Applications > Lotus Development Applications

Advantages: Cheap, Good features, Excellent when used with lotus Smart Suite.
Disadvantages: German spell checker isnt all that good (but the english is, spot on. And its British English not American)

...like Lotus, but then again, Lotus doesn't really like them. Lotus Word Pro 97 is a good overall Word processor. Sure, it doesn't have all the facilities that Microsoft Word does, but it's cheap. Good for students and people on a tight budget, and when used with Lotus Smart Suite, its Excellent. Offers all the Major features that Microsoft Office does, at a fraction of the cost. A wide range of Templates, for everything from Letter writing, to Project ... Read review

Advantages: far more than just an email client
Disadvantages: requires specialist support and setting up

Lotus Notes is a business tool. It is of very limited use to an individual user working in isolation. Rather than try and regurgitate individual bullet points which are listed on IBMs site, I will try and explain just what Notes is, and why it is of immense value to business. To describe Lotus Notes as an email client is rather missing the point. It's true that about 90% of the work it handles is electronic mail, however that's only part of the ...
...from other packages such as Lotus SmartSuite and Microsoft Office. As a simple mail client, Notes can connect to the standard internet type mail servers, using POP3 and SMTP. This ignores the real power of the software. It can also be used as a web browser, however it was never really designed to act as your 'main browser' and tends to be rather slow and cumbersome at this task. To gain the full advantage of Lotus Notes you need a 'Domino' server ... Read review

Advantages: ease of use
Disadvantages: expensive

Lotus 1-2-3 (millennium edition) is a simple spreadsheet package offering a host of functionality. This latest version has a useful 'help' section and many 'fast' keys to get you through the calculations as quickly as possible. A very useful feature is the 'smartmaster' sets of pre-loaded templates such as: expense reports; creating invoices; budget planning, etc. Importing and exporting data couldn't be simplier between the Lotus Smartsuite range ... Read review

Advantages: Great price compared to others, vast amount of tools, seemless editing
Disadvantages: Adds noise involuntarily

...thought I would go buy Corel Paint Shop Pro X2. I paid about £25 for it in total to be shipped from america on ebay. Not bad, considering that other places and shops were selling it for anything up to £40. I was expecting the CD to come in a plastic DVD case meaning there would be room for an instruction manual. It actually came in a cardboard tyvek sleeve thing, meaning no instruction manual or tips and tricks. The back of the sleeve just stated ...
...a little bit on system requirements. When loading the CD, the menu comes up asking if you want to download the program, a 'videostudio 11 trial' or some sample filters, which is pretty generous. Fortunately there is also an option to view the user guide on this menu, which makes up for the lack of instruction manual. The instalation of the program itself is pretty tedious, it slows up everything else youre doing and takes about 5 minutes on my ... Read review

Advantages: Free, versatile, suits home networks, not just a firewall
Disadvantages: Slightly more hands-on than some would like

...'Comodo' kept cropping up. Comodo Firewall Pro, despite the name, is free with a lifetime licence. It comes as part of a whole range of security software, including anti-virus, anti-malware (that's spyware sent by someone called Malcolm), web-site authentication, and e-mail security, all free. I haven't ventured past the firewall yet on my main PC, since I'm quite happy to stick with the AVG 8.0 free anti-virus software until someone can give me ...
...duration, until prompted by the Comodo install process' need to contact the internet. Installation went smoothly with very little input from the user. Initially, this can take a long time, around 50 minutes in my case as it respectfully suggests that you have your PC scanned for potential threats. 110,000 files later……. For those with a single machine, that's really all there is to it. True, you CAN put the software into a 'learning mode' whilst ... Read review