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General Software Discussion / Re: New duplicate file finder... I am open to features suggestion
« Last post by Darwin on December 05, 2008, 08:27 AM »
I'd like results to be returned "nested" like this:

1. File name
----------->Location One
----------->Location Two
Etc.

I'd also like to see some sort of colour banding utilized so that differentiating between files is easier.
-Darwin (December 04, 2008, 04:59 PM)

You mean like DoubleKiller   8)


-rjbull (December 05, 2008, 05:16 AM)

Yes - but I'd like the format to be as I typed it in above, ie with the filename presented as a header and the duplicate locations listed benath it, indented. It would be nice to have checkboxes next to the file location, too. If DoubleKiller Pro can already do this, I need to go back and RTFM  :-[
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: StopKa - desktop search tool
« Last post by Darwin on December 04, 2008, 09:48 PM »
Thanks for letting us know about it, vitali_y - it does look interesting. I assume that you are the developer? If so, you should say so! We're always glad to welcome developers here.
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Longtime DC Member JoTo is in hospital again -- address for sending postcards
« Last post by Darwin on December 04, 2008, 09:44 PM »
Thanks for letting me know, mouser. I missed sending him a card last time - I won't miss this time. Hope he is better soon.
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General Software Discussion / Re: New duplicate file finder... I am open to features suggestion
« Last post by Darwin on December 04, 2008, 04:59 PM »
For me, the biggest issue when using Duplicate finders is VISIBILITY! I haven't tried version one of your application, so I apologize if this is already implemented in it, but I'd like results to be returned "nested" like this:

1. File name
----------->Location One
----------->Location Two
Etc.

I'd also like to see some sort of colour banding utilized so that differentiating between files is easier. Finally, I'd like results to be fully sortable - name, date, type, size, etc.

That's it off the top of my head - I'll post "deeper" thoughts if they occur to me after thinking about this in more depth  ;D
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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by Darwin on December 04, 2008, 02:16 PM »
I've got X2 installed and have *tried* to use it for PDF editing. It works, but not nearly as well as a dedicated PDF application. As Chris, notes, it lacks flexibilty. The few times I've tried using it to edit pdfs, I've wound up switching to Scansoft PDF Converter Pro.
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Living Room / Re: Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 07:31 PM »
...and iirc there was an article a week or so ago about another company launching even faster SSDs - can't find it right now though, and might've been paper launch whereas those intel SSDs should be available now. If you sell your soul, anyway.
-f0dder (December 02, 2008, 06:23 PM)

I think Samsung announced a next generation SSD recently. Think I read it at Tom's Hardware...

A google search turned this up:
http://gizmodo.com/3...eve-been-waiting-for

Thanks, Chris. Now you've got me droolling over this  >:(
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DesktopCoral / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - DesktopCoral- 1.03.01 - Nov 30, 2008
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 07:19 PM »
I don't mean to be a pratt, but I wanted to point out that "coral" is what grows in the sea and "corral" is where horses are rounded up.  So, DesktopCoral would invoke in me, especially prettily coloured aquarium decorations for my desktop, whereas, DesktopCorral would invoke in me, thoughts of an amazinkly useful computer desktop tool for keeps things in order.
-Daleus (May 20, 2008, 01:39 PM)

OK - not trying to be a pratt (are you a Yorkshireman, by chance?), either, but wouldn't the subtleties of the spelling of Desktop Coral be more evocative than invocative?
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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 1 - Codename "Winter Wondercode"
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 07:14 PM »
and here i was sitting reading the newsletter in shorts and a tshirt, the front door open, enjoying the warm spring weather. viva la southern hemisphere!
-ak7 (December 02, 2008, 04:56 PM)
I believe that it is forbidden to make cruel remarks of that kind to us, who are enduring the frozen north. One who does so deserves the ice to melt in his Mai Tai  
-cranioscopical (December 02, 2008, 06:36 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 07:10 PM »
Interesting, nontroppo, thanks! I have a full Tiger DVD (though I had to *cough, cough* "work around" the DVD challenged nature of my iBook) so thought I'd install that. I'll take a look at the Insanely Mac forums  :Thmbsup:
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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 1 - Codename "Winter Wondercode"
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 02:06 PM »
Just wanted to note that mouser and I are continuing in our tradition of collaborating on the newsletters - my name may be on it as the poster, but mouser did the bulk of the work  :Thmbsup:
-Darwin (December 01, 2008, 06:30 PM)

Hello Sir!
Are yo the SAME DARWIN who was running some " DARWIN Engineer ..." News-letter?

Regards
-AHMalik (December 02, 2008, 01:59 PM)

No - different Darwin. A very popular username, I've discovered (along with Huxley, my usual default if Darwin has already been taken)  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Is it time to start a new AntiVirus/Internet Security Suite review thread?
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 01:37 PM »
Just to note - just ran a quick scan of my Win2k machine with VIPRE: 5 minutes 52 seconds. The last one I suspect was a Deep scan and an anomaly at that (WRT how long it took). Just thought I'd update you all. They don't call me "Mr Interesting" for nothing, you know  ;D
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 12:28 PM »
Wn2k Sp-4 on my 8 year old PIIIE 600Mhz notebook with 512MB RAM loads in 2 minutes 42 seconds (I timed loading to the desktop until the cursor reverts to the arrow, as opposed to the hourglass). Once loaded, there are 51 processes running. I have 176 applications installed. NB you can shave, perhaps, 10 to 15 seconds off that time because I blew entering my password not once, but three times - forgot that I had changed it yesterday  :o I should do it again to see what difference it made, but this is close enough. Note, too, that all of my windows machines require ctrl-alt-del logins at boot but I have the Mac set to log directly into my user account without a password required - haven't gotten around to setting that up. Even so, the 59 seconds is impressive!

Now, the issue of functionality is a whole different one... the Win2k machine (which has the same 8MB Video card as the iBook) RIPS through Office 2003. The iBook is much slower running Office 2008 (which isn't a fair comparison, I know), but then, even users running brand new Macs with loads of RAM, dual-core Intel processors complain about Office 2008 being a pig to load.

@nontroppo - what method/recipe did you follow to get your Hackintosh up and running? I'd be curious to try Tiger on one or more of my machines.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?
« Last post by Darwin on December 02, 2008, 12:13 PM »
I dunno... my XP install has 335 applications installed under it and after booting has 81 processes running - boots reliably in about 1 minute 50 seconds. Obviously much slower than Leopard, but we're talking about an anaemic first generation Centrino notebook (1.4Ghz with 2GB of 266Mhz RAM and 5400rpm harddrive). At any rate, the "I dunno" comes in because I'm quite content with my boot times on that machine. FWIW, OS X 10.4.11 (aka Tiger) loads very slowly on my iBook, but then that machine is 7 years old, has a G3 500Mhz processor and 576MB RAM. I'm actually impressed that it loads at all ;D Loading Tiger on that machine was a mistake as all it has really done is make me yearn for an Intel based Mac that I can run Leopard on!

To repeat my earlier comment: I'm only concerned about boot times if they are ludicrous, like 5 minutes or so, because to me that indicates something wrong. 2 minutes or less is perfectly fine because I use standby most of the time...

EDIT:  :-[ Just timed Tiger on the iBook... 59 seconds to a fully functional desktop! I had never timed it before - not sure how I concluded that it was slow  :o
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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 1 - Codename "Winter Wondercode"
« Last post by Darwin on December 01, 2008, 06:30 PM »
Just wanted to note that mouser and I are continuing in our tradition of collaborating on the newsletters - my name may be on it as the poster, but mouser did the bulk of the work  :Thmbsup:
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Older Newsletters / Newsletter for December 1, 2008 - Codename "Winter Wondercode"
« Last post by Darwin on December 01, 2008, 06:26 PM »
Newsletter for December 1st, 2008
Codename "Winter Wondercode"


"If you read nothing else on our site, read our blog!"
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1. Newsletter Editorial - NANY 2009

Greetings and welcome to winter!  It sure is getting cold out there, so why not bundle up and stay indoors and catch up on the DC forum discussions?

There is one major thing I want to tell you about in this newsletter's editorial, and that is our yearly N.A.N.Y. ("New Apps for the New Year") software celebration.

The NANY 2009 event looks like it will have more participants than ever before.. Let's review the basic ground rules:

We encourage all programmers, of any skill level (many are just beginners), to write a new, small, free program to be released on or around December 31st.  You'll find that some submissions are silly, some are horrific, some are quite useful.  It's a really fun event for the coders and the non-coders alike, and there are always some interesting surprises.

As with all of our previous NANY events, this isn't a contest to see who can write the best program. It's mostly a celebration of creating something new.  So, in that spirit, we don't really award prizes, but we will be sending out a special commemorative DonationCoder.com coffee mug featuring our cute bird/duck mascot Cody to all participating programmers.  If you know a programmer who you think would get a kick out of participating, please let them know!



2. Official DC Software Updates

OK, a few minor updates to DC software has come out over the past month:



3. Your Participation Requested

No matter what your level of computer knowledge, or how long you've been a DC member, we'd love your input! See the links below for some good places to jump in and make your first post.

Let me also point you to a revived thread on the forum about suggested changes to the DonationCoder.com approach to raising money.  We haven't had a fundraiser in a few years and depend entirely on donations from users to keep this site running.  With the worldwide economic crisis, things feel a little scary.. so we need to make sure that we continue to provide a service to the community that people feel is worth supporting, and provide a mechanism for them to do so that they don't find alienating.



4. Help and Advice from Member to Member

If you need get some input on tech related issues and decisions, the DC community is a great place to turn. Read on for some recent discussions and feel free to join in the conversation or post an issue of your own.



5. Fun and Games

If you've read the newsletter up to this point, take a break and check out some of the lighter fare from the forum - humour, videos, and games..




6. News You Can Use

DC Member Ehtyar has taken to producing wonderfully weekly summaries of important tech/computer/security news articles that he comes across on the web.  A big hit on the forum.



7. The Weird Wide Web

Here are some recent items from around the web that Donationcoder forum participants thought were noteworthy. As always, your input is encouraged, so if you come across something interesting while you're surfing the web, feel free to post a link to it on the forum.




8. General Software Discussion

Below are some threads of interest about categories of software posted to DC since the last newsletter:



9. Specific Software Discussion

Here are some threads of interest about specific applications posted to DC over the past month:



10. Member Contributions and Coding Snacks

Each newsletter we highlight some of the quality software coded by DC members that is available on Donationcoder. Read below for some recent announcements about new applications or updates to applications.  Pay special attention to our Coding Snacks section.  Coding snacks are lite treats for the software afficiando. If there is some tool that you've been looking for, without success, you have nothing to lose by asking... Post a clear description of what you're looking for and one of Donationcoder's resident coding gurus might just take up the challenge.



11. Developer's Corner

If you're not a developer, don't be put off by the title. There is likely something of interest to you on the Developer's Corner. It's more than just a forum for the discussion of software development, it's also a place in which entrepreneurial issues, how the current direction of hardware and software development will impact on end-users, how current DRM models affect developer and consumer alike, and much more are discussed.  Looks like after a period of slowdown, discussions have picked up again in this section.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is XP really that good?
« Last post by Darwin on December 01, 2008, 12:55 PM »
A pinnacle of XP UI?  ;)
-nontroppo (December 01, 2008, 07:51 AM)

I prob going a bit further off topic here -
I havent used that renamer, certainly looks a bit daunting - but I could imagine once you get to know it, you have all options at your fingertips.
I love a good looking programme (dont call me superficial yet!) and find myself often frustrated with interfaces of (windows platform) software, difficulties finding stuff/unintuitive, [requiring 20 clicks to do something that could/should be two] etc.

guess the point I want to make is that if I had to choose I'd choose functionality before beauty, but true, why not have both ;)
-tomos (December 01, 2008, 09:21 AM)

I love the GUI in Bulk Rename Utility  :-*
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?
« Last post by Darwin on December 01, 2008, 06:56 AM »
Thanks, Darwin.


Boot-time is now 2 minutes,  (more and more programs! How does this happen?). Not fast.
-Curt (December 01, 2008, 05:38 AM)

I have 335 programs installed under XP (as reported by Your Uninstaller! 2008 with screensavers and windows updates excluded from the list) and my boot time is about 2 minutes. What I've done is leave the XP machine as my "play with software" environment and (try to) keep the Vista notebook as a work machine with about 140 programs installed. It boots in under a minute, though I've not actually timed it. I'm pretty careful about loading anything under Vista - I don't want to slow it down! So I test any applications under XP first. Doesn't help too much if there are different installers for Vista and XP, but it's served me well so far... Of course, I have the luxury of doing this because all of my computers are notebooks, so I can run two or more of them simulataneoulsy (I use Synergy to use a common keyboard and mouse - kind of cool to zip between OS X, XP, Win2K and Vista  ;D).
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?
« Last post by Darwin on December 01, 2008, 05:31 AM »
Well, I have taken my new Vista into use, and so far it is even worse than I feared :-(
-Curt (November 21, 2008, 06:10 PM)

- three (3) days it lasted, that new Vista of mine!

(.....), and told the machine to reboot. This was the last I saw of Vista.

(...) Edited:
Typing this on my "old" XP, ...
-Curt (November 26, 2008, 02:16 PM)

Frankly, Vista is far far better than XP, at least when it comes to Recovery!  :)  It was a little hard to find, but that may be due to the oddness of the Siemens/Toshiba Recovery which I refused to use, but when first I clicked Recover To Previous Setup, or what it may be called in English, there was no problem at all. All the programs are there, except for the sinner, and all of my documents are safe~saved.  :D

Typing this on my new Vista!  8)
-Curt (December 01, 2008, 05:28 AM)

Welcome back, Curt!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Is it time to start a new AntiVirus/Internet Security Suite review thread?
« Last post by Darwin on November 30, 2008, 12:13 PM »
I started out adding this as an edit to the post above, but have moved it to a new post (too much added info):

From Win2k machine. VIPRE runs two processes, SBAMSvc.exe (16,072K Private bytes) and SBAMTRay.exe (3,708K Private bytes). CPU usage is 0% for both processes. I'm starting a quick scan now:

SBAMsvc.exe - 18,564K private bytes started out at 41% CPU, immediately fell to about 29% and then after about a minute to 19%. Still fluctuating between 17% and 29%
SBAMTray.exe - 3,732 private bytes 0% CPU

Incidentally, the "bits" of this post relating to VIPRE actually running were added while the scan was in progress. No degradation of performance at all. My only real concern is that even without a scan running, the GUI takes a while to load. On the order of 20 seconds or so...

Overall, I wish that I had bought more licences for this - I'd love to see how it stacks up against Webroot on my XP and Vista machines (both with MUCH, MUCH RAM and CPU power).

Overall, my 80 GB harddrive is scanned in about 10 mintues when running a Quick scan and about 45 minutes when running a deep scan. Pretty decent on such old hardware, I think.

EDTI: er, no... The quick scan that I started with this post just finished after 2 hours 22 minutes  :o Weird, as I ran both a quick and a deep scan yesterday with the results indicated above. Will have to monitor this. Still like VIPRE better than BitDefender at any rate. Afterall, who cares how long the scan takes if you can still use your computer!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Is it time to start a new AntiVirus/Internet Security Suite review thread?
« Last post by Darwin on November 30, 2008, 11:02 AM »
I purchased a copy of VIPRE for my Win2k machine (PIIIE 600Mhz, 512MB RAM) and it is truly a wonderful thing! It's blazing fast in scanning and any issues I had in trialling it a few months ago are gone - updates are quick and I've not seen any issues WRT runaway processes. I'll post back later with resource usage numbers (I'm on OSX at the moment...).
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Living Room / Re: hmm, looks like a copy of gridmove.
« Last post by Darwin on November 29, 2008, 09:49 AM »
GridMove history: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=3097.0
-nudone (November 29, 2008, 07:20 AM)

Ah! Thanks for the link - I hadn't followed that and was unaware of it - bookmarked now for later consumption  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?
« Last post by Darwin on November 28, 2008, 07:19 PM »
I think I will head over at www2.ashampoo and buy myself this Core Tuner while we are at it.
-Curt (November 28, 2008, 07:15 PM)

 ;D Truly, a man after my own heart!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Similar program to Ps Tray factory that works on Vista 64-bit.
« Last post by Darwin on November 28, 2008, 07:09 PM »
- thanks for testing, Darwin. I clearly must have some programs clashing one way or another.

And regarding the showing off: It only lasted three days, didn't it.  ;)
-Curt (November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM)

Ouch! When I read that post originally, I didn't realise that the whole machine was out of commission (though of course, it would be, now that I think about it). Sorry you're having trouble with it and I hope all is well soon.
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Living Room / Re: hmm, looks like a copy of gridmove.
« Last post by Darwin on November 28, 2008, 06:08 PM »
what? you aren't using DialogMove. dear oh dear.
-nudone (November 28, 2008, 02:28 PM)

No! Never even heard of it  :o
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Living Room / Re: Posture in sitting/standing ideas, tips & tricks
« Last post by Darwin on November 28, 2008, 06:06 PM »
Great thread, thanks for starting it, Tom  :Thmbsup: Also, thanks to Yahya  for bumping it - I completely missed it when it was more active last month and wouldn't have thought to go looking for it, either  :)

My posture sucks and this is the kind of common sense information I need. As soon as this is posted, I'm replacing my fancy leather office chair (with armrests) with a spare dining room chair and then I'm off to track down one or the other of the books that have been mooted in this thread!
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