topbanner_forum
  *

avatar image

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
  • Thursday April 2, 2026, 6:38 am
  • Proudly celebrating 15+ years online.
  • Donate now to become a lifetime supporting member of the site and get a non-expiring license key for all of our programs.
  • donate

Recent Posts

Pages: prev1 ... 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 [1044] 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 ... 1515next
26076
Screenshot Captor / Re: Minor typo...
« Last post by mouser on July 26, 2007, 08:44 PM »
thats a bug that's hopefully been fixed in the latest screenshot captor (2.32)
26077
I've always felt re the forum that anyone who participates is already contributing in a very positive way - to the site at any rate - I mean if the forums were dead I suspect the whole thing wouldn't work so well..)

I couldn't agree more -- a major reason we want people to sign up is to encourage them to participate on the forum, which makes this a much funner site.

Visitor probably is not the best term.. We have to come up with something that doesn't include the word "Member" though, as it makes things more confusing when it comes to talking about "supporting member benefits", etc.
26078
General Software Discussion / Re: Appget - user-run software update program
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 06:47 PM »
Cool!
26079
Living Room / Re: Thanks for the cards
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 06:22 PM »
How about a picture of them?
26080
There's been some posting recently on the web about some cool web services designed to help motivate and organize family chores.  My mother had her own complicated systems for this in the old days, but i can see there is some real innovation in the area these days..



HandiPoints - http://www.handipoints.com/
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 6_11_00 PM_thumb.png
Read good review here: http://www.makeyougo...m.com/20070117/4152/



ChoreWars - http://www.chorewars.com
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 6_09_41 PM_thumb.png
Review here: http://www.makeyougo...mm.com/20070725/4654



ChoreBuster - http://www.chorebuster.net/
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 6_08_50 PM_thumb.png
Review: http://www.webware.c...2634-2.html?tag=more


Cozi - http://www.cozi.com/
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 6_09_17 PM_thumb.png
Review: http://www.downloads...mily-ready-software/


26081
Speaking of the original post, the part I liked most was the random postage.

funny but true.  it seems the post office and I think alike, we can't be bothered to calculate the exact amount.. if it's close enough it goes through.
26082
Living Room / Re: Comic blogs — I love 'em
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 05:03 PM »
hahahahahaha that first one is great.. never seen that one.. hhahahhaaha  :P :P
26083
This was not a post to get people to donate!
I was just having fun and feeling good abotu finally mailing out some member kits that were a month later in sending.  If anything it was a post reminding people they can get a member kit if they want to get somthing stupid in the mail.
26084
Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR V2 core alias tables
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 03:05 PM »
wonderful  :-* :-* :-*
26085
Glad to see you post jay -- i am amazed at the professional quality of the submissions you get.  Cleary jayisgame is *the* site for flash game pros to demonstrate their skills.  Very impressive. Fun stuff too!!! 
26086
Welcome to the site ronriel, we are happy to have you here  :Thmbsup:
26087
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 10:42 AM »
FARR does score higher any programs that you have launched in the past, so that it will score things higher if it sees you have chosen them before, but the idea of boosting scores of non-first entries specifically related to the phrase typed is an interesting one.  To my knowledge FARR was the first program of this type to use a variety of heuristics for scoring items and so i'm always interested in new heuristics.. that's certainly an interesting one, and one that wouldn't be very hard to implement.  From a practical standpoint I do wonder if it would really make a difference once you boost the scores of programs you have launched in the past, since that by itself is usually enough to boost any program up to the top.  But then again in cases like your latter your comment about learning that the letter e should be associated with "email attachment" might be a case where it would help.. I'm not entirely sure i want to go down that road of learning though.. I am wary of things that try too hard to learn what you want to do.. I get visions of Clippy the MS clipboard "helper", and i generally prefer things where it isn't that hard to figure out why something got the score it did.

Your comments about TAB changing the search context and allowing filtering to then switch to a different set of options (ie switching between files and actions) is spot on the money, and that's a real benefit of that approach, and why it would be nice to have such a feature.  We've actually discussed it at length in one of the threads here, but i keep putting it off while i cogitate on the best ways to integrate it.



26088
So i'm trying to create a new web page for FARR2 with some new stuff including video screencasts, etc.  Trying to figure out how to get it all done in time for v2 release..

One thing I was really hoping to do but i'm afraid i might not have time for, is build a page listing reviews and comments about FARR (v1 and v2).  I was thinking maybe a list with like: small thumbnail image of web page, link to webpage, short description and maybe quote from the page?

Anyone willing to help with this, or take on this job?  I'm not even sure how it should look so I'd appreciate any suggestions.
26089
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 09:01 AM »
BTW, is it possible to disable the numbers in the "big icons" mode?
yes.

can you elaborate on what the "automatic learning" thing is?

Another question that I have is: how does the new version of FARR handle "alternative" modes? I really like how in Launchy if you select "Google" (by typing gg for instance) and type TAB you go into "google search mode". In Dash this is even more evident, as the "Google search" text appears on top of your editbox which makes it clear that any words that you type will be used for a google search.
Another related question is how does FARR handle "alternative actions". By default, hitting ENTER opens or executes the program or file selected. Can you select things such as "open folder" or "copy", etc? In Dash and Quicksilver you can by hitting TAB until you select the action that you want to perform.

FARR is designed to work a little bit differently than these, though i'm considering adding some kind of hybrid modes.

With farr, most of these things like searching the web are done through regular expression aliases.
So for example as you type "search blah" you trigger the search alias and see:
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 8_48_17 AM.png

This is a menu of actions to perform on the search text, and as always hit Enter to launch first one, or choose the one you want to launch directly with function/alt+# or click, etc.

Farr also can use +ACTION expressions to say you want to perform some action on an item, for example jgpaiva added an action to zip files and folders:
Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 8_54_48 AM.png
I guess these are cases where FARR is trying hard to let you type what you want to do as fast and efficiently as possible, sacrificing a multiple-step action with one string specifying the entire command.

one thing that I like in Launchy, Dash and Quicksilver is how they really "highlight" the current selection. That is, the element would be launched if you clicked ENTER. I think that this should be prominent in the interface, not just be the first result in the list of search results.

One of the things that is different about FARR compared to the others is that it really treats the result list as a kind of menu.  It's true that you can hit enter to launch the first result, but while most of these other programs show one results and then after some delay show some extras like a hint, FARR has always been designed to present you with top matches, which is even more important in aliases, where often the results act like a menu.

QuickSilver has a really neat "multi-level" "stack" interface, where you can select a file, type tab, select and action, type tab and select a "modifier" for the action (e.g. select a filename, select "copy to..." and select the folder to which the file will be copied). I don't think that this is something that is too difficult to implement. But in Quicksilver it is very natural as every time that you hit tab the selected item is "saved" into a "stack" that is shown in the interface very clearly.

I think this is something we are going to have to think about, i can definitely see the value of it for some things, and in walking the user step-by-step through a series of choices, i'm just still a bit doubtfull about how often it would really be used vs. the paradigm of finding a file and launching it.  But i'm not at all opposed to implementing a kind of stack-like thing.

Amadawn I hope you will keep trying FARR every once and a while and reporting what it would need to be a viable replacement for what you are currently using.  My guess is that it's going to be a while before you would switch to FARR, but your comments/insights/suggestions can only improve the program, so keep them coming.  :up:
26090
id like to see plugin do this, it would not be hard.
26091
I wanted to highlight the audience prize going on now at JayItGames.com.
Basically to vote you donate $1 and choose your favorite program.  The winner of the prize gets all the money donated during voting.  I think it's a great way to insure votes are fair, and a great way to reward the winner.

We are limiting voting to only those who donate as it discourages ballot stuffing. And besides, it's only a dollar and these fantastic games are all worth more than that, don't you think? No one is obligated to vote, and all we are asking for is a single dollar from each of you.

At the end of the week, all of the votes will be tallied and the game that receives the most community votes will be awarded the Audience Prize of $200!

All proceeds* from the vote donations will go directly to each respective game designer(s). Of course you may donate more than a dollar when you vote, though your vote will still count as just one vote.

The deadline to vote is this Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 11:59 PM (GMT-5:00).

26092
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Wish: Translation plugin
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 05:32 AM »
just make "en|es" a parameter for the alias
that's a good idea too!
26093
CardMonkey is a free framework for making your own solitaire games. It is designed for complete beginners and comes with a detailed tutorial for making the popular Klondike Solitaire to get you started. While limited to making solitaire card games, CardMonkey provides an approachable introduction to more complex game development.

CardMonkey uses the Lua programming language which is easy to learn but powerful enough to create a wide variety of games with. Even if you have never programmed before the tutorials will give you all the skills you need to start making your own games. You can also edit images, splash screens, fonts and text to make your own creations look and feel exactly how you want them to.

Features
  • Framework for managing cards, capable of producing hundreds of different games.
  • Learn the Lua Programming language through clear tutorials.
  • Start making games straight away, a typical game is less than 40 lines of code.
  • Edit images, fonts and splash screens to make your games unique.
  • Support through the LittleMonkey Community and request additional features for future releases.
  • Upload and share your creations on LittleMonkey.

This is an early release of CardMonkey and the engine will grow and develop as people use the system and request more features. Full support is provided through a dedicated forum, and you can upload and show off your creations to others on the LittleMonkey site.

Whats more CardMonkey is completely free of charge, so download it today and get started in game development!



from http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld
26094
Living Room / Respectance - a site for remembering people you lost
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 05:07 AM »
I thought in the past about setting up a site like this.. It's a nice idea i think (whether this is the site you want to use or not I don't know)..

We all want to know that we are special, that our lives have meaning and that we will have a lasting impact on the people who matter to us.

Respectance is the place to instantly create a personalized website where our family and friends come together to share their favorite memories and relive those irreplaceable moments.

If a picture says a thousand words, movies and sound say even more. Respectance allows visitors to upload photos evoking special memories. Visitors select their favorite photos, background music and theme which are all automatically mixed into a special video clip, suitable for downloading or delivery on DVD.

Now, no matter how far away people may be, or whether or not they can make it to the funeral, everyone can come together to offer memories, share memories and treasure their personalised, multimedia tribute.

Respectance understands how hard it can be when a loved one passes away. With an aging population, this is becoming more relevant than ever. People need to express their feelings, especially at this tragic time. A good memorial experience makes us feel better about ourselves and each other: it’s all about respect, and acceptance. Respectance is there to help people take control of the memorial experience.

Respectance lets individuals create, show, experience and share their emotions. We enable memories and emotions to become a rich, personalized, multimedia tribute that contributes to the healing process.

http://respectance.com/


Screenshot - 7_25_2007 , 5_03_58 AM_thumb.png



from http://www.downloadsquad.com/
26095
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 03:42 AM »
we should move discussion of indexing options and methods to another thread..
perhaps the main reason i haven't implemented indexing yet is because there are a lot of decisions that need to be made about the best way to store data and what kinds of options should be provided.
26096
Finished Programs / Re: r4r - Lightweight media player
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 12:31 AM »
now that is pretty cool  :up:
ps. nice to see some autoit users posting!
26097
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 12:29 AM »
An index does speed up search.  Sometimes very significantly, such as when searching in huge folders (the start menu search which is what FARR is used for 99% of the time, wouldn't gain you much).

An index does have some drawbacks, as cited above.  If it's not up to date on recent changes it can miss new stuff, and if it is forced to always be up to date it can result in lots of wasted cpu keeping it updated.  It also means more memory use.

FARR will eventually get indexing added as an optional feature.
26098
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 12:10 AM »
we should probably figure out what term we want to use for the kind of non-contiguous/uncontiguous search modes that farr and others use.

Farr v2 now support non-contiguous search.
If you type: f fox OR f f OR fox fire then farr will find firefox, and it will try to be smart about scoring, in that the closer you come to typing the program name with words in the right order, the higher the score, which should help to differentiate near false positives.

What FARR will not do on its own is let you type a string of letters without spaces and match those at different places.  So you can't type: feto find firefox (you could of course very easily with a few clicks add an alias to find any specific program you like with any specific alias keyword).  I'm not sure what that kind of matching should be called (intra-word non-contiguous matching?).  It's possible we could add this one day but i'm reluctant to take the speed hit it would incur.
26099
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Wish: Translation plugin
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2007, 12:04 AM »
Another alternative to a plugin is to use an online translation web page.

I started making an alias file that could be used to launch google translation page, but never got around to finishing it.  anyone feel like completing this alias file:

Code: Text [Select]
  1. <?xml version="1.0" ?>
  2. <!-- This file defines aliases for use by the Find and Run Robot program (https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html). -->
  3. <FarrAliasFile>
  4.     <FileFormatVersion>1</FileFormatVersion>
  5.     <AliasSetDescription>Tranaslation Tools on the Web</AliasSetDescription>
  6.     <AliasEntry>
  7.         <AliasText>gtrans</AliasText>
  8.         <Score>1000</Score>
  9.         <Regex>^gtrans (.*)</Regex>
  10.         <Results>
  11.             <Result>English to Spanish: $$c |http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en|es&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;submit=Translate&amp;text=$$c</Result>
  12.             <Result>English to German: $$c |http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en|de&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;submit=Translate&amp;text=$$c</Result>
  13.         </Results>
  14.     </AliasEntry>
  15. </FarrAliasFile>
26100
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2007, 11:31 PM »
Have you considered ridding yourself of the titlebar for farr?

look in the above list and you'll see a picture without a titlebar -- it's a skin created in fact by a member here on this forum, rbeeger: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=7949.0
Pages: prev1 ... 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 [1044] 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 ... 1515next