![]() You can create documents that are pretty good with compatibility, but reading and modifying existing Microsoft Office documents is a different story, so be careful. This software is very good, but NOT fully compatible with Microsoft Office products as claimed. Open Office - a free open source complete office suite which is able to exchange documents in native and commercial formats.This is my pick of the free system protection bunch. Microsoft Security Essentials - free virus checking/protection software.ClamWin Antivirus - free, open source antivirus software that rivals commercial products.EXIF Viewer - this adds a right-click context menu option to view EXIF data on any image on the web.Google Similar Pages - click this button to show pages that are similar to the page you are currently viewing.Speed Dial - replace the default new tab page with a nice manageable list of favourite sites where you can control how many items are visible.Session manager is a bookmark for all the currently open tabs - you can revisit your research anytime Session Manager - often, researching a topic involves lots of open tabs, some with hard to find again content.iReader - magically takes a cluttered web page and just gives you clean, easy to read content.Web Cache - when you hit a page that is no longer available, just use buttons from the Web Cache plugin to automatically open the page from a variety of internet archive sources.Of course, ChromePlus can use Chrome extensions. My favourite plugin for ChromePlus at the moment is iReader - makes articles on web pages awesomely readable. Though there is an IE Tab plugin for Chrome, I have found that it drops sessions when trying to use the back button, as well as other issues that just don't happen in ChromePlus's implementation. ![]() Since I've been using it, ChromePlus has stood up as a true standalone browser with its built-in IE Tab functionality and other lesser tweaks that make for a smooth browsing experience. You still need to revert to the trusty old IE to visit some sites, especially for work. Whilst Chrome aims to be a reliable bare-bones browser, it does not completely replace Internet Explorer on Windows. We've all heard of Chrome by now, the super-fast browser by Google based on its open source Chromium. ChromePlus - special build of Chromium as a browser replacement for Chrome.In general, most of the software listed below is free for personal or commercial use, though in some cases a paid commercial license is required. I encourage you to review the licenses and terms of use for any software package you choose to download. Most of the software listed doesn't cost anything, I have only included commercial software where there is no alternative that does not cost money. It is a distinct list that does not overload you with alternatives, it has a focus on quality - the right tools for the job. Always wait until the last seconds.This list is a result of years of working in software & web development. If I was bidding in an auction I would never bid early, as this only raises the end price. ![]() Here is another link explaning sniping and listing some commonly used sniping tools. Here is an explanation of this phenomenon from Ebay. This is perfectly legal and is great if an auction is set to end in the early hours of the morning, as it automates the bidding process, so you don't have to wait up (having said that, the proxy service achieves that same thing, its just not as easy to grasp for newcomers). Sniping is the use of a piece of software that allows bidders to schedule a bid to be made in the last seconds of an auction. It will only go to the maximum price if the other bidders have pushed the price that high.Īnother reason that you may be losing the auction in the last seconds is because of sniping. To use this service, you need to let Ebay know the maximum bid you are willing to make. This means that every bid is automatically incremented by Ebay on the bidders behalf. Either the other bidder has configured his bid so that ebay will automatically bid for him as a proxy. In fact this is usually the result of another bidders actions. This is not some sinister plot by the seller to remove his product from the auction when the price offered is too low. Sorry this is a bit of a longwinded explanation of why this happens, but is well worth knowing if you want to get good bargains on ebay.Īlot of new users express cynacism at the fact the so many auctions seem to be lost in the dying seconds of the auction. I was looking at thread in the 'forums' forum suggesting that we have a forum for online shopping and was surprised to hear so many people querying why they were losing auctions in the last minute on Ebay.
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