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Curt:
"Perfect Software?":
Axialis IconWorkshop Professional ? At least I think it was last updated a year ago...


Why the heck is the normal price listed at Bits du Jour as being $100 ???
edited: http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/axialis-iconworkshop/

I trust IconWorkshop will be updated for Win 8, but otherwise; is anything happening?
Or is it really perfect ?

Curt:
... Metapad hasn't been updated since year 2002, except for a minor bug-fix in 2005!!! And yet it is said to be working flawlessly on Vista:
http://liquidninja.com/metapad/ -Curt (June 27, 2009, 09:07 AM)
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Curt - I'm using Metapad under Vista 64 bit with no problems!...-Darwin (June 27, 2009, 05:01 PM)
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-that was as of June 2009. Since then, the author has revived Metapad:


March 26, 2011   ~   Posted beta 5 which contains a minor refresh to the toolbar. See the change list.

March 12, 2011   ~   Posted beta 4 for Metapad 3.6 which fixes a couple bugs. See the change list.

March 9, 2011   ~   The third beta for Metapad 3.6 adds a simple but powerful new feature. See the change list.

February 26, 2011   ~   A second beta is out for Metapad 3.6. Here's the list of changes.

December 23, 2010   ~   Just in time for the holidays and after many years, I am happy to announce a new version of Metapad: 3.6. It's currently a beta release so there may still be an issue or two. Find out more details on this Metapad 3.6 post on my blog.

http://twitter.com/metapad
-Metapad
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Read the full story at his blog: http://liquidninja.com/announcing-metapad-3-6/


It should be stated that Metapad now supports UTF-8 files
-and even has become GNU Open Source:

Grab the source here:
http://github.com/alexd/metapad
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There are still two versions of Metapad. I have never tried the LE (Lite Edition), because the Full Version is already so fast, that it doesn't make sense to go for the even faster but feature-less Lite Edition, unless you often have to open extremely large text files:


Q:  What is the difference between Full version and LE?

A:  Technically, the full version utilizes a RichEdit control whereas LE (Light Edition) uses the older but slightly speedier Edit control (as does metapad 1.x). LE may be slightly faster when loading very large files but it does not have the following features:

    Multiple undo/redo
    Show hyperlinks option
    Drag & drop text editing
    Insert/overwrite mode switching
    No file size limit on Win9X

Those features are enough for me to strongly recommend the full version over LE. On a modern computer you probably won't notice any speed difference between the two.

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Latest Release: Mar 26, 2011
Version 3.6 Beta 5    Version 3.6 LE Beta 5
metapad36beta5.zip    metapad36LEbeta5.zip

http://liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html

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http://liquidninja.com/metapad/

Curt:
Resource Hacker is no longer being developed:

Last Updated: 16 September 2011
Version: 3.6.0

I have been overwhelmed by the interest in Resource HackerTM, the emails of thanks, encouragement and suggestions. It's been downloaded many millions of times. However, I've moved on to other things and have no plans to continue its development. Please don't ask for the source code, I'm not releasing it, nor is it for sale. Colin Wilson has written an open source Resource Editor which may interest those looking for source code. Otherwise, Anders Melander has also created another excellent Resource Editor which is still being developed. -Resource Hacker
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Tuxman:
So discontinuation means perfection?

Good, old, perfect DOS...

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