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Living Room / Re: In a world free from ads, one font reigns supreme. COMIC SANS!

« Last post by tomos on September 03, 2015, 07:19 AM »

I'm very disappointed - I've tried three browsers with adblockers and see no comic sans -

we want comic sans
we want comic sans
...
just once at least - then I'd add them to my adblocker white list.
I think it's a great fun way of getting the message across that they want us to allow them to show ads.

If I was inflexible about making an adblocker exception, I dont know how I'd feel - but I'd have to see it first, in comic sans I mean - go back to beginning of post and loop ;-)

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on September 03, 2015, 07:05 AM »

In exploring this forum, [...]

-bit (September 03, 2015, 01:29 AM)

are you posting in the wrong thread (or am I just missing your humour )

and I never noticed them before either - maybe they're new...

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on September 03, 2015, 01:07 AM »

Ps, with the info board up top right next to "Forum Home", it's def saving me a lot of scrolling!

-TaoPhoenix (September 02, 2015, 09:07 PM)

what do you mean by 'info board'? --
I presume it's not what mouser calls the 'info-center' -- the active threads etc, but cant figure out what it might be...

EDIT// I presume you mean the boards - were they much further down in the past?

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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 11:30 AM »

what's the point if one can't reach the http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfarchitect page. Can you?

-Curt (September 02, 2015, 11:22 AM)

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no problems here... FF 40.0.3

Are you using uBlock Origin ?
That was blocking sourceforge pages a while back. I removed it at the time and changed to uBlock (without the 'Origin').

PS I havent used the 'Architect' software.

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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 10:26 AM »

I found the PDF XChange Printer Lite 2012 (that used to be freely packaged with it) inferior to CutePDF Writer, when it comes to printing image-heavy Word docs of over 300 pages. In fact none of my other PDF printers (MS Word's own, Adobe PDF, SmartDraw) were able to handle it, so kudos to the free CutePDF!

-dr_andus (September 02, 2015, 10:18 AM)

that is impressive
I have used PDFCreator (via sourceforge) to make some very image heavy PDFs - either with *very* large images, or multiple (50+) high-quality (300dpi) images.
I can highly recommend it - but NOTE that it used come with OpenCandy additional installs (I havent updated it in a good while so out of touch with current status that way).


EDIT//
PS the PDF Creator software has an 'ad-free' version for business @ 3.50€ or 5US$
Not sure do they mean the Open Candy or do they show ads somehow :-/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any free portable pdf editor with these features?

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 10:11 AM »

I think his keyword is "free"

-Curt (September 02, 2015, 08:56 AM)

I'd say Tao's summary is as near as he'll get - I'm actually surprised the free version even does that much!

Re PDF Exchange & OCR, see quote below - relates to the viewer, but presume the editor is at least as good.

PDF-XChange Viewer now gets a 5  x  from me (was 4½).
No issues re OCR, now - it all seems to work just fine. I see that it currently caters for English, French, German, Spanish, but I have only used the English OCR functionality so far.

-IainB (June 20, 2013, 12:56 AM)

I agree that PDF-XChange Viewer is excellent. I used the free version for years, and recently have upgraded to PRO.

Regarding OCR, it is generally fine for most purposes. Where it begins to have problems is with poorly scanned texts. For those situations I use ABBYY FineReader, and there can be a big difference: where PDF-XChange Viewer might have a 60-70% success rate in recognising text (which is basically unusable, as you can't understand a sentence where a third of the words are unintelligible), FineReader produces a 99.99% correct OCR. But these are marginal cases I'm talking about (book pages scanned at a low resolution).

-dr_andus (July 22, 2013, 07:09 AM)

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 08:58 AM »

attach <-- automatically shows as thumbnail if the image is very large (1900x1200)
attachimg <-- always full size no matter size
attachthumb <-- always thumbnail no matter size

-mouser (September 02, 2015, 08:34 AM)

thanks for the attach image info 
FWIW,
the image it refused to show full in my post was just 850 width - but it was just over 1200 pixels high.

attachimg <-- always full size no matter size

-mouser (September 02, 2015, 08:34 AM)

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not sure if that's a helpful one in these days of high resolutions - but proceed as you think ;-)

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 07:14 AM »

I've modified the Image button to explain better how to use the inline attachment feature, and removed the button from the Quick Reply bbc editor, since there is no way to attach files from the quick reply editor.
As has been discussed above, my intent for this button is largely to serve as help for those who don't yet know how our inline attached images work -- and therefore it is mainly about explaining to the user how to attach an image and refer to it.
As deozaan pointed out above, if you want to quickly insert an inline image you can use the new button down by the Attach Choose File buttons.  So there are solutions both for newbies and advanced users.

-mouser (August 31, 2015, 04:59 PM)

the popup uses a very small font size...


Re the image tags:

1) See this post -
I used [attach=1] and [attach=2], yet one is shown as a thumb, and one full size.
QUERY:
Is there a size limit for full size images or is something else going on there?

2) [attach=#] where an actual number is not used - does not work inline (not sure if supposed to - just saying in case)

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Living Room / Re: More good web comics you've discovered

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 05:56 AM »

I think some of this guy's comics are really good -



http://jeremykaye.tu...ink-to-my-patreon-if


EDIT// experimenting with the attach image settings - here's another

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2015, 03:29 AM »

Fun photo series of owners posing like their dogs.

http://www.ufunk.net...n/photos/dog-people/

-mouser (September 01, 2015, 06:49 PM)

they're great -
it's amazing how similar many of the 'pairs' are

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General Software Discussion / Re: Screenshotcapture 4.12.0 Won't Keep Preferences After Reboot

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 03:11 PM »

your original screenshot had me *very* confused

Are you sure that preferences are closed?
Did you try right-click and 'Close Window'? (Wouldnt explain why it there, but should get rid of it)

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 01:39 PM »

Personally I'd just prefer the box at the very top, so landing on the main page immediately tells the visitor what's been happening, without the need to scroll or click on another page.

-dr_andus (September 01, 2015, 11:03 AM)

go to the new custom options line in your Forum Profile area and add:
-topinfocenter

-mouser (September 01, 2015, 01:00 PM)

this is great capability
I wonder though, what would be most interesting for a first time visitor -
a list of boards, or a list of active threads?

I like that about the InfoQube forum - even as a visitor, I can click on 'New' and see a full list of posts sorted by date. NOTE: it's not that I favour recent posts over recent threads - rather that I think maybe an overview of recent activity is of more interest to everyone, than the list of boards.

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 12:01 PM »

You can get them dirt cheap here (amazon.de), but the equivalent seems to be difficult to find on amazon.com

-tomos (September 01, 2015, 11:38 AM)

Not at all.  There are many on amazon... just look up "carbon steel frying pans".  The one I have is from a local store, but I can also recommend these products that work well on them:

http://www.amazon.co...nmail/dp/B00FKBR1ZG/

-wraith808 (September 01, 2015, 11:48 AM)

EDIT2// sorry wraith - I was confused by your links to cast-iron related products - yes, a search for "carbon steel frying pans" will get the same pans. //EDIT2

the ones I'm using are called crepe or omelette pans here - they are not cast iron - they have a relatively thin base and heat quickly (easy to overheat though).

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Developer's Corner / Re: AWS security woes

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 11:57 AM »

Thanks for the warning

For the casual user -- just doing simple backup -- this seems to make Amazon S3 no longer worthwhile.
I presume that my automatic backups to S3 would no longer work with two-factor authentication.

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 11:38 AM »

This one is titled "Stupidly Simple Omelette"

Get a good quality jar of pesto, doesnt really matter what it's made with.
I've been using:
pumpkin seed pesto / tomato pesto / wild garlic (Bärlauch) pesto

# add one spoonful of pesto to two large, or three medium, eggs per person (I havent tried this with large amounts of eggs, you may need to add less pesto).
# whisk.
# fry at low temperature, ideally with a good olive oil. When it's nicely set towards the sides, you could stick it under the grill for a minute or two to get the middle to set - then flip it, and give it another minute or two in the pan.

The intensity of the pesto makes for a really tasty omelette.
You can make a meal of this by adding cubed (cooked) potatoes and chopped (cooked) green beans.

An omelette with two or three eggs works well in my 18cm pan -- that's 7&1/8 inches (the base is about 13.5cm).
For two people, I prefer to make two small ones - but best experiment with your frying pan/s.

I have a couple of lovely carbon steel frying pans - that's iron that rusts, and *not* cast-iron. You can get them dirt cheap here (amazon.de), but the equivalent seems to be difficult to find on amazon.com
Great for omelettes, fried spuds, etc.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 10:58 AM »

The links should be changing colors as you visit them, but:

• The color difference is subtle.
• You may have to hit F5 to reload the css on the page to see the changes.

-mouser (September 01, 2015, 09:29 AM)

I see it on IE8 but not on Pale Moon or FF Dev Edition.

-TaoPhoenix (September 01, 2015, 09:57 AM)

dont know if it's been changed since - but it's working here in PaleMoon

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General Software Discussion / Re: Screenshotcapture 4.12.0 Won't Keep Preferences After Reboot

« Last post by tomos on September 01, 2015, 12:38 AM »

Hi,
not sure how relevant this is for XP, (but it could be, so worth asking) -

• Is that the portable or installed version?
• If portable, where is it located?

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 31, 2015, 03:19 PM »

Surely someone likes the new forum? 

-mouser (August 31, 2015, 11:26 AM)

I do
I said it, I meant it:

Forum looks great - thanks to mouser and anyone else involved

-tomos (August 30, 2015, 12:55 PM)

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 04:45 PM »

Embedded YT video working here in PaleMoon without a Flash plugin

Testing

[VIDEOS]

EDIT// works here in PaleMoon *without* a Flash plugin

-tomos (August 30, 2015, 04:38 PM)

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 04:38 PM »

Testing

Van Morrison - Sweet Thing

Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do


EDIT// works here in PaleMoon *without* a Flash plugin

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 04:26 PM »

Very minor:

The 'Forum' link at the very top of the page (in the menu style row of links) does not work when one is in the forum -
there is a logic to this - but it's not the case with the other links up there, so a lack of consistency there.

(Me, I would just set it for forum home and leave it at that.)

-tomos (August 30, 2015, 01:13 PM)

The one here?

Website Home | Blog | Software | Reviews and Features | Forum | Help | Donate | About us

If I click "Forum" it takes me to the root of the Forum (Which is what I assume you meant but isn't working for you?)

-Stephen66515 (August 30, 2015, 04:08 PM)

but when you're there (in the forum) the link no longer works (here).
Reread my post if you're unclear what I mean.

EDIT// never mind, this one has been fixed

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 02:33 PM »

Are donationcredits supposed to be showing up?  And history?  Just curious as they don't seem to be.

-wraith808 (August 30, 2015, 01:47 PM)

you mean donation history?
I can see both here - there's info from the last 30 days on the credits page and a link for history below that.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 01:13 PM »

Very minor:

The 'Forum' link at the very top of the page (in the menu style row of links) does not work when one is in the forum -
there is a logic to this - but it's not the case with the other links up there, so a lack of consistency there.

(Me, I would just set it for forum home and leave it at that.)

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 12:55 PM »

Forum looks great - thanks to mouser and anyone else involved

But the Cody banner will need to change colour - it clashes with the forum theme.
If there is a copy of it as a vector file, I could mess around with the colours.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on August 30, 2015, 12:53 PM »

Some users seem to have lost their Avatar (f.e. Contro, Innuendo)

-Ath (August 30, 2015, 12:50 PM)

I *thought* they both didn't have an avatar (?)