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Living Room / Ramesh's Windows XP Troubleshooting site

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 05:28 AM »

jeffk found this site in another thread, it's really nice and has some good freeware programs too:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/index.html

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BrowserTraySwitch / Re: Features being considered..

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 05:24 AM »

hey jeff, that's a great find.
let me add that one to the help file of browsertrayswitch.

do you have any suggestions from using them of how to improve browsertrayswitch or do theey solve all your needs.

ps. im posting a link to that site which seems super useful, in the living room.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Worst. Interface. Ever.

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 02:06 AM »

hahaha.
i agree quicktime sucks.
in fact count me among the apple haters.

i think the whole debacle with apple mice shows exactly what the company focuses on - appearance over function.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Worst. Interface. Ever.

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 12:31 AM »

its hard to remember them because i usually run (not walk) to the uninstall control panel
but i do have to say i have a personal hatred for photoshop interface, even though i know its not the worst i've seen by far.

im not a fan of skinned stuff like winamp - i find it very painful to use.

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Drag&Drop Robot / v1.09.02 released

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 12:26 AM »

Version 1.09.02
bugfix: there was a problem launching batch files (thanks again bill gates for the insane quoting rules for createprocess).
added browse for file button
replacing command file with browse button or drag and drop now preserves arguments
save as directory now defaults to config file directory
if file parameter does not exist as a file, it is now used as is (useful for non-standard use of file box)
updated help file
added select-all submenu in output as well as ctrl+a key
added better warnings when command not found
added help file instructions on how to run things like perl, python scripts, etc.
bugfix: config file directory was not being set properly on first run

see download on release page (click downloads button on forum navigator bar)

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Drag&Drop Robot / Re: Errors with v1.09.01 when running batch files - The filename, directory name,...

« Last post by mouser on September 03, 2005, 12:25 AM »

fixed, see latest post here.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Apparent bugs - newbie

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 11:51 PM »

having multiple entries in an alias is very useful -
they will show up in the results list when you type the name of the alias and you can choose between them.

note that url launching was not until recently appreciated by me as a real desired use of f&r, that's why support for it is not perfect.  but new releases will fix this, and we'll get it working perfectly.  support for searching firefox bookmarks is also coming.

the help file needs a little updating, but group aliases are in their under config -> aliases.

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:29 PM »

as far as using email,
i understand that the lastest version beta 1.1 of smf (which we don't use here - we are using the standard 1.0.x series here), has good support for being notified by email about replied to threads.
and there is a mod that lets people post by email.

however, i don't know any forum that's really set up well for making the forum work perfectly both as a forum and as an email mailing list, which is kind of a shame since that would be a cool feature.  maybe there is some forum that will do this but i don't know of any.

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:26 PM »

congrats carol!

its very easy to make only certain sections available to certain people.
you just set up some member groups,
then you put people in different groups,
and you can say for each section of the forum which groups are allowed to access which sections.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: Display mouse clicks and key presses

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:22 PM »

nice catch bmm; skrommel you might want to add a comment about that in your ahk.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 05:09 PM »

this is fun, let's keep it going.

and don't forget to add a quote to your yearbook image here:
https://www.donation....php?action=yearbook

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Living Room / Re: Mark thread as unread - Side map - checkbox right hand side

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 04:58 PM »

bookmarked threads would be kind of nice idea.

there is a "mark as unread" button already

what checkboxes are you talking about?

by the way, there is a forum for the software that runs this board, Simple Machines Forum (SMF):
http://www.simplemac.../community/index.php

and list of mods available (if you see one you want here, let me know):
http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php

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Living Room / Re: Congratulations on your mention in the Lockergnome's newsletter

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 12:23 PM »

thanks cliff 
lockergnome is a great place that has been around a long time. (Lockergnome's Window's Fanatic newsletter: http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/)

it's nice to see The Form Letter Machine get some attention sinch it's such a strange application that can't be of much use to most people.

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The Form Letter Machine / TheBat plugin for The Form Letter Machine

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 12:21 PM »

jibz wrote an addon for thebat that can, among other things integrate The Form Letter Machine with TheBat to make them work really well together.  It needs a little documentation before we make it available, but if there is some interest in this i can try to get it done.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Active FTP vs. Passive FTP

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 12:17 PM »

great link!

it's wonderful that this section is getting some attention

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: New License Key Page now online !

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 11:09 AM »

yes, i will be doing exactly this.  and also as discussed in another thread, you will be able to copy the key to windows\system and it will never need to be entered for any other programs.  just need to finish updating some of our other programs before i get to that

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:18 AM »

do i get enough air - no, not at all

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Apparent bugs - newbie

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:17 AM »

jdmarch, you may have downloaded a key before you were upgraded to charter member status, the freeware keys need to be renewed every 180 days.  go back to https://www.donationcoder.com/Keys and grab your universal non-expiring key and replace that from about box.

i will check the alias matching you cite - as you say both should show, although aliases are usually used by typing the full alias.

i will fix url listing, i think youve found some bugs in it.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request v2 - time to get started

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 07:40 AM »

thanks for reminding me  - i keep meaning to add these - i'll add them for next version (ins, del, enter).

i have to admit, don't laugh, i never use shortcuts/hotkeys in programs

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General Software Discussion / Re: HMonitor ... a warning ...

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 07:39 AM »

heard back from hmonitor author - said he would not change his mind.
all i can say is i wouldn't buy from such a company.

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General Software Discussion / Re: HMonitor ... a warning ...

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 06:34 AM »

i've emailed hmonitor, just to give them a heads up and friendly note from a developer's standpoint.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Coming soon.. Arrows, callouts, textboxes

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 06:31 AM »

teaser picture of the new screenshot captor:

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Coming soon.. Arrows, callouts, textboxes

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 06:20 AM »

the new screenshot captor already supports a little clipart browser, and will use any packs you copy into its clipart directory, so this is indeed very easy to do..

users can always just download the entire open clipart pack, or use their own non-opensource clipart.. i just want to provide a basic set to start people off.  rotation is supported (though unfortunately only 90 degree intervals).

i expect to have the new version of screenshot captor up on monday - all the new features are implemented but there are quite a few rough spots that need to be smoothed over.

i also still need to find some picture frames.

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Living Room / Re: calling all bored cat lovers

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 04:48 AM »

hahahaahahahahahahaa

here's my contribution.. my cat wasn't too happy playing rudolf for christmas:

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General Review Discussion / Re: Vote for what Review to do Next

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 04:04 AM »

i quit jot+ and was not able to migrate my notes but just thought i would start over.. i still use the old jot+ version 2 to read my old notes file when i need it.

believe it or not i have been using a help file making tool to hold my notes - i thought i was being clever as it would enable me to make cool compiled help .chm versions of my notes.  however i overlooked the fact that such a feature is mostly useless for me.

i plan to use Clipboard Help+Spell to keep my notes when i finish the program

ps.
i like working at night.

we have some keynote (freeware) fans on this site, and i also like treepad.