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I didn't bother to get 5. Now I'm glad.-wraith808 (November 27, 2009, 09:03 PM)
I use "The Journal" available at http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/. Definitely worth a look - they have a full-featured 45 day trial you can download.
I was looking for such a program for quite a while but was really limiting myself by requiring that the application have both a desktop PC and Pocket PC version available. But I finally gave up on that and started looking for simply the best PC journal software I could find - and The Journal fit the bill. Excellent developer support with a very active Yahoo group (though I don't really like Yahoo groups!). This one gives me all that I need, plus has a lot of additional features that I am not presently using, but I hope to use someday.
It's not inexpensive, but it satisfies all of my requirements, and has some extras that are really great.
Oops - I just noticed that superboyac did mention this software in his initial post -- and he is correct in that this application is not really interactive with other applications, though you can link a number of other document types to it, as well as embed them in your journal pages.-J-Mac (May 20, 2007, 02:03 PM)
I did purchase the Smart Diary Suite when it was offered at a big discount on Bits a few weeks ago but I'm not too impressed with it so far. Hopefully this thread will pick back up and I can get some good recommendations.Oh, I'm not saying you should switch browsers, not at all. Just that Opera has a long tradition of not permitting any apps to attach to their browser; they don't offer a usable API for third party plugins. And Chrome, while I really like it especially for its speed, doesn't yet offer any extensibility. Though Chrome does have a developers' version that does have some extensions available - have you looked into that?Snail2, I certainly respect your choice of browsers, but you sure have limited yourself there as far as compatible apps go.
Jim-J-Mac (November 25, 2009, 03:25 AM)
What am I to do brother.. I tried really hard liking Firefox, but it just never worked out due to several reasons (computer speed, experience with other browsers, etc). Same goes for IE, but I do sometimes use Maxthon and more frequently TheWorld browser, both of which are comparatively better than IE. If there was some desktop+online app which I could use full time to replace Evernote, and required me to switch to an IE based browser such as TheWorld, I would probably switch without much complain.-snail02 (November 25, 2009, 05:59 AM)
the reasons most of those plugins are failing is because they no longer exist as standalone plugins -- i need to remove them from the list. they have been combined to one "pack".-mouser (November 12, 2009, 11:34 PM)
Installed but not updated - Update failed:
- Data Generator
- KlipKeeper
- PopQuotes
- Service Control Plugin
-J-Mac (November 12, 2009, 11:08 PM)
the various authors must have changed the url to the update files. hamradio mentions this for Data Generator plugin here.
Available for Installation - Update Failed:
- Character Table
- Console
- Definr
- Dicts Thesaurus
- Gcal quicadd
- Google Translate
- Timer
-J-Mac (November 12, 2009, 11:08 PM)
it has become part of CZB pack.-lanux128 (November 13, 2009, 12:08 AM)
Installed but not updated - Update failed:
- Data Generator
- KlipKeeper
-J-Mac (November 12, 2009, 11:08 PM)
For my plugins it was because I was on the donationcoders.com domain and got moved to the dcmembers.com domain. I think I got em fixed awhile back to where you can download them again manually and it work right.
If you don't mind please download them from the respective page and update manually then it should find the correct url if not let me know.
- Data Generator - (Click Here)
- KlipKeeper - (Click Here)
-hamradio (November 13, 2009, 12:59 AM)
Thanks, J-Mac. Can I ask a couple of things?
a) Is is a .Net app? (There was once a similar, .Net-based startup manager whose name I forget.)-tranglos (November 09, 2009, 11:11 AM)
b) Does it quit after it performs the startup task, or do you keep it running all the time? What's the RAM footprint?
c) Does it handle starting services in addition to regular startup applications? I'm finding that removing all 20 items I have set to start with Windows doesn't shorten boot time significantly. XP spends most of the time at the "Welcome" screen, while it's loading drivers and services. I've achieved the single greatest saving by reconfiguring WebDrive so that it initiates its ftp connection at the very end of the startup process, for example.
d) Can it be used to start groups of programs at any time, rather than only at startup?
e) Does it have a feature to specify a custom group of applications that shouyld be launched only once, the next time Windows starts, and after that automatically revert to the default scheme?
Full disclosure: I've written my own startup manager ("delayer") that I just might polish up enough for a NANY release, but it's very basic, far from finished yet. On the plus side, it's very lightweight, and it supports feature (e) in the list above. Having designed my own delayer, I know that I'm probably not going to like anybody else's solution, since it's not going to be exactly like I want it to be
I have the full version on DVD. If you want to do it as an upgrade from Vista boot into Vista as normal and then insert the disc and follow the prompts.
You can buy upgrades online with a download. Personally I think they are to be avoided as the DVD acts as a rescue media in case of problems. With the download you don't get that - although you can no doubt find instructions via google on how to produce an ISO file from the MS WIM file.-Carol Haynes (November 03, 2009, 01:40 PM)
PS: Beware EasyBCD is buggy as hell.-Carol Haynes (November 03, 2009, 01:40 PM)
I just installed it (boot directly from the DVD rather then inserting the DVD when Vista is running as you normally do for an upgrade) and chose the customised install options. It installed fine alongside Vista. Just make sure you rejig partition sizes to leave either blank space or a blank partition for the new OS to install on.
One point to note is that if you install Win 7 as a dual boot it will more than likely put all its boot components on the existing partition. Don't be tempted to simply delete the Vista partition in the future as it will mean your Windows 7 install won't boot afterwards!
One good thing about the BCD boot management is that you no longer have to worry about drive letters - each operating system boots in as drive C once installed.-Carol Haynes (November 02, 2009, 05:17 AM)
(PS I also have Vista Ultimate on my laptop with Win 7 Pro dual booting - Win 7 knocks the socks of Vista on the same machine)-Carol Haynes (October 31, 2009, 08:46 PM)
You know, I really have no idea. I have used it since 2006 or 2007, and I am in no way affiliated with them. It has been a flawless experience...-y0himba (October 24, 2009, 06:16 PM)