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General Software Discussion / Re: Good auto clicker for specific needs?

« on: March 26, 2019, 06:19 AM »

You don't say what version of Windows you're using, what software you've tried, nor what exactly the web site is.  All that is potentially useful information in this kind of query...

Unless you have special requirements, you may find it better to try a completely different approach.  Have you tried a Download manager^w?  Don't miss the Comparison of download managers^w either.

I use Internet Download Manager.  It isn't free, but it's good value, and says it can do what you ask; see Internet Download Manager Features.  Or, I think Free Download Manager can also do it.

If you really must have an auto-clicker, you may need one with reasonable intelligence and at least basic scripting.  Try PTFB Pro ("Push the Freakin' Button").  Or a full-blown macro program like Macro Express.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Serif Affinity Spring Sale - 20% off everything until 3d April 2019

« on: March 24, 2019, 05:41 PM »

Serif Affinity Spring Sale - 20% off everything until 3d April 2019

178

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AMS Software photo editing & design software 60% off Christmas 2018 sale

« on: March 20, 2019, 05:15 PM »

And again: 60% OFF until 25 March 2019: AMS Spring 2019 Sale

179

Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: Display keystrokes in video?

« on: March 20, 2019, 04:53 PM »

It's a good question.  Have you tried Skrommel's "ShowOff"

-mouser (March 19, 2019, 05:47 PM)

That's the best one yet.  Thanks for the pointer.  Skrommel is a marvel.

Discussed here as well: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=792.0

I'd like to hear what features you'd like to see added in such a tool.

-mouser (March 19, 2019, 05:47 PM)

Skrommel points out that what ShowOff shows is what happens at keyboard level, but I'd like to see "real keypresses" in the sense of what the user thinks they're doing too, so that "Ctrl+D" is shown as exactly that.  Perhaps both methods could be available as a choice.

Skrommel's comment (that I don't think he went on to implement)

Maybe I'll show all keys pressed, just adding up until all are released again?

would be good too.

I'd like a GUI configuration.  I realise one can edit the INI file, but I'd guess most non-coders would appreciate not having to delve into hex codes for colours, for example.

Is there an inconsistency in the INI?  In the comment block at the top it says

;timetohide             ;time in ms

but in [Settings] it has

timetoshow=1000

Although ShowOff's display is described as a window, you can't resize it, and it isn't big enough for some keypresses, e.g. Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Win+Z, which I have configured for one program (that I don't use very often).  It might be nice to have a thin border round the window, as a bit of psychology, to emphasize that what's being shown is monitoring what's happening, not the event itself.  The default black on white colour scheme underlines this; if you put ShowOff on top of the white background of another program like an editor, say, it can be a bit disconcerting to see text being apparently typed twice in different sizes.  That probably means that the default colours should be something else.  Besides, white-on-white makes it hard to see where the window is for when you want to move it.

Most of this amounts to cosmetics, which indicates that ShowOff is basically sound.

I did a quick search for screen recorders that included showing keypresses.  The only one I could find in a hurry that actually claimed to was Movavi Screen Capture Pro.  I'm surprised this feature is (apparently) still so rare.

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Easy Screencast Recorder / Display keystrokes in video?

« on: March 19, 2019, 05:17 PM »

I can't see an option to echo keystrokes to screen and have them captured in the video.  Have I missed it?

Otherwise, please can someone recommend a separate tool to do this?  I've tried those below in conjunction with FastStone Capture rather than ESR, but wasn't happy with any of them, and some are getting a bit old, too:

• KeyPosé
• Carnac
• QiPress

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General Software Discussion / Re: taking line-feeds and end-of-line hypens out of the clipboard text

« on: March 14, 2019, 06:24 PM »

Text Monkey or Clippy, see this post: Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: quickly sort pictures

« on: March 10, 2019, 05:08 PM »

I'm not sure it's exactly what you want, but have you looked at FastStone Image Viewer?  Grab the tutorial from the Download page too; it's old, but may give some helpful hints.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Does any folder in tree have more than one file in it?

« on: March 05, 2019, 05:53 PM »

The OP mentioned TreeSize.  From idle curiosity, I entered it into AlternativeTo and found WizTree, which claims to be the fastest of its type and certainly seems like it, much faster than WinDirStat, but doesn't address the more-than-one-file question.

Also, FolderSizes, which apparently can:

You can now search for folders based upon the number of files and/or subfolders they contain. This criterion can be based upon the immediate file/folder count, or the aggregate file/folder count (which includes counts from nested subfolders).

But it's a heavy-duty tool - 27MB and $60.

Nir Sofer's SearchMyFiles can show number of files per folder in Summary mode, but you'd still have to eyeball the report, or post-process it.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« on: March 05, 2019, 05:39 PM »

Catherine Fisher's Chronoptika Quartet; YA time-travel.  Vivid, energetic, engrossing, bleak.  None of the main characters are really sympathetic, but you understand what drives them.

Catherine Fisher writes: I have always thought the idea of Time Travel fascinating, full of paradox and speculation and opportunities for adventure.

If you had the power to change previous events to bring back someone that you loved, would you do it, even if it changed the world? In Venn I wanted to invent a man so deep in guilt that he has lost the ability to care about anyone else.

Into this dilemma I wanted to mix all the old folklore: the wintry isolated house, the dark wood, the beautiful, deadly Shee and their ageless, changeless land; the eccentric inventor, the opium dens and alleys of Victorian London.

I wanted a story full of variety and mystery. And above all, enjoyment.

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Automatic Screenshotter / How to capture a transient window?

« on: February 17, 2019, 04:33 PM »

I tried to install the TWAIN driver that came with my scanner.  All I got was a window that flashed up on screen, instantly disappeared before I could read it, and nothing else.  I'm pretty sure it was saying that the driver wasn't compatible with my old Vista, but it would be nice to be certain.

What's the best way to go about capturing such a transient window, please?

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General Software Discussion / Re: File renamer that can work with EXIF data and can be automated?

« on: February 10, 2019, 04:03 PM »

Try Bulk Rename Utility (BRU), which can, I think, do most of what you want.  It has a companion command-line utility BRC, but, BRC doesn't have the EXIF tag processing that BRU has.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« on: February 06, 2019, 04:51 PM »

V - the file viewer

V is an all-purpose File Manager for Windows with a powerful inbuilt text file viewer which excels at viewing files quickly - whether they are 100 bytes or 100 gigabytes.

It is an indispensable utility for anyone who spends much time navigating directories and viewing files.

    Tabbed File Manager with Dual Pane interface
    Powerful text and hex file viewer (views large files quickly)
    Support for CSV files
    Search/GREP functionality
    EBCDIC support
    Unicode support
    Extensive Command Line support and keyboard shortcuts
    Thumbnails mode
    Greenbar mode
    2UP printing
    Support for ZIP, CAB, TAR, RAR, GZip, BZip2 and 7Zip archives
    Support for Alternate Data Streams and 4DOS descriptions
    Bioinformatics/DNA search (experimental)
    Spanish, French, Italian and Russian translations available

If you ever yearned for a WinGUI equivalent of Vern Buerg's famous program List.com, a must-have on DOS, this is it.  While searching for articles on List I stumbled on ZBLIST, a Replacement for Vern (Vernon) Buerg's DOS utility, LIST.COM, for 32-bit and 64-bit Computers, console mode and all.

Text Monkey

Text Monkey PRO is a fast, versatile utility that extends every Windows program you use. Text Monkey has dozens of useful text processing functions that were designed to save you time and effort on all types of editing tasks. Because Text Monkey operates on text while it resides on the Windows clipboard, it extends the functionality of every program you use.

The list that follows is a comprehensive list of Text Monkey PRO's features and functions:

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Email Cleanup

    Sense when quoted email text is copied to the clipboard and clean automatically, or upon confirmation †
    Sense and remove email quoting symbols, including those with prefix strings such as "Joe>" †
    Set email quoting symbols
    Delete extra spaces and blank lines †
    Sense and preserve formatting of lines that appear not to be flowing text †
    Convert line breaks to space † -or-
    Reformat line breaks to user-defined paragraph width

Web Document Cleanup

    Delete HTML tags
    Decode named and numbered HTML character constants, such as """ or """
    Delete extra blank lines (ie, reduce two or more blank lines to one blank line)
    Delete leading spaces and tabs
    Convert line breaks to spaces

Space Operations

    Delete leading spaces and tabs
    Delete trailing spaces and tabs
    Reduce space runs to one space
    Apply one space after sentence enders
    Apply two spaces after sentence enders

Line Operations

    Delete extra blank lines (ie, reduce two or more blank lines to one blank line)
    Delete all blank lines
    Delete duplicate lines
    Delete lines that contain user-specified text
    Delete lines that do not contain user-specified text

Indent Operations

    Indent all lines with one space †
    Indent all lines with one tab
    Indent all lines with user-specified text
    Unindent all lines by one character †
    Unindent all (remove all leading spaces and tabs)

Case Operations

    Convert to uppercase †
    Convert to lowercase †
    Capitalize each word
    Capitalize each sentence
    Swap case of each character

HTML Operations

    Delete HTML tags
    Decode named characters such as """
    Decode numbered characters such as """
    Convert text to HTML document
        Apply all relevant tags to make a legal HTML document
        Option to retain line breaks, or convert line breaks to spaces
        Encode sensitive characters to HTML character constants
    Encode text to &#nnn; sequences (can be useful to obfuscate email addresses that are to be posted on a website and reduce spam harvesting)

Sort Operations

    Sort lines alphabetically, numerically or according to line length
    Designate the column on which sort comparison should occur
    Case sensitive or insensitive
    Ascending, descending or random order
    Sort according to ANSI value or Locale sort table (for proper handling of accented characters)

Auto-Number Operations

    Set starting number
    Set numbering increment
    Set trailing symbol, if any
    Set trailing spaces, if any
    Set leading zero, if any
    Number using digits, or roman numerals
    Left justified or right justified

Conversions

    Tabs to spaces
    Spaces to tabs
    Set tab display value
    OEM to ANSI
    ANSI to OEM

Strip Operations

    Strip low ASCII characters
    Strip high ASCII characters
    Strip OEM graphics (line drawing) characters
    Convert OEM graphics (line drawing) characters to +, - and |
    Strip user-specified characters

Replace Operations

    Designate up to four search and replace string pairs
    Case sensitive or insensitive

Miscellaneous Operations

    Compute total, average, median, mode and standard deviation
    Count characters, words and lines
    Count occurrences of a user-specified text string
    Convert text to hex dump format (useful to examining character values)
    Convert normal text to "Teen Text," as is common in chat environments
    Convert normal text to "Crazy Text," using alternative but readable substitutes for most characters

Clipboard Viewer / Editor

    Examine clipboard content in a resizeable editor window †
    Set clipboard viewer display font
    Undo allows previous clipboard content to be restored †
    View in browser makes it easy to preview clipboard content in a web browser
    Save clipboard text to a file
    Visual wrap options allows long lines to wrap to window width †


† These features are also found in Text Monkey Lite, a free, feature-reduced version of Text Monkey.

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Clippy
Gone from the Web.  Original URL was http://wots.coolfree...e.com/link.php?id=L2  (try Wayback Machine).  I attached a copy of Clippy to this 2011 post - Re: rename pdf files
Abbreviated feature list:

- Remove leading email quote characters
- Re-align email quote characters
- Strip HTML
- Count characters, words and lines
- Reformat paragraphs
- plus more operations...

- Define new "clippers" by grouping one or more operations together
- System tray icon
- Single-click execution of the default clipper

Full feature list:

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Name: Align center
Description: Centers the lines of all paragraphs.  The left and right
+margins specify where a line begins and ends.
Number in ini file: 0
Parameters: left margin, right margin

Name: Align fill
Description: The lines of all paragraphs are left and right flushed.
The left and right margins specify where a line begins and ends.
Number in ini file: 1
Parameters: left margin, right margin

Name: Align left
Description: The lines of all paragraphs are left-flushed.  The left and
right margins specify where a line begins and ends.
Number in ini file: 2
Parameters: left margin, right margin

Name: Align quote
Description: Vertically aligns email quote symbols.
Number in ini file: 3
Parameters: left margin, right margin, quote

Name: Align right
Description: The lines of all paragraphs are right-flushed.  The left
and right margins specify where a line begins and ends.
Number in ini file: 4
Parameters: left margin, right margin

Name: Case capitalise
Description: Capitalises the first character of every word.
Number in ini file: 5
Parameters:

Name: Case invert
Description: Inverts the case of every alphabetical character.
Number in ini file: 6
Parameters:

Name: Case lower
Description: Changes every alphabetical character to lower case.
Number in ini file: 7
Parameters:

Name: Case upper
Description: Changes every alphabetical character to upper case.
Number in ini file: 8
Parameters:

Name: Count of characters
Description: Displays the number of non-space and -tab characters.
Number in ini file: 9
Parameters:

Name: Count of lines
Description: Displays the number of lines, including blank lines
Number in ini file: 10
Parameters:

Name: Count of words
Description: Displays the number of words.
Number in ini file: 11
Parameters:

Name: Convert all spaces to tabs
Description: Converts a sequence of spaces to tabs  The number of
contiguous spaces is specified in the tab width setting.
Number in ini file: 12
Parameters: tab width

Name: Convert leading spaces to tabs
Description: Converts a sequence of leading spaces to tabs  The number
of contiguous spaces is specified in the tab width setting.
Number in ini file: 13
Parameters: tab width

Name: Convert tabs to spaces
Description: Converts tabs to spaces  The number of spaces is specified
in the tab width setting.
Number in ini file: 14
Parameters: tab width

Name: Quote
Description: Add characters to the start of each line, and optionally
to the end of each line.
Number in ini file: 29
Parameters: quote, append

Name: Remove blank lines
Description: Removes lines that don't have any characters  Spaces and
tabs are counted as characters.
Number in ini file: 15
Parameters:

Name: Remove duplicate lines
Description: Removes adjacent lines that are exactly identical  Spaces
and tabs are included in the comparisons.
Number in ini file: 16
Parameters:

Name: Remove line
Description: Remove the line at the specified line number or containing
the specified search text.  One or both parameters may be specified.
Number in ini file: 30
Parameters: number, search

Name: Remove line breaks
Description: Joins the lines in a paragraph to form a single, long line.
Number in ini file: 17
Parameters:

Name: Strip HTML
Description: Removes all HTML markup tags  Only the following character
entities are converted: &  && &" &' &> &<
Number in ini file: 18
Parameters:

Name: Trim leading spaces
Description: Removes all space and tab characters at the beginning of
every line.
Number in ini file: 19
Parameters:

Name: Trim trailing spaces
Description: Removes all space and tab characters at the end of every
line.
Number in ini file: 20
Parameters:

Name: Unquote
Description: Removes all email quote symbols from the beginning of every
line.
Number in ini file: 21
Parameters: quote

Name: Remove duplicate blank lines
Description: Removes adjacent lines that don't have any characters
Spaces and tabs are counted as characters.
Number in ini file: 22
Parameters:

Name: Convert DOS to Unix
Description: Converts CRLF linebreaks to LF.
Number in ini file: 23
Parameters:

Name: Convert Unix to DOS
Description: Converts LF linebreaks to CRLF.
Number in ini file: 24
Parameters:

Name: Delete to end-of-line from column
Description: Removes all characters to the end of the line from the
specified column.
Number in ini file: 25
Parameters: column position

Name: Delete to end-of-line from string
Description: Removes all characters to the end of the line from the
specified string.  The string is also removed
Number in ini file: 26
Parameters: search string

Name: Sort lines
Description: Sorts all the lines in lexical order.
Number in ini file: 27
Parameters: ascending

Name: Search and replace
Description: Replaces all occurrences of a string with another string.
Number in ini file: 28
Parameters: search string, replace string

2. PARAMETERS

Name: Quote
Default value: >
Possible values: a single character
Number in ini file: 0

Name: Left margin
Default value: 0
Possible values: 0 to right margin value
Number in ini file: 1

Name: Right margin
Default value: 72
Possible values: left margin value to 16384
Number in ini file: 2

Name: Tab width
Default value: 4
Possible values: 1 to 80
Number in ini file: 3

Name: Ascending
Default value: true
Possible values: true or false
Number in ini file: 4

Name: Search
Default value:
Possible values: 0 to 256 characters
Number in ini file: 5

Name: Replace
Default value:
Possible values: 0 to 256 characters
Number in ini file: 6

Name: Position
Default value: 72
Possible values: 0 to 16384
Number in ini file: 7

Name: Number
Default value: 0
Possible values: 0 to a lot
Number in ini file: 8

Name: Append
Default value:
Possible values: 0 to 128 characters
Number in ini file: 9

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I specially liked Clippy's ability to group operations togther into a single one, triggered by one click.

Truth to tell, both Text Monkey and Clippy are probably of less value than formerly, now good clipboard managers such as ArsClip and Mouser's own Clipboard Help+Spell that you run anyway have a lot of this functionality built-in, albeit not necessarily available as smoothly.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« on: February 05, 2019, 04:17 PM »

Biet-O-Matic / Bid-O-Matic  (BOM)
Freeware eBay sniper; a piece of software, not a service.  German programmers and forum, UI switchable to English, but Help file in German only.

Cathy

An extremly small, very fast and easy to use media cataloging tool. You can use it to index files stored on removable media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, and create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to original media. Searching capabilities are based on file name, date and size. Additional features include filtering options, search duplicates or singles, customizable date format, etc. Found files can be opened (executed) or deleted directly, if they are present. Drag&drop support. Directory trees, MP3 album/song lists can be printed, disk space usage can be investigated. Single file executable, no install needed.
Version 2.31.3, 65 kB, for XP(SP3), Vista(SP2), Win7 and above.

Dukto

an easy file transfer tool designed for LAN use. I use it in my everyday work to transfer files from one PC (or other device) to another, without worrying about users, permissions, operating systems, protocols, clients, servers and so on… Just start Dukto on the two PCs and transfer files and folders by dragging onto its window.

Android version available too.

Sony Arianto Kurniawan - Extended Character Map
Doesn't seem to be on his web site any more.

PeaZip

PeaZip is a free, Open Source file and archive manager.
Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, ZIP. Extract over 150 file formats as ACE, CAB, DMG, ISO, RAR, UDF, ZIPX... PeaZip allows to create, convert and extract multiple archives at once, create self-extracting archives, bookmark archives and folders, apply powerful search filters, scan and open files with custom applications, apply strong encryption, split/join files, secure data deletion, checksum and hash.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« on: February 05, 2019, 04:15 PM »

A bull may find it difficult to scroll, with a cloven hoof and such. The manager and the ad hoc launcher are situated in each end of the same page.

-Curt (February 05, 2019, 04:18 AM)

Quite so   

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« on: February 04, 2019, 04:04 PM »

OK, let me turn to folder and shortcuts launcher (also open/save file dialog enhancement)
[...]
Chameleonfolder.

-chashnniel (February 03, 2019, 12:52 AM)

That looks like Chameleon Startup Manager - not quite the same thing as ad hoc launchers?

a lot of people here use FileBox eXtender which seems cant use as portable. maybe a good alternative

-chashnniel (February 03, 2019, 12:52 AM)

It's hardly little-known any more, but the best dialog box extender that I've seen is Listary.  I particularly like its ability to integrate with many file managers, so I can steer a dialog box to whatever folder I'm looking at in my file manager.  There's a portable version.

Quick Pop Menu

-chashnniel (February 03, 2019, 12:52 AM)

My most-used launcher is Horst Schaeffer's PopSel, and occasionally his Qsel.  They're both portable, with

Automatic drive letter handling on USB Flash Drives

.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« on: January 31, 2019, 05:32 PM »

Reso
another small size portable software from Bcheck.

-chashnniel (January 31, 2019, 05:36 AM)

I still use bCheck's HoeKey hotkey program.  I don't use a lot of general hotkeys, but when I change to another computer, I'll probably replace HoeKey with HotkeyP as it's easier to configure, updated rather more often, and probably more powerful.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Wish: NumberComparer tool to compare two list of words and export differences

« on: January 28, 2019, 05:34 PM »

I'm not sure how much (if any) this helps, but you might like to review these threads (in which I bang on about Unix comm):

DONE: Are any of the files missing???

Compare text files and keep only the DIFFERENT lines?

I also mentioned fintrsct = File Intersection.  Its home page seems to have disappeared, so I attach the latest version I know of.  DC's forum software won't let me upload a tar.bz2 file, so I've had to ZIP it.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter

« on: January 15, 2019, 03:37 PM »

everything goes into a download directory. I would like to sort the download directory and put the files where they should be according to what they are used for.

-wetsmellydog (January 15, 2019, 12:32 PM)

If all your downloaded files have the same extension, .ZIP or whatever, this won't help; but have you considered using a download manager like Internet Download Manager (IDM)?  You can define separate categories for files by extension(s), and have each category saved to a category-specific directory.  I believe the same thing is true of Free Download Manager (FDM).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Kirby Alarm 2.11, causes Opera to Freeze and others ?

« on: January 14, 2019, 02:45 PM »

I have Installed Kirby Alarm v2.11

-screenshot1 (January 12, 2019, 01:26 PM)

I can't help with the original question, but, you appear to be using the last free version (Web site checked 2019-01-14):

Kirby Alarm & Task Scheduler
 
 Kirby Alarm Pro (v4.45)
File Size: approx 6.5 MB | Date: April 13, 2008, 9:49 pm
Kirby Alarm Pro Lite and Kirby Alarm Pro are the same program, but with some of the more advanced features disabled.
 
 Kirby Alarm v2.11 (Old free version)
File Size: approx 2.47mb | Date: February 10, 2015, 6:52 pm
Old free version of Kirby Alarm v2.11 originally released in 2004.

I don't know why the file is dated 2015 if it's for a 2004 program.  But... maybe a program that old doesn't play nicely with late-model Windows?  The current Pro version - now 11 years old itself - works fine on Vista Home Premium, but I haven't tried it on anything later.  Maybe time to consider registering, or an alternative program?

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Living Room / Durability of USB ports and plugs?

« on: January 10, 2019, 05:11 PM »

Things like microswitches and camera shutters have a rated life of so many actuations.  Is this also true of USB plugs and ports/sockets?

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Found Deals and Discounts / PhotoDonut 2 (formerly PostWorkshop Pro) changes hands, dumps subscription

« on: January 10, 2019, 05:07 PM »

Xycod Ltd. made PostWorkshop Pro, then renamed it PhotoDonut and made it a subscription program.  It's now been acquired by Smith Micro, who have dumped the subscription.  I don't know if they will levy a charge for later versions.  It's currently on 25% off launch offer, with a much better offer for people who registered before.

PhotoDonut - artistic effects for photos

PhotoDonut 2 - ON SALE NOW!

Transform your photos into beautiful art – let your artistic visions come true

Digital Copy $39.99 $29.99   

Windows version only. Mac version coming soon.

Get the Best Artistic Effects for Your Photos

Life is too short for boring. Let your artistic visions come true with PhotoDonut. Choose from hundreds of styles, browse the StyleShop for even more, or create your own styles.

See how easy it is to channel your visions into stunning artistic creations:

Explore PhotoDonut Styles:

Style Categories – From pencil, ink and watercolor effects, to magna and light leaks, explore the many possibilities and play with the settings until you create something you truly love.

Drawing – Create natural-looking drawings using pencil, charcoal, pastel or ink

Painting – Powerful auto-painting styles will help you create instant artwork from your photos in a fraction of the time, and without any mess

Photo Effects – Dynamic black and whites, retro colors, trendy effects, and more

Illustration – Use for websites, posters, brochures or newsletters; everybody uses the same stock photos…make them different with PhotoDonut
PhotoDonut is for Everyone

Just for Fun – for anyone and everyone who wishes to make family memories, enhance party pictures, create unique selfies, and more

Photographers – from Hobbyists to Professionals and everyone in between

Designers & Artists – create abstract illustrations for books or the perfect album cover or poster

Agencies & Businesses – make ordinary presentations extraordinary or ensure your advertising material is unique and stands out
PhotoDonut Resources:

StyleShop – Explore and find new style packs, textures and brushes for PhotoDonut

Tutorials – Everything you need from getting started to creating your own styles and more

Gallery – Explore some awesome examples of what you can do with PhotoDonut
System Requirements:

Windows: Windows 7 - 10, 64 bit only.

Mac version coming soon

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: TextWorx - Universal Text Manipulator

« on: December 31, 2018, 02:52 PM »

This reminds me of Boxer Software's Text Monkey (complete feature list here), and its alternatives, see e.g. the alternativeTo listing.  I particularly liked WOTS Clippy, but both programs are old now, and the author of Clippy has disappeared from the Web.  However, your program has different features than these, despite overlap.

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Android Apps / Re: Problems getting started with Checklist DC

« on: December 26, 2018, 05:51 AM »

rShopping List - Grocery List looks interesting, but two of the four stores I'd probably include don't have easily identifiable aisles
[...]
What I need is a list that I can use when I go to store X or Y to remind me of what items I want to buy. I'd like that list to be organized so that all the vegetables I want will be listed together, as will all the fruit, all the poultry, all the dairy products, etc.

-cyberdiva (December 24, 2018, 05:21 PM)

Don't overlook that rShopping List - Grocery List has categories, which it calls labels, and you can set it to show only items that have a particular label.  See screenshots.  I don't use aisles either, I don't see the point; they vary by shop, and are occasionally moved around.  I too think it more useful to group "Fruit" together, "Canned Goods" together, etc., and being able to display one such group at at a time is potentially useful.

Actually, this thread made me go back to HandyShopper.  I hadn't realised that it too has this very feature... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Et Tu, CCleaner!

« on: December 23, 2018, 05:07 PM »

Privazer

-brahman (December 19, 2018, 12:45 PM)

I seem to remember looking at Privazer, and getting nervous that it might wipe things I needed.  Time for another look, perhaps.  I'm currently using BleachBit but don't really know how it compares.  The most recent issue (no. 543, 19 Dec. 2018 - 1 Jan. 2019) of UK magazine ComputerActive recommends open-source program XTR Toolbox.  Its home page isn't all that informative; the Major Geeks page for XTR Toolbox pages has more detail:

Author: XTR Toolbox
Date: 04/16/2018 07:58 AM
Size: 2.76 MB
License: Open Source
Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7

XTR Toolbox is a portable open-source app to optimize, clean, tweak and protect your privacy in Windows.

XTR Toolbox is relatively easy to use with four categories - Quick Tools, Privacy Tools, Other Tools, and Cleanup Tools. It starts with a "dark theme" using brown and white but you can uncheck that at any time to go brighter.

Quick Tools allows you to rebuild your icon and font cache. Privacy Tools feature a Windows apps manager and the ability to remove telemetry. Other Tools has a startup, services, software, and hosts file managers. Finally, cleanup has a junk files cleaner and chrome extensions manager.

While overall, the app is excellent, there are a few oddities. Uninstalling telemetry says that it will remove telemetry from Windows 7 and 8 with no mention of 10, causing us to hesitate. Windows App Manager does not detect what is or isn't installed and offers to reinstall all apps, something we know can be hit or miss as some Windows apps, once removed, can't be restored. Junk files cleaner appears to be decent, but there's no browser specific cleanup listed, and you have to select each category one by one. It was incredibly fast, however. Software manager can remove software, but with so many uninstallers available, we hate to see anyone offer the old Windows uninstall method.

Overall, XTR Toolbox is an excellent fit, assuming it has the tools that you need. While not a complete suite of everything but the kitchen sink, it has many tools that most people will find useful.

They don't add that it needs .Net Framework: 4.7+

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Android Apps / Re: Problems getting started with Checklist DC

« on: December 23, 2018, 04:51 PM »

What I'd like to do is have a shopping list that includes several stores, such as Safeway, Trader Joe's, etc., or perhaps several lists, one for each store.  For each store, I'd like to have a list of things I want to buy.

-cyberdiva (December 22, 2018, 02:44 PM)

HandyShopper does this by defining a master list of items, and also a list of stores.  When you define a new item, you check which (multiple) stores it can be bought in.  Probably the key to using HandyShopper is that it has multiple views.  When you need to go shopping, you start off with the "All" view which shows the master list view combined with the "All Stores" view. As you check off each item you need it acquires a greyed-out checkbox.  When you finish your list, you change to the "Need" view.  Everything not marked disappears, and the checkboxes of the remaining "needed" items go live.  When you get to a store, you can if you wish change from "All Stores" to a view of the particular store you're in.