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The Download.com Hall of Fame honors downloadable software that has earned the highest level of recognition for its outstanding quality, popularity, and longevity. We bestow this honor upon downloads that have been on the Download.com Most Popular list for at least five years, and have retained our Editors' Pick status for the duration of their time in our library. These selections embody the qualities that make a software application stand head and shoulders above its competitors.
Our 2003 Inductees
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WinZip
WinZip Computing, Inc.
This file-compression utility has been a mainstay on Download.com since our launch in 1996. Since then, it has earned and maintained our Editors' Pick designation throughout numerous updates, and it regularly garners the SIAF "People's Choice" Award. The most recent version, WinZip 9.0, recently passed the impressive 100 million download mark. |
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ICQ
ICQ (AOL)
"I seek you" was among the first graphical standalone instant messaging applications, and it spawned a revolution in the way people communicate over the Internet. First launched in 1996, ICQ won high praise from users and our editors for its friendly interface and groundbreaking functionality. Though the field of instant messengers has greatly expanded since ICQ first broke ground on this new territory, two versions of this pioneering chat application remain at the top of our Most Popular list today: the beefed-up ICQ Pro and the stripped-down ICQ Lite. |
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Winamp
Nullsoft (AOL)
Back in 1997, a young start-up called Nullsoft created a simple audio application designed to play files created using a new encoding standard--MP3, then called MPEG Layer 3. Since that time, MP3 has become the format for encoding and sharing audio files over the Internet, and Winamp has become the application to play them. Though the industry around digital music has gotten larger and increasingly complex, Nullsoft remains dedicated to one simple goal: maintaining a superior audio player. |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Even if you don't know what PDF means (it's Portable Document Format for the uninitiated), there's a good chance that you've viewed PDF format files on the Internet with Adobe Acrobat Reader. A browser plug-in so subtle you might not even know it's there, Acrobat Reader has quietly and quickly become a necessity for anyone who needs access to PDF documents.
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