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Browser |
Extensions |
Graphic |
Animation |
Sound&Music |
Editors
E-mail |
Real time |
Newsgroups |
File transfer |
Telnet |
Data security |
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BROWSER
How to start the built-in firewall in Mac OS X
Camino - web browser, free
Firefox - web browser, free
Safari - web browser, free
Cyberdog - web browser, free
Netscape - web browser, free
MacLynx - fast lynx like text only browser, free (1.1m)
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BROWSER EXTENSIONS 
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GRAPHIC 
Graphic viewer, painting and drawing programs
Imagej - Java image viewer, plugins for various formats, free
BME - graphic conversion and paint program, free (1.3m)
JPEGView - image viewer 800K
NIH Image - paint program, free (1.05m)
Painter - paint program (980Kk)
Transparency - transparent background for GIF, free (26k)
Snapz Pro - screen capture program (1.1m)
GIFConverter - converts many graphic formats (500k)
GraphicConverter - converts major Internet graphic formats (600k)
GhostView - PostScript viewer, free
POV-Ray - renderer for Power Macintosh, free (6.5m)
POV-Ray - renderer for 68020 with FPU, free (6.4m)
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ANIMATION 
Gif animation and video programs
T@b ZS4 - Zweistein video editor for OSX, free
GifBuilder - gif animation builder, free (280k)
GiF.glF.giF PPC (260k)
or 68K (225k) - easy to use gif animator
QuickTime - player for QuickTime movies
Smart Dubbing - converts QuickTime movies to GIF animations, free (100k)
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SOUND & MUSIC 
SoundApp PPC BinHex
68K BinHex
PPC MBII
68K MBII
- MP3, WAVE, MIDI ... playing and converting, free
Easy MP3 Player - MP3 player, free
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EDITORS 
HTML and text editors
Nvu - html editor, free
BBEdit Lite - useful editor, free
SubEthaEdit - advanced text editor for group work, free
Yudit - tex teditor width unicode support, free
Page Spinner PPC (2.7m) or
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E-MAIL 
TOLD - for EIMS, tags unsoliceted e-mails, (free, 2m)
Pegasus Mail - good mail program with many extras, free
Eudora light - STMP and POP mail package, free
Mac GPG - GNU version of PGP for Mac OS X, free
Mixfit - mixmaster remailing for Macintosh
Remailer List - current list with uptimes.
[Procmail: You will need a shell account to run the scripts by yourself or an administrator or internet provider who integrates the scripts]
E-mail Sanitizer - procmail filter scripts deactivating executable content.
Spambouncer.org - procmail filter scripts to handle unsolicited e-mails.
Timo Salmi's procmail tips - and a procmail based
e-mail password system.
(related: reading e-mail headers)
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REAL TIME COMMUNICATION 
Chat and similar programs
Adiumx - instant messaging with encryption and file transfer, free
Fire - using various instant messaging protocols, OS X, free
Ircle - fluent chat program
OTChat - chat server, free (150k)
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FTP 
Fetch - good FTP program (970k)
NetFinder - good FTP program (3m)
Anarchie - a FTP and Archie file find combination, (1.5m)
Tip: You can use your browser to access ftp sites which require a special
user name and password. Enter in the location line an address in the form of
ftp://username:password@ftp.servername.com
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NEWSGROUP READER 
NewsWatcher - usenet reader (670k)
Nuntius - free (1m)
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TELNET 
ITerm - VT100, Xterm terminal emulation for OS X, free
NiftyTelnet SSH - log in with the SSH protocol, free (560k)
NiftyTelnet - good telnet program with optional authentication and encryption, free
Better Telnet PPC
- telnet program with many options, free
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DATA SECURITY 
Burn - permanent file deletion, free
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