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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 24, 2006, 01:00 AM »
would it be possible to assign shortcut keys for enabling/disabling the different 'modes': Lbutton, Mbutton, edge drag?

might also be a nice cosmetic improvement if when you use the 'ontop' trigger their is a visual cue, i.e. the word 'ontop' appears on screen - maybe.

on the point of visual cues - is it possible to make the letters/numbers that do appear on screen to be more visible - like with a background or border around them as they can be difficult to read sometimes.

thanks.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 03:24 PM »
i might well be talking rubbish when saying i'll have 2 or 3 grids files - i will probably just create one super grid that does everything - it will make more sense.

cool, how the restore, etc trigger is so easy to include - i like that. good thinking when you made it.

oh yeah, the reload feature is cool too.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 03:22 PM »
er, yep, i'm still here.

just a quick suggestion - those 'restore', 'ontop', 'maximise' trigger zones would be easier to use if they were nearer the top of the screen. this way they would be nearer to the titlebar of the window, so less distance to drag.

(sidenote: 'studies' have found that buttons/menus and GUI stuff is easier to access when placed at the upper parts of the screen rather than at the bottom of the screen - we're talking mouse usability. hence menus always being at the top except for microsoft deciding to stick the taskbar at the bottom.)

as for the user .grid file right click selection - i'll probably only use my own .grid files with gridmove - probably only have 2 or 3 different grids, but it would be nice to be able to swap between them quickly so however that can be done i'd be over the moon.

i'll try the new version now.

thanks once again.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 03:01 PM »
back again.

when creating user .grid files it would also be nice to be able to include the 'restore' and 'ontop' trigger zones (i don't know the code for these but i suppose i could hunt it down).

thanks again, again.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 02:56 PM »
can we also have it so that user .grid files can be part of the selection when you right click to change the grid layout - even if it means having to put the .grid files in a specific folder that gridmove knows the path to.

(i don't mean in gridmove's tray menu - i mean the quick right click grid switch method.)

thanks again.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 02:44 PM »
i'm just playing around making a few test.grid files and i have to ask is there a quick way of refreshing 'gridmove' so i don't have to keep loading the .grid file in again after i've made a slight edit.

if there isn't a quick way of refreshing gridmove, can we please have one soon, jgpaiva - a keyboard shortcut would be nice when in 'testing' mode so that you don't have to keep going to the menu and selecting 'refresh' from there (assuming it could be done).

thanks.
2982
Living Room / Re: What ya got, and how d'ya use it ...
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 04:28 AM »
Carol, my netgear one that i complained about a few months ago has been working perfectly since i did the flash update on it.
2983
Living Room / Re: Quick change artists — WTF?
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 04:26 AM »
well, i confess my timemachine theory was just a joke - only the US military have got timemachines - or so a friend of mine tells me.

the quick clothes changes are obviously done by the means of using trapdoors in the stage - when you can see a head or an arm or leg poking out from behind something it is clearly a prop on the end of a stick or something. anyway, the trap door opens and her twin jumps out as she falls through the hole - they then just keep swapping around.

2984
Site/Forum Features / Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 04:17 AM »
i think it's easier to understand too.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 23, 2006, 04:06 AM »
good job on the screencast, Josh, but when you do the next one can you demonstrate the way gridmove resizes the windows - this is one of its crucial features. just moving windows about isn't enough to demonstrate what 'gridmove' is really for - 'gridmove' moves and resizes and arranges windows thereby cutting down the steps it would normally take for the user to achieve the same result.

i look forward to seeing the next screencast.  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: What ya got, and how d'ya use it ...
« Last post by nudone on July 22, 2006, 11:53 AM »
oh, go on then...

main pc:
antec p180 case (black)
seasonic s12 600w silent power supply
asus a8n sli premium
corsair 2gb ddr
athlon 64 x2 dual core 4800
plextor dvd/cd dual layer jobbo drive
creative x-fi fatality edition
xfx geforce 7800gtx
two 75gig raptor drives (in the old raid 0) inside silent max aluminium cases
two 250gig samsung spinpoints
leadtek digital tv tuner card
akasa 4 way fan controller
a few 120mm akasa fans
saitek keyboard
logitech 8 button mouse jobbo
some creative labs 5.1 speakers - only use them in 2.1
and the old eizo 24" widescreen monitor.
removable hard drive bay - 120gig ide drive.
netgear wifi router

used for:
3d shooter and driving games
creating stuff using the adobe programs.
browsing using maxthon


old machine
athlon xp2200
1.5 gig ram
120 gig drive
dvd/cd writer
audigy 1 card with the panel on the front of the case
altec lansing 2.1 speakers
19" crt ctx monitor (a good one)
geforce 4200
a few real slow spinning large fans
midi keyboard (can't remember the number of keys)
epson scanner
epson printer
cheapo keyboard and mouse

used for
watching films - the computer is connected to a 32" widescreen tv (not LCD)
making IDM type music with cubase and the usual stuff - at least in theory.


other stuff
some crappy athlon xp2000 with the usual stuff in it - haven't thought of a purpose for it yet.

a few hard drives - always come in handy for something. i've a couple usb type hard drive cases.

gericom laptop - pentium 4, 128meg geforce graphics, 512 meg ram - can't think of a good reason to turn it on. my sister uses it when she visits.

pentium 2 laptop - can't remember much about it - even less reason to turn it on.

pocket pc - use it for tom tom when i actually go somewhere i don't know - like once every couple of years, i.e. it's pretty pointless.

recently managed the throw even older machines away a few months back - been hanging on to them for years but had to admit they were just junk.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 22, 2006, 06:19 AM »
'gridmove' sounds kinda snappy to me.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 22, 2006, 05:49 AM »
well, again, anything i suggest - i'd only want to see it done if it was an 'option' and not something forced on the user.

the 'mini' grid idea, well, the way it would speed things up would be good but i also realise that as you are probably going to move your cursor down to the location the window has 'zoned' to, then you probably aren't being that more efficient. the only time it would make a difference is when you were moving windows out of the way and not necessarily working with them immediately after the move.

something has just occurred to me - and maybe this is how the 'mini' grid has already been interpreted(?) - what if the 'mini' grid didn't move windows to different locations on the screen but instead only resized them...

or, again, there was the option of it doing just a resize and/or a move.

it would be nice (and look good) if as you move the cursor around the mini grid a transparent template of the new size for the window appeared and updated on-the-fly so you could see what size the window would change to when you release the mouse button.

all very complicated to implement i'm sure - it's just a thought, maybe something for gridmove version 5.

ithink the 'mini' grid idea would lend itself better to the 'ontop', 'restore' functions also.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 22, 2006, 04:21 AM »
i like the win+G method too - just right for the keyboard shortcuts. excellent.

just wondering if it would be possible to use the mouse scroll wheel to select other grid layouts instead of using right mouse click (i think mouser suggested the mouse wheel) - would be kind of nice to be able to scroll up through the list as well as down through the list.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it
« Last post by nudone on July 22, 2006, 02:51 AM »
fantastic work there, jgpaiva.

nice features added - i was about to say perfect but i've noticed a bug(?).

when i have left mouse button drag disabled i can't use the edge trigger method either - nothing happens at all. i've tried closing gridmove and reloading and also tried deleting the .ini file but it doesn't appear to make much difference.

i'm thinking that it's time for me to get used to the titlebar drag methods - one thing that might be nice to add to this is with the left button drag, how about having a small area in the right hand side of the title bar that serves the same purpose as the left 'selection' area - just something close to the left of the minimise button. i just feel it would be nicer if this could be done for when you are dragging windows to the right of the screen.

this is a cosmetic suggestion so may be considered of little importance - for the left mbutton drag method - how about having a visual cue for when the mouse cursor is in the 'hot' part of the title bar - just something obvious but small - a red dot next to the cursor or the actual area in the title bar that is 'hot' is overlayed with a coloured rectangle - this would also help in identifying the right hand side selection area in the titlebar that i suggested above.

i've also thought of another idea, and maybe this is going too far again - how about when using the titlebar drag methods, instead of having to drag to a position on your screen, a 'mini' grid appears under the mouse cursor that represents the screen with the gridzones marked on it - then you merely drag over a very short distance (a hundred or so pixels or less) and then release. this idea strikes me as the next logical step for gridmove - dare i say it, but perhaps it should have been how things were done from the start.

i'll shut up before i get carried away.

you can certainly be proud of gridmove - i hate to imagine how much work has gone into it. it certainly has become a util any windows user can take advantage of - that's a great achievement all in itself.
2991
Living Room / Re: Quck change artists — WTF?
« Last post by nudone on July 21, 2006, 06:41 AM »
that is so obvious - they are using a timemachine.
2992
Site/Forum Features / Re: Wanted: Cody Cartoons
« Last post by nudone on July 21, 2006, 12:56 AM »
i look forward to reading them.
2993
Living Room / Re: Do you like/eat Sweet Potato?
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 05:53 PM »
hmm, not what i'd call appetising.  :(
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Wanted: Cody Cartoons
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 05:52 PM »
that sounds like the right kind of idea.

any ideas that i would have done that were 'topical' would have originated from the forum but you've made a nice extension to the idea - i didn't really think about including websites and i certainly never thought about sending the strip as a gift.

very good ideas then, mouser, er, i mean, Rover.  :D
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Living Room / Re: Do you like/eat Sweet Potato?
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 05:24 PM »
er, what does a sweet potato taste like - is it like a sugary potato? (genuine question.)
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Wanted: Cody Cartoons
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 05:11 PM »
it would be nice if someone could think of a few stories/plots/jokes that would span over 4 frames (as an example).

anyone bursting with funny/topical/computer related ideas?

anyone interested, message me - no point leaving the ideas here in the forum as everyone will read them before they get made into a comic.

or, take the risk and leave the stories/jokes/topics to me.

it would be nice to hear suggestions, anyway.

2997
General Software Discussion / Re: Wow: Microsoft Acquires WinInternals/SysInternals!
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 04:51 PM »
(just adding my voice to welcoming back Sentinel.)
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: (10+2)*5 Timer
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 02:02 AM »
app makes a lot of sense about not displaying the countdown - clock watching never helps.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Poster Printer - free (open source)
« Last post by nudone on July 20, 2006, 01:54 AM »
i've got a guillotine, eschen, and whilst it is better than plane old scissors it still leaves room for error. i admit i'm being real picky about how the cuts are done - i just want the finished poster to look as seamless and whole as possible and i've found that using the overprint method is the only real way of doing it.

my problem really, i shouldn't expect things to be so perfect.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Poster Printer - free (open source)
« Last post by nudone on July 19, 2006, 03:43 PM »
i can't honestly remember which programs i've tried in the past but, if i remember correctly, they don't quite do the full job that is required.

the problem lies in the edges of the print and more importantly, how you join them all back together.

if you don't mind having 'rough' edges and obvious overcuts and undercuts in your final joined poster then there's nothing to worry about. or, perhaps, you are an eagle eye cutter that can cut the perfect edge so that you don't stray into the part that contains the print and nor do you stray away from it thereby leaving an obvious white sliver.

maybe my memory doesn't serve me well and there is a program i tried that did a slight 'overprint' so that you don't need a qualified surgeon to perform the cutting out. i do remember just using ms publisher in the end as that allowed me to adjust overprint borders how i wanted them.

now that my brain is getting warmed up i think 'poster printery' probably had the ability????
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