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General Software Discussion / Re: Help! Good flowcharting sw needed

« on: May 09, 2008, 06:53 AM »

I'm afraid an open discussion with the group is impossible for a variety of reasons, including privacy and security and time (& 50% don't speak English). And I think we all know that the group's decision will be subjective, probably idiosyncratic, & apparently based on criteria unique to the group. (In the end it's just a bunch of people saying "I like that" or "I don't like that" ... has a faint whiff of democracy?)

I will however, report back (maybe August) on which tool was chosen, and perhaps why.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help! Good flowcharting sw needed

« on: May 09, 2008, 03:45 AM »

Thanks mouser.

Respect.

We're a small well-funded university-based group, and cost simply isn't an issue. I made exactly the same points about Visio but (especially as I don't actually have to do any of the work --- just gently supervise!) think it's important they should go through a "tools evaluation" phase.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help! Good flowcharting sw needed

« on: May 09, 2008, 12:48 AM »

Thanks very much for the suggestions.
Hope there will be a few more.

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General Software Discussion / Help! Good flowcharting sw needed

« on: May 08, 2008, 12:06 PM »

Does anybody know of anything better for Flow Charting than Visio?
Cost and O/S are irrelevant, but I'm starting to get desperate.

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General Software Discussion / Re: really good spell check tool wanted

« on: October 29, 2006, 05:08 AM »

I use this:

http://www.alcodasof....com/word-spring.htm

It will certainly do nearly all you want; although i'm not completely sure it auto-detects language change ... but it's very easy to specify languages.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cool Open Source file-sharing app: HTTP File Server (HFS)

« on: October 18, 2006, 05:34 AM »

Thanks for the info, fodder.

I'm in Værløse and can potentially save 100 ddk a month or get a faster line if I switch to Cybercity. I can live without phone support, so am talking to their Customer support right now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cool Open Source file-sharing app: HTTP File Server (HFS)

« on: October 18, 2006, 03:38 AM »

Actually fodder, i do know what it's like where you are !

I'm dk too, use TDC which is expensive (static IP) but v. reliable and can't be bothered to switch, but if you know a good ISP? Fibre is a real future possibility, because landlord (DAB) is ok, and we just need a simple majority of apartment-dwellers (& Inet is v. popular);  but I won't be able to afford it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cool Open Source file-sharing app: HTTP File Server (HFS)

« on: October 17, 2006, 11:32 AM »

I don't know what it's like where you are fodder, (suprise!) but where i live you pay a tarrif for say 256kbps upload,, more for 512kbp, more for 1mb and so on up the scale. (Banding?) Download works the same way.

I was really referring to the fact that some ISPs just block port 80 (HSF default) -- but it works for any port.

It's self test feature shows you your external port without taking you anywhere. I simply don't know about uPNP support. My guess is not yet, but that really is a complete guess.

One of the great things is the User forum. You can post questions like that there, and you'll almost always get a definitive and helpful reply within a few hours. (Depends on time zones, I think)

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General Software Discussion / Re: foobar...honestly...WTF?! WTF?!

« on: October 17, 2006, 07:39 AM »

Of ourse the other way to use Foobar is like I do:

Install.
Open
Drag files frmo Explorer into Foobar window.
Press Play and shrink to taskbar.
Listen to the music.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cool Open Source file-sharing app: HTTP File Server (HFS)

« on: October 17, 2006, 07:01 AM »

Also, HFS can be used to host websites (I'm not done this myself.9 But I quote from the doc:

Use HFS to host a website

Classic webservers are used for publishing one or more websites. They work in a simple way: you just indicate which folder contains files to be published, and it is done.

However, this is also possible with HFS. Just follow these steps:
In the virtual file system, right-click on root(home) and click bind root to real-folder.
Select the folder that contains the website files.
Right-click root again, and click default file mask.
Type index.htm*.

The name index.htm* is normally ok, but your particular main page file may have a different name, such as default.html; check it out.

No server-side scripting is currently supported.
Disclaimer
HFS is not designed to publish websites.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cool Open Source file-sharing app: HTTP File Server (HFS)

« on: October 17, 2006, 06:53 AM »

HFS works with most download managers, including Flashget, so resuming downloads isn't a problem.

I'm a great Torrent fan too, but HFS is quite fast -- it depends what you pay for at yor ISP. I get upload speeds around 200 kbs if i don't run eg Torrent at the same time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Review of File Renamers — let's make a list

« on: April 02, 2006, 08:11 AM »

You seem to have missed my favorite -- Magic File Renamer

http://www.finebytes.com/mfr/