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General Software Discussion / Re: Switcher2: Expose Clone (Window Arranger) for Windows
« on: February 18, 2011, 09:22 PM »
Well unfortunately I can't running Switcher 2 on Seven because I use the theme "Windows Classic" so Aero is disabled :/
-oxman (August 03, 2010, 08:04 AM)
Same problem, I always wonder why the heck it needs Aero to support windows thumbnails. I can get my old laptop to make coffee using a linux distro but I can't have a simple thing like windows thumbnails in windows.

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Living Room / Re: How the Egyptian Government found an off switch to the Internet
« on: February 18, 2011, 09:13 PM »
Yes, I was really surprised when Internet access stopped here in Egypt, I couldn't believe it was possible for the government to do such a completely idiotic thing. Apparently they thought that would prevent the protesters from contacting each other so they would quit or something (the protests started from a mere facebook group). This and also the cellular services blockage only made the protesters even more stubborn with their demands.

I really can't describe the week when all these communication services were blocked, but it was terrifying how you can't call anyone using a mobile phone or chat with friends to know whether they were okay or not.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Should we experiment with google ads on the site for 1 month?
« on: February 10, 2010, 04:14 AM »
I know I should be testing Bootsnooze right now and comment on it first but I'm posting this from a computer in the university, so it's obviously not allowed and my laptop at home has some battery problems. Anyway...

To be honest even with ad blocking off I usually ignore Google ads, having said that, I found Gmail's 1 line ads found on top of the emails list to be really the best kind of ads I have seen; they are very simple, not annoying at all and (giving that it matches some of the content of the emails, which are tech related) they can be sometimes interesting. Perhaps If we can have some kind of 1 line ad between, let's say every 2 posts in a topic, these ads can also display RSS feed headlines occasionally that the member have chosen in his profile, or even members-posted computer tips, it would be really nice way to have ads here without ruining the forum layout.

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Finished Programs / DONE: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)
« on: January 29, 2010, 11:17 AM »
Hi,
Many users use the hibernate feature instead of shutting down so they can start the computer faster next time, there a downside for this though: the computer will hardly ever get restarted, so it can't perform the usual startup checks and other stuff that keeps the OS healthy.
If others took the other rote and decided to shutdown the computer completely, the next start will be slower than a hibernate of course, but at least the OS will have a chance to reload, free memory..etc

So why not have both? When a user wants to shutdown his computer, the little program will kicks in: performing a restart instead, which will then be accompanied with a hibernate after the computer completely boots so the next boot will be 5 seconds away!

That's all, hopefully others will find this idea useful and it will not be me only. :P

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Living Room / Re: 32X32 icons in start menu
« on: August 16, 2009, 07:10 PM »
Sorry for bringing this topic out of the dead but I have just noticed it now.

What I mean is having large 32x32 icons in the all programs menu of the start menu, when the all programs menu is categorized into groups (folders), a larger set of icons would make it a bit more easier to choose the group quickly, it's kinda like Ubuntu's (Gnome) programs menu.

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