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General Software Discussion / Re: comdlg32: setting default FileOpen etc dialogs to "details" view

« Last post by lanux128 on October 24, 2013, 07:59 PM »

since switching to Win7, i had been using Direct Folders for this purpose. there is a free version if you want to take a look.

screenshot of the configuration window.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: GridMove Portable 7Lite | Windows 7 ready, combine w/ Aero Snap | XP/Vista Supp.

« Last post by lanux128 on October 16, 2013, 10:03 PM »

@helloall: do you have an alternative download location? the provided link is not working.

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Living Room / Re: Google to Sell User Profiles, Photos in Ads

« Last post by lanux128 on October 14, 2013, 01:33 AM »

hmm.. the idea that a company that gets by with revenue from ads is actually going to launch a pro bono social platform for its "users". i believe the bookies stopped taking bets on this one a long time ago.

still relevant

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Living Room / Re: Going cold turkey on the unholy trinity

« Last post by lanux128 on October 11, 2013, 12:31 AM »

i'm ok with PDF format but not so with Adobe's unnecessarily bulky updating mechanism. i had used Adobe Acrobat before and didn't find it a hog. however nowadays, i am using the same apps as yourself (SumatraPDF and PDF-XChange Viewer).

most of my video browsing is done on my android devices and when i am at home, i just 'cast' them on my tv instead of watching on the PC. since Adobe themselves don't support Flash on Android, it should be a wake-up call for video content providers to get themselves updated. so because of that, i am holding back from using Flash on my PC.

as i said earlier, Java is a different proposition but thanks for reminding me about the portable setup. i believe i still have your batch files from sometime ago and i will try to use them to recreate a similar setup on PCs that require java.

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Living Room / Going cold turkey on the unholy trinity

« Last post by lanux128 on October 10, 2013, 09:56 PM »

for some reasons, i am trying to keep Flash, Java & Adobe's PDF off my computer (more specifically out of my home network).

i am quite determined to get by without these ubiquitous trinity, therefore i am wondering if there are any methods being used by the community to do that currently.

as it stands, PDF is the easiest to replace and Flash is in the middle ground, being gradually replaced by HTML5 at most sites. however Java is a different kettle of soup/fish/tea, with it being the prerequisite for some apps/games (damn you, minecraft!). in the long run, i am thinking of a sand-boxed version of java being made available just for those software that requires it.

with my weak google-fu, i could only find this article - http://www.pcworld.c...eader-and-flash.html

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Living Room / Re: Rebuilding my home network

« Last post by lanux128 on October 09, 2013, 01:16 AM »

sorry about the burnt electronic equipments, i too recently lost a modem and router to a lightning.

but thanks for the read, i love to read about these kind of home network set-ups.

powerline/homeplug adapters are something that i am interested in but haven't invested in any. also thanks for the product links, they come in handy when it comes to the specs.

note: links for these two seem to be broken.
Pioneer VSX-822-K - http://www.amazon.co.../product/B007O5ATM8/
NetGear WNDR3700 - http://www.amazon.co.../product/B002HWRJY4/

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Kyrathaba Software / Re: Kyrathasoft GoodReads Manager

« Last post by lanux128 on October 07, 2013, 10:15 AM »

looks awesome, i am willing to try this out too.

off-topic: my GR username is the same as here, feel free to add me!

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General Software Discussion / Re: dropbox saves screenshots

« Last post by lanux128 on October 06, 2013, 05:14 AM »

i turned it off since i already have an alternative screenshot uploading method. this could be more useful with some fine-tuning.

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Living Room / Re: Yay! I've got the old style of Gmail Compose back - in Firefox!

« Last post by lanux128 on October 01, 2013, 06:04 AM »

Yes, thanks for getting that link. I referred to the Chrome/Chromium extension in my opening post, but I had not trialled it. Actually, I went to trial it before making the post, but then abandoned it when I read:

...Old Compose is free, but it requires you to share the link on Twitter or Facebook before you get the download. ...

Not with a 10-foot bargepole.

-IainB (October 01, 2013, 04:40 AM)

that article on LH must be outdated because now they also require an email address to download..

Spoiler

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Living Room / Re: Yay! I've got the old style of Gmail Compose back - in Firefox!

« Last post by lanux128 on September 30, 2013, 11:58 PM »

also featured in Lifehacker, there is another add-on which automates the UA trick called 'Old Compose'.

• http://lifehacker.co...rings-the-1308260149

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Play Guild Wars 2 for Free from September 27 – October 3

« Last post by lanux128 on September 29, 2013, 08:20 PM »

played over the weekend, currently near the end of the 1st area - Queensdale. quite fun at the moment (since no grinding is required yet). btw, i'm at Sea of Sorrows server.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Custom Browser

« Last post by lanux128 on September 26, 2013, 09:10 PM »

try it like this:

Code: Text [Select]

1. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="D:\Software\Chrome Default" -- "$$1"

works here on my Chromium.

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DC Gamer Club / Play Guild Wars 2 for Free from September 27 – October 3

« Last post by lanux128 on September 25, 2013, 11:34 PM »

just saw this in my e-mail. in case you're interested, the game files come to about 18GB.

The Free Trial period starts at 12:01 AM PDT on September 27, 2013 and ends at 11:59 PM PDT on October 3, 2013.

Have a question about the Guild Wars 2 free trial? Visit our Support Site.

   

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Valve Announces Steam OS

« Last post by lanux128 on September 25, 2013, 10:07 PM »

Valve reveals Steam Box Prototype a.k.a. "Steam Machines". one more announcement to go.

complete the tasks in the below link to be eligible to beta test one of the 300 Steam machines.
• http://store.steampo...red.com/hardwarebeta

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Taking a screenshot of Steam client

« Last post by lanux128 on September 25, 2013, 04:55 AM »

actually, %nicename% is the whole of highlighted blue text. i tried several times and they all return the same lengthy name.

i also looked up the Steam processes in process explorer and i found 2 of them, pics as below



and here are the results of different fields that i tested on Steam client.

My Default Template: %quickfield%%nicename%_%customdate%_%num% (Note: customdate is as following %Y-%m-%d)

Tested fields:
windowtitlepure = Steam
windowtitle = Steam
filename = Steam
nicename = Steam Client Bootstrapper (Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)) [Steam]
fullfilename = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
productname = Steam Client Bootstrapper

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Screenshot Captor / Taking a screenshot of Steam client

« Last post by lanux128 on September 25, 2013, 01:26 AM »

ever since it was introduced, i had always used the %nicename% field in my file-naming template section. however recently when i took a screenshot of the Steam client, i noticed that Steam had somehow messed up in naming its interface and the following is returned when i use %nicename% field:

Steam Client Bootstrapper (Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)) [Steam]

with that the filename becomes unnecessarily lengthy. i was weighing up my options and they are as follows:

1. use another field like %windowtitle% instead of %nicename% but that would be a global change.
2. use the post-capture command-line tool option to run a script that truncates the excessive parts.
3. to post here so that i can dawdle over my coffee while mouser comes up with a response.

so over to you, mouser..

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Be Tiny, World! release for Android, PC, Mac, and Linux.

« Last post by lanux128 on September 20, 2013, 11:58 PM »

these are some screenies from my phone.

Spoiler

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Be Tiny, World! release for Android, PC, Mac, and Linux.

« Last post by lanux128 on September 18, 2013, 08:14 PM »

it works now!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Be Tiny, World! release for Android, PC, Mac, and Linux.

« Last post by lanux128 on September 17, 2013, 10:51 PM »

i guess something is wrong with my browser then. this is what i see.

Spoiler

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Be Tiny, World! release for Android, PC, Mac, and Linux.

« Last post by lanux128 on September 17, 2013, 05:09 AM »

i remember this game from its previous incarnation. cool time-killer while waiting for the bus.

btw, apk download only leads to an embedded unity-player page. am i missing something?

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Again - Small Android Utility to Resume / Launch the "Last" Activity

« Last post by lanux128 on September 17, 2013, 05:03 AM »

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm quite puzzled as to how that might have happened -- haven't seen that sort of behavior here.  I hope I can reproduce this reliably at some point...

That's the version of Aldiko I tried to reproduce with...unfortunately, no luck so far.

If you don't mind sharing the info, is your version of Andrroid pre-4.1.x?

-ewemoa (September 16, 2013, 09:08 AM)

i don't mind at all, here's a screenie.

Spoiler

since it only happened once, maybe some other apps that were running in the background caused it.

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Again - Small Android Utility to Resume / Launch the "Last" Activity

« Last post by lanux128 on September 15, 2013, 10:04 PM »

When you say "went on a loop of re-launching", do you mean that when you invoked Again once, it tried to re-launch multiple times?


BTW, what version of Aldiko are you using?

-ewemoa (September 14, 2013, 05:28 AM)

there was a prompt saying that 'Again' has stopped working and when i pressed the 'ok' button, the previously launched apps were launched one after another. in hindsight, should have read the contents of the crash message.

as for aldiko, i am using version 2.2.3

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Again - Small Android Utility to Resume / Launch the "Last" Activity

« Last post by lanux128 on September 14, 2013, 02:17 AM »

just want to report a little incident.. after accidentally exiting Aldiko, i tapped on 'Again' to launch Aldiko. however 'Again' crashed and went on a loop of re-launching 7-8 previously launched apps. i assume 'Again' reads from a saved list of previously opened apps. is there a way to reduce this cache?

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Found Deals and Discounts / GOG.com offers Stargunner for Free

« Last post by lanux128 on September 13, 2013, 06:12 AM »

GOG.com is 5 years old & they're giving away Stargunner. your move now, Steam. *



• https://secure.gog.com/game/stargunner


* Steam is 10 this year

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General Software Discussion / Re: typing in web browser makes it freeze

« Last post by lanux128 on September 12, 2013, 01:38 AM »

since we're running up blind alleys, perhaps it's best to do a system restore and see if it helps.