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There is something about random quotes that makes us pause and read them.
Quotes and proverbs don’t need to condense the wisdom of the ages in a concise line.
It’s not always wisdom; some adages are marked out by biting sarcasm too.
But the moot truth is that it touches our thoughts or in some cases"a nerve.
“- G.B Shaw
That’s the whole point about quotes and sayings.
And on the net, the most common form of chatter is email.
Quotesis a small utility which helps to us to sign off our emails with a flourish of wisdom.
The little tray utility lets you customize email signatures with random quotes at the end.
All the program configs can also be controlled via a right hit the tray icon.
The freewareQuotesfun tool supports Outlook and Windows Mail/Outlook Express.
Online email apps like Gmail or Yahoo aren’t left out.
you’re free to easily add a quote to your compose window using a hotkey.
The random quotes are retrieved by the program from an online database.
The collection of quotes is tagged and can be viewed by right clicking the icon and clicking onBrowse Quotes.
Each user can also contribute random quotes and help to increase the collection.
Quotes can be uploaded as single quotes or as entire text files using the site’s interface.
Quotes can also be marked as private and these go into a private collection of the contributor.
There is no detailed tutorial as such but the online video explains the whole setup from start to finish.
The hotkey combo of course, runs without a hitch in all mail applications.
The one thing to look out for is spelling errors in some of the user contributed quotations.
In the end it’s really a fun tool that makes an email a bit more interesting.
Quotesis a 537KB free download and is supported on Windows XP and Vista.