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General Software Discussion / User script to customize the ol' new Google Bar
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:12 PM »
I wonder why Google has pushed Gmail so far down on their new vertical navigation bar. Now I can fix it with the Google Bar+ user script, and do additional customizations! Well, for this screenshot I replaced Gmail with DonationCoder.  (requires Greasemonkey or Scriptish for Firefox, or Tampermonkey for Chrome)

Script Summary: Gives new options to the new google toolbar. If the new google bar has not been enabled, this script will enable it. Allows each menu entry to be customized. Allows for a thinner interface. Allows for google Ad blocking. Presets are provided for common menu items (more will be added); If you have an item you think should be a preset please let me know via the discussion link. As of 0.5.6, users are notified of updates right on the google bar!



Screenshot - 1_8_2012 , 10_06_36 PM.png


from userscripts.org

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Web Link Captor / Nice, with one nitpick
« on: January 05, 2012, 01:24 PM »
This is a really nice tool, simple to operate but powerful. I liked that tree structure under Script to Invoke, a lot of scripts could be added and it still wouldn't look cluttered.  Great job on the user interface.

I had some ideas to use it to look up foreign vocabulary on dictionary and pronunciation web sites, but sadly when I pasted lines from my word list, all the Unicode characters displayed as question marks. so I was sad. (That was the inspiration for the Unicode thread I started, by the way.)

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Developer's Corner / Why would brand new software NOT work with Unicode? / Challenges
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:12 AM »
You are creating an application today. It will not be Unicode compliant. Why? For older programs, it may not be worth the rewrite effort, but if you are writing code from scratch, intended for a worldwide audience, this would seem to be automatic, and yet it doesn't seem to be. What are some of the challenges you face in creating software that leaves the ASCII character set of yesteryear behind (except for backward compatibility)? Be as technical as you want, don't worry about it being over my head. Maybe it will be, but I can still use it as a starting point for further research, and others will benefit.

On the other hand, be as non-technical as you want as well. I think I am seeing a trend of requesting Unicode support for various DonationCoder applications (maybe I am just noticing it more now that I am learning Devanagari script), so I think a lot of people want to know why this isn't easy!

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General Software Discussion / Can't click OK in Manage Search Engines in Firefox 9.0.1
« on: January 02, 2012, 02:16 PM »
For some reason now, if I go to Manage Search Engines within Firefox (click on the search bar dropdown, and click Manage Search Engines..), click Edit Keyword, type in a keyword, and click OK, I can no longer click the second OK, as seen in the screenshot. This happens even in safe mode. It did happen right after trying to work with some Search mode plugins (Web Search Pro), however that is now uninstalled, and it happens even in safe modes with addons disabled.
Screenshot - 1_2_2012 , 3_07_15 PM.png

Going to try in order unless someone has a better idea:
1. Reinstalling this version of Firefox
2. Reverting to previous version of Firefox


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Programmer Libs / Need a noun, a verb, a string array, and a const iterator
« on: December 29, 2011, 08:59 AM »
I remember doing this before about a year or so ago, and I've done it again. I clicked on this forum expecting some kind of programmer version of Mad Libs.

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