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16501
Screenshot Captor / Re: Hide all Objects
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 02:41 PM »
This is a very interesting request.

Let me ask, would it be sufficient to your needs if i add a menu option under the File menu that said "Save copy without objects as.."
that would save a copy of the file without any objects on it?
16502
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR plugin: FARR Windows Search 0.1.0
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 02:14 PM »
Ecaradec!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
16503
Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture rounded corners in Vista
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 12:08 PM »
anyone else with win7 trying the beta and not seeing it properly capture the rounded corner transparency? or having it work properly?
16504
General Software Discussion / Re: The DonationCoder "Superior Antivirus" Award/Certification
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 11:23 AM »
Article today about the sad state of antivirus:
http://arstechnica.c...e-not-going-away.ars
16505
Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion: How can we Improve DonationCoder?
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 10:21 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
16506
General Software Discussion / Re: Powerpoint sucks - what to use instead?
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 10:20 AM »
very nice links kfitting  :up:
16507
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: [IDEA] FARR Plugin: FARRDevelopersBible
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 10:08 AM »
i was talking to ewemoa recently about an idea for searching chm files that he had, for the same purpose you are talking about, being able to search chm programming reference files, etc.

what i was thinking is that perhaps the most efficient way to do this is to let another program fully index the contents of chm files and interface farr to search them.. this may already be doable using the Farr WindowSearch plugin, or maybe by interfacing with another program that already indexes chm files.

so some questions are:
  • Is CHM a good/sufficient file format format for this need (i think it's pretty good; being able to use pdf would be nice too)
  • Does it make sense for this kind of tool to be based on new custom code for searching through these files, or would interfacing to an existing indexer (like Windows Desktop Search or Google Desktop Search, etc.) be better.
  • Is relying on a full desktop indexer like Windows Search too much of a drawback for people who don't like to have such things running because of the background cpu usage
16508
Developer's Corner / Re: Best way to track the time you spend on each project
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 02:55 AM »
Just an update that i really like the tool that DC member Skwire made, Anuran:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=20965.0
16509
Living Room / Re: Time management software
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 02:54 AM »
hi czb!!!

this is not exactly what you are asking for, but you might want to check it out just in case you change your mind about what you need.. i find it very minimally invasive and i like that it's pure text:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=20965.0

also see this topic where i asked for something similar:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=10784.0
16510
Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture rounded corners in Vista
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 02:23 AM »
ok i've got self capture on win7 fixed, and it may be related to the TGB problem.. we shall see.
16511
Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture rounded corners in Vista
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 01:28 AM »
im going to try to fix the active window capture right away.. that seems like a deal breaker.
however i'm having a hard time reproducing your report.. can you be more specific about what actions you take and what options you have that cause this behavior of active window capture not trimming rounded corners/transparency, so i can try to reproduce?
16512
Living Room / Re: Book Mini-Review: The Design of Design - Essays from a Computer Scientist
« Last post by mouser on April 27, 2010, 12:04 AM »
And is that Salisbury cathedral I can see on the cover?

it is indeed.
16513
General Software Discussion / Re: SubmitToTab - a Firefox add-on
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 11:58 PM »
i've been suffering without this addon until today!

Lanux128 informed me that Hendrik Lipka released an unofficial new version that works on FF 3.6!  Just tested it and it works great.

See the link in Hendrik's post on this page:
https://addons.mozil...US/firefox/addon/483

[this addon is super useful for sites with search buttons for example, like DonationCoder; just hold ctrl button while clicking submit button and results open in new tab]

Bravo Hendrik!   :greenclp:
16514
General Software Discussion / Re: Powerpoint sucks - what to use instead?
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 09:41 PM »
i like powerpoint. but i thought you might enjoy this article from today's ny times:

WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti.

“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General McChrystal dryly remarked, one of his advisers recalled, as the room erupted in laughter.

The slide has since bounced around the Internet as an example of a military tool that has spun out of control. Like an insurgency, PowerPoint has crept into the daily lives of military commanders and reached the level of near obsession.


http://www.nytimes.c...27powerpoint.html?hp
16515
Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion: How can we Improve DonationCoder?
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 09:21 PM »
Also let's face it, when a friend asks "what is donationcoder?" one already has to reserve time for a 30 minute sit-down and powerpoint slide show to explain it. Changing the domain name would at best cut the presentation down by only 1 minute, so it hardly seems worth the effort.
16516
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Alias: Send email to Remember The Milk
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 06:29 PM »
I'm using Outlook 2007 as mail client, just in case it's relevant.
it may be..

let's try this to tell, if you use the exact line i pasted above (instead of your $$1 example), does it work and get the body of the message?

if my example works, see if yours works when there are no spaces in your $$1 text.
16517
Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 04:52 PM »
mintor update

v1.29.01 beta - Apr 24th, 2010
  • [BugFix] Attempting to fix long-standing but rare bug that caused a database error message and caused CHS to stop functioning until database was reset.
  • [MinorFeature] New option when merging clips to do so in reverse order.
  • [BugFix] On startup CHS was sometimes creating an initial clip with wrong text; now clips what's in clipboard at startup.
  • [MinorFeature] Added option to hide cliptext when showing clip titles (useful for favorites)
16518
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows vs. Mac: I'm starting to change.
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 04:46 PM »
What I want to point out though is that I think the advantages of iPhone as a platform and as a device could largely or even entirely be achieved *without* Apple being total a-holes

amen.
16519
Find And Run Robot / Re: alias help needed
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 04:45 PM »
you cannot type something in to replace with this * alias type.
you can only type something in when you use a full normal regular expression pattern that tells farr how to find the $$1 argument.
16520
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows vs. Mac: I'm starting to change.
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 04:40 PM »
Oh there are a lot of things Apple does right in terms of usability, and focus on usability.

There are also a lot of things Apples does cleverly in terms of *advertising* which have nothing to do with usability and features and are just pure brilliant marketing.  Notice when you see an ad for a normal computer, they are telling you how fast the chip is, how much memory it has, how it has great monitor resoltuion, etc.  Then notice an Apple ad, showing how people can listen to their favorite music! burn cds of music! It's not that the Apple does things the others don't in this case, it's that they are talking to a different audience.

My mother is quite tech savvy and bought an android, and is constantly frustrated and peeved at the UI and workflow.. She sees people using iphones having none of the problems she has.  Apple deserves major credit for focusing on making 99% of the workflow really smooth and painless.  [Things get a bit more dicey when something goes wrong]
16521
Find And Run Robot / Re: alias help needed
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 03:52 PM »
ok mine is still reading the clipboard data.


not sure what you mean - it should still READ the clipboard data and use it appropriately -- it just should filter them appropriately now and not show results in your * alias just because you type something that happens to be on the clipboard.
16522
Find And Run Robot / Re: alias help needed
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 03:27 PM »
new beta version uploaded; same url as previous.
16523
Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion: How can we Improve DonationCoder?
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 03:26 PM »
Regarding the points about the site name..

When I first set up the site, the idea was to see if enough people would be willing to donate to support the development of my software, enough to let me continue developing it.  Truth be told, i didn't have high hopes that the site would survive very long.

What happened is that the site has evolved because of the amazing people that have decided to make it their home.

The name of the site doesn't perfectly match what the site is anymore.. But i'm not sure it's practical to change it.. Names have a way of gaining emotional traction and momentum, and changing the name would cause all kinds of havok and confusion.
16524
Find And Run Robot / Re: alias help needed
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 03:11 PM »
i've fixed it; next update will not match against the clipboard part.
16525
Find And Run Robot / Re: alias help needed
« Last post by mouser on April 26, 2010, 02:52 PM »
yeah i think the only problem here is that farr may try to replace the $$c and THEN match what you type against the captions (before the |), so that if you type anything matching what is on your clipboard, those 2 results will show up.
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