 

4. Sony Vegas for video making (I'm amateur here as well).

5. Google Chrome, I think no explanation is necesarry.

[Inactive01 5,299]

1. Skype. I get to chat with all of my MLPF buddies there!
2. NBA Live 2003: An epic basketball game! (Lol video games are still computer programs!)
3. Google Chrome: Best internet browser ever. Dunna what I'd do without it.
4. Microsoft Word: Well I need to type my homework and lab reports! So Microsoft Word it is!
5. Microsoft Excel: Use this to make charts for my science work!
6. Snipping Tool: I can easily snap pictures of my desktop screen at any time!

By the way, this isn't in any particular order.

Edited August 30, 2013 by Sterling Crimson

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Paint.Net- Better then Photoshop.  One can download plugins to make it more useful.  You can actually make short animations on it.  

Skype- Stay connected

Firefox- duh...

Spotify- best app for music

No Limits- Roller coaster designing gold

Guitar Pro 6- Making tabs and music

[Scootalove 10,689]

1. Steam: Gaming

2. Microsoft Word: For typing out homework

 

That's about it.

 

Apparently, those are my only favorite programs for my computer.

[GhostPony750 959]

I usually use Windows. It's so useful, it's incredible.

Other than that, I just listen to music, watch documentaries, read stuff and hang on forums.

 

So I'm not using programs often. I'm most of the time playing guitar or doing exercises to fix my back. (Take care of your back, it's painful :/ )

[Hansel 1,512]

Internetting: Chrome

 

Painting/drawing: Photoshop (I wanna give SAI a go, but my computer doesn't seem to like it for whatever reason.)

 

Animating: Flash (technically Toonboom is better, but I find that Flash is more user-friendly for line tests and roughs.)

 

Video editing/post-production: After Effects

 

Music production: FL Studio