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Best ScreenCaster / Re: Open Source Alternative (CamStudio)

« Last post by mouser on June 24, 2005, 02:53 AM »

yup: http://www.rendersoftware.com/

something is really fishy..
looks like they must have made some deal with macromedia to promote robodemo/captivate and stop providing their software.
but at the same time its on sourceforge.

you can see in the sourceforge downloads mentions of camstudio that used to be available on rendersoftware page.
sounds like macromedia made them an offer they couldn't refuse.

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Best ScreenCaster / Open Source Alternative (CamStudio)

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 08:09 PM »

http://sourceforge.n.../projects/camstudio/

haven't tried it myself yet..

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General Software Discussion / control startup program times

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 02:24 PM »

someone asked a while ago about being able to control startup times of apps.
just saw this via (http://startupguru.l...beach.com/sug_ss.asp):

http://startupguru.l...beach.com/sug_ss.asp

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Living Room / http://boingboing.net/

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 02:08 PM »

not usually related to software, but a site i visit every day just for entertainment.
http://boingboing.net/

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Living Room / FreeCycle - a cool idea

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 04:32 AM »

http://www.freecycle.org/

"The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns."

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Living Room / Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 04:30 AM »

nice list of utils with short descriptions
http://www.hanselman...erUsersToolList.aspx

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General Software Discussion / Free paint program for kids

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 04:29 AM »

Tux Paint
http://www.newbreeds...ftware.com/tuxpaint/

maybe not as good as Kid Pix (http://www.riverdeep...s/kid_pix/kpd4.jhtml)
but you can't beat the price

anyone interested in us doing a review on kid's painting programs?

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Living Room / This "keyboard" looks so cool for customization freaks

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 04:27 AM »

http://www.ergodex.com/mainpage.htm

$150

if anyone buys it, do a review for us!

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: workgroup/ip-changer

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 04:24 AM »

it would be great, and there are a couple utils that do this nicely.

netswitcher is the one i used to use when i took my laptop back and forth between home and work.
http://www.netswitcher.com/

there are others now too though.

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Living Room / Re: Discount for BB FlashBack Screencasting Tool now available - and commentary

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 03:26 AM »

great to see you back zaine

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request Thread

« Last post by mouser on June 23, 2005, 12:23 AM »

just to keep everyone updated - i haven't started work on the new features of f&r - i'm still working on cheat sheeter, and i'm cogitating on all these ideas in preparation for a round of serious work on f&r.

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Best Weather Monitor Tool / help reqeusted from non-US members

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 09:48 PM »

i've listed on the weather tray review page the tools that support international weather-
i'd really appreciate some feedback on how well these tools support your countries.. do they have a good range of cities, do some report more information than others, etc?

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Image Manager Shootout / Re: Future Review (not this week): Graphics Viewers

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 07:39 PM »

those are some nice features..

btw this isnt really going to help you but, screenshot captor lets you add as many text comments to a file as you want, and can embed the comment text in most formats of files (jpg,tiff,png,gif). since its autosaves and is easy to quickly move through a directory of files it might come in handy for bulk comment adding.

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Living Room / What Programs Run In Your System Tray?

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 07:35 PM »

i'll start off.. i tend to fill my tray up these days..

Thebat - email client always left running.
Find&run robot - donationcoder.com software (launching apps by name)
Browsertrayswitch - donationcoder.com software (lets me keep default browser blocked when not needed)
Screenshot Captor - donationcoder.com software (taking screenshots)
Process Tamer - donationcoder.com software (tweaks process priorities)
UltraMon - for simulating multimon taskbars
Clipmate - clipboard history tool (overkill for me but haven't found one that works better)
WeatherWatcher/WeatherPulse - reports temperature (havent decided which to keep)
CallSoftPro - computer answer machine i've been evaluating
Agnitum Outpost - firewall
Nod32 - antivirus
NetTransport - records some daily radio shows for me
LogMonitor - auto timestamps and moves the radio show files
PGP Tools - encryption (don't use very much but reassuring to have)
Motherboard Monitor - tells me temperature of my cpu
Onboard Sound Tool - embaressingly i am using motherboard sound functions
VirtuaWin - virtual desktop
Filebox Extender - open/save dialog enhancer
Macro Express - macro tool
Remote Admin - remote desktop control app (for when im out of the house and need to control my computer)

[EDIT: Forgot to add:
TClockEx - freeware system tray clock replacement (has day, date calendar)
]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mouser's Systray Goodies

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 07:25 PM »

Let's have a system tray thread in living room since it's a bit different thatn the original and its time for another - ill start it.

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Best Weather Monitor Tool / Re: bad links

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

ah thanks, i didn't realize that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for Mindmapping etc

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 06:51 PM »

vrgirl was telling me how much she loves inspiration
(http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm)

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Living Room / Re: Discount for BB FlashBack Screencasting Tool now available - and commentary

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

cheat sheeter is ready to start making cheat sheets, BUT
it really needs a good css stylesheet and set of tags before anyone should start writing stuff seriously.

i will post a longer post to the cheat sheeter section about this issue and try to get it really finished in next week or so and then i will make a big push to ask for some help on the forum making some cheat sheets.  maybe we can start with cheat sheets for all the apps that have won awards on the site.

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Image Manager Shootout / Re: Future Review (not this week): Graphics Viewers

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 08:47 AM »

well..
i have a lot of pictures, but i spend 99% of my time using a quick image viewer (freeware irfanview), rather than inside one of the image browsing apps like acdsee.

now i know that acdsee has an image viewer, but im more interested in having a really super fast and convenient image viewer that shows images when i double click them from windows explorer.  so i am not so much interested in all those nice datatbase thumbnail browsing features (at least not for my main choice of image viewer), and i'm more interested in a clean fast tiny viewer with some crop, enhance, and save as functionality.

not that im not interested in having a good image browser/cataloguer, im just saying that for me i view these as two very different kinds of tasks.  ultimately it will all be up to nudone whether these should be different reviews, different categories, or all the same thing.  i'm just saying i definitely see two distinct kinds of uses.

now maybe the best cataloguer/browser also includes the best small image viewer, but that wasn't my impression last time i checked.

i love the speed and convenience and featureset of irfan view when just quickly viewing pictures.

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Image Manager Shootout / Re: Future Review (not this week): Graphics Viewers

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 07:07 AM »

i agree with scott.
i think what you really mean is,
does the program focus on being able to work with large catalogs of pictures (which necesitates a database),
or is it really just an image viewer with possibly some minor functions for browsing directories of images.

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Living Room / Re: Discount for BB FlashBack Screencasting Tool now available - and commentary

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 06:56 AM »

just got word from blueberry that they have also decided to donate 5 free copies of bb flashback for us to give out as prizes.. really wonderful.

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Best ScreenCaster / blueberry consultants just donated 5 free copies of bb flashback

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 06:52 AM »

wow.. just fantastic.

blueberry has donated 5 free copies of bb flashback for us to award to members.

i think we will again be giving these over time primarily to guest reviewers.

thanks again to blueberry.

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Living Room / Re: Discount for BB FlashBack Screencasting Tool now available - and commentary

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 04:27 AM »

i had another idea..

i was thinking if we had enough submissions we might host some screencasting movies of freeware programs or how-to demonstrations that people here might make using one of these tools.

it might be a nice gift to a freeware author of some program you like to make a movie showing how to use it.. we could host it here or if they prefer you could just mail it to them for them to host.

and we'd be happy to host any how-to movies for free or commercial programs, or other processes that people might want to make to show people how to do certain things (like change wallpaper, etc.).

ooh!! just got another fantastic idea.. screencasting movies for the new Cheat Sheeter program!!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bug report: Screenshot Captor stops Windows logoff

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 04:14 AM »

wake up orange!!!
please give me a report on whether this fixes problem.

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Living Room / Discount for BB FlashBack Screencasting Tool now available - and commentary

« Last post by mouser on June 22, 2005, 03:56 AM »

I've posted the 50% discount codes for BB FlashBack and BB FlashBack Express screencasting tools in the members only section of the forum.

I just wanted to take a moment to mention it in this general section of the forum because I think it's important for us as a community to make a show of recognition and support for companies that take the time to work with our site..

it's been an interesting experience in contacting companies about discounts and reviews on our site.  companies seem to fall into two very distinct groups. half of them seem to have no interest in talking, about their program, about discounts, about the review.  the other half seem genuinely interested in the review, in talking about how to improve their program, and in maintaining an interaction with their customer base (whether directly or indirectly). as you would expect, it's often the bigger companies that can brush off such inquiries but this is certainly not always the case.

in talking with people here on this forum i think there is general agreement that part of the decision about buying a program should be based on the nature of the company, whether they care about their program, whether they are committed to fixing problems, etc. it's been a real pleasure talking with blueberry consultants about bb flashback, and their plans for it.. it's always nice to find a company that really cares about producing the best product possible, and cares about listening to its users.

I was thrilled that we were able to get discounts on both the high end and low end programs from blueberry consultants because it means a fantastic deal for both people who know they are serious about screencasting, and those that just want to dabble in it.

If you read the review you'll see that we really liked BB FlashBack Express a lot, and this discount makes the program $20, which is an incredibly amazing bargain - i highly recommend you take advantage of this even if you're not sure you really need to the program, just in case.  Let's show blueberry that offering discounts through us is a good way to reach people that might not otherwise be customers.