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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.

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

« Last post by mouser on September 02, 2005, 03:35 AM »

ehehehe.

on monday we will have a giant review of archive management tools.
then maybe a small review of open/save dialog box extenders,
then we will try to do note taking apps.

it is a huge category - but i think for good reason - it is an extremely useful tool to have, far too few people realize how useful.
i haven't given too much thought to how to break it down, but i'm open to suggestions.

i myself was a happy user of jot+, for its simple no-nonsense interface, but i bolted when they wanted to charge me to upgrade.

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

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

i agree with you nudone, i suspect this will become common eventually.

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The Form Letter Machine / Re: gets a mention at Lockergnome.com

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

cool   thanks for catching that..

can't wait to get some good suggestions for features to add.

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Unfinished Requests / Re: Skrommel's New Web Page: Skrommel Software! - READ IN PLEASE

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 10:00 PM »

i noticed it too, the files are up but the index.htm is blank; hopefully skrommel has a backup to upload when he notices.

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

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:54 PM »

now that is perfect. 

don't forget if you find skrommel's programs useful, consider making a donation to him!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Idea: FlickR Upload...

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:52 PM »

that would be reallly nice.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Display problem with large fonts

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 06:37 PM »

i never seem to quite get this right with my programs.
i will try to test the next release with 120dpi and see if i can improve it.  thanks for the report.

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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 01, 2005, 05:04 PM »

sorry i missed this when it was first posted !

i will fix the problem with .bat files this weekend and upload a new version.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bugs 'n' suggestion

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 12:50 PM »

it could be string length or some other filename issue.

basically screenshot captor saves all its captures to disk, it doeesn't try to keep them in memory.

and currently (i am fixing it now), it does not report an error on file save.

what most certainly was happening with you is it was having an error when it tried to save the file and was not complaining, just discarding the image after the failed file save attempt.

in next version it will complain if it cant save the file, so that should clear that up.

i will also attempt to truncate file names so that file name length isnt an issue.

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

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 12:06 PM »

stefan, you can email or do anonymous ftp login to ftp.donationcoder.com
but check out carol's submission firt.

thanks carol - great starter set - the callouts and arrows look great in the program!

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

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 10:08 AM »

yeah, thats's a good point, especially for such a volatile category.

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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 01, 2005, 10:07 AM »

lot's of country folk here

pic of neighborhood in nyc where i grew up.

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

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 08:33 AM »

nice links rjbull.
there sure are a lot of note taking programs, it's a giant catgory.
but unless there is a giant review that looks at every program and tries to identify the best, there's a need

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request - Find folder names

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:41 AM »

yes, folder search is definitely planned, though we have yet to settle here on the best way for user to tell f&r that folder results are wanted.

i plan to implement modifiers + commands in the upcoming week.

after that i will try to do folders and more search options.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Idea for text tool: expand %placeholders%

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:40 AM »

not to hard to write - main thing as usual is how to let user specify what to do.

i think i have an idea that will work i will try to implement it.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request v2 - custom commands

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:08 AM »

yes, this should be addressed by the "modifiers" feature

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Idea for text tool: expand %placeholders%

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 07:07 AM »

sounds like a good idea to me.

ps. i am almost ready to release test version of program with drawing tools.

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

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 02:23 AM »

i just open xml files in a text editor to browse them..

i'd also like to add some picture frames..
anyone know any public domain transparent-enabled picture frame images?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Rostrum Camera

« Last post by mouser on September 01, 2005, 12:24 AM »

there are a couple of other nice apps that also do this pan and zoom effect (sometimes known as Ken Burns effect for its use in the famous civil war documentary):

http://www.imagemati...Product/benefits.htm

theres also another well known company that released a tool for this but i havent heard much about it in a while and i can't remember the name..

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Living Room / Re: Hi Mouser - here's my review of your software

« Last post by mouser on August 31, 2005, 11:41 PM »

cliff, i think people here would really love your newsletter and newsletter archive - it's exactly the kind of site that we all appreciate:
http://clifnotes.mybesthost.com/

do you think we could move this thread to the living room if you don't mind, and rename it
"Cliff's Notes and The Form Letter Machine"