Need help with a Christmas present

[htitos]

You could add a couple of the most used add-ons for Firefox and Thunderbird. Also you could add a html file with some good web links in it.

[corfy]

You could add a couple of the most used add-ons for Firefox and Thunderbird.

I thought about that, but I find it hard enough to keep up with the latest program updates, keeping up with the latest updates from extensions is probably more work than what I want to go through. And trying to keep up with what is the most popular isn't that easy, either. However, I do mention that extensions can be added and even link to the extensions websites.

While my main thrust of this is for Christmas, I try to keep up with the latest changes so that I can burn another CD or two as needed during the year. As you can see, that is a lot of programs to keep up with... some are easier than others.

I will say that I had a hard time deciding whether to add Sunbird or Lightning. They are both Mozilla's calendar program, but Lightning is an extension to integrate the calendar into Thunderbird, while Sunbird is a stand-alone program. Ultimately, I chose Sunbird so that it can be used even if Thunderbird isn't the users' main email program.

Also you could add a html file with some good web links in it.

That's a good idea. I already have some links on the CD, mainly pointing to the programs' websites or forums, or to things like the website for Firefox extensions, but adding some other links would be a nice addition to the CD and wouldn't take up any space (or at least, very minimal space). Thanks for the idea.

[jacques1400]

Here's one, FileHippo has a totally free update checker utility that handles quite a few programs and works trouble free, I have been using it for a few months now and it's great.
While we are on the subject, does anyone know of a similar FREE program that actually checks for the latest drivers ??

[Granite]

I'm suprised you don't put Quicktime and Divx on there!

Also Infranview is a great picture edit and more importantly picture conversion software. My favorite is that is very easily converts PCD files (picture CD) to JPG.

[corfy]

I'm suprised you don't put Quicktime and Divx on there!

I have VLC Player on there instead. It handles Quicktime and Divx files, as well as many others, including DVDs, avi, mpg, ogg, flv... just about every video file format except RealPlayer's.

Also Infranview is a great picture edit and more importantly picture conversion software. My favorite is that is very easily converts PCD files (picture CD) to JPG.

I may use that program again. I used to have InfranView on my CD, but then replaced it with Picasa, but then replaced Picasa for various reasons, but I'm not happy with it's replacement.