Links: Downloadable Software

Downloading in general

• Download.com -- Part of CNet. A good place to start if you're looking for something (anything) that can be downloaded.

Software: great apps and tools

• TextPad -- A great plain text editor, especially if you do any programming. I keep finding another useful feature--"it does that too!" The demo is free and only reminds you to buy it on startup and when you save. (I paid for it because I thought it was a great piece of software.)
• RFFlow -- A fantastic program to create flow charts and diagrams. The demo is limited in the number of objects you can include in a single chart.
• Arachnophilia -- An excellent website authoring tool. It's "careware", which is monetarily free). Version 5.0 has recently been rewritten in Java, though I'm still rather partial to 4.0.
• Xenu Link Sleuth -- A free link checker for you website. This handy tool will tell you which links on which pages are broken or being redirected.

Games: freeware, demos, and shareware:

• Backgammon -- By JellyFish and built on a very effective neural network. I have the Light 3.5. This isn't like playing your grandma. Bend over and prepare to be shafted. Repeatedly.
• Spiderweb Software -- Home of the Exhile and Nethergate shareware games: massive RPGs. What they lack in flashy effects, they make up for in map size and witty text. (I bought the whole Exhile trilogy. Great buy!)
• Dink Smallwood -- A fun freeware RPG game, formerly commercially-released. (As Betrayal at Krondor was.)

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