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General Software Discussion / Re: Synchronisation tools

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 01:23 PM »

Eóin,
we defininitely need to do a proper review of incremental versioned backup tools.

for a review that touches on these, see:
https://www.donation...ckUpGuide/index.html

and the discussion related to that review:
https://www.donation...index.php?board=29.0

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Older Newsletters / Re: Newsletter for April 13, 2006 - Codename '3 Big Things'

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 01:20 PM »

As always, if you find any of these items (especially #3, the article) linkworthy, by all means please do submit it to slashdot, digg, stumbleupon, etc.

It would be nice if it had a larger audience.

See https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=3201.0 for a list of links of places that might be appropriate.

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Older Newsletters / Re: DonationCoder.com Article - One Year Report on our Experiments with Donationware

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 12:28 PM »

thanks nudone 

i still feel like i wasn't quite able to capture the amazing spirit that users have brought to this site - it far outweighs any monetary issues.  but it's hard to convey that, so i ended up mostly speaking in business terms i'm afraid.

32104

Screenshot Captor / Re: 2 Bugs I Can't Live With on Screen Captor

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 11:31 AM »

hi george, welcome to the site.  love your page!

issue1:
after you draw an arrow by default it switched to object mode where you can now move and resize it.
you should be able to click the arrow tool again to draw another arrow.
BUT, if you like to draw lots of arrows without having to do that, see this post which shows the setting for this:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2113.0

issue 2:
there is currently no option for text box thickness.  I'll put it on my todo list.

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Older Newsletters / Newsletter for April 13, 2006 - Codename '3 Big Things'

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 11:06 AM »

Newsletter for April 13, 2006

Codename '3 Big Things'

"If you read nothing else on our site, read the newsletter!"

A short newsletter this time, but only because the items are so big!

1. DonationCredits Goes Live!

• We have finally unveiled our long-rumoured microdonation system.  Now it's easy for users to make small donations to one another and to authors on the site. Half of every donation you make now is returned to you in the form of credits for you to give out on the site as you see fit.
• Read more about the DonationCredits system.

2. Massive C++ Builder Donationware Programming Contest

• In cooperation with Borland we have announced a 3 month programming contest with over $25,000 in prizes.  Winners will also receive a spotlight on our site.
• Read more about the C++ Builder Contest.

3. One-year Retrospective Article on DonationCoder.com Posted

• A long article about the motivations, goals, and lessons learned after a year-long experiment with Donationware on our site.
• Read the article now.

ps. The software drawing this month ends early on April 14, so enter now if you still want a chance to win!


More links:

• Donate: https://www.donation...te/index.html?ref=nl
• Forums: https://www.donation...r.com/Forums/?ref=nl
• Wiki: https://www.donation...php/Main_Page?ref=nl
• BugTracker: https://www.donation...main_page.php?ref=nl
• RSS Feeds: https://www.donation...p?topic=496.0?ref=nl
• Forum Daily Digest Emails: http://www.feedblitz.../f/?Sub=22516?ref=nl

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Discounts

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 10:28 AM »

sorry - i haven't posted them yet.

i have most of the codes and i will be posting them starting next week, so stay tuned.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Window go out of my way!

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 10:27 AM »

i think the idea here is for other windows to slide away so they do not overlap selected window.

there are other existing programs for trying to tile or arrange windows so they dont overlap - and interesting algorithms one might use..

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Official Announcements / Major new report about 1yr experiences of DonationCoder.com posted

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 09:17 AM »

Major new report about 1yr experiences of DonationCoder.com posted: http://articles.donationcoder.com/One

Please share this link with anyone who you think might be interested.


this thread is locked - to discuss the article please use this thread: https://www.donation...index.php?topic=3196

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Older Newsletters / DonationCoder.com Article - One Year Report on our Experiments with Donationware

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 08:20 AM »

This thread will be for discussing the one-year report article:
http://articles.donationcoder.com/One

Please share this article with anyone you know who might be interested in Donationware, or in what this site is trying to do.

32110

Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request - alternative matching algorithym

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 05:02 AM »

this is definitely planned - and in fact you've given me a good idea that matches well with the heuristic scoring algorithm, which is that matching first letters of words should have a higher heuristic score than simply matching in order.

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Image Manager Shootout / Re: Where is Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0??

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 04:50 AM »

a side question: is moerl trying to win a contest for most words in one post without a line break?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Can a program be reverse-engineered?

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 04:32 AM »

you can be certain there is a huge active underground community of people dedicated to reverse engineering any technology, whether its phones, trains, or software.

there are some well known examples of reverse-engineering software to add features, though most of the time it's done to defeat copy protection mechanisms.

i'm looking forward to reading some replies with good links to read.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Window go out of my way !

« Last post by mouser on April 13, 2006, 03:07 AM »

this is a brilliant idea. selecting any window should move others off it.
look forward to seeing this solution

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General Software Discussion / Re: better than using an unistaller? Altiris SVS

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:54 PM »

sounds ideal if it works - i'd like to hear more about people's experiences with it and does it reall isolate a program from doing damage.

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Developer's Corner / Re: 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed - nice article

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:52 PM »

yeah the two parts that really registered with me as lessons to pay attention to were:
the one about contracts not being honored, and the one about how he said in the begining he would take meetings with just about anyone and and had to learn to be more selective (and same with taking jobs).  good lessons.

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Official Announcements / Re: Contest - Make a new Banner for Website

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:46 PM »

Hirudin, you made me think the catchphrase should be:

"DonationCoder.com - To Serve Software Connoiseuers"

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.
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but it's a cookbook!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you don't get this joke click here

http://members.cox.n...kaiotea/serveman.htm

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / everyone who enters will get something

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:43 PM »

just wanted to mention that everyone who enters the bcb contest will get some prizes or stuff.
and everyone who enters will be made a full member on the site. 

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: About program completeness ...

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:40 PM »

that's a great question.

remember that part of the idea of this contest is to help the winners get their programs noticed and used by people, and get them some donations.

so winning programs will be spotlighted on a web page and made available for download and users will be encouraged to try them and download to author if they like them.

SO, it's fine for some features not to be finished, IF the program is still fully usable and useful to end users.

Therefor if it's missing key functions that makes it not a useful tool, then that would disqualify it.  But if it's missing some extra features you plan on adding over time, that's ok, that's just normal software development process.

But remember that the contest doesn't end until the middle of July, so you've got some time left to work on it

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Official Announcements / Re: Contest - Make a new Banner for Website

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 03:13 PM »

assuming the goal is to make small children cry, mr.globe is perfect already.

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Official Announcements / Re: Be Part of the First DonationCoder.com Team Podcast Radio Show Contest!

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 01:40 PM »

well it might be nice to have a little "reporting from location" segment each podcast, where each broadcase we had a member from a different country/city who went out and asked people "how's your internet?" or "how's your computer?" and see how people on the street answer that question.

sounds fun!! let's do it!

reminds me of this very cool documentary:

http://www.howsyournews.com/

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MLB/Mouseless Browsing FF extension - MUST-HAVE for every keyboard user!

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 12:39 PM »

that addin is really quite ingenius

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General Software Discussion / Re: what kind of keyboard you use?

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:18 AM »

the ultranav looks nice!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TrayDefaultBrowser - just double-click to switch to another one

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 10:14 AM »

that's normal - bts does not autoconfigure browsers, you have to edit the config file yourself to add yours (it's just a simple text file, see the help for instructions).

i really should add an autoconfig option to next version, i've just been busy.

but shame on you for not rtfm.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TrayDefaultBrowser - just double-click to switch to another one

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 09:39 AM »

this really seems like a request suitable for browsertrayswitch to me.
don't know why bts wouldnt work for you..

ps.
anyone thinking of writing such a "snack" you might want to think twice - changing the default browser is not the funnest thing and requires some odd registry settings.  maybe you could use an existing commandline browser changer and just add a tray interface.  just giving you a heads up

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Volume Mixer for programs (for annoying web pages!?)

« Last post by mouser on April 12, 2006, 07:51 AM »

Andriy has been nice enought to make a 30% discount available for DonationCoder members:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=3181.0

(he also donated some copies for us to give away in may - thanks!)