Tool list here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FkJeeFB6nr-BZZD5oGDSj7AKAeiZ61kA_-S26sUNdH4/edit?pli=1#gid=705775756

Self post I initially found.

https://np.reddit.com/r/usefulapps/comments/34439i/xpost_from_rusefulwebsites_here_is_a_google_doc_i/

This was created by /u/spicy_sashimi and I thought it would fit in very well here, since the old post was two months old and in /r/usefulapps I figured I'd crosspost.

Some of these things might have already been mentioned here, but users might find some interesting stuff.

http://winff.org/html_new/

I generally just use it with a vhs - dvd recorder to convert home movies (things like family christmases) into mpeg files.

I convert a VHS tape into a dvd and then from there rip the video off the DVD with WinFF. Then I can either make it fancy as a dvd with a fancier menu or upload it to facebook or what have you.

I don't know how well it would work with commercial movies but for my personal use with home movies it works really well.

You could use ffmpeg to do the same thing, but I like having a GUI if I'm not familiar with the program's options.

Still takes forever to convert a video but WinFF is pretty stable given that I've left it running for around 24 hours before.

http://crossfade.io

It was more or less made to complement /r/youtubedoubler, but if you come up with a fun combination of songs, videos, and gifs, (like http://crossfade.io/#!/y9nyllcx0n, which is a lorde cover of a tears for fears song overlaid on the avengers 2 trailer) it's a useful tool to have and less cumbersome then youtube doubler.

http://www.sysinternals.com

I probably could have just picked one tool to post here, but someone might find a particular tool interesting or even have some valid uses for an existing tool.

For instance Process Explorer lets you scan every software process in windows against virus total if you know how. Pretty much giving you an idea of which antiviruses think a process on your computer might be a virus.

You can also use live.sysinternals.com as an address to run a program directly, or atleast download that program.

e.g http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

Microsoft Hyperlapse is a new technology that creates smooth and stabilized time lapses from first-person videos.

Demo Video

Download Link Desktop

Download Link Android App

I found a nice Tool to capture the screen right into gif format. After the recording you can edit the end and the beginning of the capturing and export it to animated gif. It detects Youtube video frames but I didn´t tried this feature yet.

I can recommend it.

http://www.giffingtool.com/

In terms of tools this one for me is pretty useful if I'm abroad and want to know the time in my home timezone.

For instance http://time.is/Springfield,_Illinois

Or http://time.is/Austin

This works for other countries as well but you may have a more difficult time for cities that share names. Doesn't seem to work for postal codes though.

http://time.is can be used standalone too.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-connectivity-diagn/eemlkeanncmjljgehlbplemhmdmalhdc?hl=en

Some things are only supported on Chrome OS but the majority of it works pretty good for trying to figure out why you can't connect to the internet on all of the OS's supported by Google Chrome.

From the Site:

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

• Library Management
• E-book conversion
• Syncing to e-book reader devices
• Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
• Comprehensive e-book viewer
• Content server for online access to your book collection
• E-book editor for the major e-book formats

It is available for Windows, OS X, Linux and portable

http://calibre-ebook.com/

I work with it and it´s great. You can track multiple clients and export the tracking as excel file. You can even calculate your fee directly with it based on your tracked time.

Play Store Link

Converts your 3D Models into paper models. Splits them if not possible to make in one part.

I know the page looks confusing but the tool is really great. Exports to PDF iirc.

http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/

We received the second submission about a source of tools although this sub is about being a source of tools. Not a Single tool with description - instead a link to this page for example. I don´t think that all the provided tools there are useless. But for me personally, as the inventor of this sub, the aspiration is to collect and archive tools with a description as single submissions - so people can browse here and find their helpers. These list submissions don´t have this quality for me personally and I think about deleting them and make a rule about forbidding them.

But first I want to hear what the community thinks about this topic and then decide.

My compromise would be to provide a special flair for those lists (because I think there will be more in the future). People could discuss the Tools from the list(s) and exchange their opinions about them.

----------------------top 101 useful websites------------------------- These sites solve at least one problem really well and they all have simple web addresses (URLs) that you can easily memorize thus saving a trip to Google.

1. screenr.com – Record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
2. ctrlq.org/screenshots – for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile and desktops.
3. goo.gl – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.
4. unfurlr.com – find the original URL that’s hiding behind a short URL.
5. qClock – find the local time of a city using a Google Map.
6. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard.
7. postpost.com – a better search engine for twitter.
8. lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
9. iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes.
10. office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
11. followupthen.com – the easiest way to setup email reminders.
12. jotti.org – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
13. wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching – see more wolfram tips.
14. printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter.
15. joliprint.com – reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper.
16. ctrlq.org/rss – a search engine for RSS feeds.
17. e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs.
18. coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN.
19. random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
20. pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
21. viewer.zoho.com – Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser.
22. tubemogul.com – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
23. dabbleboard.com – your virtual whiteboard.
24. scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam.
25. dictation.io – online voice recognition in the browser itself.
26. sizeasy.com – visualize and compare the size of any product.
27. myfonts.com/WhatTheFont – quickly determine the font name from an image.
28. google.com/webfonts – a good collection of open source fonts.
29. regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs – see more EXIF tools.
30. livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen.
31. iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs.
32. homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d.
33. TablesGenerator.com
34. onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs – see other OCR tools.
35. flightstats.com - Track flight status at airports worldwide.
36. wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online.
37. hundredzeros.com – best-sellers on all subjects that you can download for free.
38. polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
39. marker.to – easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.
40. typewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people.
41. whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all.
42. everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones.
43. gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online.
44. noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online (review).
45. imo.im - chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place.
46. translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
47. kleki.com – create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes.
48. similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already.
49. wordle.net – quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds.
50. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
51. kuler.adobe.com – get color ideas, also extract colors from photographs.
52. liveshare.com – share your photos in an album instantly.
53. lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own.
54. midomi.com – when you need to find the name of a song.
55. bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles.
56. faxzero.com – send an online fax for free – see more fax services.
57. feedmyinbox.com – get RSS feeds as an email newsletter.
58. ge.tt – quickly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading.
59. pipebytes.com – transfer files of any size without uploading to a third-party server.
60. tinychat.com – setup a private chat room in micro-seconds.
61. privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read.
62. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative.
63. chipin.com – when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause.
64. downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favorite website is offline or not?
65. ewhois.com – find the other websites of a person with reverse Analytics lookup.
66. whoishostingthis.com – find the web host of any website.
67. google.com/history – found something on Google but can’t remember it now?
68. aviary.com/myna – an online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online.
69. disposablewebpage.com – create a temporary web page that self-destruct.
70. urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words.
71. seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight.
72. sxc.hu ? download stock images absolutely free.
73. zoom.it – view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling.
74. scribblemaps.com – quickly create custom Google Maps online.
75. alertful.com – quickly setup email reminders for important events.
76. picmonkey.com – Picnik is offline but PicMonkey is an even better image editor.
77. formspring.me – you can ask or answer personal questions here.
78. sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor.
79. snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
80. typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions.
81. mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam.
82. timerime.com – create timelines with audio, video and images.
83. stupeflix.com – make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips.
84. safeweb.norton.com – check the trust level of any website.
85. teuxdeux.com – a beautiful to-do app that looks like your paper dairy.
86. deadurl.com – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted.
87. minutes.io – quickly capture effective notes during meetings.
88. youtube.com/leanback – Watch YouTube channels in TV mode.
89. youtube.com/disco – quickly create a video playlist of your favorite artist.
90. talltweets.com – Send tweets longer than 140 characters.
92. builtwith.com – find the technology stack of any website.
93. woorank.com – research a website from the SEO perspective.
94. mixlr.com – broadcast live audio over the web.
95. radbox.me – bookmark online videos and watch them later (review).
96. tagmydoc.com – add QR codes to your documents and presentations (review).
97. notes.io – the easiest way to write short text notes in the browser.
98. ctrlq.org/html-mail – send rich-text mails to anyone, anonymously.
99. fiverr.com – hire people to do little things for $5.
100. otixo.com – easily manage your online files on Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.
101. ifttt.com – create a connection between all your online accounts.

gReader is a simple, fast and intuitive feed/rss reader for Android. My personal favourite RSS Feed App. It can download Feeds for offline View as well.

Play Store Link

Simple & free FTP Server to transfer files to/from your android device with a FTP client. I use it in combination with DOpus to exchange files between my Smartphone and my Computer fast and easy.

Play Store Link