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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.04.01 - Apr 13, 2012

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 10:25 PM »

New version with quite a few fixes and some big improvements:

v3.04.01 - Apr 12, 2012

• [BugFix] Panel height for resizable bottom info panel was not being saved/restored between runs.
• [Feature] Selection (marching ants) is now shown live in the bottom left zoom panel (cursor location is now shown more clearly too).
• [BugFix] Dirty files are saved prior to executing a zupload action (ensures you dont upload a file that has changed but not been saved yet).
• [Feature] Added cancel button in options to abandon any changes made in options dialog.
• [Feature] Installer now has checkbox to start-with-windows (unchecked by default); you can use /MERGETASKS="startforall" if you want to enable this by default during install.
• [Feature] You can now use alt+arrows to nudge upper left corner of selection (use shift+arrows to nudge bottom right corner, plain arrows to move selection box, and ctrl+arrows to adjust both corners).
• [Feature] Color of pixel under cursor is now shown on statusbar menu toolbar; hit Ctrl+Alt+B in main window to copy it to cursor (or use alt+E to choose copy color from Edit menu).
• [MajorFeature] When performing a selected-region capture you can now see a zoomed inset window showing magnified pixel details and precise selection crosshairs; see options for control over the zoom magnification and panel size, and to disable.
• [Feature] You can now move the cursor icon to be captured when performing a selected-region capture; just hit the C key to move it under the mouse.  You can even use this to ADD the cursor if you do not have "capture cursor" mode enabled by default.
• [Feature] In selected-region capture you can hit the spacebar to reset the starting selection box position (escape cancels).
• [MinorFeature] Option added to revert to old small crosshairs in selection-region capture mode.
• [BugFix] Using the MoveTo.. menu item to browse to a folder already on the MoveTo list would result in duplicate directories being added.

I will have another update in not too long as well.

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Screenshot Captor / New Zoom Magnification Panel In Selecter Region Capture Mode

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 05:52 PM »

Demonstration of the new zoom/magnification panel in selected region capture mode.

This feature has been requested several times, most notably by Samer at freewaregenius.com.

The demonstration also shows how to place the cursor where you want it during selected region capture.



https://www.donation...c/3ds/sc24/sc24.html

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Screenshot Captor / Re: [Feature Request] Grab Region to Capture Mouse Cursor

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 05:32 PM »

you can trigger any of the capture modes from a right click on tray icon already.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: [Feature Request] Grab Region to Capture Mouse Cursor

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 05:19 PM »

can we make one of the "hotkeys" clicking on the tray icon?

what do you mean?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: [Feature Request] Grab Region to Capture Mouse Cursor

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 03:56 PM »

try the new beta official release:

v3.04.01 - Apr 12, 2012

• [BugFix] Panel height for resizable bottom info panel was not being saved/restored between runs.
• [Feature] Selection (marching ants) is now shown live in the bottom left zoom panel (cursor location is now shown more clearly too).
• [BugFix] Dirty files are saved prior to executing a zupload action (ensures you dont upload a file that has changed but not been saved yet).
• [Feature] Added cancel button in options to abandon any changes made in options dialog.
• [Feature] Installer now has checkbox to start-with-windows (unchecked by default); you can use /MERGETASKS="startforall" if you want to enable this by default during install.
• [Feature] You can now use alt+arrows to nudge upper left corner of selection (use shift+arrows to nudge bottom right corner, plain arrows to move selection box, and ctrl+arrows to adjust both corners).
• [Feature] Color of pixel under cursor is now shown on statusbar menu toolbar; hit Ctrl+Alt+B in main window to copy it to cursor (or use alt+E to choose copy color from Edit menu).
• [MajorFeature] When performing a selected-region capture you can now see a zoomed inset window showing magnified pixel details and precise selection crosshairs; see options for control over the zoom magnification and panel size, and to disable.
• [Feature] You can now move the cursor icon to be captured when performing a selected-region capture; just hit the C key to move it under the mouse.  You can even use this to ADD the cursor if you do not have "capture cursor" mode enabled by default.
• [Feature] In selected-region capture you can hit the spacebar to reset the starting selection box position (escape cancels).
• [MinorFeature] Option added to revert to old small crosshairs in selection-region capture mode.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture cursor?

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 03:55 PM »

New version just posted should solve these issues.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 03:36 PM »

Stoic Joker, I'm so sorry for your loss.  Just try to remember how happy and lucky a life she had because of you.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture cursor?

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 11:47 AM »

Ok I've got something considerably better implemented for cursor capture in region select mode..
Stay tuned for the next release. 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.03.01 - Mar 20, 2012

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 06:29 AM »

option to switch between full screen crosshairs and tiny crosshairs now implemented; will be in next upload.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.03.01 - Mar 20, 2012

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2012, 12:51 AM »

Working on new update that will be uploaded before end of weekend.  Among the improvements is an improved zoom panel and color info in status bar:

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Living Room / Nice 2008 Wired.com article about SuperMemo and the scicence of memorization

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2012, 08:00 PM »

This is an old (but new to me) 2008 article the science of memorization and the software tool SuperMemo which tries to remind you of information you are trying to remember, at the scientifically optimal delays.  DC member ewemoa tipped me off to it.

I particularly enjoyed this paragraph:

"The most popular learning systems sold today — for instance, foreign language software like Rosetta Stone — cheerfully defy every one of the psychologists' warnings. With its constant feedback and easily accessible clues, Rosetta Stone brilliantly creates a sensation of progress. "Go to Amazon and look at the reviews," says Greg Keim, Rosetta Stone's CTO, when I ask him what evidence he has that people are really remembering what they learn. "That is as objective as you can get in terms of a user's sense of achievement." The sole problem here, from the psychologists' perspective, is that the user's sense of achievement is exactly what we should most distrust."

http://www.wired.com...niak?currentPage=all

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Living Room / Re: In search of ... opinions on initial PC software loadings

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2012, 07:07 PM »

A full drive imaging software for backups.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Newbie Needs Advice For Packaging Audio

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 07:27 PM »

I think a very good solution for the budget conscious would simply be a reasonable quality usb headset with built-in microphone and make sure to position the mic correctly so you aren't blowing air into it.  For $30 bucks or so and you wouldn't need a new sound card.  I think that would be a good first step.

I would just go to amazon.com search for usb headset with microphone, and look for 5 star rated items.

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 05:04 PM »

DCISV is one of the additional experimental domains we set up on our the server -- it hosts the redmine project management system we use for projects (and make available for member projects);  it's on it's own virtual machine for security reasons.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Newbie Needs Advice For Packaging Audio

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 04:22 PM »

On thing that Renegade didn't mention, but I know he can talk about, is the ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL issue of having a good microphone.

It is painful to listen to someone who has recorded with a bad microphone, and nothing will send people away faster.

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Developer's Corner / Re: The tricky issue of structuring a database log table for your web service

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 03:19 PM »

I wrote a little bit about how I decided to handle it here: https://www.donation....msg283364#msg283364

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Living Room / Re: Man rows across Atlantic... inspiring

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 01:27 PM »

Very cool. 

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 11:20 AM »

I wrote a couple of new pages on the wiki to try to do a better job of explaining what YUMPS actually is (and is not), since I know it's confusing.

Does this help? https://redmine.dcis...ms2/wiki/WhatIsYumps

At the bottom of that page you will also find a link to a new page on why YUMPS might not be what you want: https://redmine.dcis.../wiki/YumpsNotForYou

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General Software Discussion / Re: Newbie Needs Advice For Packaging Audio

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 09:19 AM »

Perhaps a good way to phrases this is: does anyone have any suggestions for tools/software and just general guidance for someone who wants to sell digital media content like audio or video recordings / podcasting.

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Living Room / Re: the sad state of spam-generating programs today

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 09:13 AM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Install Tip: When windows wants to reboot, I suggest you let it

« Last post by mouser on April 11, 2012, 12:41 AM »

WhyReboot is an excellent tool.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by mouser on April 10, 2012, 07:45 PM »

Cute creatures, sicknero -- except for the house centipede 

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by mouser on April 10, 2012, 07:44 PM »

Beautiful looking dog, Tinman. I'm sorry for your loss.

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General Software Discussion / Software Install Tip: When windows wants to reboot, I suggest you let it

« Last post by mouser on April 10, 2012, 06:07 PM »

I recently had a problem with my pc that i managed to recover from, but it's once again reminded me that it may be asking for serious trouble to put off a request to reboot your computer.

You know the drill -- you run a windows update, or you install or uninstall some software, and you get the dialog saying something like "Windows needs to restart" with buttons to restart now, or do it manually later:


Now I don't know about you but I often click the button labeled for "I'll do it later myself", and tell myself i'll do it in just a minute.

But then time flies and I forget, and don't get around to rebooting for quite some time.

I'm here to tell you that this is really playing with fire and could come back to bite you badly.

The problem is that when windows wants to reboot to finish installing or uninstalling stuff, it has created entries in your registry to do operations like delete directories, replace files, etc.

And if you postpone rebooting, and then do something that could interefere with these operations (like deleting temporary files, etc.), you could be in for a world of pain -- and sometimes you might not even realize you are doing things that would conflict with these reboot-enabled-operations.

I think in general it's also dangerous because when you make a change that requires a reboot, it's probably a very good idea indeed to make sure they didn't change anything that cause you to have problems booting -- rather than postponing the discovery until 10 different things are installed.

Anyway just my 2 cents -- when windows wants to reboot, let it reboot without much delay.

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Official Announcements / Re: The DonationCoder 2012 Fundraiser Has Begun!

« Last post by mouser on April 10, 2012, 05:01 PM »

is there already a discussion somewhere about the Wordpress software directory thingy?

We are working on the CMS move of DC now -- immediately after that we will begin with a better software repository, and the revival of the DonationCoder columnist/bloggers idea.  Stephen found a pretty good software repository software system but it feels a little overcomplicated to me so I'm still looking.

Tell you what, I'll create a sub-section of the forum where we can discuss the cms move. standby.