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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 20, 2019, 12:34 PM »

an indication that there is a note related to current item

There is actually a very subtle indicator, in slide view mode: the page number at the bottom of the page is shown in bold.  I have to think of a good way to indicate it in listview mode.  Maybe just an asterisk or something.
There is an edit button (pencil icon) at the top of slide mode menu, you can click that to edit the current question and add a note.

Note you can also click the page number to advance the slide, in addition to normal swipe left and right.


[edit]
The new builds have a dedicated "virtual" tab that show all items with non-blank notes (and another virtual tab showing all items marked as Favorites).  Makes it very easy to find such items.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 20, 2019, 11:50 AM »

PS you could add the beta link to the OP, make it easier to find, on a phone at any rate

Done.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 20, 2019, 11:47 AM »

Could also be used like your popup quotes (or what do you think?), could the lists for that be used here?

yes for sure it could.  I should make those books available in an importable format..

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 20, 2019, 11:45 AM »

There is an option to set slides to show in random order:


I actually worked on this a bit to make it so that the "random" question order does not change, and remembers where you left off, so that you won't encounter the same question twice.
You can "reset" the random order when you get to the end (or whenever you want).
And note that you are shown a random list of the questions in your current section when you trigger the slideshow mode.  So if you want to see all questions you need to trigger slideshow from ALL section.

Note also that by default, if you hit the back button from within the slideshow mode, you exit the app, and it will relaunch into slideshow mode when next started.  This is done so that you can essentially keep the app always in slideshow mode.  You can change this option from preferences if you generally prefer the listview mode.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 19, 2019, 09:20 PM »

No apology needed, the app is out there for people to use and test, I'm just craving some encouragement

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Is there any plan to update to ScreenShot Captor ?

« Last post by mouser on October 19, 2019, 07:38 PM »

Edit: When scrolling on the image itself, SC only zooms out but doesn't zoom in.

That's very odd -- this is a core feature of SC, to zoom with mouse wheel.. It should zoom in and out.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 19, 2019, 11:08 AM »

Anyone?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Is there any plan to update to ScreenShot Captor ?

« Last post by mouser on October 19, 2019, 05:09 AM »

SC already zooms in and out with plain mousewheel..

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Developer's Corner / Nice detailed article on handling delays in real-time multiplayer games

« Last post by mouser on October 19, 2019, 12:18 AM »

Here's a nice long article about delay vs rollback strategies of handling synchronization of state in real-time multiplayer games.  Very interesting.

When there is no information from the remote player, delay-based netcode needs to pause and wait, as described in detail on the previous page. Rollback’s main strength is that it never waits for missing input from the opponent. Instead, rollback netcode continues to run the game normally. All inputs from the local player are processed immediately, as if it was offline. Then, when input from the remote player comes in a few frames later, rollback fixes its mistakes by correcting the past. It does this in such a clever way that the local player may not even notice a large percentage of network instability, and they can play through any remaining instances with confidence that their inputs are always handled consistently.

https://arstechnica....nd-rollback-netcode/

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 18, 2019, 03:17 PM »

The way the widget works is it displays a single random item (from your chosen section), and you can tap to move to the next.   You could use it for random words of wisdom instead of questions.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 17, 2019, 11:02 PM »

Uploaded v1.02 with big speed improvement on changing modes.

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Living Room / TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

« Last post by mouser on October 17, 2019, 09:46 PM »

I happen to use TurboTax, but it's truly a sign of how messed up our world is to read about how they have spent millions lobbying politicians in order to insure that filing your taxes is a painful expensive process.

For more than 20 years, Intuit has waged a sophisticated, sometimes covert war to prevent the government from doing just that [making tax filling simple and free], according to internal company and IRS documents and interviews with insiders. The company unleashed a battalion of lobbyists and hired top officials from the agency that regulates it. From the beginning, Intuit recognized that its success depended on two parallel missions: stoking innovation in Silicon Valley while stifling it in Washington. Indeed, employees ruefully joke that the company’s motto should actually be “compromise without integrity.”

https://www.propubli...their-taxes-for-free

from osnews.com

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2019, 11:51 PM »

ps. I've submitted it to the official Google Play:

https://play.google....coder.discussionlist

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2019, 08:41 PM »

The new version of DiscussionList that I've just uploaded has it's own built-in browser dialog for importing question sets from the donationcoder website.  So if you choose the Tools -> Import -> Browse function, you should see a list of question sets you can choose to download and import from the web.  This list is maintained on the DonationCoder website so it can be easily updated by me as needed.

If people want to make and share some question sets I can add them to the list that others can import.  It might be nice to have some mindfullness/meditation/problem solving question sets..

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2019, 01:37 PM »

If you're interested here are some additional question files you can import.

The program now has an import browse function that will automatically display this list of files and let you import them from within the app with just one click.  But here's the direct url if you want to download manually:

• https://www.donation...st/importbrowse.html

They are taken from https://conversationstartersworld.com/.

They are plain ascii text files, and can be imported using the Import function under the tools menu, though you will have to download and place them on your sdcard for your phone, etc.
I will probably add the ability to import via a url soon. Import via url now supported.

The file needs to be named: discussionlistq_*******.txt if its to be included on my web page of auto-downloadable lists.

The file format is simple and you can use it to import your own question lists.. It looks like this:

[Select]

@FILEFORMAT:CB1

// File format for simple importing to codybones apps
// The FIRST LINE OF FILE *MUST* BE @FILEFORMAT:CB# (where # is the file format #, e.g. @FILEFORMAT:CB1)
//
// Lines starting with // will be treated as comments and ignored, as will blank lines
//
// Each item must be on its own single line, and will result in a single entry being created of the default application type
//
// You can use @TAG:tagstring on a line by itself to indicate that all items below that line will have that tag assigned to them (e.g. @TAG:WORK)

// https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html?_r=0
@TAG:NYT

Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
Would you like to be famous? In what way?
Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Folders and Subfolders Question

« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2019, 02:05 AM »

CHS has two concepts of clips being in folders.  First, clips can physically be in ONE and ONLY ONE folder.
But second, clips can be shown in multiple "VIRTUAL" folders, where a virtual folder is defined by some database (SQL) conditions.

The FAVORITES folder is virtual, it shows all clips that have the "Favorite" database field checked.

So moving items around will not affect whether they are shown in the Favorites group, they will always be shown there as long as they are marked as a favorite item.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2019, 10:53 PM »

Ok here's the beta version for any alpha/beta testers: https://www.donation...sionlist-release.apk

It comes with a handful of questions built in.. You can remove them from the Tools menu.  Or just put your own questions in their own section.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 14, 2019, 10:11 PM »

Widget support added.. You can make a widget which shows a single item (like the main slide view), and click to advance.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Multi-language support possible?

« Last post by mouser on October 14, 2019, 03:19 PM »

That is very cool that it can translate so much of it as a 3rd party tool.
I have used a library that can make my apps multi-lingual interface, but the process always seems to painful and laborious to follow up on..

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 12, 2019, 06:24 PM »

ps. if anyone wants to try to create an (original) list of conversation icebreaker/questions, I'd love to include them..

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 12, 2019, 06:23 PM »

Yes, adding multimedia notes would be much more work..

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 12, 2019, 12:49 PM »

would be to add a time stamped highlights/notes section for each question that is added.

I could add the ability to add notes for each question, without too much trouble.

I have added the ability to add notes to the questions as you are viewing them.  Though note that the notes are not visible unless you click the edit button.  I may have to find a better way to show a hint when browsing questions to indicate when notes have been added to a question.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Change request - Captor File Naming

« Last post by mouser on October 12, 2019, 10:17 AM »

Try changing your options like this:

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 11, 2019, 11:51 AM »

Keep the suggestions coming.
If anyone wants to help test beta version, let me know.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release - Android App - DiscussionList

« Last post by mouser on October 11, 2019, 07:12 AM »

Couple goal with open mind allowing other to speak

I didn't understand this comment. Can you clarify?