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Html and CSS School / HTML editor for beginners

« Last post by tomos on April 08, 2015, 04:44 AM »

[edit] just to be clear: I'm *not* looking for WYSIWYG 'editors' (see TaoPhoenix's post below for why) [/edit]
Any tips will be gratefully received!

• (1) as a beginner, I want to be easily able to find everything.
• (2) using a non-standard keyboard (qwertz) I would like customisable shortcuts (bonus for exportable list of same)
• (3) would love to be able to compare files side by side (e.g. my version and someone elses - but this may be another category of software?)

My experience so far:


Web Architect:
50 euro/ free version (some limitations I think)

It is very beginner friendly:

• everything is easily accessible via ribbon UI

I didnt find it very user friendly:

• it is mouse intensive, and keyboard unfriendly (no shortcuts for very basic things)
• no customisable shortcuts that I could find, at any rate

NetBeans IDE:
recommended by gizmo - all I can say is: as a beginner, dont go there


HTML-Kit / HTML-Kit Tools:
free / paid version ($39 upwards)

• Free version had nice wizards to help when creating new files
• Paid version is newer version of same with ribbon interface but with lots of keyboard shortcuts
  wizards didnt work out-of-the-box

I preferred the free version interface.
Not sure why I gave up on this one, I think I simply preferred the next one...


WeBuilder:
($50/$80 home/commercial)

• everything easy to find so far
• customisable shortcuts (dont see any way to export a list of same)
• cant find shortcut for preview current file (but it surely is there - or customisable)
• unable to compare two files side by side (but as said above, maybe I just need to look at different type software for this capability)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adventures in cleaning (my cranky) computer

« Last post by tomos on April 08, 2015, 02:15 AM »

As for your suggestion about the snapshot software, I'll take suggestions for an easy one that can modularly reverse each software's changes. I thought broadly that's what add-remove uninstall was supposed to do - but apparently it doesn't.

-TaoPhoenix (April 08, 2015, 01:57 AM)

sounds more like system restore - dont use it often but it has usually worked well for me...

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General Software Discussion / Looking for a very flexible timer

« Last post by tomos on April 07, 2015, 11:29 AM »

I know there's loads of timers out there, so maybe this exists already:

looking for a timer where I can add subtract from the time shown e.g.
say it's showing 1:30:25 - I can change that time (via slider or numerically) to, say, 1:15:00.
Using a slider could be a bit like an mp3 player UI - here based on Trout:



Bonus points if I can use it to keep track of what I'm actually doing during this time i.e. make notes within the app itself.
Even more points if that's exportable ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Please help Archive Team save Friendfeed's content

« Last post by tomos on April 07, 2015, 04:21 AM »

it's worth noting that VirtualBox will not work if you have a modified version of uxtheme.dll (which has to be modified if you want to use non-windows themes for the OS).
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/13767

Should work otherwise (and/or if you replace/restore the dll).

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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.

« Last post by tomos on April 07, 2015, 03:12 AM »

^ that was entertaining - I was never a fan of that type of monument (who really is?), but this was perfectly apt, and pretty funny I found

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Living Room / Re: Please help Archive Team save Friendfeed's content

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

It's pretty easy to set up. Just install virtualbox (or use the portable edition) and then follow the other few steps they have there.

-Deozaan (April 06, 2015, 06:45 PM)

that prompted me to give it a go - do ^that^ and
then this:
http://archiveteam.o...ex.php?title=Warrior

in fairness it does look very easy - and if I say that, it's *got* to be easy
When I read VM initially, I was thinking OS install etc. etc. but they seem to have all that covered

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2015, 03:37 PM »

^ okay, got it
(was confused by the accessibility via WU bit)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2015, 08:30 AM »

didnt notice this mentioned (may have missed it)

For now Microsoft is keeping it quiet, but Build 9926 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview released last week can be downloaded and installed via Windows Update on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
[...]
For now this method comes with a caveat: a small file is needed. Users go to Microsoft’s Technical Preview page and click the ‘Start upgrade now’ button. This downloads the file, you run it and afterwards you will be prompted to restart your PC. On first boot Windows Update will now show ‘Upgrade to Windows 10’ as an option.

-http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/02/02/windows-10-automatic-install/

my emphasis

is it really ready for fully upgrading OS?
(I wouldnt chance it myself, not yet anyways)

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2015, 04:52 AM »

got one of those mini bluetooth speaker delivered Saturday:
Rokono® (F10) BASS+ Mini Bluetooth Speaker (amazon.com - I paid 30 euro for mine)



it seems to be exactly the same as this differently branded version.

Not overly impressed - with bluetooth connection there's a white-noiseIhiss clearly audible when music isnt playing, or when listening to spoken word... otherwise I'd be happy enough with it.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: LeDimmer replacement?

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2015, 04:35 AM »

Ghoster, by Skrommel, perhaps?

-skwire (April 05, 2015, 08:06 AM)

I used Ghoster before LeDimmer. The reason I stopped was because if I change the setting showontop=1, the whole prog would not work right anymore. And that prog too hasn't been updated since a long time ago.

-wouchaep (April 05, 2015, 05:30 PM)

the source is there though, so it might be possible that you - or someone else - could fix it
https://www.donation.../Ghoster/Ghoster.ahk

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Windows 7 desktop background changer?

« Last post by tomos on April 05, 2015, 01:22 PM »

Most of the listed programs there either don't support time intervals lower than 1 minute or don't support choosing images randomly from subdirectories or aren't compatible with Win7.

-jshare (January 25, 2012, 03:30 PM)

Skwire's Spews covers all that:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=36876.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you know a free HTML editor with real time preview in adjacent pane?

« Last post by tomos on April 02, 2015, 12:11 AM »

Thanks Hank,
will check that out
http://www.webuilderapp.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Introducing a New Project: Forever Flash Games

« Last post by tomos on April 01, 2015, 02:49 PM »

I remember really liking the music. It's nice to hear it again.

-Deozaan (April 01, 2015, 01:18 AM)

yeah, the music is nice

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on April 01, 2015, 02:47 PM »

TaoPhoenix @ 4004  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you know a free HTML editor with real time preview in adjacent pane?

« Last post by tomos on April 01, 2015, 01:16 PM »

Looking for a HTML editor free or paid:

I'm in the middle of a four day course in HTML & CSS.
We're using Web Architect (Mirabyte) which is fairly easy to use - but very mouse-orientated. Also, a lot of stuff is hidden in menus (in spite of using the ribbon format), so maybe better described as mouse-intensive and keyboard unfriendly.

@HankFriedman, wondering what did you end up going with?

Anyone else got any suggestions for 2015?
TIA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by tomos on March 30, 2015, 11:26 PM »

^I dont care about cookies
I suspect I shouldnt, but have to admit I feel the same way now (due to those EU regulations).
 

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Living Room / Re: Programming/Coder humor

« Last post by tomos on March 29, 2015, 11:25 AM »

Reminds me of drunk history
https://www.youtube...._query=drunk+history

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: I have put a "share with facebook" type thing on the pages (temporarily?)..

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2015, 06:31 PM »

my only objections are superficial:
it totally clashes with the style and colours used by the site already; and it could be slimmer heightwise.

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2015, 06:23 PM »

^ how does it 'run on air'

-tomos (March 28, 2015, 03:58 PM)

I'd guess it runs on compressed air (CO2) cartridges, like paintball guns. And also it doesn't look like it moves very fast. Some of those shots looked like they were done in slow motion, but I think they were actually full-speed.

-Deozaan (March 28, 2015, 04:42 PM)

Compressed air sounds logical.
I think the engine can go faster (~30mph - or was it kmph) but they're afraid it might just disintegrate....

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2015, 03:58 PM »

^ how does it 'run on air'

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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by tomos on March 27, 2015, 02:29 PM »

There was those really cute schnapps 'glasses'
(made from ceramic)

I requested one @ 5,000 posts but never got it  

hi f0dder and everyone else who's been checking in

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Unusual behaviour with Copy/Paste [in SC]

« Last post by tomos on March 27, 2015, 08:25 AM »

[belated] thanks for the fix

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.9.5 - Mar 23, 2015

« Last post by tomos on March 27, 2015, 08:25 AM »

thanks for update mouser,
PDF changes sound interesting, must check them out

• [Change/BugFix] Bitmap objects are no longer anti-aliased/blurred.
  

-mouser (March 23, 2015, 06:07 AM)

only got round to trying this today - works great

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Living Room / Re: Don Cheadle making Miles Ahead film

« Last post by tomos on March 27, 2015, 06:08 AM »

I'm a huge Don Cheadle fan. I would almost pay to watch him sit and read the phone book. I can't think of anyone else I would rather see playing Miles.

-Vurbal (March 26, 2015, 05:59 PM)

I loved the film The Guard.  He and Brendan Gleeson  were great together.

-MilesAhead (March 27, 2015, 05:27 AM)

that was great fun

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Coding Snacks / Re: Is there any way of 'saving' file associations?

« Last post by tomos on March 26, 2015, 04:57 AM »

Shades, that was the first thing I tried. It didn't work for me unfortunately.  I think I even posted in the thread for help.

-stisev (March 26, 2015, 03:13 AM)

I think you might have missed the update the author made for you ?

Okay a new version is up check first post for download link.

Also stisev sorry I couldn't get to it sooner cause of my sickness I would appreciate if you report back on it so I know it is fixed/I still got to track it down.

I finally ate more than I have been since Monday tonight, so I felt somewhat like poking in my code to hopefully find/fix it.

-hamradio (March 06, 2015, 07:50 PM)