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32701
Post New Requests Here / Re: Single Application Instance
« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2006, 11:55 AM »
richard, this is a nice idea that can be reasonably added to a program like our find+run robot and new launch bar program - i will be adding such features in the near future, so that you can tell it that it should bring any currently running instance to the foreground instead of launching a new process.
32702
Older Newsletters / Newsletter for March 3, 2006 - Codename 'Cody Comes Home'
« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2006, 10:17 AM »
Newsletter for March 3, 2006
Codename 'Cody Comes Home'

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


1. February Contests End - Cody Comes Home

2. March Giveaways Begin
  • We're giving away a huge amount of shareware in March, including: Directory Opus, xplorer^2, Mp3 Tag Assistant, TaskPatrol Pro, PS Hot Folders, Clock Tray Skins, Resource Tuner, PageSpy, CaptionTrayPro, DoubleSafety, Web Stream Recorder, Dr. Explain, and more (yes, for free!) - https://www.donation...eedrawing.php?ref=nl

3. Major New Software Release

4. Just for Fun

5. For the Productivity Mavens and Programmers

6. Digging for Fonts

7. Be Careful Out There!

8. New Software Discoveries

9. New Site Discoveries

10. Site News
  • Our new "best of" section is turning out to be invaluable:  New forum mods JGPaiva and luckman212 have done a great job so far, collecting discussions of the best free antivirus tools, addressbooks and tray tools - https://www.donation...hp?board=78.0?ref=nl

11. New Coding Snacks
  • CPilot coded a cool tool called TaskbarFader: https://www.donation...?topic=2553.0?ref=nl
  • Skrommel has been busy with AutoHotkey as usual, resulting in RandomScreensaver, PlainCopy, PushToTalk and MultiMonMan, and he also updated IdleMute: http://skrommel.donationcoder.com
  • JGPaiva responded to a request by Harrie and coded a useful abbreviation helper utility: https://www.donation...?topic=2598.0?ref=nl
  • Please remember that when you see a little green $ next to someone's name in a forum post, you can make a donation to them directly if you want to thank them for help or for coding something, etc.  By supporting those who help out and contribute to the site, we will make the site a more useful place for everyone, and ensure that it continues to improve.  Remember that your donations are not just rewards for work well done, but think of it as funding continued future work and support.
  • Have an idea for a little utility you'd like implemented? Just request it!

12. Latest Discounts


IMPORTANT! Changes are Coming in March
The end of March will mark our one year anniversary (hooray)!  After that we will no longer be offering Charter Member accounts at our site.  All donors after the one year anniversary will be known simply as Supporting Members.  So if you want to be part of the founding members of DonationCoder.com, with all the benefits that may entail, you don't have much time left to make a donation before the new changes take effect..  And if you're already a member, don't miss this opportunity to tell your friends about our site!  Read More.

   




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32703
Living Room / The DonationCoder.com Funding Club - coming some year in the future
« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2006, 06:14 AM »
I want to mention an idea to you guys that i first discussed with zaine many month ago.

It's not something we could do now - there just aren't enough members here who would be able/willing to contribute to it.

But i wanted to tell you about the idea to prepare you for it, to give you guys and gals some time to warm up to the idea.

I call it the DonationCoder.com Funding Club.

The idea will be to find a group of about 50 people willing to contribute $10 a month and 100 people willing to contribute $5 per month.

This will result in $1000 each month into the fund.

This fund would be given out each month to a few programmers (maybe 4 programmers each getting $250) in order to commission a freeware/donationware program which would be released onto the site and made available to the public.

It's a very simple collective action project, that would have amazing results and benefits for all.

The Funding Club could agree on the kinds of programs they want to sponsor, and we might want to occassionally sponsor longer term projects (like $1000 for one project spread out over 4 months).

So like I said, we're not yet big enough to be able to find 150 people willing to make such a commitment, but i'm hoping in a year or two we will be able to.  So mark your calendars and start saving your money :)

Comments welcome.
32704
DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: optionalreaction software (PADs)
« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2006, 03:41 AM »
welcome to the site keith; we don't list software here we just discuss it.
but we very much like to support donationware/freeware.

all of keith's software is donationware and he has some interesting stuff (http://optionalreaction.com/software/)

smokers might want to try the antismoke program especially.

(anyone every used any smoking quitting software before?)
32705
Developer's Corner / fascinating game ideas - an rpg based on healing
« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2006, 12:35 AM »
interesting thoughts on game design - i'd like to read more out-of-the-box game design ideas..

http://www.raphkoste...02/the-healing-game/
http://www.cesspit.net/drupal/node/1202


[link from del.icio.us]
32706
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Program to change a horizontal line color
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 10:34 PM »
it also sounds like not a coding snack but a feature that would be useful in a visual html editor - della is doing a review of html editors for dc, maybe she can keep her eye open for such features.
32707
Finished Programs / Re: DONE: an "importer" for abbreviations into AHK
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 08:35 PM »
this might be a good chance to remind people that when you see a little green $ next to someone's name (like the one next to jgpaiva's name) you can make a donation to them if you want to thank them for help or for coding something, etc.

by supporting those who help out and contribute to the site, we will make the site a more useful place for everyone, and ensure that it continues to improve.  remember that your donations are not just rewards for work well done, but think of it as funding continued furture work and support.
32708
Find And Run Robot / Re: A few problems and a suggestion
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 08:31 PM »
ive been working like mad on launchbar commander recently, so let me catch my breath and do a quick minor update for farr this weekend and see where i am with version 2.
32709
General Software Discussion / Re: What's your favorite launch bar? Your favorite features? Missing Features?
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 08:26 PM »
if you're talking about slickrun you should defnitely check out our own Find+Run Robot: https://www.donation...r/findrun/index.html

and discuss it here: https://www.donation...index.php?board=12.0
32710
Living Room / Re: New Gmail vulnerability
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 08:23 PM »
they probably fixed it by now, it's making the rounds on all the announcement sites.
32711
Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Tutorials Now Available for Signing Up, Donating, Entering License Key
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 07:27 PM »
yep, made with bb flashback.
ps. see our review of screencasting tools here: https://www.donation...enCasting/index.html
32712
Best Website Change Monitoring Tool / Re: Website Change Monitoring Review/Award - WebsiteWatcher
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 06:14 PM »
let me say that i completely agree that too many options can hurt - they make it harder to find the options you really need and care about.

i think in the future we will probably eventually move to a standardized options control interface, and perhaps with some way of switching betten a simple main view and full view, etc.
32713
Best Website Change Monitoring Tool / Re: Website Change Monitoring Review/Award - WebsiteWatcher
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 05:26 PM »
getting back on topic - i think we should update the website change review, some new programs have come to light since the review.  if anyone wants to write their impressions of the new programs it might be a nice start.
32714
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Program to change a horizontal line color
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 05:10 PM »
i think what he wants is to be able to edit a web page file of his own, and easily change horizontal rule (HR) line colors.
32715
Best Website Change Monitoring Tool / Re: Website Change Monitoring Review/Award - WebsiteWatcher
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 05:09 PM »
i agree with both comments about dir opus and wsw options - they are overwhelming.  not sure if that can be fixed though.
the main thing is that in both cases you can just ignore them and use the programs without worrying about them.
32716
Living Room / Re: When you are feeling down
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 03:55 PM »
hahahhah, love it!
32717
What's the Best? / Re: Anti-Virus Package
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:54 AM »
hahaha coool.
32718
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Program to change a horizontal line color
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:51 AM »
im not sure i understand this request.
32719
General Software Discussion / spleak.com - virtual friend addon for msn messenger
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:49 AM »
Spleak will be the best virtual friend you ever had! You can talk to her all day long in MSN Messenger. She plays games. She makes jokes. She can give you all kinds of information, from weather and news to spell checks and definitions. She will find you new friends from all over the world.

http://www.spleak.com

ps. nicely designed website

[linked from http://www.vortexmind.net/]
32720
Living Room / New Gmail vulnerability
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:31 AM »
http://www.neowin.ne...ct=view&id=32435

"javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message" meaning that hackers could grab email addresses or possibly steal cookies and compromise Google accounts. It's surprising that this vulnerability existed and who knows how long this has been a hole.

apparently the hole was first discovered/reported by a 14yr old on his blog :)
32721
Living Room / Chocolate Milk: The New Sports Drink?
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:28 AM »
http://www.cbsnews.c...md/main1342839.shtml

"[Milk] is a sports drink ‘plus.’ It will supply you with things you need whether or not you’re working out."
A new study shows that plain old chocolate milk may be as good -- or better -- than sports drinks like Gatorade at helping athletes recover from strenuous exercise.. published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.


linked from monkeyfilter.com
32722
Living Room / Re: What's up with all the scams on ebay?
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:26 AM »
you can click any listing to show other listings by same person;
so if you have doubt, just do that and it will give you a pretty good clue (ie they are selling 100 of them).
32723
Living Room / Re: What's up with all the scams on ebay?
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:18 AM »
yes, shipping scams are proliferating there.

if you follow my golden rule for ebay you will have a good experience:  do not buy from companies on ebay.

if you see an item, the frist thing to figure out is, is it being sold by a real person selling a few things, or someone running a business on ebay or using ebay as a portal for their business.  if you restrict yourself to stuff sold by real people not businesses you will do fine.
32724
Developer's Corner / Behind the Code video interviews
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 11:14 AM »
Is this the first episode of many?


http://channel9.msdn...hows/Behind_The_Code


This episode features industry luminary, Anders Hejlsberg. Before coming to Microsoft in 1996 he was well noted for his work as the principal engineer of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of the Delphi product line. At Microsoft he was architect for the Visual J++ development system and the Windows Foundation Classes (WFC). Promoted to Distinguished Engineer in 2000, Anders is the chief designer of the C# programming language and a key participant in the development of Microsoft’s .NET framework. In this show, Anders is joined by a surprise guest. 

This episode of “Behind the Code” is hosted by Barbara Fox – former senior security architect of cryptography and digital rights management for Microsoft.


[linked from http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/]
32725
Developer's Corner / codenewbie.com - looks like a fun community for new learners
« Last post by mouser on March 02, 2006, 10:58 AM »
a nice site for people of all skill levels learning how to program:

http://codenewbie.com/

has articles on diferent languages, a forum, and an irc chat channel.


[link from digg.com]
http://cpp.codenewbi...Of_Three-Page_1.html
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