May I have Your Opinions Please On The Best Psion Software

JonB · May I have Your Opinions Please On The Best Psion Software

Hello everyone.

Recently (well months ago now, but work got in my way Sad

) I got an email back from Martin about some software I'd sent him, in his email he mentioned he'd dropped by my website and commented that my Extras bar screenshot showed I had very little software installed. I was surpirsed, I considered it nearly full so I took a look at his 'Hardware & Software' article and was impressed to see several ExtraBars totalling around two or three times the number of apps.

This week I started trying out some of the ones I hadn't heard off or used previously and it got me thinking...

How many other Psion users have never even seen some of these programs? How many of you use progams I've never heard about, and vice versa.

I would like everyone that comes on this forum to leave a message about your favourite/most used EPOC programs, and leave off the ROM apps please, let's try to compile a lovely long list of third-party apps here so we can all learn something and hopefully have a few new toys to play with Very Happy

I'll start us off.

TomeRaider. I'm sure you've all heard of it but one thing that I only found recently was that if you drop by the Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (English), the online encyclopedia written by "normal people", you'll notice it's amazing in detail and very useful. Well you can get it in a .tr file at http://members.chello.nl/epzachte/Wikipedia/DownloadTR3.html making sure you download a TomeRaider 2 file and not a newer TR3 file of course. It takes up quite a bit of room at over 450MB but it's an amazing thing to have on your Psion. Plus all the other more common files you can get make it one of the most useful reference programs of ANY platform in my mind.

I'm also a big puzzle games player and my Psions never disappoints me, to anyone who loves puzzles/strategy I recommend: Alignment, NoMans Land, Pebbles, psAddle, PsiJong, Psynergy, Quad and last and best I think -- Splitter.

I look forward to reading everyone elses.... Please.... Smile

Jonas

Here's a list I created by myself & PsiDat:
http://free.pages.at/boni/software.html

As you see, the Description is in German but the Stars are more important anyway Wink

There's also a list placed at http://psionwelt.de/workshop/PW_Top100_2003.htm (also German...)

Most important and often used for me are:
WinEpoc
Alarm+
Macro5
nICQ
FastBackup
View+

Greets, Jonas

Kees vd Straten

Hello JonB

Most important and often used for me are:

Alarm+
Macro5
BackUp
View+
TomeRaider
Locker
Chadis7
MagiKeys
ABP5
EpocSync
StartUp
Gen5
SysBack
REM (RepEvMail) + Groups
SpellX
Procyon R-X-XL
Solun
HotKeyVGA
Menus5
CodeSafe
PostIt

MartinG

Interesting thread. I think that I've got somewhere between 250-300 apps installed on my machine. I'll see if I can compile a list in the next few days...

Martin

Jonas

(very easy to be made with View+. you can generate a list of your programs with it...)

MartinG

Ah - good tip! I didn't know it did that. Okay, so I've now made the list much faster than I thought I would. Here's a complete dump (with apologies for the length of the list and the fact that it still contains the ROM apps):-

4 InALine
AGeneDB
Aaahh
ActionPlanner
Agenda
AgnClean
AgnDump
AgnPrint
Alarm+
AlarmScan
AppLink
Artillery
Assistant
Asteroids
Audio
BMIPro
Backup
Bkgmmn
BlooBox
Bombs
Brainstormer
Bridge
BridgePro
Broker
BusyView
Calc
CalliGrapher
ChaDis7
CharMap
CheckDisk
Checkers
Chess
Chinese Chess
CleanIt
Clip-It
Clock5
Clueless
CoBuild
CodeSafe
Collins EF
ColourMix
Comms
Compact
Companion
Conjugue
Contacts
ConvertPro
CreativeMind
Crypto
Data
Demarco
Dic
DirPrintV4
DiskEditor
DreamConnect
DriveMap
E-F
E-G
E-I
E-S
EBook
EShell
Editor
Email
Empower
Enigma
EpocBackup
EpocChat
EpocSync
Exodus
Expenses
ExtraBars
Extras
FTP Server
FastBackup
Fax
Fax editor
Fax viewer
Ferret
FileDump
FileSwitch
Filer
Find
FixIt
FlCalc5
FlFinger
Frodo
FrotzS5
Gen5
Go
Goby
Gomoku
Groups
Hol5
HomeRun
HtmlConv
HtmlEdit
IconPatcher
ImageJ
Imaging
Installer
IntegDemo
Invader5
Invaders
Invasion
Irda Fix
JB5StopGo
JB5Utils
JPE
Jabble
Jotter
Jumpy!
K2
KeyDirect
Klip
Launcher
Lifeplan
Link
Logit
M5Logger
MBMView
MBornes7
MaM
Macro5
MagicKeys
MailArc
MakeOver
Manager
Master
Maze3D
MeetMan
Meter
Mind
Mindt
MiniCalc
Mobireader
Money
Monopoly
Montana 7
Mr Matt
MyCar
Navigator
NetStatRF
NetUtils
NightKeys
NoMans..
NoRevPlus
NotePlan
Notepad
O&X
OPL
OPLprot
OPXscan
OneMBM
Opera
OplError
Optimise
Orga
Othello
PC
PGG
PGP
PNPlus
PacMan
Palette
Parish 5
Pathway
PdbRead
Pdf+
Pebbles
PhoneMan
Phrase
PicSee
Pipeline
Plan
Porfolio
PostIt
PowerBase
Presentation
Procyon XL
Program
PsiBio
PsiDat
PsiJong
PsiNMEA
PsiROMx
PsiTris
PsiWallpaper
Quad
QuickNote
QuoteMyMail
RMRDraw
RMRFTP
RMRNews
RMRReverse
RMRSnake
RMRZip
ReDate
Reclaim
Record
Remapper
ResCodes
Reversi
Revertris
RmrArt
Route
S5Pic
SMS
SafeOPL
SafePlace
SameGame
SaveMail
Sdict
Sheet
Shipmania
Signature
Silan
SimCity
Sink
Sink2
Sketch
SmartFormat
SmtpAuth
Smuggers
Solitaire
Solitaire DX
Sound
SoundTrans
Spell
SpellX
Spy
StartUp
Stickies
Street
Sudoku
Symlink
SysBack
System
TasMan
TaskMan
Terra Force
Text viewer
TheDialer
Theole
Tickle
Tile Fall
Time
TimeCalc
TimeLog
TimeLog
TimePlan
ToDo
Toast
TomeRaider
Tomeraider
Toolbar Patcher
Tools
Trainer
TubeRoute
V-Rally
VNC
VNC viewer
VReader5
VRule
VacTrac5
Vexed
View+
WPMan
Wall
Wap
Web
WebCol
Whist
WinMail
Wombat
Word
Word viewer
X-LinK
XChange
XT Emulator
Xtras
YFH Subst
Yacht
Zheroes
Zoom
_2ConnectU
_abp5
deVender
dirdir
dpTbDemo
ebc
iBattery
iContacts
jCompile
jRun
jZip
jsLogix
makeBook
nConvert
nFTP
nIRC
nSISUtil
nSwitcher
plBeam
psAddle
vCal
vCard
zExe

JonB · Martins List

Ladies, Gentlemen and Psion Web Browsers I would like to pronounce Martin the winner of the most applications installed! Congratulations, you certainly deserve the title Smile

I would however like to know if anyone who's dumped a list has any more-or-less unknown gems in their System\Apps?

Jonas

Only got ±250 apps...

ohsix

There's *no* way I can compete with you folks! I won't list every 3rd-party app I have loaded on the netBook and 5mx, but will give a list of what I *really* use. Most are on both machines. In addition to the built-in apps, I *use*:

abp5
Alarm+
Backup (5mx only)
Biklog5
BusyView
CityMaps
ColorMagic (nB only)
Crypto
FastBackup (nB only)
Ferret
Collins Eng-Fr-Eng dictionary
Collins Eng-Ger-Eng dictionary
Gen5
iContacts
JB5StopGo
Macro5
Merlin
nSwitcher
PsiWallpaper
ResetPlus
RoutePlanner

I do enjoy messing about with other apps, but in the real world, the above are what get used.

Keith

Kees vd Straten

I agree what Keith says, tell use the programs which you realy use
I forgot very important programs for me

Fonts and PDF+ by Sander van der Wal
ColorMagic
Atomic Time
Restart

nConvert

JonB · Thanks

Thanks guys, thats the sort of thing I'm after here. A list of people's favourite program(s) or most used program(s), and if you can be bothered even a reason or two.

Thanks again.

Kees vd Straten

Oke Jon, here the reasons for using the following apps. In my opinion they are all superb.

Alarm+ - Updating by DST, cuts the alarms, and starts after a reset the app Sysback.
SysBack - Brings my Psion after a reset in his old settings (screen, link, toolbar, ..)
Macro5 - This is my shell to start programs and macro's in a quick way
BackUp - In my opinion the best backup program, because it makes a backup when the the Psion and me are sleeping at 01.00 o'clock.
View+ - A file manager program with MANY MANY MANY options. SUPERB
TomeRaider - There are a lot off encyclopaedia's in this format
Locker - A password program, with a delay function.
MagiKeys - With this macro program I can import standard text or words with a few keyboard clicks.
ABP5 - A Banking Program for you Psion, the layout isn't superb, but in the possibilities, it's a superb program.
EpocSync - With this program I can do a synchronisation with my other Psions
StartUp - With StartUp you can startup all your favourite programs at ones
Gen5 - Now I know who I am and where I come from Smile

REM (RepEvMail) + Groups - I do my email with my netBook and with these programs it's a joy to make a reply or to make an email for a group persons.
The REM layout:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Martin Guthrie <martin(@)pscience(5).net> sent on
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:01:15 +0100 the following mail :

Hello Martin,

You wrote:

* Sure, here's the document. Smile

Thank you for the quick reply

--

Regards,

Kees.
----------------------------------------------------------

SpellX - Now I can change the language of my spelling checker.
Procyon R-X-XL - THE astronomical program for you Psion, with MANY MANY options and it's VERY accurate in his job. Try it.
Solun - Also an astronomical program for you Psion, with MANY MANY options.
HotKeyVGA - This program you need by you Voyager VGA card for you presentations
Menus5 - An other shell program to launch othe program's or documents
CodeSafe - Here I can protect private information
PostIt - Now you don't need the postit papers anymore.
Fonts - Now I can see the real fonts on my Psion
PDF+ - The PDF reader for my Psion
ColorMagic - With this program you can give you Psion an other external. (Is this the right word?)
Atomic Time - Now you Psion show you always the right time. Every time when you connect your Psion to the Internet the time will be adjusted.
Restart - With this program you can make easy a softrest.

Jonas

Err, Kees, why do you need SysBack if you already use Alarm+?!

Kees vd Straten

Jonas

Well, if you tick everything in the first tab in Alarm+ and also save the actual settings, it recreates the settings after a reset. Like SysBack but more faster...

Greets, Jonas

Kees vd Straten

MartinG

Okay, I'm now feeling rather guilty for being lazy and just posting everyhing on my machine! Embarassed

Here's a list of non-ROM apps. that I actually use on a regular basis:

PsiDat: The ultimate database tool - and home of Pscience5's pages to boot. And free!

NetUtils: Very hand networking utilities. A must for anyone connecting over Ethernet or WiFi. Also free.

SmtpAuth: SMTP authorisation program since it's not built into EPOC Email. Free again.

MBMView: The ultimate graphics viewing program. Formerly shareware but now free.

RMRZip: An essential zip program for EPOC. Shareware.

BackUp: Ralph Sprenger's version. I like the interface although this is a shareware utility that you can get for free elsewhere.

Crypto: For all those 'sensitive' little files that you prefer to keep secret! Freeware

Toggle!: My own free apps: 'Sound' and 'Link' for easily switching these on and off. I use them as macros.

RoutePlanner (& Citymaps): The ultimate mapping programs for EPOC. Commercial.

abp5: A Banking Program. I've used Malcolm's finance program for many years as it imports files from my bank directly and I can't see any good reason to change! Freeware.

Porfolio: For tracking my shares. Shareware.

Tomeraider: An ultimate reference program - I use it with the OED, Rogets Thesaurus, etc.

ExtraBars: I prefer the UI of this to Macro5 and other program launchers. Shareware.

ebc: For colouring in my ExtraBars! Freeware.

nSISUtil: Very handy for programmers like me! Freeware.

Gen5: A geneology program. I'm currently on a 'family tree' kick! Shareware.

Atomic Time: Keeps me chronologically correct! Freeware

AlarmPlus: Recovers all the system settings after a reset and looks after Summer/Winter times, etc. Freeware.

ResetPlus: Easy way to reset if necessary. Freeware.

Of course, I actually use a lot more programs ,apps, and macros than this - but these are the ones I use almost every day...

Martin

Kees vd Straten

Is there nobody else who can tell something about his or her software?

Half-Saint

Anyone here that still uses a 5MX as their primary PDA or am I the only one Smile

As I'm new to Psion I'm only using:
PDF - PDF reader
S5Dive - great piece of software for keeping track of my dives
PlBeam - makes IR so much easier

Still learning my way on the Psion playground. Looking for apps to customize my desktop and make the computer even more useful.

I noticed some of you've got PDF+. How'd you register it?

Btw, it would appear that there are only 5 active members on this board Confused

Cheers
Bojan

JonB · New

You'll still find a few people posting a week. The forums always worth a read.

As for PDF+ you can still find it at http://www.mbrainsoftware.com/Psion/Pdf/Pdf.htm

For customizing I'd try Color Magic and Alarm Plus.

I don't still use my 5mx as my primary, but I do still use it. Martin tends to post a good few apps a month I can play with Smile

If you're looking for apps thats why I asked everyone what they use, there's a lot of good suggestions on this post, I'd recommend dropping in on the Pscience5.net Articles page and look at Martins Hardware/Software setup, you can also drop in on mine at www.baker.karoo.net on the Psion page.

If there's anything specific you're looking for, feel free to ask, someone will reply, they always do Smile

Half-Saint · Re: New

JonB · Pdf+

No it is a demo. Click on Buy down the left side to purchase it, I believe it's around £15/$25.

Kees vd Straten · Re: New

May I have Your Opinions Please On The Best Psion Software

Martins List

Thanks

New

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Pdf+

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