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Living Room / interesting article on "Software Pricing"

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 07:58 PM »

from slashdot.org, link to an interesting article on "Software Pricing":

http://www.onlamp.co...oftware_pricing.html

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Living Room / Re: IRC DAY 7/29 and 7/30

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 01:55 PM »

one main thing to remember about irc is to learn to appreciate idleing.
sometimes one just connects to a channel, says hello and idles.
ie you just hang out in the background not talking, just listening.  it's one of the nice things about irc.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Clipboard access error

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 07:26 AM »

it could be a problem with the database not having enough time to initialize and syncrhonize with the display on startup, OR
actually, i wonder if it isn't a matter of the starting directory being set wrong.

don't waste too much time investigating, i have another major release of CHS coming soon with lots of new features and fixes so no point wasting too much time on this version, it's more like a teaser and so people can make suggestions.

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Official Announcements / Re: A way you can help DonationCoder.com

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 04:25 AM »

another request:

we manage to get pretty serious discounts for programs because we don't take commissions.
often our discounts are better than you'd find anywhere else.

but not enough people know about them to take advantage of them, which is a real shame.

if you're a member of a forum where it would be appropriate, please do let others know about our discounts (but only where it wouldn't be considered spamming please).

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Living Room / 1" x 1" micro mp3 playing cube

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 02:21 AM »

http://www.walmart.c...p?product_id=3756866

from http://www.anandtech.com
looks like a clock radio until you look down at the pictures and see that the thing is like 1 inch by 1 inch in size.
damn that thing is cute. 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Some planned ui changes

« Last post by mouser on July 23, 2005, 02:03 AM »

moving options to separate dialog just for options, separating into several tab pages for better organization
adding menubar to main window with traditional commands.

adding full hierchical groups which clips can be placed in.

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Living Room / IRC DAY 7/29 and 7/30

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 09:59 PM »

We have had a DonationCoder.com irc channel for quite a while now  (#donationcoder on efnet).

[irc is like an instant messenger client but made for rooms of lots of people, and its got a long fun history].

But the channel is almost always empty.  That's ok but I thought we should at least make an effort to help people who want to try visiting the channel.

So, i'd like to suggest that next friday and saturday (July 29+30), will be DonationCoder.com irc day.
Anyone curious about irc or chatting in a channel with other people, please mark your calendars .

Follow ups to this thread over the next couple of days will include instructions and guidelines for installing an irc client and connecting to our channel.

So stay tuned for more help to follow, and join us in the channel any time!

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Living Room / Re: windows update alternative

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 08:32 PM »

this is fine place for it.

i tried updating to sp2 and it broken my microsoft visual studio installation.
i should say i'm not at all surprised that the MICROSOFT update was most incompatible with a MICROSOFT application, as that seems to be their normal modus operandi.

so i rolled back the sp2 update and just choose custom updates from the normal windows update site, and it lets me install the fixes without moving to sp2.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Clipboard access error

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 07:47 PM »

yep, i got one of those too the other day.
it's tricky to get the database access stuff right for a non-database-centric person like myself. thanks for the report.

i have to update f&r with custom hotkey and do some other stuff this weekend but i'll be back into CHS in a couple of days.

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General Review Discussion / Re: Any volunteers for Next Review (7/25 - 8/1) ?

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 07:33 PM »

I've tried to convince scott to do open/save dialog enhancers for this monday+next.

scott, what do you say?  doesn't have to be a huge review, and i think you know the area as well as anyone..

by the way.. did i mention that reviewer will receive a free copy of Camtasia3 or BB Flashback Pro?

And i'm available as always to help to whatever extent is nesc.

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: rapidshare.de download bot

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 07:21 PM »

this is actually a nice idea.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AdMuncher 20% discount code (advertisement blocker)

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 07:05 PM »

thanks for stopping by josh - it's always nice to have a company representative take the time to personally come by and say hello.  definitely gives one a good feeling that the company cares about its users, which is very important to the members of this site.  again, glad you stopped by, and thanks for the discount.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Clipboard access error

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 06:05 PM »

i've gotten this clipboard access error a couple of times.. still trying to track it down.
if anyone sees any logic to when it pops up, let me know.

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General Software Discussion / For dictionary lovers

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 06:01 PM »

I love collecting dictionary programs.
here's a nice freeware one i hadn't seen before, on a page with a few other interesting linguistic tools:

The Sage:

http://www.sequencep...ing.com/thesage.html

The Dictionary comprises:
More than 145,000 references with multiple detailed definitions (over 200,000).
A large collection of examples of usage (approx. 35,000).
Encyclopedic information (geographical, historical, political,...).
Academic knowledge (medicine, biology,... ).
The Thesaurus encompasses:

Synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms,...
Nearly 1,200,000 relationships between definitions.
The essential functionality includes the following:

Tabbed interface allowing multiple definitions and searches to be readily available.
Quick cross-referencing (any and all displayed words are clickable, triggering a lookup).
Standard and advanced wildcard search functionality.
Anagram search.
History and session record keeping.
Options that allow customization of the appearance of TheSage.
Copy to clipboard of all or part of the information displayed.

edit: forgot to mention, found via the great snapfiles.com

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Living Room / Re: power up your brain

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 04:44 PM »

hahahaha - hilarious.

this is what good humor is all about - subtle and in its own world.

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Living Room / Re: zaine's blog rocks

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 03:55 PM »

comments are back on at zaine's blog

btw is zaine's blog the only blog that combines software commentary mixed with politically incorrect posts about naked women that exist on the planet earth?  i challenge you to find another.

ps.
zaine i read a while back in your blog that you were planning some changes on your great software list page.. have you put these in place yet? or is that plan still operative?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AdMuncher 20% discount code (advertisement blocker)

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 03:14 PM »

just heard back - it expires September 1st.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 22, 2005, 06:11 AM »

sounds like we are on the same page.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AdMuncher 20% discount code (advertisement blocker)

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 10:37 PM »

btw - although i do not use an ad blocker currently, this one might be worth checking out; reviews at file forum seem numerous and mostly laudatory:
http://fileforum.bet...Muncher/1031644604/1

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 09:31 PM »

export is definitely needed.
export to plain text file(s) of course.
export/import to keynote/treepad would be nice.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 08:54 PM »

i saw your post after mine, and i see we both saw the connection with note tool.
this definitely needs some thought.. i agree that getting pulled in all directions is tricky, and it would be nice to figure out a "focus" for the program to help keep it from getting out of control.

its definitely useful for me to hear about programs like clipomatic that people have strong attachments to, it helps point out what is desired.

my own person view is that i use a clipboard tool as a kind of safety mechanism and history i can search, so for me most fancy stuff is not needed, and more important is fast and easy search.

and again for a notes program, i simply could not live without one, BUT i just use it for storing plaintext, and sometimes i even find it quite annoying that it accepts rich text with formatting.  for me its much more important to have easy way to move notes, and have a simple interface that makes it trivially fast and easy to add new notes.

i think i like your idea here:

One thing that I would really like to see is a program that helped you gather clips (HTML, RTF, text, etc) and allowed you to put them into another program easily.  That's why I mentioned RTF to HTML conversion.  If you could copy HTML, convert to RTF, then paste it into Keynote (another program [and its successor, Keynote 2] I will tirelessly promote!) in three clicks that would be awesome!  As such, CHS would not be so much a storer of notes, but an intermediary that would allow you to format your notes and easily place them into the program of your choice.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 08:48 PM »

what do you think about the idea of extending this tool a tiny bit to make it both clipboard helper and also hierarchical notes tool?

it seems to me that with a hierarchy of customizable "clip groups" the program essentially becomes a hierarchical notes tool with clipboard functionality.  i.e. very little needs to be added to make it at least a quick and dirty hierarchical notes tool.

thoughts?

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 08:24 PM »

kfitting, just to let you know, i have decided to add full support for adding and managing a hierarchy of arbitrary clip groups.
i think i will move to a dockable/customizable user interface, so you could have a view almost identical to the one currently used, or one more like clipmate explorer.  i figure we might as well make it a useful tool for keeping notes and stuff.

i'm still looking for unique suggestions.. isn't there anything we could do that belongs in a clipboard program but that no one has thought of yet?

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Found Deals and Discounts / AdMuncher 20% discount code (advertisement blocker)

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 08:21 PM »

The people from Ad Muncher sent me a 20% off discount code for donationcoder.com people.

To get get discount:

• use this link: http://shamurai.admuncher.com
• and enter a coupon code of DonationCoder0805 at checkout.

NOTE: Unlike most sites, we take NO COMMISSION from any sales using these discount codes, and we accept no payments to list these.  They are provided purely as a service to our members.  If you like our approach, please join DonationCoder.com by making a donation to us.

Ad Muncher description from their site:
Blocks adverts in all browsers.
Blocks unwanted popups in all browsers.
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Speeds up page loading, thanks to the missing adverts and popups.
Blocks many annoying site behaviors.
Filters quickly and reliably, thanks to six years of constant development and feedback from users.
Includes extensive options for those who like to tinker, allowing you to remove anything that annoys you.
Runs on Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003.

You can download a trial version of Ad Muncher at their website (http://www.admuncher.com). 
Normal price (without any discount): $25

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Features?

« Last post by mouser on July 21, 2005, 04:56 PM »

scroll wheel is definitely broken - i noticed that myself.  definitely needs fixing.
i know what's causing the messagebox problem, i will fix, plus i will actually change messagebox to a nice alert box, which will solve both problems at one time.

im going to think hard about different clip groups and how to organize.  i'm not 100% happy with the current way of using a dropdown box to select between favorites and history.  seems to me that is kind of inefficient.

maybe the clipmate style 3 panel window is the way to go.. though i thought i woudl try a less cluttered solution.  clipmate is a little busy for me and my thought was to identify the 50% of features of clipmate that people use 95% of the time, and do those better and easier..