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I use The Bat! Pro on my main laptop, but now have a budget ultraportable (Xidu Tour Pro) as a back-up.  It only has a 128Gb SSD (though it has a slot for a second one, which I haven't looked into).  I'm looking for a compact, lightweight email client for it.  A quick search turns up TheBat! as "lightweight", but recent versions have jumped from about a 40Mb download to 120Mb.  I could use The Bat! Voyager on a USB stick as the Pro license covers this, but I'm wondering if there are other recommendations.  I briefly tried i.Scribe / InScribe and didn't get on very well with it, but might take another look.  Otherwise, the commonest suggestions seem to all be ports from Unix/Linux:


Is there anything else I should consider, please?

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Came here after years of inactivity to say : zim https://zim-wiki.org/
[...]

Are pages stored internally to the app? Or on your disk in text format?
@wraith808: what happened to your interest in Ema Personal Wiki, which you mentioned earlier in this post?

Same thing as this - it uses WikiWords, but it's still bespoke. I like the idea, but I'm firmly in the markdown camp now.

That's a pity, as Ema Personal Wiki has an Android version as well as a Windows one.  I don't want my data in the cloud, but interoperability is a big plus.

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Came here after years of inactivity to say : zim https://zim-wiki.org/
[...]

Are pages stored internally to the app? Or on your disk in text format?
@wraith808: what happened to your interest in Ema Personal Wiki, which you mentioned earlier in this post?

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From Private Eye magazine, No. 1560, 12 Nov.- 25 Nov. 2021.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for Book Catalog
« on: October 27, 2021, 10:01 AM »
If you don't want a web based catalog, Readerware (not free)

"Not free" is putting it mildly!  :o

$50 isn't as much as I'd expected from that response.

Apologies - looks like I clicked too far in the dropdown and lighted on the Client/Server edition, which at $89.95 would be a bit much.

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resubmitting so the google god's will deem them worthy.

Google algorithms presumably  :(

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for Book Catalog
« on: October 26, 2021, 04:29 PM »
If you don't want a web based catalog, Readerware (not free)

"Not free" is putting it mildly!  :o

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: August 05, 2021, 03:53 PM »
the main dev that took over and busted the app is paid €4000 every month

I began to wonder if the devs had been 'got at' in some way, to make K-9 into just another me-too app that didn't attract users away from big-name and proprietary ones that paid to be in the store, something like that.  Not that I'm paranoid or anything.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: August 05, 2021, 03:43 PM »
EDIT: v5.6 has disappeared from F-Droid [...]

Old versions here: https://k-9-mail.en....com/android/versions
I grabbed in from F-Droid just in time, then.  Thanks for the more comprehensive link.

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Living Room / Re: Who here makes ice cream?
« on: August 05, 2021, 03:40 PM »
I've done snow cream before (snow, vanilla, sweet cream) but never started from scratch.

Cue Frank Zappa: WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN' DON'T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: August 02, 2021, 03:12 PM »
[...] Bluemail [...]came across a comment that it saves your mail in its cloud

According to their privacy policy, they don't save emails on their servers.
Well, that's good, at least.

K-9 Mail:
You can get previous versions, (don't know how many), on F-Droid.
Thanks, grabbed a copy of the last one that will run on my old tablet.

People on Play aren't really happy with the new version.
I gave it a quick look, and it seemed about 9 to 1 against the new interface.  Seems no point in turning it into another me-too without distinguishing features.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: July 29, 2021, 04:32 PM »
Android play store update's scheme is not my favorite.
Mine neither.  Worse still with the new UI that doesn't show what apps you've just updated, only the ones you haven't.  Hides apps that won't run on your device as if they didn't exist, doesn't keep old versions for older devices.  The app store search feature is hopeless too.  No way to sort the results by my sort of criteria that I can see, and often pushes irrelevant crap at you.  Just like Google.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: July 29, 2021, 04:27 PM »
Yeah, there's no longer an account list like in the old interface, if you hit back you exit.  To get to other accounts you have to go through the menu.

People on Play aren't really happy with the new version.
I wouldn't be, either.  I once played a bit with Pegasus Mail, and couldn't for the life of me see how to add a second account, until somebody pointed out a discreet little dropdown.  I much prefer TheBat!'s interface with all accounts in a tree.

I grabbed 5.6 and reloaded it ...
One of the annoyances with Android is they demand you use the 'latest', regardless of whether it fits your needs best, and only put the latest on view.  Where did you actually find 5.6?

EDIT: Sideloaded apps aren't linked to the Play store so they'll never update, is this correct?
Don't know, but doubt it.  Google are very keen on their walled garden.

Had a look awhile ago for another email app but all the ones I could find went for the hiding multiple accounts under a menu and trying to get you to use a Unified inbox.
Does that go for Bluemail, that you mentioned before?  I tried it - not the new version - on one account only, so didn't see multi-account behaviour.  It's pretty, but I came across a comment that it saves your mail in its cloud, which I would much prefer to avoid.


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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: July 28, 2021, 03:30 PM »
That'll teach me to update apps at 00:20, didn't notice that K-9 Mail was in the list and now I've got it's new crappy interface.

Thanks for the heads-up.  I usually use my old tablet, which is Android 4.2.2, so that's not affected (minimum for current K-9 Mail is Android 5).  But I also saw it on a newer smartphone - and held off, because of the comments earlier in the thread.  Is this the 'interface' where backing out of one account to review the others exits the program completely?

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Review this DonationCoder thread:  Looking for Standalone CSV Editor like CSVPad

Some editors can deal with CSV files, e.g. EmuraSoft's EmEditor, but only the payware version of EmEditor, not the free one.

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What do you call two monkeys who share an Amazon account?
Spoiler
Prime mates.


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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced
« on: June 25, 2021, 04:34 PM »
From what I understood, Windows 11 Home versions now require an internet connection and Microsoft account. Local accounts not allowed anymore.
Do you know if that is also true of Win11 Pro and Enterprise, assuming they keep those versions?

This is a big no no for me.
Me too, though I'm not sure I'm brave enough to leave familiar applications programs behind and start over again with Linux.  On the other hand, I'm increasingly tired of Microsoft's behaviour.  I find a Windows 10 PC is laden with lots of Microsoft's lame applications that I don't use and didn't ask for.  My rule of thumb is that third-party software is always better, and if I want extra features, I'll go and look for them myself.  The latest bugbear was Microsoft News appearing on the task bar.  I thought it was a program in itself and couldn't find a way to remove it, eventually realising you had to turn it off.  But I didn't want it there in the first place.
I want a lean fast OS that doesn't get in the way or engage in surveillance. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shortcuts software
« on: June 19, 2021, 05:17 PM »
Not quite what you asked for, but both FileSeek (Binary Fortress) and SearchMyFiles (Nir Sofer) are file finders that can display their results as HTML files, with the results being clickable links that will open in your default DOCX program.  SearchMyFiles is free; FileSeek has both free and payware versions.  You need the payware one to export as HTML, but it's only $15 for a lifetime (all future releases) license, there's a discount if you already own a license for another Binary Fortress software, and it's sometimes been on Bits du Jour.

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Living Room / Re: swf to gif (or other usable format)
« on: June 02, 2021, 02:37 PM »
Another thing you could do, is if you had any kind of swf player, you could record your screen as it played.
https://www.majorgee...ils/screentogif.html
ScreenToGif's own home page is https://www.screentogif.com/ but it's the same version as MajorGeeks have.  There's also LICEcap.  Don't know about quality; it certainly has less features.

Or you could use any other screen recorder, e.g. mouser's Easy Screencast Recorder?  It doesn't appear to offer animated GIF as a target format, but other formats are available.

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Living Room / Re: swf to gif (or other usable format)
« on: June 01, 2021, 03:40 PM »
Sanity check - I have not tried this.

Movavi Video Converter seems to say it can convert SWF to a few other formats, and they also have an online video converter.

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This was a major update - there's currently a 50% discount for anyone owning a license for the previous version.  Being retired now, I'm not sure I'll even spring for that, especially as there's no cooperating with mobile apps.

One thing, though - they say they've much improved the web clipping system.  If you've tried that, what do you think of it?

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From Private Eyew, No. 1547, 14 May - 27 May 2021:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Aba search
« on: May 08, 2021, 01:46 PM »
Unicode, too.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Start Menu mod
« on: May 01, 2021, 04:51 PM »
Horst Schaeffer's other launcher, the menu-based  PopSel, ships with a ready-made System submenu, see screenshot.  Qsel doesn't seem to have one, other than shutdown options (though it should be possible to add more).

Having mentioned it, I thought I'd better try out Start Menu X  :)  It replaces the Windows Start Menu, though it lets you revert to that if you want to.  It's a lot nicer and more powerful than the Windows default, but it's, well, what did I expect, a Start Menu.  That means it points to the c:\Program Files\ and c:\Program Files (x86)\ subdirectory trees.  Some of my programs are installed in their own directories off c:, e.g. something like "c:\Programs\NoteTab 7\", and Start Menu X is  not as happy finding such as those.  I also have quite a few programs "installed" as if they were portable in subdirectories beneath "c:\NoInst\", and it can't find those at all (unless there's a way to add them I haven't found yet).  So, for a slightly different reason, I'm like you in needing more than one launcher.

In the course of testing, I found something I thought slightly odd, though it's Windows' fault, not Start Menu X's.  You know the Win+I Settings screen.  Start Menu X lists it as just that, Settings.  I was looking for it under the Windows Administrative Tools, Windows System, etc. menus.

In practice, I generally use PopSel for the programs I use most.  I have a few programs in Qsel menus, where I particularly want to group several programs together, though DC member skwire's Splat might be better for that.  Most other things I launch using Listary's "find and run" feature (I'm a big fan of Listary for other reasons too, mainly its ability to "steer" dialog boxes to where a file manager is pointing).  It also has keyword capability, so I can bring up the Listary box and type "blbi" to run BleachBit, for example, without further search.  It's a different way of working from menus, but one I like.  Mouser's "live search" program Find and Run Robot (FARR) with similar functionality is practically a religion on DonationCoder.

PopSel_System_Menu.jpg

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I've tested a few now and settled with "FolderChangesView"

I'm impressed you found that, because with that name, I'd have assumed it was a changes tracker, not a program for actually copying.

What other ones did you try?  I would have suggested NewFileGo by joejoesoft, but haven't actually tried it out.

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