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29201
General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook Nightmares...
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 08:44 PM »
Or release the donation system as a donationware module to SMF forums ?
I've been slowly taking the time to release some of my mods to smf community; last week i made my inline image attachment mod available as a real package: http://mods.simplema...rg/index.php?mod=493

however, i think the DonationCredits mod is an unlikely candidate for release by me.  it's a giant thing and getting it all cleaned up and documented would be a major headache.  It also involves a ton of modifications that are spread out throughout many files which makes it a huge pain.  But the part that makes me most reluctant is just that it involves dealing with real money, and i'd be very nervous, not coming from a business background, at having people use code of mine that deals in real monetary transactions.  It seems to me the liability and likelyhood of someone losing money somehow and deciding to sue me would be not-insignificant..
29202
General Review Discussion / Re: Vote for what Review to do Next
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 08:19 PM »
Calvin, your idea has some real merit and like JavaJones says, part of the plan for the new review system is to break up the components so that some people may concentrate on filling in details and comments for one program, and some for another.

I like your idea of harnessing the fact that people naturally tend to champion one program or another, and the idea of having people who liason with the software authors; authors will also probably frequently want to be responsible for (and best informed for) talking about their own software.

The main puzzle that needs to be solved with this is to keep authors and others from saying their program is the best all the time and not giving an objective appraisal of strengths and weaknesses.

What I was thinking is that, while a main reviewer (or two) would be respoonsible for comparing and giving opinion on various performance of the apps, we could use people as you say to offer counter-opinions, rebuttal, and fill in details, feature matrices, etc.

In other words, I think we still need an objective reviewer(s) who can compare programs and critique them, and provide some consistency to the reviews, we could really benefit from a focused advocacy thing as you say to get more people involved in helping to write descriptions, elaborate feature matrices, and just in general make sure that each program is fairly treated and explain stuff and make sure the reviewer doesnt miss anything or get anything wrong.

29203
Living Room / Re: Vista licensing - will it kill enthusiasts interest ?
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 01:34 PM »
They have given permission to move the license to one different PC in the event of catastrophic hardware failure but it will be strictly limitied to one move only.

that's completely unacceptable to me.
29204
Living Room / Re: Godlike Software
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 01:21 PM »
the image galerie looks like great fun - maybe someone can try it and post us a little pic and mini review?
29205
Living Room / gliffy - collaborative diagramming on the web
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 01:06 PM »
Looks interesting for collaborative diagramming.. They say they plan to offer a commercial premium verison, though i wouldn't be surprised if the real plan wasn't to get bought by a big company before they have to actually try anything like that.

Gliffy is easy, free, and fun!
Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software
Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution
Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow
Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki
Create many types of diagrams:
Flowcharts
UI wireframes
Floor plans
Network diagrams
UML diagrams
Any simple drawing or diagram


from http://webtoys.blogspot.com
29206
Developer's Corner / Storytronics: Interactive Story Telling Software
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 12:16 PM »
Do you love stories? Do they excite you, fascinate you, exhilarate you? Have you ever wanted to try to jump right into a story and speak to the people in it? Have you thought about playing the protagonist, letting your feelings and imagination steer the story in new, creative directions?

If you have, then you’ve dreamt of interactive storytelling. And, in that case, you’re not alone - from the Neverending Story to the Star Trek Holodeck, people have created countless depictions of interactive storytelling. It’s hard not to be attracted to it; an artistic medium which offers the rich emotional experience of a story, coupled with the empowerment of actually being the protagonist. We are proud to present the first successful implementation of this appealing idea: Storytronics.

Business model

Storytronics is not just a new technology; it's a movement to create a revolutionary new artistic medium, and the industry that will support it. We have developed a unique business model to further this goal - the Swat will be available to storybuilders free of charge, and, if they wish, their finished storyworld will be included in the Storytron.com storyworld library. Players will gain access to this library for a small monthly fee, and royalties from this fee will be paid to storybuilders based on the amount of use their storyworlds attract.


from http://delicious.com/
29207
General Software Discussion / Re: WYSIWYG bb code editor?
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 11:31 AM »
nice find lanux - that could actually come in quite handy, especially if you are writing a long post and are afraid the browser might crash on you.
29208
Living Room / Re: Prison Break Flash game
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 11:30 AM »
it's hard!
29209
Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: Mouse distance travelled
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 11:01 AM »
not only that but app103, one of the members here, created a donationcoder team at whatpulse.org, so you might want to check that out: http://whatpulse.org/stats/teams/10466/
29210
General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook Nightmares...
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 10:49 AM »
actually anyone can use it on any forum, but you need to have a forum account here where the credits can be kept track of.

but you can add a "CodyCoin" link and fun image to any profile or page anyway on any site.  Just see the instructions here:  https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=4406.0

furthermore i encourage all of you to fill out your "donation blurbs" and add a direct paypal link so that people can donate directly to you and bypass the donationcredits system if they want to.

When people click on your CodyCoin link they will get taken to a page where they can donate some credits to you if they already have an account here, or make a donation to the site to fill their account (by the way the system will remember that they came to donate to you and remind them of this fact after they activate their account), or make a direct donation to you through any direct donation links you have configured.

I encourage people to put the links on their pages as a way of letting people know they accept donations and that people can donate to them safely through DC, in as small an amount as they want.  Now that we are giving back 100% of donations in the form of credits, its a nice way for people to support each other.

Renegade, please do feel free to mention it to WWF or WTO or WOW or WTF or any other acronymized organizations.  ;)


29211
Official Announcements / Re: --> OCTOBER SOFTWARE DRAWING RESULTS - POSTED
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 10:30 AM »
Congratulations to all the winners.
Another reminder: if you find you really like the program you won, please consider posting a little mini-review in the upcoming weeks to let others know why you like it.
29212
Official Announcements / OCTOBER SOFTWARE DRAWING RESULTS - POSTED
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 10:20 AM »
WINNERS OF THE OCTOBER 2006 FREE SOFTWARE GIVEAWAY



A huge thanks to all of the companies who donated software for us to give away, and made very generous discounts available for our members:


If you haven't won anything, please remember you still have until October 30th to take advantage of use the discounts for these and the other programs offered in October.  The discounts are listed here (on the specials page) and supporting members can access them directly here (in the members only discount code section).

And now the results:



Winners of 'Beyond Compare' (5):
  • 4wd
  • bw9110
  • caitsith2
  • randius
  • vradmilovic
Winners of 'MetaProducts Offline Explorer' (2):
  • Jimdoria
  • vixay
Winners of 'MetaProducts Startup Organizer' (1):
  • spj
Winners of 'MetaProducts AutoDialogs' (1):
  • biosmonkey
Winners of 'MetaProducts DeskTool' (1):
  • JustCarter
Winners of 'MetaProducts Disk Watchman' (1):
  • botkachenko
Winners of 'MetaProducts Flash+Media Capture' (1):
  • Hermandt
Winners of 'MetaProducts LighPad' (1):
  • aphoria
Winners of 'MetaProducts Links Organizer' (1):
  • dcm
Winners of 'MetaProducts Inquiry' (2):
  • mm5595
  • rurussell
Winners of 'MetaProducts Web Studio' (1):
  • wreckedcarzz
Winners of 'MetaProducts Net Activity Diagram' (1):
  • y0himba
Winners of 'MetaProducts TrayIcon Pro' (1):
  • WhiteLion
Winners of 'Agenda At Once' (5):
  • brotherS
  • edbro
  • egbert
  • gussan
  • REHarryman
Winners of 'Web Log Storming' (5):
  • IconBoy
  • Jan-S
  • moonwatcher
  • rno2
  • urlwolf
Winners of 'EmEditor' (5):
  • dajo
  • johnk
  • misterbillusa
  • Reldas
  • vegas



All winners are now being notified by email to their forum email address.  If you haven't received an email but your name is listed above, check spam filters and forum email address, and then mail [email protected] and let us know you never got any mail.  It can take a few days for companies to send you your serial number; if a few days pass and you haven't received it - send a reminder to the company email as noted in your winning notification email, or to us by replying to the email you received or to [email protected]


Curious about how we award prizes?  See https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1684.0 for a discussion about our custom prize optimizer utility. Winning something one month reduces your chances of winning the next month, and being helpful on the forum slightly increases your chances.

29213
Web Log Filter / Web Log Radar
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 07:56 AM »
New tool will be available for member beta testing soon.

If you run a website and have (big) web logs (say 100mb .tgz files or 1gb uncompressed logs) that you'd like to analyze referrer patterns for (where people came from when they hit your site), post a little reply here.

Keep in mind this isn't a normal web log analyzer, it's specifically for exploring referrer stuff (i.e. who is visiting your site from what other sites).
29214
General Software Discussion / Re: 12 Windows Explorer Alternatives Compared
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 07:40 AM »
XYPlorer has been added to the review.

Thoughts:
Wow. It only took a couple of minutes of looking around to see some features that I’d never seen before (drop text to file, ctrl+backspace breadcrumb) - and some that I’ve seen before but never this detailed (see the “Rename Special” screenshot below). If you click and hold the left mouse button on an image (in the Preview area) it enlarges until you release the mouse button. Very cool. XYplorer appears to have a slighly larger memory-footprint than Directory Opus (the only other Explorer-style file manager that I gave 4 stars), but it is less expensive.


29215
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows XP Myths
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 06:45 AM »
ok, we're going to lock this thread up now since i think everyone has had their say a few times over :)

I think this is a fitting closing image:

29216
Screenshot Captor / Re: configurable toolbar buttons
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 02:49 AM »
as the toolbar gets bigger i think it might make sense to let people customize it or at least disable ones they dont need.

Create new image file from clipboard image is pretty darn rare for a toolbar button, but i could make a hotkey shortcut for you for it.

separators for external tools, shouldn't be too hard.
29217
Living Room / Re: What's Your Favorite Gadget? Here's mine with a Discount - A Seltzer Maker
« Last post by mouser on October 16, 2006, 01:26 AM »
welcome to the site caitsith2.
yep i use mine every day with juice conentrate.  i buy about 6 cans of different flavored juice concentrate from the supermarket and make my own custom "sodas" with cranberry+grape+apple etc.

if you have kids, here is the cheap and healthy alternative to buying soda - and you can challenge them to invent their own flavors :)
29218
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-review: Agenda at Once
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 10:27 PM »
Just getting around to reading this now - fantastic work  :up:
Really nice how you review it from standpoint of getting organized ideas.  :up: :up:
29219
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: on-the-fly resizing of tiled windows in MDI
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 09:07 PM »
unfortunately this probably isn't something that could be written as a generic tool that would work in 3rd party programs, but i do agree with you that this should be something that MDI interfaces would be wise to implement, much the way modern docking systems are starting to work.
29220
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows XP Myths
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 08:45 PM »
f0dder that last post of yours was totally uncalled for.. seriously i really wish you could show some better judgement here. i expect more from you than that.
29221
ProcessTamer / Re: pop up bunnle
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 08:38 PM »
you can turn off the bubbles in the configuration dialog:

Screenshot - 10_15_2006 , 8_37_06 PM.png
29222
Living Room / Re: Mike-O-Matic on GooTube and The Power of Branding
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 08:33 PM »
yeah i think it is human nature.
i try to tell myself when i go shopping - don't believe the marketing hype - don't get affected purely by brand name recognition.
29223
UrlSnooper / Re: URLSnooper Freezes
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 08:31 PM »
well that is really odd, i've never heard of that problem before..

ps. you can mention the name of other program here (url helper).  We try not to be paranoid about competition, etc. :)
(i'll just note that url helper grabbed some of their home page text directly from my help file when they created their program as a copy of url helper! strange.)

i'm trying to think what could possibly cause such a strange bug.. are you using an alternate windows shell (like Litestep or something?)

29224
Living Room / Re: Blog Entry: The Field of Dreams Strategy
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 08:28 PM »
i'll just make a slight disagreement with this part:
Really it's just acknowledging that content is king, and if you do what you enjoy and are good at, generating content around your real interests and knowledge, then people will probably appreciate it.

everything i've seen in this world tells me that unfortunately content is not king - it's important to be sure but it seems to me it's unfortunately rarely the main thing that matters.

however, what i take from this is not that the most important thing to success is to focus on your idea rather your audience, but rather that in not worrying so much about the audience you will be happier and less stressed out and more true to the project.
29225
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows XP Myths
« Last post by mouser on October 15, 2006, 12:47 PM »
there's an opportunity to learn from every thread like this, so at the risk of beating a dead horse let me clarify what my main point was, since i think i was trying to say something more than that.

my main point was to treat people with more respect even if you don't think they deserve it and even if they don't give you that respect in return.  and if they attack you, rise above it, without giving in to a desire to insult them, and however tempting it might be. either you will find you misjudged them, or they will get bored and stop engaging you, or they will learn from your example and become better people, or it will become clear to everyone that something deeper is going on.  note that this advice could be taken by everyone who participated in this thread.

most importantly in remaining above the attacks you will set an example for other people who are reading the forum, that this is a place where people are trying hard to be respectfull and welcoming.

and please don't get the impression that i am taking sides against long time members of this site - i'm not, im just asking long time members to demonstrate the spirit of this site when they deal with such situations.
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