Top Ten Windows Forms Applications

Recently, someone reforwarded me this CNet article on the “smart“ client -- a client that's not just rich, but also uses local processing power wisely, local resources (like the disk drive or peripherals), and can go online and offline smoothly. I began to look at the Windows Forms applications that folks had coded or forwarded me, and I realized I had a “top 9“ list. What's the tenth great Windows Forms application?

1. Broderbund/Riverdeep The Print Shop 
2. Sharpreader
3. RSSBandit
4. SharpDevelop
5. FrontRange GoldMine
6. HP Image Zone
7. Autodesk
8. CodeGen.NET
9. Addflow for .NET
10. ?

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  Reflector!!!
  
  other candidates, Fiddler and Snippet Compiler. OK, a little heavy on the devtools, but still.
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  LLBLGen Pro (http://www.llblgen.com ) ! :)
  
  2.9MB of .NET sourcecode, fully utilizing winforms.
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  the Regulator is cool.
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  Reflector is Number 1, how could you forget it!
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  SharpReader and Reflector are the two that everybody seems to be using.
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  gotta be filesphere - http://www.filesphere.com
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  My vote:
  1. SharpReader
  2. Reflector
  3. ASP.net WebMatrix
  4. SharpDevelop
  
  I would also add Writer (http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/writer) which is probably the best example on how to write a WinForms app with source code available.
  
• Anonymous
  May 15, 2004
  BTW, nice attempt to advertise these commercial fellows but honestly none of them is that useful.
• Anonymous
  May 18, 2004
  The ones I use and love:
  SharpReader
  Reflector
  LLBLGen Pro
  SnippetCompiler
  
• Anonymous
  May 18, 2004
  SharpReader and Reflector are the two that I run everyday.
• Anonymous
  June 01, 2004
  My personal favourite .NET application is Seance Dovetail(R) Monolith Edition with Enhanced K-Bot Technology (TM).
• Anonymous
  June 10, 2004
  OnFolio should be listed here...