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Living Room / Re: Show us your desktop

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 24, 2011, 10:32 AM »

@Stephen66515

Looks like you got a lot of junk from the Burn4Free installation 

-PhilB66 (February 24, 2011, 10:26 AM)

Yep, not got around to removing it yet lol

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Living Room / Re: Show us your desktop

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 24, 2011, 10:22 AM »

Just grabbed a shot of mine...and before you ask...its the same pic flipped...hes not deformed 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Burn4Free ignores choices on install.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 24, 2011, 09:39 AM »

The software itself is pretty decent...I just didnt like the installer ignoring my choices.

-Stephen66515 (February 23, 2011, 10:15 PM)

I had the same experience lately with PDFcreator (sourceforge) ignoring my deselection of the Yahoo toolbar (& it changed default search, the Yahoos). I suppose I should report it in case it isnt intentional....

-tomos (February 24, 2011, 04:28 AM)

previously there had been an instance where the installer for Unlocker did something similar. it's hard to determine whether it was intentional or just poor coding.

-lanux128 (February 24, 2011, 07:09 AM)

Im sure we have all been there...its 3 in the morning, your half asleep, , your finishing the final peices of your code, you put a 1 instead of 0, or a true instead of a false, and you spend the next 5 nights wondering why the damn thing wont load, or do something correctly.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Burn4Free ignores choices on install.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 23, 2011, 10:15 PM »

Now repeat after me: ImgBurn, ImgBurn, ImgBurn.........

Extract with UniExtract and delete everything except:
ImgBurn.exe
ImgBurnPreview.exe
ReadMe.txt

-4wd (February 23, 2011, 09:02 PM)

I generally do, but neither Nero or ImgBurn was installed and I was in a hurry lol

... So I downloaded the first hit on google for "Free DVD Burner". ...

-Stephen66515 (February 23, 2011, 08:02 PM)

the days of trusting Google's 1st hit on search results are long gone..

-lanux128 (February 23, 2011, 10:09 PM)

Didnt "trust it" just clicked in a hurry


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The software itself is pretty decent...I just didnt like the installer ignoring my choices.

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 23, 2011, 08:06 PM »

P.S. Ran into the same thing recently with a charitable group that was out selling raffle tickets. If you wouldn't take a ticket, they wouldn't take your money.

Did you know that in the UK, even if your working for a charity, you can carry those collection tins...but if you rattle them, you can get arrested as its then classed as "begging" 

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General Software Discussion / Burn4Free ignores choices on install.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 23, 2011, 08:02 PM »

I recently needed a quick tool to burn a DVD - So I downloaded the first hit on google for "Free DVD Burner".  Usually I use Nero, but I didnt have time to find the CD to install it, so I figured this would be a quick option.

On the installer, it asks you to choose between Default (Software + A Ton of Junk) and Custom (Software + Opt-Out of all the junk)

Now obviously, I removed the checkboxes for the "Install X toolbar and X crap"

Installed the software

It works nicely (no qualms with the software itself...just the dodgy install)

Later on my mrs opened Firefox (her prefered browser), logged in to facebook, and noticed a LOT of extra options, like smileys and such, which, at first glance, seemed like an official feature.  The feature wasnt showing on my profile (Loaded in Opera) but it didnt strike me as odd as they dont always roll out new features to all users at once.

After a moment of confusion, I noticed a tool bar at the top, which contained the logo for the new DVD Burner I had just told NOT to install CRAP onto my computer.

It was easy to uninstall, but it shouldnt have been there in the first place.

Now, its hard to say if this is a botched insaller, or they did it on purpose...either way...it needs to be said that I wasnt happy and figured I'd come rant about it here.

http://www.burn4free.com/

Im not against free software developers supporting thier projects by adding crap into thier installs per se - A toolbar here and there never killed anybody, and if it helps keep the money flowing, then good on them...but if I say I dont want it...I DONT WANT IT...it doesnt mean "I say I dont want it now, but install it anyway without telling me so I can check it out later and have to go through a whole process of removing all the little peices of junk you added"

Im gonna scan to see what other adware crap its installed on my system, but up until now...im miffed that it even installed the toolbar...I HATE TOOLBARS...I DONT USE TOOLBARS...I HAVE NEVER USED TOOLBARS.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 22, 2011, 09:25 PM »

http://social.wakoop...re/screenshot-captor

Neurario about 1 year ago

Best screenshot tool I have used (for XP).

@NewJerseyTico over 1 year ago

pretty cool!! (@mobilephone2003)

scribbly over 1 year ago

Another great application that just works!

nabarl over 1 year ago

再说一下这个软件的缺点，这软件有一些流行要素比如为图片加入边框，可见并非能免普通截屏软件的俗，关键是这些边框啊，箭头啊，简直是丑得可以。还有一点，就是内置的object实际是图章，虽然外观是说话框等，却是地道的像素图，而不是矢量图，可能是我被Snagit惯坏了，但你如果执着于免费软件的话，用这个很好。(其实又要简单又要免费还是 FastStone Capture 5.3 最强)

nabarl over 1 year ago

Its interface looks professional, this means not easy to use. but its really powerful.
The most inportant point is, it is free, and maybe even better than many ones not free!

Ryan Rampersad over 1 year ago

An amazingly great screenshot program that offers many tools and methods to take and edit screenshots. A bit slow sometimes and the interface seems a bit dated but otherwise incredible. Oh, yes, it is free too.

Leech almost 3 years ago

Awesome software to take screenshots professionally.

Wakoopa Info:

Screenshot Captor An image editor
License: free
Users: 293

(Active) Usage (Overall):   
5 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes and 28 seconds


Top User:
Skwire

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 21, 2011, 08:58 PM »

Heres an idea for you guys:

How about if we had the fundraiser items (Reviews, Coding Snacks etc) all posted into a special area, that only those who have pledged (and submitted one pledge to mouser, or a Fundraiser admin for sumittion into the area) and those who have donated in the month of March; can access.

This area will be something like the area that is currently only available for anybody with the "Supporting Member" title, and will act as sort of a "Pre-Release Room".  Once the fundraiser has finished, one whole month will pass before the posts go public (May 1st).

This will act as an incentive for people to both Donate, AND Pledge!

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 21, 2011, 04:41 PM »

So rather than 1 new coding snack AND 1 new minireview per day, what about just 1 new (CodingSnack/Software release, or minireview, or essay) per day throughout march?  That seems a little easier to pull off.

-mouser (February 21, 2011, 04:38 PM)

One new forum post in Living Room good enough?   

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 21, 2011, 03:51 PM »

Well, yes. Otherwise what does happen? If everything goes ahead anyway, where's the incentive for anyone to a) step up to pledge and b) put up some dough?

-timns (February 21, 2011, 03:40 PM)

As an alternative to adapting the donation credit system, the pledgees could withhold the 'final delivery' of their goodies, until they receive a certain amount of donations, they then turn over to the site, and release the stuff?

-Ath (February 21, 2011, 03:46 PM)

I assume this means like some sort of "escrow" service? - Where-as the software and other doco fundraiser stuff was not released until DC hit thier target?

What if we miss the target by $1? what happens then?

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Pledges?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 21, 2011, 03:41 PM »

Ill do some mini-reviews reviews of the coding snacks released during the month of march.

Not promicing an amount as March is hell month for me (as with Feb, there are countless birthdays and other such hinderences) so my number shall be X.

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

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 20, 2011, 05:32 PM »

Hi guys--just registered as a result of a discussion about somebody who, from what I hear, is infamous on this site (as he is elsewhere in cyberspace including my own board): Gri. I'm certainly interested in browsing mods to SMF, since I run two boards using that code. I don't know more than entry-level coding and so code tweaking is the maximum of my talents; can't really author any of it as such.

Pleased to meet y'all!  Gri, I'm already familiar with

-Clara Listensprechen (February 20, 2011, 01:33 PM)

Welcome, and congrats on having possibly the longest name on the DC!   

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DC Gamer Club / DC Poker Players Wanted

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 19, 2011, 06:43 PM »

You are all invited to join my private poker club for the new season!

- If you don't already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com
- Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab
- Click the 'Join a Poker Club' button
- Enter my Club ID number: 294536
- Enter my Invitation Code: kynlospoker

That's it! Once I've approved your membership request, we'll be ready to start playing in the new season!

If you want to find out more, visit www.pokerstars.com/homegames

2939

Living Room / Google Usage Map

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 18, 2011, 10:01 PM »

Source: http://www.iobad.com/post/1074759394

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to make every app portable?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 17, 2011, 04:20 PM »

By the way, this has no right being a word:

Portablization

 

-timns (February 17, 2011, 03:02 PM)

Ty...that actually made me laugh...while saying it out loud 

+1

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Skwire Empire / Re: Skwire Empire - Software Launching Pad

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 03:35 PM »

Does this have anything to do with the horrendous number of "Moved topic" notifications I received today?

-Josh (February 14, 2011, 03:28 PM)

On that note, MouserBot really needs to omit anything that has MOVED in the start of the title...spammed the IRC like craaaazy.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Skwire Empire - Software Launching Pad

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 03:16 PM »

This would be perfect for everybody who has released software on DC.  That EXACT layout, in its OWN forum section - Perhaps even catagorised to the softwares type in a different section.

To sum that up, there would be a special forum section that each member who has posted software, here on DC, would create a topic with thier own title.

Then in a sub-section of that area there would be, as example;

Windows
 - Gaming
 - Tray Apps
 - AntiVirus
 - Webcam
 - Etc

Linux
 - blah

MAC
 - blah

Forum moderator would look through each persons list of software and see the category the author has set thier software to, then add it to the required list.

All the above posts should be locked at all times, except for edits by the original author, and comments can go in thier own sections like they already do, instead of clutering up the nice lists

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Site/Forum Features / Re: DC Forum Mods Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 12:28 PM »

http://custom.simple...s/index.php?mod=2431

Description:

PM Sent Notification 1.0 by live627

This mod puts a nice little message above your pm index after you send a pm to someone. Just like the "Profile Updated" message.

Languages
Included in the package
English (American and British)
Seperate language pack
Spanish (ES and Latin) thanks to Membre

Changelog
1.0.5 - September 01, 2010, 03:08:11 AM
* Backported to SMF 1.1

1.0.4 - March 11, 2010, 04:32:14 PM
* Updated to SMF 2.0 RC3

1.0.3 - March 03, 2010, 08:34:54 PM
! Members without a membergroup were not displayed
! Comma-separated display didn't work right

1.0.2 - February 25, 2010, 07:18:46 PM
+ Now can get multiple names from the recipient list
+ Names now link to profiles
+ Gets their online color

1.0.1 - February 24, 2010, 05:43:51 PM
! Changed message to display recipient instead of sender

Legend:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Minor change or bugfix
 * Feature edit
 & Known bug
 + Feature addition
 - Feature removal

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Living Room / Re: DC Front Page

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 12:18 PM »

"Linux" has this problem -- info is scattered all over. So now two sites seek to delimit some of the news throughout the week:

The Linux User & Developer Daily [LUD] (I like this easy-to-follow design)
http://paper.li/LinuxUserMag

Linux for You Magazine (this one is busier, noisier)
http://paper.li/LinuxUserMag

Neither is by no means complete. Most highlights and news makers.

-zridling (February 14, 2011, 12:17 PM)

Umm...both of those links are the same 

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Living Room / Re: DC Front Page

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 12:10 PM »

Actually that's where the "mini" reviews are.
The larger reviews are here: (see attachment in previous post)

-mouser (February 14, 2011, 12:02 PM)

Again, due to the theme, its hard to even see that bar at the top, all it takes is for you to scroll down a tiny bit, and that bars gone...the text colour doesnt exactly make it prominent either.

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Living Room / Re: DC Front Page

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 11:41 AM »

Reviews and mini-reviews (I dont actually know where the reviews are...)

-tomos (February 14, 2011, 10:01 AM)

https://www.donation...index.php?board=42.0

Hidden with a 'missable' name - As Shown Below:

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

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 14, 2011, 11:36 AM »

SuperboyAC! - 3,500!!!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Maximize all Windows

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 12, 2011, 06:02 PM »

Am I going crazy cause that to me seems like you just want to do the same thing you can do by right clicking the taskbar and clicking "Show Desktop (Which changes to show open windows)"

Correct me if i'm wrong lol

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Official Announcements / Re: March 2011 DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Celebration -- Ideas for Special Events?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 11, 2011, 02:43 PM »

How about a badge for donating X amount;

$1-10 gets you Badge (A)
$11-20 Badge (B)
$21-30 Badge (C) and so on.

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The Zazzle store sounds like a good idea, especially with thier shipping times being 1/2 that of CafePress (Been waiting 2 week for my NANY Mug, which apprently shipped 15 days ago...)


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Also, how about creating a special user rank for people who donate certain amounts (Like atm we have "Supporting Member" and such) you could have something to show the level they have donated.

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I think the visual representation bar is a must...especially if you can link it so its totally live and we can see it going up every moment!


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Also...I think there should be something like "If We Raise $10000 During the fundraiser, Mouser will strip to his underwear and run through the streets screming 'I LOVE CODY, CODY IS THE BIRD GOD'" (This has to be recorded and uploaded to the website for all to see as proof!)

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Living Room / Re: My New DVD is ALL Regions =D YAY~!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on February 10, 2011, 10:33 PM »

Start Wars?