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Napster Alternatives
Audiogalaxy – Audiogalaxy
is a very good alternative to Napster, Audiogalaxy is also space saving and it
has most songs that people are looking for.
Available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME
Imesh – in this Napster-like program, you can download more than just mp3 and wma files! You can download images, other sorts of audio, and also videos. Some disadvantages of Imesh are that it may take hours or even minutes for the program to start downloading the songs and if you try to download an audio/video/image for a long time and you restart the program several times, the download won’t continue. Available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME
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Audio Players and Image Viewers
Windows
Media Player 7.1 – Windows Media Player 7 is the default media player in
Windows Millennium Edition. Windows
Media Player has nice features such as skin-able interface, automatic search
for cd information if your listening to a cd on Windows Media Player *note –
if you are using a burned cd, it will not find information on the cd*,
plays radio stations from all over the world, including in some locations in
Canada, mp3/wma/mpeg/video and many other audio/video formats are
supported. The only disadvantages of
Windows Media Player 7 is that it takes up too much ram space and hogs up
resources and it may freeze at times. Available for Windows 98/2000/ME, and
Macintosh. Click here to
see what Windows Media Player 7 looks like
Apple
QuickTime 5.0.2 –
Currently the most popular image viewer used by Windows and Macintosh
Computers, the handy features are that QuickTime views most kinds of image
associations that Macs and PCs are familiar with and opens them instantly. I’m not really a fan of QuickTime because
the Audio Player freezes all the time and the image quality may be poor at
times, and its recommended by most PC users, to use alternative audio players
when playing mp3s because it doesn’t support all mp3 files. Available for most versions of Windows and
Macintosh
Click here
to see what audio/video player on the Windows version looks like
*updated June 28th*
ACDSee
– This image viewer is one of the best image viewers that I have seen so
far. It offers Zoom in/Zoom out, a
“Windows Explorer like” part of the program to search for images on your
computer manually, and you are able to make the image you are viewing into the
background wall paper, you can add it to your favorites, and you can convert
the image file to another image file association. Available for Windows 95/98/2000/ME and Macintosh 8.6
Music
Match – This audio player is quite similar too Windows Media Player 7, it enables
you to add your favorite songs to a “play list”, you are able to copy songs
onto a cd, you are able to listen to online music on Music Match, and there are
many more features that are also included with it. The HP Cd Writer (cd burner) includes Music Match software. Available for Windows 95/98/2000/ME and also
available for Macintosh 8.5
Click here to see what
Music Match looks like
Winamp – This audio player is the #1
audio player in the world, its quality of audio is better than Windows Media
Player, Winamp is a small download compared to most audio player download
sizes, and Winamp takes up very little disk space, but you can add on other
features later including game support, AOL
Messenger (AIM) support, movie support, and much more. On Windows Media Player’s Bonus Pack, you
are able to import Winamp’s skin files so you can have the look of winamp on
Windows Media player. You can download
skins for Winamp at www.winamp.com and
many other sites!
Click here to see wha Winamp
looks like
Internet Browsers/etc.
Internet
Explorer 6 Public Preview 2 – This is a preview of Microsoft’s popular
internet browser, features in IE 6 PP2 are: media player side bar to play
internet audio/video, error reporter, new icons, more stable than previous
versions, more support for newer versions of html (like DHTML), Smart tags
support (feature already included in Windows 2002 and Office 2002), new “related links”
toolbar. What’s new since Public Preview 1: removal of Personal bars, removal
of being able to play files on your computer on the media player, support for MSN Hotmail on Outlook Express is back, MSN Messenger isn’t integrated with
Internet Explorer anymore.
Available
for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP (NOTE: doesn’t work in Windows 95).
Click here to see what IE 6 PP 2 looks
like or
Click here to see what it looks like for the new version of Windows
Internet
Explorer 5.5 – This browser is an upgrade from the previous Internet
Explorer 5.0 and 5.01 series, new features since 5.0 are that its now faster
than before, more stable, more support to other versions of HTML, more
integration with MSN Messenger than on 5.0, and this browser is available to
download for Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000, you can still download this browser even
if you have a version of Internet Explorer older than 5.0. For Macs, Internet
Explorer 5.0 (and Outlook
Express 5.02 and Outlook
2001 (advanced version)) is available, with a new fresh “aqua like”
buttons, and much more customization than the 4x series;
Click
here to go to the download page
MSN Explorer 6.1 – If you’re
a huge fan of MSN Messenger and most MSN products then, this is a download for you,
MSN Explorer integrates MSN Messenger, MSN Chat,
MSN Communities, MSN Hotmail, and many other MSN products
with the browser, MSN Explorer is based on Internet Explorer 6 technology, but
you can still download this even if you have Windows 95.
With MSN Explorer, you can go to Hotmail or use your Messenger easier than ever before, the look of MSN Explorer is way different than its sister browser: Internet Explorer. Available for download with Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP. Click Here to see what MSN Explorer looks like
Mozilla .9.2 –
This browser is based on future Netscape technology, The Mozilla browser allows
you to use customized skins
(Modern and Netscape style), and you can also download more if you wish. Mozilla includes an IRC Chat program so you
can chat with other IRC users world wide, Imported Internet Explorer Favorites,
integrates features that are native to the Netscape browser, including e-mail,
composer to create web pages, and an address book. Note: This is a beta browser and for some users it’s VERY buggy.
Mozilla .9.1 is available for Unix/Mac OS/Linux/Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP
Note: not yet available for Mac OS X
*Updated on June 29,2001*
On version .9.2, there is no skin support or very
terrible skin support, so wait till future updates before you download any
skins, until then, just use the Modern and Netscape skin
MSN Messenger – This is a chat program that allows you
to chat with people around the world who you have added to a list, or who have added
you to a list, with MSN Messenger, you can use emotions like smiley faces,
flowers, sun and moon, etc., With MSN Messenger, you can use it to talk to
people by using microphones and net meeting is
supported with MSN Messenger (until Windows Messenger comes out) so you can use
a camera to talk to someone face to face.
You can also talk to up to about 5 or 6 people in one window. You can share files on MSN Messenger, see if
you have any new e-mails on your hotmail account, and you can delete/add any
people who you want or don’t want on your list. Available for Mac OS/Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000
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July 11, 2001, Update:
Coming soon! – I am hoping within the next few weeks that I will be
adding a direct download off of this site to Winamp 3 Alpha, although its not
good with skins yet, n takes up lots more ram than winamp 2x, it will be the
next generation of Winamp Media Players
*More updates
soon*
