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Developer's Corner / Re: Python411 podcast

« Last post by Redhat on March 11, 2006, 03:31 PM »

That's it blame me 

Thanks for posting, taichi See you on IRC!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Uninstallers (a very short look at what I've tried!)

« Last post by Redhat on February 16, 2006, 08:45 AM »

Cheers mouser 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Uninstallers (a very short look at what I've tried!)

« Last post by Redhat on February 16, 2006, 07:39 AM »

These two programs I have tried so far essentially do two different things:

Your Uninstaller! Pro 2006
Allows you to uninstall exisiting programs on your system, completely. After running the uninstall component of the application, it then moves on to scan your registry and installed programs folders for loose reg keys and files. This is a fantastic application and does what it says on the tin - uninstalls completely (or, looks like it does!)

Total Uninstall 3.52
Allows you to install a program and let it be monitored by TU (basically it records all the changes it makes to the system) and then uninstall it completely when you wish to. It does NOT feature, at least that I can tell, a similar function to Your Uninstaller! where you can uninstall EXISTING programs.

My reason for such software is to keep a track of what I install (5-10 applications per day) and be able to uninstall them completely if desired.

Both applications can meet my needs, to an extent. But - Your Uninstaller! doesn't keep a CLEAR and CONCISE log of installs. I guess, after all, these programs are called "Uninstallers" for a reason! But I NEED that functionality, it's one of the main reasons I'm looking into these. Ok, YU alerts you when it's run to new items that have been installed, but with Total Uninstall, there is a clear way to see what you have installed and a clear way to uninstall it.

In a nutshell - Your Uninstaller! 2006 allows you to uninstall software that is installed on your system completely. Total Uninstall, on the other hand, doesn't let you uninstall existing applications, but it certainly does an awesome job of keeping an (probably the wrong word! ) "Inventory" of what you've installed with it, and offers an effective way to remove it also.

I'm beginning to think these programs are very different in their approaches, and maybe even compliment each other!

But hang on Matt - maybe they don't? What if you are satisfied with your current setup and only want to monitor new installs? The Total Uninstall wins HANDS DOWN.

If you have a mess of a system (  ) and need to uninstall existing applications, then I believe Your Uninstaller! Pro 2006 would meet your needs entirely.

So no "best", no "winner" out of the two - just two different approaches

Sorry for the lack of screenshots, I can't quite figure out the forum software to do it 

Websites:

Total Uninstall - http://www.martau.com/
Your Uninstaller! - http://www.ursoftware.com/

Hope it was useful to someone 

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General Software Discussion / Need fresh ideas and a name please people!

« Last post by Redhat on February 13, 2006, 09:12 AM »

I'm designing and beginning to build a note-taking application. There are several out there already, but I want to make this one that little more special.

I need ideas on features - and a name! What would you most like to see in a note-taking application?

Do you want it simple, or do you want treeviews with a structure to the notes? Catagories?


Thanks to everyone who contributes!

Yours,

Matt 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Perfect Disk 25% Off! **ENDS MIDNIGHT FED 14**

« Last post by Redhat on February 13, 2006, 05:58 AM »

Just enter the promo code :

PD-RED


And you're all set! I snagged it 

http://www.raxco.com

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Site/Forum Features / Re: IRC Chat - plus new web-based java interface from forum

« Last post by Redhat on February 13, 2006, 02:19 AM »

I'd just like to quickly recommend HydraIRC, a free and open source IRC client that I feel is largely comparable to mIRC (and the free part is nice ). I hope I'll get time to check out the IRC channel more thoroughly in the future. I signed up to DC a month or two ago and am just now getting time to explore!

- Oshyan

-JavaJones (November 23, 2005, 10:08 PM)

Welcome!


And Yes, I do frequent the room ... very nice place

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Redhat on February 12, 2006, 04:16 PM »

I'm currently writing a review of search tools for the DC reviews 

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Developer's Corner / Re: My (Ended) Search for a Python IDE

« Last post by Redhat on February 12, 2006, 02:10 PM »

I find it hard to imagine that I completely fogot about the Eclipse platform/ dev tool ... but I did!

Thanks for the insight, I'll get it and run along side Komodo to compare

And thanks for the offer - I may take you up on it

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Developer's Corner / My (Ended) Search for a Python IDE

« Last post by Redhat on February 12, 2006, 01:43 AM »

I have long-since been a fan of the python scripting language. I find it very intuitive to use and easy to knock up a bit of this-and-that whenever needed.

But I wanted to take it a step further than just "playing" here and there. I wanted to get me a professional IDE for Python and start getting down to business. I felt that a simple text-editor wouldn't do for this task - I needed debugging support and possible code-completion. Also, code-folding would be useful.

I narrowed it down to two programs - WingIDE and Komodo from ActiveState.


http://wingware.com/wingide/features - Feature list / version comparison for WingIDE


http://www.activesta...Komodo/editions.plex - The same for Komodo.

Based partly on those lists, I chose Komodo. And have been very impressed thus far. It's the first python editor that's ever automagically picked up wxPython too!

Stay tuned for some simple apps in python from me And maybe some in C++/C# with python extensions.... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thank you to True Launch Bar author for the donated copies and 50% discount

« Last post by Redhat on January 31, 2006, 04:52 PM »

Will purchase when pay day finally arrives 

Thanks very much to the True Launch Bar author(s) ! 

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General Software Discussion / Internet Explorer 7 BETA 2 - Publically Available

« Last post by Redhat on January 31, 2006, 04:51 PM »

I'm testing driving it right now - here's the link as the MS website is hammered:

http://fileforum.bet...Explorer/942950057/1

It's....minimalistic 

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Living Room / Re: Windows Live Messenger Beta Invites

« Last post by Redhat on January 17, 2006, 03:03 AM »

Yes please! 

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?

« Last post by Redhat on January 15, 2006, 08:03 AM »

Wow I missed this thread entirely 

I am 17 years of age and a director of a PC Repair company. We shall soon be moving into online retail and web services too. Very busy = me  I've been twiddling with computers since the age of 9, which I suppose is much less time than most here. I am from Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. Don't shoot me for living in Luton! 

My hobbies include coding for the desktop and also for the web. I enjoy my work because you meet a wide range of people, and I earn more cash than my peers 

To top my week off I love to go clubbing and wake up wishing I had never done it 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SpyDefense

« Last post by Redhat on December 29, 2005, 03:03 PM »

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Freeware antivirus. Sounds suspicious. I never use freeware antivirus. Any other freeware is ok, but not freeware antivirus.

But it looks cool anyway.
Has anyone tried virus checking it with Norton antivirus or simmilar?

-alecjw (December 29, 2005, 09:32 AM)

I believe it is anti-spyware not AV, but I may be wrong

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Alternative to Napster - Virgin Digital (UK/US Only)

« Last post by Redhat on December 29, 2005, 09:26 AM »

I have been on a quest. A quest to find a good (legal) music service with the following criteria:

• Software needs to respond when I click buttons. It needs to be well designed and not take more than it's fair share of RAM.
• There needs to be lots of popular music, aswell as lesser-known artists.
• I can't afford 79p a track ($1.50, I might add) which is what most/all "buying" services charge. So there needs to be some kind of subscription service.
• The price cannot be more than £14.99 per month.

So I took a look around. I've tried emusic (http://www.emusic.com) and here are my thoughts on that:

Overall, a nice setup. Web-based, but the selection of music was just too scarce for me to consider it properly. I got a few little-known UK artists from it, but they were about all I could recognise in terms of artists. I used the free, two-week trial where you get 50 free downloads. BIG ADVANTAGE: NO DRM!

I have used napster in the past, and here are my thoughts on that service:

Selection of music is great. The software and customer support - isn't. The software is so resource-hungry on my system it became unbearable. It was even bad on my 2GIG RAM, AMD64 system. Ouch.

In terms of customer service, it was dreadful. I have had to ring them twice as they charged my card twice, two months in a row. They never apologised. They never sought to rectify the situation. They simply said "call your bank".


But I have found a new service, from Virgin! (Richard Branson & Co)

The software is smooth, fast and efficient. The amount of tracks available (1.4 mil I think) is astounding. They have a subscription service, and it's in the price range (£9.99). There is radio. There is playlists. There is music insurance, so if your system fails, you don't lose any of your music when you reinstall VD (Ooops, just realised what that says!).

It current is only available to UK and US residents. For more information, check out http://www.virgindigital.com .

A screeny:

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: A-book: a very good, sync-able, alternative addressbook

« Last post by Redhat on December 28, 2005, 05:57 PM »

Hmm, you have me interested, superboyac. As a hobby-developer, I think I might just take your idea on.

I am only (half) proficient in C# though, but the latest 2.0 version I feel is much smoother than the previous one. If you'd like me to start on it in C#, just give me the nod 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: A-book: a very good, sync-able, alternative addressbook

« Last post by Redhat on December 28, 2005, 02:39 PM »

Hi Superboyac,

On a quick poke around, it doesn't seem possible to get completely customised field names, but you can choose from a large list of options - click on 'Tools', then 'Options', then click the 'Other' tab and click on 'Select Fields'.

I still use A-book and find it really good - especially with the added Pocket PC sync.  However, my mission to break free of Outlook has pretty much fallen apart...  I will start a thread on this sometime early in the new year, because my process might be useful/interesting to others...

-m_s (December 28, 2005, 01:52 PM)

I too, am trying to break away from Outlook. Even though it's hard not to use something you've paid for

On the subject of A-Book, it looks great. Although the price for something I may not use too much feels a bit steap, but I am looking into TheBat! so I'll see the address book capabilities of that

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Living Room / The Mind Awareness Campaign

« Last post by Redhat on October 25, 2005, 05:56 PM »

Good evening to you all.

I wish to bring to your attention a campaign I have just launched. It is for the promotion of the facts about mental illness, and to provide an online forum for sufferers, carers and professionals alike, to discuss things and support each other.

Registration is free to the forums, and I will be drumming up local support in the coming weeks (radio..newspapers etc..).

We do not currently accept donations.

If you are interested in this, please visit my website at http://www.mindawareness.co.uk . You will be directed to a subdomain of losingmymind.co.uk which is currently under construction.

I thank you for your time and mouser for letting me post this 

Matt

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Living Room / Re: Thinking about a DonationCoder.com fundraising thing.. opinions wanted

« Last post by Redhat on October 03, 2005, 05:42 AM »

mouser,

Contact me if you need anything like a website redesign or a logo etc.. It is one of my specialities I'd be very glad to do it for nothing also - just as another little donation

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nico - Freeware

« Last post by Redhat on October 01, 2005, 04:14 AM »

Thanks everyone! Suggestions are brilliant. I'll get coding.

0.2 should be out sometime over the weekend 

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General Software Discussion / Nico - Freeware

« Last post by Redhat on September 30, 2005, 02:20 AM »

Nico is a little freeware server connectivity monitor that alerts you when a system appears to be down. It's current drawbacks are it can only monitor one server, and there is currently no email alerts. Both features will be available soon.

Basically I need people to test it. It is currently in alpha stages of development, but should be moving to beta in 2 weeks.

A port scanner will also be included. And it will always be freeware, or open-source. It is written in C++ and takes up less than 1.5Mb of RAM on the test systems.

I hope someone finds it useful, as I have worked hard and will continue to do so.

The web address is http://www.kleendesigns.co.uk , and a forum is forthcoming!