Scott
Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List is a great list of tools and utilities for the power users among
us. He even includes a Tablet PC section:
TabletPC
Indispensables
- ArtRage - It's free, and it's amazing. If you remember being
blown away the first time you used Kai's Power Tools,
you'll feel the same way with ArtRage. In the You can
create some AMAZING
art with an organic quality I've just never seen on a PC. If you do
one thing this weekend, install it and use the "Load Tracing
Paper" Feature.
- Paint.NET - This is a must have tool Tablet PC or not, but since the 2.0
version added Ink support, you'll find it very comfortable for making
annotations to screenshots.
- MaxiVista - Use your Tablet PC as a virtual
second or third monitor! I use my M205 as a third monitor that keeps
Outlook open. Now MaxiVista Version 2 is a software Virtual Keyboard and
Mouse! When I don't want to use the Tablet as an extension of my main
computer, I want
to use my main computer's keyboard and mouse as an extension of my Tablet!
- Wallpaper Gyro - The Toshiba M205 has a Gyroscope installed so no matter
how you hold it, when you press the hardware "orient" button on
the edge of the screen the system will switch to the correct orientation.
Wallpaper Gyro will not only automatically change your wallpaper when the
orientation changes, but it allows you to have different wallpaper for
each orientation!
- InkPlayer - Easily create Macromedia Flash playbacks of animated ink
stokes!
- MathPractice and Fraction Practice -
Great for the young people in your life. A series of Tablet PC-enabled
FlashCards that let kids practice Math with Ink!
- MuseBook Concert (site in Korean) - Not completely Tablet-specific,
but create and use an electronic music score and sheet music on your
Tablet PC. Different from MusicPad.
- OneNote - duh, but don't forget SP1!
- X-Think Calculator or MathJournal -
Fantastic support for ink
along side equations, these are worth download the trials just to see.
If not, at least be prepared by downloading
the free viewer.
- Alias SketchBook Pro - It costs, but it has a very
different style and goal (IMHO) than ArtRage, and the output is
different in philosophy. ArtRage is largely about paint, and Alias is
about pencils and sketching.
- Tablet PC PowerToys - Get any and all of these, but I use:
- Physics
Illustrator - This one helped me out when I
went back to finish my degree aend was stuck in Physics 203.
- New
York Times Crossword Puzzle - This one is the
bomb-diggity. Even the wife digs it. The only complaint is it's not
re-sizable, but the Zoom to 640x480 feature of the Toshiba Tablet fixes
that. The Crossword app lets you download today's Crossword for solving
off line. Fantastic for the bus or train ride to work.
- Pool
for Tablet - This is worth at least $20, but
it's FREE. A wonderful game of Pool with all the graphics and physics to
make you smile, and it's all TabletPC enabled. Be sure to try playing
over a wireless network with a friend.
- Snipping
Tool - A new tool that some folks haven't
seen yet, this lets you "cut out" portions of the screen for
annotation. It's the Pen's take on the traditional screen shot tool.
- Web
Search Power Tool - This is the one I
wrote lo these many years ago in 17 minutes , and got $2500 for
my troubles. Even more useful when combined with Google
Desktop Search.
- Music
Composition - Free and it lets you write
Sheet Music with your Tablet PC
- Energy
Blue Theme - An Media Center-inspired theme
for the Tablet PC
- Make
your own Handwriting Font - A winner of
the Tablet PC applet content, you can make your own TrueType Font out of
your Handwriting. Amazing.
- Microsoft Experience Pack for TabletPC - A collection of some of the PowerToys all packed up,
including a TabletPC specific Windows Theme.
- TabletPC Enhancements for
Outlook -
Outlook isn't exactly TabletPC-friendly. An Outlook-Addin, you can create
Appointments and Tasks in Outlook using Ink.
- MindManager
for the TabletPC - If you
use Mind Mapping software, it's even more intuitive and comfortable when
the application has seamless Tablet PC support.
Other sections include:
·
A developer’s
life
·
XML/HTML Stuff
·
Regular
expression tools
·
Websites
·
Browser Add-ins
·
Things windows
forgot
·
…and much
more
Check out the complete list here.
Thanks to my friend Thomas for the pointer.