It’s time for the annual survey where we ask what apps are you using? It’s real simple, tell us what tools, apps, languages and add-ons you are currently using to get your job done?
Here are mine:
- Operating System - XP
- Graphics Program - Adobe Fireworks
- Programming IDE - Visual Studio 2008
- Languages - ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS
- FTP - SmartFTP and FileZilla
- Browser - Firefox and IE7
- Mail Client - Gmail
- Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
- Firewall - ZoneAlarm
- Others - Firebug, Trillian
What are yours?
July 21st, 2008 at 9:23 am
* Operating System - Vista Ultimate 64bit
* Graphics Program - The GIMP
* Programming IDE - Notepad ++
* Languages - CSS, some Javascript
* Source Control - ? (too 1337 for me)
* FTP - FileZilla
* Browser - Firefox and IE8 beta
* Mail Client - Gmail
* Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
* Firewall - Threatfire, hardware firewall
* Others - Firebug, Mibbit, Songbird
July 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am
Operating System - XP, Vista, sometimes Ubuntu
Graphics Program - Adobe Fireworks
Languages - HTML/CSS, Javascript, Actionscript
FTP - FileZilla
Browser(s) - Firefox, IE6, IE7, Opera, Safari…
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Pidgin, Winamp
July 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am
Operating System - XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, GIMP, InkScape
Programming IDE - Dreamweaver, but I’m switching to Eclipse.
Languages - PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
FTP - SmartFTP and FileZilla
Browser - Firefox, IE7, IE6, Opera, Safari (I test in all of them)
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - I used to have AVG, with with AVG 8 I switched to AntiVir. I just didn’t like AVG 8.
Firewall - Comodo (I like it much better than Zone Alarm)
Others - I can’t live without these. FireBug, HTML Validator (for Firefox), Web Developer Toolbar (for Firefox), CCleaner (to keep my system running well), Notepad++, XAMPP, Spybot, LogMeIn.
I think that is it.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:37 am
* Operating System - FreeBSD
* Graphics Program - The Gimp
* Programming IDE - vim, emacs
* Languages - C, Python, Lisp JavaScript
* Source Control - git
* FTP - ftp is builtin
* Browser - Firefox
* Mail Client - Gmail, Thunderbird, sendmail
* Anti-Virus - none
* Firewall - pf
* Others - Firebug
PS: CSS is not a language
July 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
* Operating System - XP
* Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop/MS Paint
* Programming IDE - Notepad2
* Languages - PHP, MySQL, CSS/HTML
* FTP - FlashFXP
* Browser - Firefox 3
* Mail Client - Gmail
* Anti-Virus - Symantec
* Firewall - ZoneAlarm
* Others - This is too broad for me to handle, the first two off the top of my head: Trillian, OpenOffice
July 21st, 2008 at 2:22 pm
* Operating System - XP
* Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
* Programming IDE - Dreamweaver and TextPad 5
* Languages - PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS
* Source Control - TortoiseSVN
* FTP - AceFTP3 and FileZilla
* Browser - Firefox
* Mail Client - Outlook and Gmail
* Anti-Virus - Norton
* Firewall - Norton
* Others - Microsoft Virtual PC, Abyss Web Server, Winamp and iTunes
July 21st, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Operating System - Vista Ultimate
Graphics Program - Adobe Fireworks
Programming IDE - Dreamweaver
Languages - CSS, HTML, PHP, javascript
FTP - AceFTP and Dreamweaver
Browser - Opera & Firefox
Mail Client - Opera
Anti-Virus - Avast
Firewall - Hardware
Others - Firebug, Skype, Font Xplorer, Keybreeze, PngOptimiser, Freshbooks, e-Record
July 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
By the way, it looks like the clearfix on #center-content doesn’t work correctly in Opera 9.5.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
* Operating System - XP
* Graphics Program - Adobe Fireworks
* Programming IDE - Visual Studio 2008, Dreamweaver
* Languages - PHP, C++, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
* Source Control - Git
* FTP - FireFTP
* Browser - Firefox, IE7, Opera, Safari
* Mail Client - Gmail, school’s
* Anti-Virus - Norton Antivirus
* Others (Use them constantly)- Firebug, Pidgin, WebDeveloper, REXT, Notepad++
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:49 am
* Operating System - Mac OS X Leopard
* Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
* Programming IDE - Adobe Dreamweaver
* Languages - CSS, HTML, PHP, Actionscript
* Source Control -
* FTP - Cyberduck
* Browser - Firefox
* Mail Client - Gmail
* Anti-Virus - none
* Firewall - none
* Others - Adium, Coda from Panic, CuteFTP,
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
* Operating System - Vista
* Graphics Program - Adobe, MS Paint
* Programming IDE - Visual Studio
* Languages - JavaScript, CSS, html, php
* Source Control -
* FTP - SmartFTP and FileZilla
* Browser - Firefox 2
* Mail Client - ThunderBird
* Anti-Virus - BitDefender
* Firewall - Thru BitDefender product
* Others - CCleaner, Kompozer
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 am
* Operating System - Leopard
* Graphics Program - Photoshop
* Programming IDE -
* Languages -
* Source Control -
* FTP - Cyberduck
* Browser - Firefox 3
* Mail Client - Mail w/ Gmail
* Anti-Virus - None Needed
* Firewall - None Needed
* Others - Safari, Adium
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Operating System - Windows XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Adobe Dreamweaver, Notepad
Languages - CSS/HTML
FTP - BulletProof FTP
Browser - Firefox 2 & IE6
Mail Client - Outlook
Anti-Virus - AVG
Firewall - Hardware Based
Others - Sony Vegas, tons of video and audio editing & capture software,
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Operating System - Windows XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Dreamweaver
Languages - CSS, HTML, PHP, javascript
FTP - FileZilla
Browser - Firefox 3, IE7
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - Avast
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Web Developper Firefox Plugin
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Operating System - XP
Graphics Program - Photoshop CS3, Inkscape
Programming IDE - Eclipse, Dreamweaver
Languages - HTML,CSS,JavaScript,ASP
Source Control - svn, cvs
FTP - Dreamweaver
Browser - Firefox, IE6, IE7, Safari 3
Mail Client - Gmail, Thunderbird
Anti-Virus - TrendMicro
Firewall -
Others - Firebug, Web Developer, ScreenGrab, Fireshot, DustMe Selectors, GridFox, ColorZilla, FavLoc, Google Notebook, Pencil
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
* Operating System - XP
* Graphics Program - Paint.NET, The GIMP
* Programming IDE - Heh. That’s funny!
* Browser - Firefox
* Mail Client - Gmail
* Anti-Virus - Avast!
* Firewall - XP
* Others - Colorzilla
July 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Operating System - MacOS X Leopard
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Coda
Languages - CSS, HTML, PHP
FTP - Transmit
Browser - Safari, FF
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - n/a
Firewall - n/a
Others - CSSEdit, FF Web Developer Plugin
July 27th, 2008 at 5:03 am
* Operating System - XP Pro
* Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop CS3
* Programming IDE - Aptana Studio
* Languages - XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
* Source Control - SVN (Tortoise)
* FTP - DreamWeaver (lol)
* Browser - FF3, OP9.5
* Mail Client - Gmail, Outlook
* Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
* Firewall - Windows Firewall!!!
* Others - Firebug, Notepadd++, PSpad, Launchy etc. etc.
July 27th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Operating System - XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Dreamweaver
Languages - CSS, XHTML, PHP
FTP - FileZilla
Browser - Firefox and IE7
Mail Client - Hotmail and Gmail
Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus PRO
Firewall - Sygate Personal Firewall PRO
Others - FF Web Developer Plugin, Colorzilla
July 28th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Operating System - Windows XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - vim, emacs
Languages - CSS, HTML, PHP, javascript
FTP - FileZilla
Browser - Firefox 3
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - Avast
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Web Developper Firefox Plugin
July 28th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Operating System - Leopard OS X (w/ XP on VM just in case)
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, ImageWell
Programming IDE - M$ Visual Basic, Notepad++
Languages - CSS, HTML, VBScript
Source Control - NA
FTP - Transmit
Browser - Firefox 3
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - Nada
Firewall - OS X’s
Others - Twitteriffic, Quicksilver, Adium, Dropbox, WriteRoom, Google Notebook, M$ Office
July 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Operating System - OS X Leopard
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Coda
Languages - PHP 5, Javascript, CSS
Source Control - Subversion
FTP - Transmit
Browser - Firefox and Safari
Mail Client - Mail
Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Firebug, Trillian
July 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Operating System - XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Adobe Dreamweaver
Languages - PHP 5, Javascript, CSS, HTML
FTP - CuteFTP
Browser - Firefox and Safari
Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Firebug, Trillian
July 30th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Operating System - XP
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop, GIMP 2.4
Programming IDE - Crimson Editor
Languages - HTML, CSS, PHP
FTP - Fireftp
Browser - Firefox 3
Anti-Virus - Avast! 4
Firewall - Comodo
July 30th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Operating System - Vista
Graphics Program - Photoshop, Illustrator
Programming IDE - PSPad
Languages - (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Source Control - Subversion
FTP - SmartFTP and FileZilla
Browser - Firefox 2 & 3, others for testing (IE6 & 7, Safari, Opera)
Mail Client - Outlook
Anti-Virus - AVG Antivirus
Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Others - Firebug, Trillian, Bridge, PicLens, Flash, MooTools
July 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Operating System - OSX Leopard
Graphics Program - iPhoto, Aperature, Photoshop CS3
Programming IDE - Dreamweaver
Languages - HTML, PHP, CSS
FTP - Fetch
Browser - Firefox 3
Mail Client - Gmail
Anti-Virus - Having an Apple
July 31st, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Operating System - Vista, XP on a backup/testing machine
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Programming IDE - TextPad
Languages - PHP, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript
Source Control - Subversion
FTP - FileZilla
Browser - Firefox for browsing, everything else for testing
Mail Client - Windows Mail, Gmail. Supposed to be switching to Thunderbird but I haven’t gotten around to it.
Anti-Virus - Symantec Norton
Firewall - Symantec Norton
Others - Skype, OpenOffice
August 1st, 2008 at 9:38 am
* Operating System - Vista Home Premium
* Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop CS3
* Programming IDE - Eclipse Ganymede
* Languages - Java, JavaScript, CSS
* Source Control - Subversion
* Browser - Opera, Firefox and IE7
* Mail Client - Gmail, Yahoo Mail
* Anti-Virus - Zonealarm
* Firewall - ZoneAlarm
* Others - Firebug, FeedDemon, Google Talk,
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 am
Operating System - Mac OS X Leopard
Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
Programming IDE - Textmate
Languages - CSS, Js, C++, Ruby, Python
Source Control - Subversion
FTP - Transmit
Browser - Firefox and Fluid
Mail Client - Mail.app
Anti-Virus - It’s a mac
Firewall - Little Snitch
Others - iTunes, VLC, Adium, Guitar Pro, Audacity
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
* Operating System - Fedora 9 (Linux Kernel)
* Graphics Program - GIMP
* Programming IDE - Anjuta, Eclipse, CodeComposer Studio, LabVIEW, Matlab/Simulink/TargetLink
* Languages - C, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, LaTeX, CSS, (X)HTML, g (LAbVIEW), Matlab/Simulink/TargetLink
* Source Control - Subversion
* FTP - FileZilla and Gnomes Virtual-File-System
* Browser - Firefox 3.1, Epiphany 2.22.2, Opera 9.51, Internet Explorer 7
* Mail Client - Evolution and Gmail
* Anti-Virus - none, though ClamAV is installed
* Firewall - iptables (with Fedoras graphical front-end)
* Others - Pidgin, Banshee, Audacity, Battle for Wesnoth, VIM, OpenOffice, …