by AbsoluteWay
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Even though TweakWindow has many analogs currently available for download on the Internet, no other window enhancement utility comes close to TweakWindow in terms of usability and number of features offered. In addition to standard features, like hiding a window or making it topmost or transparent, TweakWidnow offers unique capabilities, like an option to change window icon or title so that no one can just come over and see what program you are running. One-click window minimization to the system tray is a great option for software applications that are automatically launched upon startup (like MS Outlook) but aren't currently used. To maximize a window, simply click the application icon in the system tray. Another popular option not available in many window enhancement tools is a rollup feature that rolls the window up or down, leaving visible only its titlebar. Window ghosting is a feature that makes a window topmost and semi-transparent (users can adjust the transparency level themselves). All clicks will go through that window to the one located beneath, but the ghost window can still be closed, minimized, maximized and resized. Only ghost window title bar reacts to the mouse clicks. This is a great feature when you are running an application that you don't want others to see, but don't like hiding it entirely and need to be able access it immediately, when necessary.
All these window manipulations can be done easily one of three ways. First, you can use the buttons that the program adds to windows (this option can be turned on or off). Second, you can manipulate the windows through the window system menu. Finally, you can assign your own hotkeys that will trigger an action by simply pressing a combination of keys.
The program is extremely easy to download, set up and use. It requires absolutely no special skills or knowledge. And since TweakWindow is 100% FREE to download and try, you can start using it right now! 55
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by MyOddweb.com
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MyOddIcon lets you work with all the major, (and not so major!!), image formats, including BMP, DIB, ICO, CUR, GIF, JPG, ANI, animated GIF, PNG, TIF, DLL, EXE and over 20 more formats.
You can add text, bubbles, sharpen, blur, cut, crop, negatives and jitter and do much more. You can also create animations, presentations, animated cursors or simple back and white cursors.
Of course you can print, print preview create banners or pamphlets.
The easy poster/banner creation makes it easy to join multiple pages, (there is a simple border to join the whole image effortlessly).
So you can create a 10-foot poster form a scanned ID photo.
See and edit all the images currently on your hard drive and work on them directly, copy, paste, drag and drop your images effortlessly. The workspace makes navigating around your directory a real breeze.
Has advanced file conversion including colour changes and management all done at a click of a mouse.
Allow you to import, export images and put them together to refine your very own work of art.
By Myoddweb.com
http://www.myoddweb.com/MyOddIcon.php 17
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by Actual Tools
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Talking graphical user interfaces, there is hardly an innovation since the ingenious invention of a window. Indeed, the concept of representing information as a variety of windows, also called perception frames, seems to be a time-proven solution for majority of computer interaction tasks.
However, here is an idea you may wish to consider: once the coffee machine was invented it was a major leap forward, but since then the idea was improved so much that you will not probably recognize the original thing as a coffee machine.
If you take it to computers and operating systems, the conclusion seems obvious: something should have happened to the original rectangle we used to call a 'window' back in late 80s, other than just the 'close' button added to the window title bar.
Right you are! The change is inevitable! Presenting Actual Windows Manager, the unique software solution that turns odd and common windows into new age windows with advanced functionality!
Actual Windows Manager is a technologically advanced tool that interacts with operating system shell level to bring extended functionality to every window on the system. It allows you to roll-up and unroll windows, hide them to TaskTray, keep them on top and make them semi-transparent via new buttons added to each window title bar.
Actual Windows Manager keeps track of all the configuration changes you make to each individual window and applies the changes automatically on the fly! This means you can specify which additional buttons to display for each window on the system (including menus and Taskbar itself) as well as you can set the individual transparency level.
Want some sugar on top of that? The application operates semi-automatically, which means you won't have to spent hours trying to figure out how it works. Its rule-based logics are rather native to human mind.
It is now perfect time to sort the windows mess out and take advantage of FREE trial version you can download right now! 33
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by Actual Tools
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Actual Title Buttons, the unique windows management tool that offers extended window manipulating capabilities by means of adding new buttons to a window caption.
Actual Title Buttons allows you to take advantage of hidden Windows features such as making any window semi-transparent or rolling-up and unrolling windows. All new actions are available by pressing the corresponding button in the window title bar, just as you do with standard buttons.
Besides on-the-fly window transparency control and window roll-up unroll features, Actual Title Buttons allows you to minimize any window to TaskTray instead of Taskbar and keep any window on top of others.
What is actually great about this software, it keeps track of all the individual window settings you specify allowing you to tune the system interface once and keep the change until you wish to alter any of the settings in the future.
Actual Title Buttons comes with flexible pricing options and a FREE trial version available! Download it now! 56
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by ArcticLine Software
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Since picture is worth a thousand words, visit www.BeeIcons.com before reading this description. Bee Icons 4.0 offers more than 200 pizzazz artistic images to replace your boring Windows system icons. You can spice up Desktop, Start menu, Drives, Folders, Files and other icon types. It takes only one minute and a couple of mouse clicks! No advanced knowledge of PC is required!
In addition to 200+ icons that come with the program, there are more than 50 best icon themes
(http://www.beeicons.com/themes.php) available for FREE download. Skeptic about their diversity? Christmas, Candy, Pink PC, Industrial, XP Folders, Gadgets, Retro, Black and White,
Gooey Green, Robotic, Fruits and Veggies – these are just a few of themes available. Hey, you can have a small revolt against Bill Gates and make your PC desktop look identical to Mac OS!
You can really jazz up your PC with Bee Icons!
The great thing about Bee Icons is that it is compatible with AWIcons, one of the best icon editing tools from Lokas Software.
Want to know what people say about Bee Icons?
“I enjoy using Bee Icons. I use my PC almost exclusively for business. The ability to personalize my desktop and other screens provides some relief from my more serious work! The ready availability of new icon sets is an excellent feature, which gives me access to whatever suits my mood.”
Brian Stagg,
Grantham, United Kingdom
“I am very fussy about the appearance of my PC desktop. I have used a few different icon changers and I must say that yours is the simplest and most compatible I've ever used. I love the ease of Bee Icons and the ability to change a single icon if you want.”
Bub Preece,
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by Draxysoft
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Wallpaper Sequencer Ultra is a new, more powerful wallpaper manager with expanded capabilities, such as desktop clock skins of various types. Now you can choose between the traditional and digital (winamp clock skins) looks of the time keeping devices on your desktop. Plus, you don't worry about wallpaper sizes, formats and resolutions - the program fits everything automatically. Add Active Desktop support and Taskbar transparency to that and you get the most comprehensive wallpaper managing software currently available on the market.
Wallpaper rotation can be done automatically or manually, by pressing hotkeys, upon system startup or shutdown, or after a specified time period. Wallpaper Sequencer Ultra can automatically close itself after a wallpaper change in order to reduce memory usage, a feature that many owners of older, less powerful computers appreciate.
Among the most useful and popular features of the program are full support for all major image formats - BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, EMF, WMF, ZIP; very simple and straightforward picture library management, built-in special effects wizard, semi-transparent calendar, option for transparent background for desktop icon text, and support for the virtual desktops that come with Microsoft Power Toys for XP.
Best of all, the software is absolutely free to try and test. Download your copy now. 29
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by NeSoft Inc.
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Change Folder Icons is the only one of its kind tool to change standard yellow folder icons to other bright and colourful icons found.
Don't you know how to change standard yellow folder to a bright and colourful?
Change Folder Icons is a powerful and useful utility for Windows intended to find thousands of bright icons in your computer and changes Windows folder icons simply and fast!
As against other similar programs Change Folder Icons changes folder icons so that while copying to another computer, CD or any removable drive the bright icons are kept (even if the program is not installed).
Also you can view changed icons via Network and set colourful icons for network folders.
With a help of Change Folder Icons you can:
- change icon of the folder simply pressing the right mouse button on it and selecting pop-up menu item;
- change icon of the drive as well as folder selecting item "Change Drive Icon" from drive pop-up menu;
- search icons in all your computer files starting with selected folder;
- search icons with specified parameters "Number of colors" and "Size in pixels";
- extract icons from any type of files (.exe, .dll, .lib, .icl etc.);
- export all icons from the file to .ico files;
- find all folder icons changed by another program or manually and make them portable to another place (!) and independent from the icon source files so then you can change location of sources or delete them, copy folders to another computer or drive, but icons are still available;
- set description for folders, which you can see in Windows Explorer;
- make your own libraries from found icons and share them with your friends.
What's new in version 7.3:
- now you can change several folder icons at a time;
- opportunity to set path for icons stored in independent & non-portable mode;
- drag & drop full support (when you drag several folders to the fields "Icon Preview" and "Select Icon");
- many bugs are fixed. 48
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by NeSoft Inc.
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Change the standard icon of folders to another found icon fast and simple with this small utility for Windows.
You can do this pressing right mouse button on a folder and selecting the item "Change Folder Icon"
from popup menu.
You can search for icons with specified parameters in all types of resource files starting with the selected folder.
Also you can:
- select an icon from any type of resource files;
- export all icons from resource files into .ico-files;
- change an icon for a drive (HDD, FDD, CD-ROM);
- manage your changed icons;
- make icons, changed earlier by another methods (with Windows'XP or another program), independent from source files;
- search icons with specified parameters "Number of colors" and "Size in pixels";
- export/import icons to/from libraries (.lib files) for further use on another computer or share them with friends.
What's new in version 6.1:
Now you can:
- use program assistant,
- add item for folder/drive to explorer context menu,
- store Advanced search options at next program start,
- set number of the drop-down strings - depth of the input history [2..20],
- make and save your own libraries containing all the found and favourite icons;
- save found necessary and favourite icon item as a single file in *.ico or *.bmp format. 38
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by Icon Constructor
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Icon Constructor converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, TGA and TIFF formats into Windows icons. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your Windows desktop, in applications and much more. It supports Windows XP icons in 32-bit color depth with an alpha channel; now you can create semi-transparent XP icons easily. With just a few clicks, any image you find on the Internet or create in a paint program can be turned into an icon.
Assign eye-catching icons to individual Windows folders, making every folder different.
Our FriendlyLINK (c) technology allows creating icons using pictures of your friends and family. By clicking on this icon default e-mail client will start and you’ll be able to send letter. Add faces to your communications in Internet!
The simple Icon Constructor interface makes it easy to change the look of an individual folder.
This robust program works like the Swiss Army knife of icon creation! 92
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by Aha-soft
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Aha-soft IconXP allows you to edit icons and customize the Windows desktop appearance. It supports the new icon format introduced in Windows XP (employs smooth transparency and other visual effects). Using this program you can create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, with color depths up to 32-bit True Color with 8-bit alpha channel. Paint tools include: color replacer, color selector, spray can, pencil, brush, flood fill, text tool, line tool, rectangle, curve, ellipse, 3d frame. Modifiers can also be used to apply color gradients and chess fills. For Windows XP icons, you get to add cool drop shadow and smooth effects.
IconXP supports .ico, .ani, .cur, .wmf, .emf, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .xpm, .xbm, .wbmp and Adobe Photoshop .psd file formats. You can import images from screen captures. IconXP allows you to import, export and change color palettes for icon images.
IconXP allows you to change standard Windows icons, folder icons and customize desktop attributes. You can easily replace, colorize and save the icons Windows uses to display various objects - My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, system folders and your own folders. You can also hide or change shortcut overlays. There are also commands that change the desktop icons size and color resolution, and rebuild the icon cache. 203
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by Aha-soft
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Aha-soft IconXP allows you to edit icons and customize the Windows desktop appearance. It supports the new icon format introduced in Windows XP (employs smooth transparency and other visual effects). Using this program you can create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, with color depths up to 32-bit True Color with 8-bit alpha channel. Paint tools include: color replacer, color selector, spray can, pencil, brush, flood fill, text tool, line tool, rectangle, curve, ellipse, 3d frame. Modifiers can also be used to apply color gradients and chess fills. For Windows XP icons, you get to add cool drop shadow and smooth effects.
IconXP supports .ico, .ani, .cur, .wmf, .emf, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .xpm, .xbm, .wbmp and Adobe Photoshop .psd file formats. You can import images from screen captures. IconXP allows you to import, export and change color palettes for icon images.
IconXP allows you to change standard Windows icons, folder icons and customize desktop attributes. You can easily replace, colorize and save the icons Windows uses to display various objects - My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, system folders and your own folders. You can also hide or change shortcut overlays. There are also commands that change the desktop icons size and color resolution, and rebuild the icon cache. 72
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by Aha-soft
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Aha-soft ArtIcons Pro is specifically designed for efficient icon creation and management and offers a variety of features that cannot be found in standard graphics applications. Among those features is the ability to import icons from executables, image and library files and the search and extract function that enables busy artists scan through the contents of a folder or a drive and arrange all images found in any files into a single icon library for easy and effective management.
This program features a sufficiently improved image editor that offers graphic artists a number of breakthrough features, including the ability to create icons with several raster layers. To support the multi-layer feature, a new image format - Icon Project - was introduced. Layers give you more freedom in using complex graphic tools and creating professionally looking images. This new feature enables Aha-Soft ArtIcons to rival any high-end graphics package. In fact, it is better than any of these high-end tools when you consider creation of icons and other small graphics.
ArtIcons Pro is equipped with all essential drawing tools including various kinds of airbrushes, pencils and paintbrushes as well as miscellaneous text, line and shape tools. The software is equally well equipped in the effects department and offers a variety of solid, patterned and gradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modification and other effects. The native Windows XP icon format support enables artists to create 32-bit icons with 8-bit alpha channels. The program can import and export ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, PNG, XPM, XBM, WBMP, PSD, WMF, RC and GIF files.
Other new features include the ability to create, edit and import large images, support for export and import of transparent PNG images, new interface languages including Catalan, Serbian, Swedish and Brazil Portuguese, ability to export icon libraries to single 32-bit bitmap images, new flood fill patterns and effects, and more. 27
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by Aha-soft
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Any to Icon converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, WMF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and CUR formats into Windows icons. You can add files and folders from Windows Explorer or other file shells using drag and drop. You also can paste bitmaps from the clipboard and change color resolution and size to create customized icons. It's possible to convert 256-color icons into True Color icons and vice versa.
Plus, you can break down entire icon libraries into individual icons. Any to Icon allows you to extract icons from folders and libraries and place them into the directory of your choice.
The application has a wizard interface, making it simple to process multiple files at once. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your Windows desktop, in applications and much more. 51
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by Aha-soft
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| This wizard allows you to convert Windows icons and cursors into Windows bitmaps, WAP bitmaps, JPEG, GIF, PNG, XPM, XBM images, Windows icons and cursors and Resource Compiler (RC) files. Frame resolution filter allows you to exclude undesirable image formats from the output pictures. It's simple to process multiple files at once. You can find icons and make GIF, JPEG, PNG images for use on Web pages. 29
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by Aha-soft
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| This wizard allows you to convert Windows icons and cursors into Windows bitmaps, WAP bitmaps, JPEG, GIF, PNG, XPM, XBM images, Windows icons and cursors and Resource Compiler (RC) files. Frame resolution filter allows you to exclude undesirable image formats from the output pictures. It's simple to process multiple files at once. You can find icons and make GIF, JPEG, PNG images for use on Web pages. 25
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by Aha-soft
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Aha-soft ArtIcons allows you to find and extract icons, create and edit icons, import and export icons and manage icon libraries. Using this program you can create and edit icons with image formats in either standard or custom sizes, with color depths up to 32-bit True Color with 8-bit alpha channel. This program features a sufficiently improved image editor that offers graphic artists a number of breakthrough features, including the ability to create icons with several raster layers. Paint tools include: color replacer, color selector, spray can, pencil, brush, flood fill, text tool, line tool, rectangle, curve, ellipse and enhanced gradient and chess fill.
ArtIcons allows you to import, export and change color palettes for icon images. You can import icons from .ico, .icpr, .ani, .cur, .wmf, .emf, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .psd, .xpm, .xbm, .wbmp and .gif files and import images from screen captures. You can export icon images to .ico, .icpr, .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png, .xpm, .xbm, .wbmp, .psd and .rc files. You can even extract icons from Windows executables, libraries (including .exe, .scr, .icl, .dll, .il, .nil, .ocx, .vbx, .dpl, .bpl and several other file types). You can modify icons inside existing executables.
With ArtIcons, you are can split compound icons into simple images and break down entire icon libraries into individual icons. You can also create your own icon libraries for better and more efficient icon storage. ArtIcons scans files and folders for icons, deletes identical icons from libraries, sorts icons within libraries, performs drag and drop operations to files from Windows Explorer or other file shells and drags and drops icons from one library to another. You can move icons between libraries as well as copy and paste images to other applications.
Other new features include the ability to manage large images, support for export and import of transparent PNG images, new interface, new flood fill patterns and effects, and more. 13
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by Aha-soft
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IconLover gives professional and amateur artists the ability to design and edit all the graphics required in the software development cycle, including icons, static and animated cursors, and other interface elements. All these graphics can now be designed in a single application.
IconLover offers a variety of features that cannot be found in standard graphics applications. IconLover includes the ability to import icons from executables, image and library files. The built-in search and extract function enables busy artists to scan through the contents of a folder or a drive and arrange all images found in any files into a single icon library for easy and effective management.
This program features a greatly improved image editor that offers graphic artists a number of breakthrough features, including the ability to create icons with several raster layers. Layers give you more freedom in using complex graphic tools and creating profession images. This new feature enables Aha-Soft IconLover to rival any high-end graphics package. In fact, IconLover is better than any other high-end tool when considering the creation of icons and other small graphics.
IconLover is supplied with all the essential drawing tools, including various kinds of airbrushes, pencils and paintbrushes, as well as miscellaneous text, line and shape tools. The software is equally well equipped in the effects department and offers a variety of solid, patterned and gradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modification and other effects. The native support for the Windows XP icon format enables artists to create 32-bit icons. IconLover also includes a number of unique features including the ability to apply effects to multiple images in the icon collection.
Other new features in IconLover include the support for large images, the ability to export and import transparent PNG images, the ability to export all images from a library to a single 32-bit image and an improved interface. 24
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by Aha-soft
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IconPilot gives professional and amateur artists the ability to design and edit all the graphics required in the software development cycle, including icons, static and animated cursors, and other interface elements. All these graphics can now be designed in a single application.
IconPilot offers a variety of features that cannot be found in standard graphics applications. IconPilot includes the ability to import icons from executables, image and library files. The built-in search and extract function enables busy artists to scan through the contents of a folder or a drive and arrange all images found in any files into a single icon library for easy and effective management.
This program features a greatly improved image editor that offers graphic artists a number of breakthrough features, including the ability to create icons with several raster layers. Layers give you more freedom in using complex graphic tools and creating profession images. This new feature enables Aha-Soft IconPilot to rival any high-end graphics package. In fact, IconPilot is better than any other high-end tool when considering the creation of icons and other small graphics.
IconPilot is supplied with all the essential drawing tools, including various kinds of airbrushes, pencils and paintbrushes, as well as miscellaneous text, line and shape tools. The software is equally well equipped in the effects department and offers a variety of solid, patterned and gradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modification and other effects. The native support for the Windows XP icon format enables artists to create 32-bit icons. IconPilot also includes a number of unique features including the ability to apply effects to multiple images in the icon collection.
Other new features in IconPilot include the support for large images, the ability to export and import transparent PNG images, the ability to export all images from a library to a single 32-bit image and an improved interface. 21
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by Aha-soft
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IconLover gives professional and amateur artists the ability to design and edit all the graphics required in the software development cycle, including icons, static and animated cursors, and other interface elements. All these graphics can now be designed in a single application.
IconLover offers a variety of features that cannot be found in standard graphics applications. IconLover includes the ability to import icons from executables, image and library files. The built-in search and extract function enables busy artists to scan through the contents of a folder or a drive and arrange all images found in any files into a single icon library for easy and effective management.
This program features a greatly improved image editor that offers graphic artists a number of breakthrough features, including the ability to create icons with several raster layers. Layers give you more freedom in using complex graphic tools and creating profession images. This new feature enables Aha-Soft IconLover to rival any high-end graphics package. In fact, IconLover is better than any other high-end tool when considering the creation of icons and other small graphics.
IconLover is supplied with all the essential drawing tools, including various kinds of airbrushes, pencils and paintbrushes, as well as miscellaneous text, line and shape tools. The software is equally well equipped in the effects department and offers a variety of solid, patterned and gradient flood fills, drop shadow, smooth, color modification and other effects. The native support for the Windows XP icon format enables artists to create 32-bit icons. IconLover also includes a number of unique features including the ability to apply effects to multiple images in the icon collection.
Other new features in IconLover include the support for large images, the ability to export and import transparent PNG images, the ability to export all images from a library to a single 32-bit image and an improved interface. 19
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by MathTerra Software
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PostSmile lets you insert animations, emoticons, and fun smiley faces
into your e-mail messages, as well as online message board postings.
All you need to do is click on the smiley and it will be inserted at
the position of your cursor. PostSmile works with most popular email
programs, including Outlook, Outlook Express and many others (that
support HTML messages) as well as Hotmail and other web based email
systems.
The program is easy to use, has an attractive and compact interface with
smileys organized in categories. You also get a choice of different skins
for the program interface and can add your own smileys into the program.
PostSmile is a useful tool when you want to express emotions or let
somebody know what you really mean when you make some casual statement.
So whenever you want to say more say it with PostSmile! 19
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