Reader

Well, the tute said to pick two i hadn't used before, but I've come across most on the list before, so I decided to pick a couple I wasn't particularly familiar with.

Adobe Reader. Pretty common, but I couldn't really tell you what its good for other than easily printing PDF documents lol.

First thing first. Installing it. I didn't need to as i already had the latest version, but from memory it is a pretty decent sized installation file considering what the program does; view and print PDF's...

The good thing is it's propriety and free. The catch comes when you want to be a little more adventurous and want to change or create a PDF document...then you need to purchase the proper writer version. Either that or use a program like Cute PDF :P

Despite the limited file types it can open and the limited operations it can handle, it's still pretty handy as a lot of formal documents on the web these days are in PDF format.


The other program I've picked is Apple Quicktime.

Usually i have nothing to do with Apple products as they are always lacking in some vital way, and always promote to be updated which is annoying.

The only reason i have Quicktime installed is for viewing .mov files. Other media players can achieve the same goal, but i find that it is also good for viewing file formats that other programs just can't handle. Or even for files which have some odd audio encoding that only really works for Quicktime.

The first thing i noticed was the amount of advertising for the "new and improved" pro version...gah I hate that. Especially when they offer menu options, only to be directed to a page advertising the other premium version...

The good thing about Quicktime is the clean interface. It's pretty straight forward and not too cluttered. Opens a large number of file types too.