Useful tools

Submitted by florian on Mon, 2005-03-14 11:37.
In the local intranet we are currently setting up a download folder that contains useful tools for collaborative writing, editing, publishing etc. Participants at the meeting can access this repository at: http://potsdam.mode05.org/download. There are separate subdirectories for windows and mac users. Please make sure, that you choose the proper operating system!

  • Better than Internet Explorer is Firefox: no pop-ups, no spyware, faster, safer, costumizable and free.
    Firefox for Mac
    Firefox for Windows
  • SubEthaEdit is (available only for Mac) is a powerful and lean text editor. And it's the only collaborative one you can actually use. By combining the ease of Rendezvous with the world's best text collaboration engine, it makes working together not only possible but even fun…
  • VLC VideoLan Player (available for Mac, Linux and Windows) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols
    VLC for Mac OS X
    VLC for Windows
  • SCPlugin (Mac only) is a contextual menu plugin that lets you run Subversion from the Mac OS X 10.3 Finder... In order to use it you probably need additional support and access to the repository.
  • Tortoise SVN enables you to access the Subversion repository through Windows Explorer. In order to use it you probably need additional support and access to the repository.
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