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Find And Run Robot / Re: List of commandline tools that works well with Farr

« Last post by Armando on May 30, 2008, 10:15 PM »

Nice stuff guys ! 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: 10+ suggestions to make FARR the most interesting launcher

« Last post by Armando on May 26, 2008, 10:44 PM »

yes, you're right mouser. It's a nice list electronixtar.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: 10+ suggestions to make FARR the most intersting launcher

« Last post by Armando on May 26, 2008, 08:45 PM »

Did you give farr some time ? most of your suggestions are already implemented in some ways.


[edit :  yes, it seems slightly impolite or defensive. Sorry about that.]


>1. Simplify settings & options UI like launchy. In fact users do not care what a path's  score is. So K.I.S.S ? LOL

There's already a beginner UI mode. I personally care about path score... Although the K.I.S.S. philopsophy is good at times, it's also good to be able to configure a software to your liking.

>2. Index registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths" so Launchy acts exactly as Win+R

farr already looks in all the right places so I wonder what positive change would that make. Could be interesting to implement... don,t know.

>3. Support indexing Google Bookmarks, Live bookmarks, Del.icio.us bookmarks

Did you look at the addons ? I don't use these , but Del.icio.us bookmarks are "supported"

>4. Support Opensearch like firefox do.(Something like Google Suggest)

There are already some plugins doing similar things.

>5. I strongly recommand "launchy"-like two-column UI design. On the left you type command, the right display program name, the middle display an icon. The advantage of this is, you can type 1+1 on the left while display 2 on the right. Another example: Left for word input right for spell check or dictionay? LOL.

I personally very much prefer farr's UI : you can see more info at once (creation date, path, etc.), not to mention, more results, if you wish. Much more precise. To browse directories, it's more convenient.

>6. Now the most intersting part, if user's input matches a file, and a icon appears, display Explorer menu when right click the icon.  :-)

This is already the case & more. Have you tried it?

>7. When a exact file/folder matches, support drag & drop operations compatible with Explorer. e.g. I type C:\Tools\Notepad.exe and then drag 1.txt from desktop to FARR so FARR launch 1.txt with notepad.exe :-)

Some of that can be achieved. But can't you just double click on your txt file ????

>8. Index IE, Firefox, Opera history URL's & Webpage title

Much of that can already be achieved through addons, and just plain configuration.

>9. Options for store settings in Registry, .ini in %APPDATA% and in FARR directory to make FARR "portable"

Settings are already strore in an ini file in farr's directory.  I don't know how portable it is though as I've never tried it on different machines.

>13. I strongly disagree using Ctrl+Space as the default FARR toggle hotkey cauz many CJK Windows use Ctrl+Space as default hotkey for IME switching

All hotkeys are customizable. IIRC Ctrl+space is the default toggle hotkey in many launchers (like Quicksilver).

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Timer

« Last post by Armando on May 26, 2008, 10:32 AM »

czechboy : I see that all times options are related to a specific date and clock time, so if one wants to reuse the "in" type of timers (count down), it's not very convenient. It would be cool if "in" was not bound to a specific clock time.

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Living Room / Re: Get-togehter: Scandinavia / Denmark

« Last post by Armando on May 24, 2008, 11:56 PM »

[off-topic]

(don't know to have the "o + /" character)

-MerleOne (May 24, 2008, 04:39 PM)

you mean : ø ? 
Here's the fun farr addon :
Farr character table

Sorry, couldn't resist...
 
[/off-topic]

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Character Table

« Last post by Armando on May 24, 2008, 11:56 PM »

Seems like this plugin/addon is not on the farr addon page. Maybe it should be added...?

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by Armando on May 24, 2008, 12:28 AM »

Thanks for the info, Pierre! Will install it now!!! 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: LifeHacker vote, stage 2, final voting

« Last post by Armando on May 22, 2008, 11:07 PM »

all these "best ....." polls are inappropriate. Like I said in my "unposted" comment there (at LH), the polls should be renamed and called : "most popular ....", and the  question should be : "what is your favorite .....".  That 3% only shows that farr could reach more people than it does right now. How? I don't know...  Maybe with more eye candy. It's definitely got potential for reaching a wider audience. IMO, it's not that hard to use!!! My feeling is that the article will give farr more visibility.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: LifeHacker launcher application voting and FARR Name

« Last post by Armando on May 22, 2008, 07:47 PM »

Just finished eating and took a  few minutes to post my own comment on lifehacker. Wonder if it's going to pass the, ahem, quality control filter... 

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Living Room / Re: How hot is too hot? Overclocking thoughts...

« Last post by Armando on May 22, 2008, 07:42 PM »

 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: LifeHacker vote, stage 2, final voting

« Last post by Armando on May 22, 2008, 06:05 PM »

Saw this thread first. Saw the other one after...  I see I'm not the only one complaining.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: LifeHacker vote, stage 2, final voting

« Last post by Armando on May 22, 2008, 05:51 PM »

Grrrrr... I really wonder why the heck all these other launchers get so many votes. It shouldn't be called "best application launchers", but "favorite application launchers"... this pole is not about being the best in class, but just about preference and appearance.

I've never seen a really objective and careful side by side comparison of any of these apps. No doubt, if one day a real comparison was done, things would appear differently.

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Living Room / Re: How hot is too hot? Overclocking thoughts...

« Last post by Armando on May 21, 2008, 11:56 AM »

You need to be convinced that the readings are true too ...

My system runs incredibly hot - but then the sensors all read very hot within seconds of switching on. My two GPUs (for example) currently read 62C and 80C

These are normal temperatures for these cards and have been ever since they were new. There is loads of air circulating in my system so it isn't a problem of ventilation. I figure the sensors are crap or the nVidia software does a bad job reading it. My system is currently on 24/7 and the temps record as stable at those temperatures and I get the same values as soon as I am able to open the nVidia panel in Windows.

To start with I was worried but now I just live with it - they have been doing it for over a year now so it can't be too bad!

-Carol Haynes (May 21, 2008, 11:02 AM)

I think I'm going to relax too for now... Although cleaning the fans could be an option.
AFAICT the temperatures have been pretty much always the same since I bought my laptop almost 2 years ago. So... Unless Dell sold me an Inspiron with dusty fans...

GPU now reads 67C and i8kfanGUI tells me that it went up to 73C since last reboot... 

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Living Room / Re: How hot is too hot? Overclocking thoughts...

« Last post by Armando on May 20, 2008, 07:50 PM »

ERrrrrrr... Don't want to hijack that thread but... my laptop's GPU is often between 60-65º C. Should I be worried ? 

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fSekrit / Re: Congratulations on fSekrit

« Last post by Armando on May 20, 2008, 04:30 PM »

fsekrit mentioned again on lifekacher.  (and nice article too)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mikogo: share screen or access remote PC

« Last post by Armando on May 20, 2008, 03:31 PM »

Yes, Mikogo actually seems like it would be good for my own personal use... I'll check it out when I have the time. Thanks!

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is it possible to add custom Farrs to Farr toolbar?

« Last post by Armando on May 19, 2008, 02:12 PM »

Don't want to hijack the thread... but do you use the locate plug in (i think I read somewhere that you're using it....) ? That should accelerate document searching. I use farr for document searching a lot, and it's fast. (I admit using locate directly most of the time though, or even X1)

So... yes, there's room for improvement in the search/indexing area. The most obvious problems I have right now are with French diacritical (accents) and the locate plugin not showing all results, for some mysterious reasons.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is it possible to add custom Farrs to Farr toolbar?

« Last post by Armando on May 19, 2008, 01:26 PM »

farr is far ahead of any other tool I am using, it is a fact. It would use some optimization for more speed thou

-kartal (May 19, 2008, 10:12 AM)

really ? what's slow in your experience ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mikogo: share screen or access remote PC

« Last post by Armando on May 19, 2008, 01:23 PM »

Mikogo is a dream come true.  I got my mother in law's laptop fixed up from 2500 miles away, and now she (finally) thinks I'm not just good-looking, but smart too!

-mrainey (May 19, 2008, 12:38 PM)

 

Mikogo seems really nice.

I finally opted for logMeIn though -- my mother and father virtually have nothing to do, except from running the little LogMeIn applet. But I had no real reasons for choosing it over Mikogo as I hadn't tried it!! LogMeIn just worked so I thought... I might as well keep it...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?

« Last post by Armando on May 19, 2008, 01:12 PM »

Many thanks Curt!!!! 

Just bought it.

What a great firewall. Seriously.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Updated: Maxthon 2.0.8 FINAL supports IE/COM plugins

« Last post by Armando on May 18, 2008, 02:25 PM »

It is very easy to make Firefox jump to half a giga, in fact when I read your post my Firefox was taking up 520 MB. But I use to minimize it once in a while, just long enough for it to free some memory, because in general I think it uses exactly the same as the others.

Homepage + this thread, only:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Curt (May 18, 2008, 01:01 PM)

Are you looking at virtual size ?  Because from what I see, commit charge is lower for maxthon. Albeit not THAT much for maxthon 2 -- still, lower.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Updated: Maxthon 2.0.8 FINAL supports IE/COM plugins

« Last post by Armando on May 18, 2008, 02:21 PM »

o_O, but they are only two tabs!

-Lashiec (May 18, 2008, 01:17 PM)

what do you mean ? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Updated: Maxthon 2.0.8 FINAL supports IE/COM plugins

« Last post by Armando on May 18, 2008, 11:03 AM »

Hey guys, I left maxthon for firefox, but I'm considering to go back to maxthon. Firefox's ram usage is absurd in my opinion; almost always more than 200mb, sometime between 400-500mb -- I understand the performance implications-issues etc, but this more ram than what win XP uses right after booting!!! I don't know if it's the case with firefox v3 though.

What about maxthon 2 ? How's ram usage ?

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

« Last post by Armando on May 17, 2008, 07:02 PM »

But isn't its main purpose to search as you type ? Grouping/sorting would be nice, maybe. But then, grouping/sorting would be nice for anything farr related IMO... (clicking on the headings to sort by date, name, etc.)

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

« Last post by Armando on May 17, 2008, 05:22 PM »

Well windows alt-tab is good when you don't have many windows and have to switch back and forth between 2 windows -- it's probably the quickest way. However, when you have multiple windows of the same app (e.g. : text editor, word processor with multiple documents/scripts/code opened all at once) it's close to useless. Farr alt tab becomes handy there. Like you, I have created a separate hotkey (ctrl alt tab) for it (with "tab" enabled by default). I actually use 4 ways of switching between apps, depending on my needs : plain alt tab, TaskSwitcher, farr alt tab, and... the task bar (once in a while).