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Living Room / Re: Rock Paper Scissors 25 - an old game, a very cool twist
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 04:03 PM »
I just remembered: Do you think anyone ever could remember all those precedences?

Here's my favourite:
"Monkey:
  • Flings poop at woman
  • Flings poop at man
"
That's a powerful ability! :D
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Living Room / Re: Rock Paper Scissors 25 - an old game, a very cool twist
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 03:58 PM »
Crazy, interesting and.. weird! ;)
Although i've tried a bunch of times to extend this game, i've never been successfull.
But i've invented one extension too: pickaxe! :D The problem was that it didn't make much sense, as it could destroy both the rock and the scisors. But it had a nice gesture!
Here it is:
Imagem(43).jpg

 ;D ;D

Seriously, things like this tell me there is still hope for this world of ours.
Oh.. Come one.. It's not a rps game that make that.. DC makes us believe there's hope ;)
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Living Room / Re: Jack PC
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 12:32 PM »
I'm still wondering if this idea is crazy, or just pure genious!  ;D ;D
Having a bunch of these aruond the home could be trully revolutionary! With some sort of integration, we could wake up in the morning, and, while still in bed, get out toasters to start heating the bread for the breakfast! :D
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I'm not sure if it can do it, but just take a look at Mark0's BitmapRip (Bitmap Ripper).
I think it might be exactly what you're looking for.
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Living Room / Re: New Hardware Forum Starting Up
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 10:34 AM »
 ;D ;D I noticed that it was the same post, but i didn't notice it was on the same thread of the last one..eheh
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Great to know it's now fixed!

so far the method of dragging the title bar and then pausing with the left mouse button down seems like the nicer idea - could this not be made a little more automatic so once the transparent grid appears all you need to do is keep dragging the title bar onto the 'grid zone' you want to resize into - AND then release the left mouse button, i.e. no right clicking or 3rd button clicking.

i can see that the method i've described might cause a problem if you decide that you don't actually want to resize to a grid zone (if you change your mind or have accidently held the left mouse button down on the stationary title bar for too long) - but maybe it would be good to have a 'right' mouse click act at the 'cancel' operation.
I fully agree with you, and i think this can be done.

can we have the grid a bit more transparent in the next version, please.  :D
The first one was already supposed to be fully transparent, but for some reason, it only worked right in my computer. I have already fixed this, i'll post the fixed version soon.


Just another comment on the 3rd button drag. I think it's not quite clear how it works, but i'll try to explain it a bit better. It's press+hold 3rd button, click rbutton for the grid to appear, and then, drag, and release the 3rd button to adjust to the grid.
For me, this is the best way to use this program, much handier than moving the title bar, i think.
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I've tried it already in 4 different computers, some even without ahk installed, and never could reproduce the problem you had.

Let's try a few stuff: please download the latest version of ahk, and test the script i've attached to this post. (just run it, and follow the message boxes). Then, post if it worked correctly.

BTW, which OS are you running?

The problem you mentioned is exactly what would happen if in the following lines:
SnapWindow:
  send, {LButton up}
was
SnapWindow:
  send, {LButton down}
instead.

I'm finding it a bit odd, but let's try to find out if that's it.
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A: 30
B: 37
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Living Room / Re: Be careful with your personal data...
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 07:26 AM »
2. When selling or disposing of anything that may contain a hard drive, remove and keep the hard drive. Even wiping it is no guarantee that the data can't be recovered. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Yes, that's a very good point, i'd never thought about that!  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Be careful with your personal data...
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 07:04 AM »
Oh well...
If it's true that he did sell the laptop online, i think it's fair he got that "public display". And he should respond in court for selling broken stuff.
If not.. poor guy  :down:
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Living Room / Re: Vista: how to delete a shortcut icon in 7 simple steps!
« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2006, 06:34 AM »
 ;D ;D Incredible! What a safe OS!
(probably, deleting some extremelly important system file would be easier ;) )
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Official Announcements / Re: how to get that free 6 month licence key?
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2006, 07:33 PM »
The keys page has a link on each of the software pages, (https://www.donation.../Software/index.html for example).
Just look for the lock icon, on the left sidebar.

It's not the first time someone can't find that page :(
If you feel like the link should be in another place, please suggest one, as it looks like people are not fond of this one.

Sorry you got lost in the site  :wallbash:
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Damn rover.. You don't sound very happy  :(
Parsing stuff in ahk isn't easy. Command line interaction isn't either.

But you code looks almost complete.
I can't do it right now (i'm too sleepy, it'd take me the whole night), but in the morning, i hope i can read what you've made.

(maybe you could post at the forums of ahk, there's more skilled people there)
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WTF.... I can't reproduce that, in any of the computers i am trying. I'll look into it!
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Ok... I think i've got to a final conclusion about the right interface.
I fixed the drag+right click interface, and it looks like the best one so far (the drag,release,left-click is a bit uncertain, sometimes, it can not do anything).

I also added a gui, that appears 1second and a half (in the next versions, it'll be costumizable), and has information on where the groups are.

The middle-button drag + right-click interface is also enhanced, it looks really good now. (try it, i'm sure you'll love it ;) ).

I also have been testing with overlapping groups, and it works great, and has a fantastic effect.

I've had another idea (which i think is similar to your original idea):
Instead of having only areas, we could make each of the areas have a specific "trigger area", which might (or might not, depending on how the user wants it) be different from the area itself. The big advantage of it would be that the program might actually work only by dragging, and if the mouse was in a trigger zone, the window would be resized to fit the corresponding area.

(now that i think about it... this was exactly your first idea wasn't it? i'm sorry, i think i only understood it now)

GridMove Beta1
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Living Room / Re: Your monthly reminder - BACK UP YOUR HARD DISK
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2006, 04:14 AM »
If you haven't backed up everything of important in the last month - you are way overdue.
This is your reminder that you need to have a backup strategy and policy.

There are lot's of guides about developing a good backup system, find one you like and stick to it.
The one we wrote last year is a bit dated but still useful (https://www.donation...Archive/BackUpGuide/).
;D ;D ;D Good point!
I haven't backed up my disk.. Ever. Am I overdue? :P
I think it's more work to backup the disk, that to set things up in case of a failure. ;)
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Living Room / Re: Structured Procrastination - hahaha
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2006, 04:12 AM »
The best procrastinators can do in 6 hours what it would take a normal person 6 months to do. And it will look as if they took 12 months to do it rather than 6 hours. And they know this. And they work better under pressure...so they put it off and do other things in order to create that pressure on themselves that brings out the best in them.
>:( You just supported even more my reasons not to study!  :(
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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2006, 04:08 AM »
And imagine if schools made students learn by using Paintshop Pro rather than Photoshop? Paintshop Pro can do just about everything Photoshop can. But once you graduate, you will be expected to use Photoshop.
The truth is.. That IS happening (see my post in this thread). I also think it's idiot, and it's a serious matter.
I think that in these cases, if the companies were smart enough, they'd donate some licenced copies to the schools, to earn some market share. (actually, this also happens, my school owns some academic licences of software).

The solution javajones mentioned is related to what i mentioned in my earlier post about the games where you can buy the game in parts.
I think this would be a very good solution for software, if it could be acomplished.
For example, a photoshop in a bunch of packages would be great, since some people don't use a third of the potential of photoshop. Truth is, that if this was in place, paintshop would have no costumers at all, since it'd be better to use a unified interface (photoshop), even if it was worse. (see the example of autocad)

Oh, and don't forget another important issue. Such photoshop product would earn also more users, which means even more user feedback, which i'm sure companies like.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2006, 03:52 AM »
i want to echo the idea that tiered pricing seems to me like it might help these things a lot.
if you could find a more reasonable way of properly classifying home users vs. moderate sized companies, then you might be able to do it on a larger scale.  it would make a lot of sense to say photoshop is $5 for the unemployed, $50 for home users, and $500 for companies.

I like the part about $5 for the unemployed, since i'm unemployed myself.
But... That's impossible to do in reality, it can't be controlled. (who would know i was buying something for my father, who could be very rich, but paying 1/10th of the price?)
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Congratulations, Tekzel!
The game is great!
And having everybody's avatars is fantastic! :D
Did you add all those by hand?

Oh, and the badges look really good! I think i have to try to win one of those! ;)
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Hum.. I can see your idea. But i dislike the delay, as it takes some time. (Can, and i think will, be implemented, though)

Ok.. I have yet another version for you to test. In my opinion, this is the best one so far.

I've realized that when someone uses the midle mouse button, it's only for one click, not for click and drag. So, i made one version that on click with that button, sends a click, and on drag, moves the window.
This might have conflicts with other programs that need to have the dragging with that button, though, so, i can easily make it be configurable (like using mouse-button4 or 5 instead).

GridMove Alfa3 (it's similar to the other one, but has the feature on the mouse middle button)
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if it's not a problem to implement all the features, i.e. the 3rd mouse button + right click to drag from anywhere and the 3rd mouse button solo to drag from window edge then i can't really ask for more.
Nope, no problem at all, that's only 4 more 'if' instructions ;)

the keyboard shortcuts are going to be something that users will expect so it would be nice to allow that for specific grid zones.
Good point, i had forgotten about that. But i also want them ;)


Now.. Just to get your opinion, check this out: GridMove Alfa3
This one, works just like you asked in the first place! (at least, it should ;) )
It's faster, and easier, but i think it's more limited (this was the reason that made me not adopt this system), since it can't have any groups in the middle of the screen, and also a bit more anoying, since if you accidentally drag something out of the borders, you get some incorrect behaviour.
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Yes, it'll be possible to choose whether to snap or not to the grid. Possibly in the next version.
Making the window movable when pressing the middle mouse button, and close to the border is also easy.

As for moving the window like it's right now, it's similar to what you're referring. Notice this: you only have to press the middle mouse button, then click the right button, and drag the window. I find it very useful ;)

Ok.. Now, i'll use it the rest of the day, see if there are any bugs, and if not, tomorrow i should have a more complete version (with settings storing, gui, and such ;) )
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what happens if grid zones overlap?

Here's your answer:
i'm assuming that as it's a script the first 'zone' that is defined would take precedence.
:P

Yes, that's exactly it. This script goes from the first area, to the last, in order, checking if the mouse is inside that area. If it it, it moves the window, and stops.
This means, that if you define the big area as the first one, it will be prioritary.
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Ok... I'm loving this!
I think it's almost ready to evolve to beta ;)

You can now move a window with middle mouse button + right button.
But only the middle mouse button has to remain pressed. Which means you can do the following:
Press middle mouse button, press right button, release right button, drag window, release middle mouse button. (sorry for the lame description, i couldn't find a better one)

Another important issue is that when you move a window this way, after you release it, it gets snapped. I've been playing with it, and it looks soooo neat!

Let's see your opinion: GridMove Alfa2
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