time you started using Firefox for most
of your Web browsing—it’s a faster, more
secure, and more fl exible Web browser.
OpenOffice.org Tough it’s a fullfledged,
Microsoft Office–compatible
word processor, spreadsheet, presentation
package, and database, OpenOffi ce.
org won’t cost you one thin dime. It’s
solid enough (and suffi ciently compatible
with Office documents) that you
may never have to invest in an offi ce
suite again.
AbiWord If all you need is a word
processor, try AbiWord, a lightweight
and full-featured word processor that
is compatible with Microsoft Word
documents. It looks and feels a lot like
Word, too.
Pegasus Mail A longtime favorite
among e-mail power users, Pegasus
takes a little getting used to—due to its
many options and unconventional interface—
but it provides a huge amount of
control over your mail, including mail
merges and a greater range of fl exible
filtering options than any other free
e-mail client offers.
Thunderbird You may not care for
Thunderbird’s simple look, but its tight
security and robust stability make it
the top choice for managing e-mail on
your PC.
Steganos LockNote Need to keep a
secret? LockNote is a simple notepad
with strong encryption. You set a password,
and once you close the fi le, you
won’t be able to see the text (which is
stored inside the Lock-Note executable
fi le) without entering the password. And
neither will anyone else.
Alleycode Here’s a simple HTML editor
for people who are comfortable with
code but want some support for creating
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Alleycode
is not for novices, but it’s effi cient if
you know your way around a Web page
and need to do some quick editing.
Nvu Don’t know much about HTML?
Try Nvu, a sophisticated Web page
editor that doesn’t require any understanding
of the underlying tags. What
you see in Nvu is close to what you’ll
see in a browser.
SeaMonkey Mozilla.org’s e-mail and
browser programs have found new life
in this suite of Internet tools, which
includes a chat client and a capable
HTML editor, and lets you sync your
address book to a Palm device.
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