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Circle Dock / Re: Windows 7's Taskbar....Err.....Circle Dock for the DC Programming Contest
« Last post by Dormouse on July 12, 2008, 05:27 PM »Very nice idea. 
Downloading it now.
Downloading it now.
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I don't really understand why so many people have so much messThey have a good memory, so don't need to spend extra time organising things or putting them away or clicking through a hierarchy.-fenixproductions (July 12, 2008, 09:47 AM)
Get it from http://www.novapdf.c...istration.php?src=15That's for the registration - which does get the key. But the prog download from VNU does not work - and the key does not work with other versions of Lite.-Curt (July 05, 2008, 07:12 AM)
i haven't checked but the download may still work as vunet normally won't remove the offered downloads immediately.Immediately???-lanux128 (July 04, 2008, 09:27 PM)
- it's November 2006 Thanks for the PM. No need for apologies; different points of view being argued is good.
Also good to see that a simple(?) Linux question quickly led to a number of topics. Original question important and pertinent to many of us, so it is worth trying to stay on topic, but maybe worth starting other threads.-Edvard link=topic=13917.msg119531#msg119531 date=1215099719Dormouse, apologies. (personal message sent)[/quote
saying it's not grown-up or telling me that a few shiny buttons and menus can and should replace the Linux command line is like telling a seasoned NASCAR gearhead that he could improve his pit time if he installed an automatic transmission...-Edvard (July 02, 2008, 07:56 PM)
from LinuxCommand.organd this is symptomatic of an attitude that used to put a lot of people off Linux (and still does). As if only drivers with cars maintained by NASCAR mechanics using their currently preferred technologies are good enough to be allowed on the main roads. I'll not continue this discussion in this thread to avoid going further OTT. Happy to continue in another thread if necessary.Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are helpful for many tasks, but they are not good for all tasks. I have long felt that most computers today do not use electricity. They instead seem to be powered by the "pumping" motion of the mouse! Computers were supposed to free us from manual labor, but how many times have you performed some task you felt sure the computer should be able to do? You ended up doing the work by tediously working the mouse. Pointing and clicking, pointing and clicking.
I once heard an author remark that when you are a child you use a computer by looking at the pictures. When you grow up, you learn to read and write. Welcome to Computer Literacy 101. Now let's get to work.-Edvard (July 02, 2008, 07:56 PM)
The closest thing that comes to it would be.. Find and Run RobotAbsolutely(even though it isn't that much similar.. lol
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-jgpaiva (July 02, 2008, 01:18 PM)
. And one of the reasons I don't use FARR. i wouldn't say it's a bad thing to use the command line.I don't think it is a bad thing to use it, and it will always suit some people best. And there's a number of things you can do much more efficiently with a command line - as long as you have memorised the commands.-jgpaiva (July 02, 2008, 01:18 PM)
Please, if you do one thing to flatten your learning curve in Linux, learn to use the command-line tools. The gui tools that exist are easier for new users, but you're missing out on so much power...
from LinuxCommand.orgGraphical user interfaces (GUIs) are helpful for many tasks, but they are not good for all tasks. I have long felt that most computers today do not use electricity. They instead seem to be powered by the "pumping" motion of the mouse! Computers were supposed to free us from manual labor, but how many times have you performed some task you felt sure the computer should be able to do? You ended up doing the work by tediously working the mouse. Pointing and clicking, pointing and clicking.
I once heard an author remark that when you are a child you use a computer by looking at the pictures. When you grow up, you learn to read and write. Welcome to Computer Literacy 101. Now let's get to work.-Edvard (July 02, 2008, 11:54 AM)
Did you check the latest filtering, that was added with version 2? I can't think of what more could be added (except perhaps as above with the extra info, maybe it might take more steps than TDL, not sure).-tamasd (July 01, 2008, 05:37 PM)
I also tested TDL few times, it's very good, but I couldn't stand it GUI-wise.I do understand that, and felt similarly. But it is so configurable. And, in use, being able to have everything on a single screen is just so much more efficient than alternative approaches. Though that only makes a difference if you are using a lot of the features for each task.
). License code arrived almost immediately. Still haven't had a response to my email about the 6 day trial. Still haven't managed to exchange info with my PDA (though DO can tell me the OS & battery state 
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) way of moving stuff between programs I do like and desktop & PDA. - but if the program works well enough (and I can get more out of it than I can by using other programs), I don't mind if development has stalled and support is poor.When I switched to Linux last fall, I cut down my visits here quite a bit because there didn't seem to be much interest in Linux around these parts. I still use XP (running in VirtualBox) for a lot of programs, but most of the little utilities I use are now Linux, not Windows and I did not think there would be much interest here in those.I use Windows and Linux extensively, and it has always seemed to me that there is a general interest in all options on all the OSs. And, from that point of view, I do prefer not splitting into OS specific areas. And an increasing number of utilities are cross platform.-rssapphire (June 14, 2008, 07:46 PM)
Yes -- I've been waiting for "version 2" ever since the first eee was released.
the market should be overflowing with me-too products any day now, so there's always the outside chance that someone else will come up with something better.-johnk (March 13, 2008, 06:37 PM)
