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Finished Programs / DONE: Maximize Button Remover
« on: December 15, 2011, 04:18 AM »

I run almost all of my windows in some fragment of the total screen. Then I minimize them. And restore them. And close them.

So somehow it slowly is gnawing at me that when I reach to either minimize or close a window ... the third button... maximizes it!

Not least, if you're trying to discreetly minimize that spicy item... look! It's now as large as your monitor will let it!

It's probably a good idea to make the resulting gap a dead area, rather than smush the remaining two buttons together, because that would lead to more accidental closes.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Stickies review
« on: December 12, 2011, 06:10 PM »
App Name   Stickies
App URL   http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Forum: (Slightly hard to see, top right corner.) http://tomrevell.conforums.com/
App Version Reviewed   7.1 Beta
Supported OSes   Win XP / Vista / Win7
Support Methods   Forum
Upgrade Policy   I think upgrades are free. They were so far.
Trial Version Available?   NA
Pricing Scheme   Free
Author Donation Link   3rd Party -Donation unclear

SCREENSHOT OF APP INTERFACE HERE

Intro:
Digital Desktop Stickies
Introduction to the app, what does it do, history, etc
I needed about 7 snips of info to do stuff at work. This program cut my paper use by X7 since 5 of the snips were thrown out an hour later.

Who is this app designed for:
Small screen shots
List here who the app would be intended to be used by including what it can help you do better or do easier, etc.
Capturing snips of info from any program so you can reuse it and remember it.

The Good
Pretty sturdy, I haven't seen it crash once. Fairly intuitive - once the settings are set, click the stickies tray icon and paste something

Insert your praises of the app here including the features you find useful.
Fairly robust - It handles 30 stickies easily, though finally it begins to creak if you overload it.

The needs improvement section
I want to make a Second Instance so that I can batch stickies. Right now they're all lumped so it starts to clutter the screen.

What is wrong with the app in its current state (the version being reviewed). Include bugs that might deter would-be users, any annoyances, etc.
Well, I think it's best used with a second program like Snippy that custom draws areas to snip. By itself Stickies sorta sits there.

Why I think you should use this product
You can title then save snips into graphic files which can be stored later. It also has a Sticky Manager so that topic you thought was solved last week can come back from the dead.

Exactly that, explain why you think the product is useful and why the average user should use it. Remember, this is subjective to the reviewer and other opinions will be displayed regarding your opinion after the test is complete.
Universal Snips of Anything - Pictures are worth 1000 words and 20 pages of printouts.

How does it compare to similar apps
Unclear, I vaguely tested Win7's version, I liked this one better.

Self-explanatory. How does it compare to other apps in this category.
Seemed a bit more developed. MS's version felt lazy.

Conclusions
Def. Top 10 mini App of my career. I'm 20% faster because I grab info and hold on to it knowing 4 people will want it, rather than wading through printout junk.

A brief summary of the app being reviewed. Any sort of rating you wish to give the app and a general view of the app.
8/10

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Hallo gang.

Occasionally I have commissioned some little utilities before I found CodyLand ... er ... DonationCoder.com! They are Works for Hire so I have at least Non-Exclusive Rights to any use of it I want. (Probably full rights but I'm not gonna pretend those emerging countries are that strict on IP and it's so bare-metal I just wanna' share it.)

I am releasing the first one as Creative Commons Share-Alike, which as I understand it, means that I don't have any delusions of grandeur becoming famous with it, only that if someone wants to fiddle with it, the result also becomes Shareable. I'll leave it to my betters to figure out if that fights with DC rules.

www.freevoteusa.com/Software/ShowHideExt.zip

It's a No-Nonsense uility that flips XP between showing and hiding extensions. (I think it does require RightClick/Refresh to see the effect most times.) I got tired of finding some random folder, Tools/FolderOptions/View/Show or Hide Known Ext/Apply/Ok/Close RandomFolder. So I paid a coder for hire a few bucks to make this little thingie.

I'm pretty sure it's clean, not doing sneaky stuff but if one of you TurboExperts sees a problem with it, sure, tell me!

I hope this goes a little way to showing y'all I like ya!

Cheers,

--Tao


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