First Class Flyer
First Class Flyer was the name of a weekly series where we would compare several similar applications and declare one as the best (the first class flyer). This series has been renamed as PrizeFly. PrizeFly features the same style of comparisons as First Class Flyer, but improves several areas based on reader criticism, such as using weighted averages in the final scoring.
Google Docs vs Microsoft Office Web Apps (First Class Flyer)
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to create, edit, and share documents online and then be able to access them from anywhere? Fortunately, there are many great applications out there that allow users to do this. And most of them are completely free, such as Google Docs and Microsoft’s new Office Web Apps.
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Synchronize Your Files Between Computers
Do you run multiple computers that require the same files? Having trouble using files you access from your home computer at work? Manually emailing everything to yourself or using a flash drive too much for you?
This is a comparison between Dropbox, Syncplicity, SugarSync, and LiveMesh. A newer comparison is available.
No More PDF Reader Bloatware (First Class Flyer)
What are PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) files? PDF is an industry standard for distributing various documents in a way that is separate from the operating system, software, and hardware. Embedding rich media is also possible within PDF documents. The PDF Document format was created by Adobe Systems and can be viewed for free by …
Map the World and Travel From Your Computer (First Class Flyer)
Ever wonder what your town looks like from an aerial view looking downward or a bird’s eye perspective? Ever wonder what a particular street looks like? No need to board any jet to actually fly somewhere.
First Class Flyer Issue 8
First Class Flyer is a weekly series published every Friday comparing two or more …
Snail Mail? No Thanks – I Have Email (First Class Flyer)
Remember when all messages had to be sent through snail mail? It’s so 20th century. Welcome to the 21st century. The digital world. The world of email. In today’s web, its rare to have an internet user not have an email address, especially when there are many services that offer email accounts completely free of …
Free Real Domain Name Like Services
Are you using a service like Blogger/Blogspot or Tumblr. Tired of having long domain names like yourname.blogspot.com or yourname.tumblr.com. In addition, the blogspot.com domain is blocked by some ISPs including China.
The solution to that is publishing to a custom domain, which many services including Blogger and Tumblr allow you to do for free, …
Zip Files Without Unzipping Your Wallet (First Class Flyer)
File compression is very useful for storing or sending large files or distributing multiple files in one download package. The most popular compression format would be Zip however that is in no way the only format available.
Ubuntu supports many different archive formats natively with the Archive Manager and additional plugins and packages provide support …
The Instant Messaging and Social World (First Class Flyer)
Most of us probably own at least one instant messaging account and a good majority of users own two or more. Combine that with social networking and email, the number of services can be overwhelming. Luckily thanks to multi-protocol instant messenger clients, users can say good bye to clients that can only connect to one …
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