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Point Motivator / Re: Suggestions

« Last post by tomos on January 13, 2008, 12:41 PM »

I think I may have posted this in the wrong thread

I'm  pleasantly suprised by the urge to build up those points
thanks mouser

a minor bug:
the reward column on the "Earn Points" tab only ever shows 10points here regardless of actual amounts (which work okay otherwise)
a minor request:
could you get it to come out of the tray on one click? (please!)
oh, and option to close to tray would be good too but only as icing

-tomos (January 10, 2008, 06:00 AM)

I have other ideas/requests but havent looked at this xml aspect of it yet so will post again

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Developer's Corner / Re: Bow to the browser

« Last post by tomos on January 13, 2008, 05:25 AM »

well he mentions Opera ... [but under Firefox heading]

I'm not sure about opera cause i've personnaly done survey for this browser in many internet cafes.and the users are complaining about its stability and security.

-mahesh2k (January 13, 2008, 04:51 AM)

anything I've ever read about browsers though, says that Opera is the most secure of all

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Official Announcements / Re: ZillaRank: An improved search for smf forum

« Last post by tomos on January 12, 2008, 03:59 AM »

the other day I was searching for a thread - "site for searching for geographical features?" is the title
I searched for "Finding Geographical features"
it found nothing

-tomos (January 11, 2008, 07:45 AM)

I had a look at the thread in question, and it didnt contain the word "Finding". The search engine, at this stage, does not automatically expand the query with synonyms, so if you look for a "required" keyword that does not exist in the target thread, it will not show up. 

-Wordzilla (January 11, 2008, 04:49 PM)

okay.

Yes, default search requires all keywords in your query to appear in the same post or topic subject.

-Wordzilla (January 11, 2008, 04:49 PM)

do you not think it would be better to use the "any words" search as default ... hmmm, pros and cons there I guess
I'm sure you thought about it all

but then on the advanced search page that comes up, I selected "any words"
and found my thread, but I think it was #12 in spite of being the first with both "geographical" and "features"

-tomos (January 11, 2008, 07:45 AM)

was wondering here -
does the search favour the first word?

10079

Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online/CompuTech (my) programs

« Last post by tomos on January 12, 2008, 03:52 AM »

looks good

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Living Room / Re: site for searching for geographical features?

« Last post by tomos on January 12, 2008, 03:41 AM »

the more the merrier
will check them out

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: quick windows search tool

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 08:29 AM »

thanks as ever lanux

didnt think of searching here for the answer

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Living Room / Re: which hierarchical note program?

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 07:55 AM »

How do you tag (or even organize) your files?

and

Tags tags tags..

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Living Room / Re: which hierarchical note program?

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 07:53 AM »

have a look at this search list (ignoring the couple about site content)
https://www.donation...arch2;search=tagging

SQL-Notes is complex but seems to be very versatile and is being developed at a hares pace but would require learning I'll just say! But I think it has, or will soon have all you're looking for

Evernote is very nice, I'm only getting really into it lately myself

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Official Announcements / Re: ZillaRank: An improved search for smf forum

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 07:45 AM »

is the default search set to all words (& not to "any words")?

the other day I was searching for a thread - "site for searching for geographical features?" is the title
I searched for "Finding Geographical features"
it found nothing
but then on the advanced search page that comes up, I selected "any words"
and found my thread, but I think it was #12 in spite of being the first with both "geographical" and "features"

very happy with search but thought I'd ask anyways

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: quick windows search tool

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 03:19 AM »

whats the difference between the "normal list" and the "extended list" as
shown in lanux's first screenshot above?
(or should I go read the *$§ßing manual?)
 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: yet another image/photo editor and batch processor

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2008, 03:11 AM »

maybe free and reasonably priced versions

is there a forum there for it? or do people contact you by email if there's bugs?

I've used the RealWorld Cursor Editor recently and that was a nice experience
(this one is called RealWorld Photos 2007.1 beta)
looking forward to trying it

10087

Living Room / Re: is someone stealing my bandwidth?

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 01:38 PM »

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: yet another image/photo editor and batch processor

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 10:17 AM »

this alone sounds very good/different

Retouch a .jpg image without losing quality RealWorld Photos is able to perform lossless and partially lossless modifications to jpeg images. If only a small portion of an image is modified, which is typical when scratches are removed from a photograph or when a watermark is added, RealWorld Photos will keep the rest of the image exactly as it was by copying the unchanged regions from the source image without decoding and re-encoding them.

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Word Processor Roundup / Re: Textmaker (Softmaker/Ashampoo Office) 2008

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 09:50 AM »

tail between legs...suppose you right

when I use PDF export so seldom for word docs (once a month for an invoice!)
I'm lazy to follow up on it ...

well you made it very easy for me finding the link and all thanks Mike

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Living Room / Re: site for searching for geographical features?

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 09:39 AM »

hah, found another one today

they both good, but both have been unsuccessful at times (at different times which is helpful!)



Geonames

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Point Motivator / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Point Motivator - 1.05.01 - DEC 25, 2007

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 06:00 AM »

I've been using this for 2 days now and, well, it's very motivating - you know what I mean ??

I'm being serious too - I'm  pleasantly suprised by the urge to build up those points
thanks mouser

a minor bug:
the reward column on the "Earn Points" tab only ever shows 10points here regardless of actual amounts (which work okay otherwise)
a minor request:
could you get it to come out of the tray on one click? (please!)
oh, and option to close to tray would be good too but only as icing

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Living Room / Re: which hierarchical note program?

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 05:25 AM »

bardamu2000, there's a few threads recently here about tagging and organising of files (maybe if you do a search for each word) which I think have gone into great detail re problems & options

Seems like my ideas really demand a new architecture an can not be build easily on top of KN. As a first and very rough draft, I see a database holding different types of "notes" (real ones, media stuff...), easy drag&drop and copy/paste functionality, tags and mayby categories, and an alerting mechanism (not to forget editors)... a new application! Or maybe somebody knows on already capable of all this stuff?

-bardamu2000 (January 10, 2008, 04:46 AM)

sounds a bit like SQL-Notes to me -
not sure about the tagging as such cause I dont know the programme well enough but:
Long thread here SQLNotes...what is it exactly?
It's being developed at the moment in Beta so you could always make a request!

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: New C# FARR Plugin: FARRAltTab

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2008, 03:37 AM »

I have according to my Add/Remove Programs .Net 2 and .Net 3 installed on my computer on a freshly installed xp system, which was modified with nLite.

-Akkuma (January 08, 2008, 10:36 PM)

me too, but dont think I did anything major with nlite
dont get any errors either but no plugin either
so
maybe I should try this

I had to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) (http://www.microsoft...7&displaylang=en)

-Akkuma (January 08, 2008, 10:36 PM)

says there:
for "a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2005 installed." - I didnt install it so guess it's not there - just did a search - no visual so will try that...

[edit] just checked my mail vitaly - you recommending the same 

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Living Room / Re: site for searching for geographical features?

« Last post by tomos on January 09, 2008, 09:31 AM »

Anyone know a good site for searching for geographical features?

-tomos (August 15, 2007, 05:27 AM)

found one today



http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/

seems to do the world
I havent tested it that much but it's fairly good on irish rivers at any rate
(doesnt show source [of the rivers] though -unfortunately- but at least I can find the damn things!)

[edit] it's not so good on mountain ranges but seems okay so far on individual mountains [/edit]

[edit2] that page is confusing cause of the stories links etc (which weren't there when I copied the link!)- use the search box top of page to find your feature! [/edit]

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Living Room / Re: Anyone Else Have an Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Problem in the Winter?

« Last post by tomos on January 09, 2008, 06:58 AM »

i've never experienced winter

-lanux128 (January 09, 2008, 06:08 AM)

actually

I have lots of static problems with my car (and have with all the different cars I have owned in the past)

-Carol Haynes (January 08, 2008, 04:51 PM)

I have that too and know of others with the same problem - have read [and experienced myself] that it's worse autumn (and spring i think) for "continental" climate at any rate and is to do with weather but definitely todo with person too.
I try flicking/tipping the car with my fingertips before I put key in cause sometimes I get a shock so bad I have a very sore finger for the rest of the day..
I'm sure it's entertaining for any passersby..

not as good/bad as J-Mac though

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Official Announcements / Re: JANUARY 2008 GIANT SHAREWARE GIVEAWAY AND DISCOUNT CELEBRATION

« Last post by tomos on January 09, 2008, 03:57 AM »

absolutely, that's a very impressive list Carl

ps - snagit doesnt have a discount listed?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online/CompuTech (my) programs

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2008, 02:56 PM »

believe it or not now having sounds problems with my new computer (after you sorting the old one!)
but actually wanted help/advice with a laptop/broadband connection first

will send PM
EDIT/ sent an email

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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: WinManagement Snap!

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2008, 02:16 PM »

congrats Armando!

is that like gridmove
I mean is that actually a modified version of gridmove?

if so, do the gridmove keys/grids still work too?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Very simple timeclock utility

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2008, 09:05 AM »

Added Save in filter view, ie save the results as a CSV file. (suleika)

-brett (January 07, 2008, 05:56 AM)

cant figure that one out ah okay - just change file ending

would it be difficult to make an option to save Summary View as CSV file too
(or is there a way to filter detailed view to show like summary view - dont think so)

true nosh I kindof jumped and had to look a couple of times when i saw it first

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Very simple timeclock utility

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2008, 08:11 AM »

Added a Summary Log

-brett (January 07, 2008, 05:56 AM)

this is super - you can see how long you've spent at each programme

I'll have to face the truth now
helpful, but sometimes ..