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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge - Some Kind of Unique Productivity Tool

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 02:12 PM »

^ Have a 'front' and 'back' for each card?

Printing - I like the focus on this.

If printing a bunch of 'cards' on one page, a couple of ideas below - may not be the direction you were thinking, but I'll throw them out anyway:

• how about being able to emphasise importance via size? (You would then have the challenge of getting the rest to fit in the remaining space. It could be done portrait, either by rotating the card - or the text could be fit to the portrait orientation)
• different colour backgrounds for different themes a la GTD or for different aspects or projects. Or maybe just a colour strip on the card to save on ink costs.)

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Fetching Preview never loads?

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 09:12 AM »

Plain text will preview here - as soon as there's any BB code it stalls


EDIT// but if I go to edit it will no longer preview at all

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend image comparison tool, please?

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 05:43 AM »

A possible alternative is ExifPro Image viewer:
I dont have it installed on this machine - but IIRC it will only show two images side by side in the viewer.
But Zoom and drag are simultaneously applied to both images, which is great for getting in there and comparing details (how does that work in Faststone viewer?)

-tomos (October 07, 2014, 05:02 PM)

yeah, only two images can be compared, but the synced zoom/drag is a great help (Ctrl+Drag will pan just one image). It is paid (~20$ without VAT) and I cannot see if they have a trial (must have...)

Checking focus:



I think the synced zoom and pan is key to comparing images - but maybe not so essential to compare images where e.g. you've just changed the contrast etc. (?)

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.26.0 - Oct 8, 2014

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 05:26 AM »

works fine here -- i wonder if you dont have some other tool that has assigned alt+w and is catching it..

-mouser (October 08, 2014, 05:13 AM)

yeah, thanks for checking - it's actually nothing to do with CH+S:
As a hotkey, Ctrl+Alt+W also changes to Ctrl+Alt+V in other apps

I'm looking at my AHK file but I havent modified that in years...
will pursue in own thread if I need more help with it.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.9.0 - Oct 8, 2014

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 05:16 AM »

 
love the 'quick mouse click' to start/stop manually selected area

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.26.0 - Oct 8, 2014

« Last post by tomos on October 08, 2014, 05:11 AM »

Only got to update today: Win7 x64

I had long ago removed the hotkey to open the main window - the toggle key tempted me to add it again:

• I am unable to add Ctrl+Alt+W it keeps changing it to Ctrl+Alt+V
• Alt+W gets changes to 'None'

All other letter are working fiine as shortcuts, and the 'W is working correctly otherwise

It is a German keyboard which should not make any difference -

Spoiler

maybe it's pronouncing the 'W' with a German accent?

(Note: Ctrl+Alt+W was previously being used by Popup quotes, so I removed it there and closed popup quotes - but the problem remained)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend image comparison tool, please?

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 05:02 PM »

Four images is good going I think.

A possible alternative is ExifPro Image viewer:
I dont have it installed on this machine - but IIRC it will only show two images side by side in the viewer.
But Zoom and drag are simultaneously applied to both images, which is great for getting in there and comparing details (how does that work in Faststone viewer?)

I found it great on occasions where I had to go though a lot of photos and pick out the best (e.g. wedding pics).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drawing software thoughts for 2014: Clip Studio (Manga Studio), Photoshop

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 01:54 PM »

Thanks superboyac - very interesting stuff
the hand-held controller is a great idea.

Dont have much to contribute, FWIW, I saw a couple of videos lately about the Wacom companion (I'm sure there's lots of them out there)

• https://www.youtube..../watch?v=BGde8B5dRf4
• https://www.youtube....FMPb_E-0g9UYacBi0d1g

and a query about the Clip Studio offer (I work with vectors but in a very traditional manner; the idea of a 'drawing' being a vector is appealing though).
Query is: what's the difference between the 'Standard' and 'Pro' - going by the price difference I'd say that Standard is, eh, not up to much (?)

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Living Room / Re: "Rich kids of Teheran"

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 09:54 AM »

^

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 04:40 AM »

Definitely my kind of weird.

-40hz (October 06, 2014, 06:14 PM)

really good as well

Saw a Mongolian guy doing overtone in concert a few years back but cant remember his name...
These were easier to find: this group played regularly in front of the Pompidou in Paris a few years back. There's a few videos of them in YT so they must have been 'in residence' for a while.

a couple of years later they evolved into this:

(I saw them around the time of the first video)
[edit] the first group at any rate are called Altai KhairKhan [/edit]

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Fetching Preview never loads?

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 04:05 AM »

Oh, yeah, doesn't work in full screen reply here either.  Just shows:

"Preview post
Fetching preview..."

-Stephen66515 (October 06, 2014, 06:18 PM)

odd - works perfectly here - could it be browser based, or just chance?
FF 32.03 here



hah - I added the attachment and tried again - now it's doing the 'fetching preview' thing - unsuccessfully.
Will try clicking post...

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on October 07, 2014, 03:59 AM »

Less Frustration, and Moar Humour.
Please

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2014, 04:03 PM »

another beautifully filmed video

well worth a look, some pretty impressive stuff going on there...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a EXTREMELY basic Multi Clipboard software

« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2014, 02:14 PM »

[...] At times though, Ethervane Echo suits my needs better. It was developed by a DonationCoder member. It hasn't been updated since 2012 (maybe 2013) but I've not had any problems with it.

Here's where you can download and find a link to the developer's site.
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=27849.0

-bob99 (October 06, 2014, 01:35 PM)

based on ditto, a sort of a new improved version

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Living Room / Re: Win10 Navigation Pane scrambled

« Last post by tomos on October 04, 2014, 02:35 AM »

hi Cuffy, if you dont want to post a screenshot, that's fine by me (honestly).
As others say though, it can be helpful, there could be something there you missed, or didnt think about.
Also, from a lazy pov, it's much easier to see something than to get something described. I help people over the phone occasionally, which is a nightmare because people dont know how to describe stuff. You seem to have done a pretty good job of that, and it is possible that a screenshot doesnt help at all beyond confirming your description, but here, people are usually able and willing to post a screenshot.

If you don't know the answer: don't reply  
Thanks anyway  

-Cuffy (October 03, 2014, 08:36 PM)

the smileys do soften that a bit, but [1] this is dc, if you're really looking for no answers except the right one, I dunno what forum I'd recommend.. and [2] this is me - I'm no expert, and sometimes my posts just take up space - but I also often notice things, and remember things, that others initially do not, so whether I can initially help directly or not is moot to me. So I'll ignore that and give it a

Finally, does stoickjokers suggestion about sorting help?

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Living Room / Re: Win10 Navigation Pane scrambled

« Last post by tomos on October 03, 2014, 03:33 PM »

Gowan,
give us a screenshot ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Win10 Navigation Pane scrambled

« Last post by tomos on October 03, 2014, 12:38 PM »

Screenshot?
What is D: ?
(cd drive?)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Thumbnail Panel shows Screenshots in chronological order

« Last post by tomos on October 02, 2014, 11:21 AM »

^ that sounds like a bug -
although I'm suprised you're able to save anything in the Programs folder -
is that not usually blocked by the OS? (What's your OS?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: extend a mp3 music!

« Last post by tomos on October 02, 2014, 11:17 AM »

^ Looks like Ren has it covered but will post this anyway:

The first thread on the list there will offer a few options for looping:
https://www.donation...rch2;search=loop+mp3

Reducing the volume can be done by mp3gain:
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
(normally used to standardise volume of multiple tracks)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.8.8 Beta - Sep 30, 2014

« Last post by tomos on October 02, 2014, 11:04 AM »

I've re-uploaded a new version of 4.8.8 -- I'd appreciate if I could get as many beta testers using it (and reporting if everything works) as possible before I release it as a non-beta.

Thanks!

-mouser (October 02, 2014, 10:08 AM)

were there (important) changes?
I installed it about 6 hours ago - how do I know if I have the most recent version if they using the same number?
Or am I misunderstanding
TIA

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Thumbnail Panel shows Screenshots in chronological order

« Last post by tomos on October 02, 2014, 03:46 AM »

Are you sure there is content in the folders you are looking at?
(as mouser says, when looking in a folder, it wont show content in it's subfolders)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scrolling capture?

« Last post by tomos on October 01, 2014, 01:39 PM »

Right click on the SC tray icon and select the item "Grab Windows Object or scrolling window" or hit default hotkey of Ctrl+Shift+PrtScr and then select the area to capture and follow instructions.

-mouser (September 30, 2014, 02:57 PM)

The scrolling capture works but it is pretty complicated and not automated.  In the Hypersnap program it is a simple Ctrl+Shift+S command with the cursor positioned in the window.  It is limited to vertical scroll.  If you want to terminate the capture, just use the Esc key.

-jojo99 (October 01, 2014, 12:51 PM)

Pros and cons.


From what I've read, if you want to do captures in browser, you're better off using a browser add-on (than any screen capture app), or, in FF at least, there's an inbuilt way of doing it (there is a thread here somewhere ... see this dc post, and following posts).

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by tomos on October 01, 2014, 12:27 PM »

This is hilarious...

http://www.infoworld...s-to-windows-10.html

-wraith808 (October 01, 2014, 11:21 AM)

haha very good

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Changing the path to save screenshots

« Last post by tomos on October 01, 2014, 10:52 AM »

^ give up the dots - problem solved

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Windows 8.1 "Show Desktop" to do "Win + M" from "Win + D"

« Last post by tomos on October 01, 2014, 10:50 AM »

^That one looks interesting.

OP does say they want to use the 'Show Desktop' button on the right of the system tray -
are you open to other options summersyed?