Monday, November 24, 2008

TypeFaster Typing Tutor


This free typing tutor teaches you how to touch-type. Once you can touch-type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to type. The program comes in three versions: Standard, Accessible and Spanish. Use the menu on the left to navigate to the version you are interested in.

  • Supports multiple keyboard layouts and more can be added easily (see the developers section). Includes support for non-rectangular keys. The following keyboard layouts are currently supported:
    • Danish
    • Finnish
    • French
    • French-Belgian
    • German
    • Hebrew (no lesson files)
    • Italian
    • Norwegian
    • Numeric Keypad
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • UK-English
    • US-Dvorak
    • US-English
  • A clear indication of which fingers to use. This is the essence of touchtyping.
  • A 3D typing game.
  • Typing statistics and the option of practising the least accurate/slowest/custom keys.
  • Keyboard is not a fixed size (resolution independent).
  • Multi-user support.
  • Teacher support (view student statistics).
  • Interface for editing lesson files and game settings.
  • Backspace support
  • Right to left text support.
  • Variable text size.
  • Lesson files can be prose or poems.
  • Lesson progress indicator.
  • Completely free with full source code availability.

Download TypeFaster Typing Tutor

Sunday, November 16, 2008

PicPick Tools

PicPick is an all-in-one software for software developers, graphic designers and home user.

It has an intuitive interface and simple, elegant operation. After starting the software, you simply select one of the tool from the PicPick Tools trayicon menu when you want.
It features a powerful capture tool, image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and etc. You can use all these tools freely.

PicPick is portable ware, so you don't need any installation.
And, this is distributed as Freeware. So you may use this software on any number of computers for as long as you like.

Features

* Captures
- Full Screen (Support for Dual Monitors)
- Active Window
- Window Control (Scroll a page automatically)
- Region, Fixed Region
- FreeHand
- Repeat Last Capture
* Image Editor
- It's very similar to Microsoft Paint, but you can do more.
- It provides an effect like selection opacity, blur, sharpen, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, flip, rotate and etc.
* Color Picker
* Color Palette
* Pixel Ruler
* Screen Protractor
* Crosshair
* Screen Whiteboard

Download PicPick Tools