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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: timns' ShowVolume

« on: March 09, 2008, 11:40 AM »

Can u check the link - getting a 404 here.

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Developer's Corner / Javascript remote rollover - works in IE7 but not IE6

« on: March 07, 2008, 06:40 PM »

Working on a new site (http://aboutfaceuk.com/test/ ).

The 'Get In Touch' button (bottom right) is actually a transparent anchor, over a <div> with a background image, containing both the normal and hilighted versions of the contact info.

A very simple piece of javascript changes the background-position to show the hilighted version.

Code: Javascript [Select]

1. function SecondWaveClass() {
2.   document.getElementById('SecondWave').style.backgroundPosition="0 -145px";
3. }

The code works in IE7, Opera, FF but not IE6 and I can't see why?

Any fellow designers / coders have any clues?

Thanks.

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008) - Come Say Hello!

« on: March 07, 2008, 12:44 PM »

First!!!!11

Damn - everyone else got back here before me

Thank you to all concerned in the rescue and rebuild operation. It sure is nice to have the forum back again.

<contented sigh>Aaaaah</contented sigh>

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Developer's Corner / Re: [Wanted] Flash boardgame engine / framework

« on: February 29, 2008, 06:18 AM »

So far the effort has all been on the 'real' physical version of the game.

However I would still like to creat a 'virtual' software version. I have cast my eye over all the suggestions above, and am sure that any of them would work, but I think Flash is the way to go, as it is readily accessible my the majority of internet users, and is already accepted as a home for casual games.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Monkey Dash: Play test my game!

« on: February 29, 2008, 06:14 AM »

ToxMox: PMed you the details.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Monkey Dash: Play test my game!

« on: February 28, 2008, 07:26 PM »

iphigenie: Me too! bgg search all the way.  I have taken the liberty of sending you the link... hope you have a chance to try the game.

Mouser: Great... check your PM.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Monkey Dash: Play test my game!

« on: February 28, 2008, 05:08 PM »

I'm in. Does it use a lot of color? My tricolor ink cartridge is empty and it will probably cost $15-$20 to get a new one.

-Deozaan (February 28, 2008, 04:33 PM)

You could get away with printing in black and white - it just wont look so pretty.

PM sent with link to file

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General Software Discussion / Monkey Dash: Play test my game!

« on: February 28, 2008, 04:23 PM »

OK now that I've lured you into the thread I'll come clean... it is a board game.

Games with Monkeys are fab!

STOP! Come back! Board games are great - honestly.

One year ago I was just like you and thought that board games were dull, old fashioned and generally uninteresting, but then I discovered Board Games With Scott, and the games he reviewed looked fun. From there I surfed to Board Game Geek where I discovered that there are more games in the world than Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Cluedo and Pictionary - really good games. Games that I love to play, games that make me proud to say "I am a board gamer".

Cut to the present day, and I've only gone and invented my own game: Monkey Dash - a two player strategy game, involving two fat monkeys, six 'every-good-game-has-them' regular wooden crates, a couple of competing warehouse supervisors and some quirky game mechanics.

After rigorous play testing with friends and family, Monkey Dash is now ready to stretch its legs, and seeks new fresh play-testing talent.

If you are interested then reply to this thread and I'll point you to a download so that you can print your own prototype, and test it to destruction.

Give me some feedback on the experience and I'll send you the two add-ons which extend the base game.

Ampa.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« on: February 27, 2008, 11:40 AM »

Nice to have a visual example.

Does the user have any control over the number of points used?

If so...

Can the results of more / fewer points be viewed (in a manner similar to your image above) in real-time?

Perhaps these are more advanced features that are suitable for the forthcoming Pro edition, or may be the are outside the scope of Scanahand, which I assume was designed for speed and simplicity.

Ampa

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Multiple Sorts of Directories

« on: February 25, 2008, 03:08 PM »

@nosh: Thanks for the tip - never knew I could do that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Opera Dragonfly

« on: February 25, 2008, 10:13 AM »

The [Fire][Bug] -> [Dragon][Fly] argument seems believable, since we already know that Opera has promised better developer tools for a while now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking to find or build a simple specific app.

« on: February 23, 2008, 06:38 PM »

I think FlashFolders has this capability - it has a drop-down of "folders of currently open files" to "global history of folders". Between the two you should be able to jump to any recently  / currently accessed area of your disk.

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Living Room / Re: Game: Traveler IQ Challenge

« on: February 21, 2008, 03:42 PM »

Failed level 5 by a hundred points or so.

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Living Room / Re: Phun - 2D physics sandbox

« on: February 20, 2008, 02:07 PM »

Looks fun - very similar to...

Sketchy Physics (physics sandbox in 3D) >> Video HERE

Crayon Physics (2D physics with Incredible Machine like missions)

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Living Room / Re: Ralf Maximus - MIA?

« on: February 18, 2008, 05:39 PM »

I assumed that Centurion Maximus had rejoined his legion

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can't open old CorelDraw (v4?) file - help please!

« on: February 18, 2008, 05:33 PM »

katykaty: Thank you!!! 

I realise that it isn't going to win the Nobel Prize for literature, but it amused me to write it, and fun to see it again after many years. I originally printed two copies (so that as a limited edition it would be worth a fortune!) but no longer have either copy

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can't open old CorelDraw (v4?) file - help please!

« on: February 18, 2008, 03:38 PM »

yksyks: Thanks for trying.

katykaty: Ooh! So nearly! CorelDraw X3 seems to have opened it, but only the first page of many.

Looking at the original file in a hex editor I can see that the text for the whole book (three short stories) is definitely buried in there along with lots of extra data (layout information and pictures) so I am hoping that the whole thing can be recovered somehow.

Perhaps it needs a really early version of CorelDraw to make sense of the file?

Got my fingers corssed crossed (Ed: seems they were literally crossed when I typed that!)

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General Software Discussion / Can't open old CorelDraw (v4?) file - help please!

« on: February 18, 2008, 12:27 PM »

I was searching through some old backup CDs today, and found the original file for a short illustrated book that I wrote many years ago.

It is called "Shaun the Sheep" and is a tongue-in-cheek children's book, for adults (due to the drug taking scene).

From memory it was put together in CorelDraw v4, but I no longer have CorelDraw or anything else that will open the file, so I am posting it here in the hope that someone will be able to open it and export it in a more accessible format.

Thanks for your time

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Process Kill Killed FARR

« on: February 17, 2008, 10:28 AM »

I too updated without issue. Odd indeed?!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: xplorer², a powerful windows file manager and explorer replacement / alternative

« on: February 16, 2008, 04:13 AM »

Xplorer² v1.7.1.0 is now officially out!
Change Log

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« on: February 14, 2008, 04:27 PM »

Looks like a cool product - I might well be interested in adding it to my collection.

Could you give some details on the difference between the Standard and Premium editions?

In what format(s) is the font saved? I assume it is a vector font, probably TrueType, but I don't think the site specifies this anywhere?!

Ampa

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General Software Discussion / Re: PHP IDE recommendations

« on: February 13, 2008, 12:53 PM »

Agreed! Why's Ruby guide is a classic - it is worth learning the language JUST as an excuse to read that document!

If only such things existed for Javascript, PHP, Java etc etc.

I have toyed with Ruby and it seems very elegant and a great tool for certain applications. I have a friend who is using it to code his experimental maths.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PHP IDE recommendations

« on: February 13, 2008, 09:55 AM »

NetBeans looks nice... but no PHP

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General Software Discussion / Re: Opera Browser Power-User Mods

« on: February 12, 2008, 09:15 AM »

@PhilB66: Thanks for pointing that one out - but it seems to clash with something else on my system, and the autopaging just produces a screen of 'random' HTML. I might see if I can find the conflict later.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Opera Browser Power-User Mods

« on: February 11, 2008, 01:59 PM »

A few UserJS that I have installed on my setup...

LinkAlert
Identifies links to specific file types, and displays an appropriate icon when the link is hovered.

MultiPopup
Configurable, pretty, pinnable, tooltips, with additional plugin support for live CSS editing, DOMViewer and element hiding.
Latest builds at the blog

Operapedia
Embeds a Wikipedia article relevant to your current Google search right into the Google page

GoogleAutoPager
Google search results that scroll on forever (auto-loaded when at bottom of the page).

Anyone else have other favourite UserJS?