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Developer's Corner / Re: What happens to the code when the programmer dies?
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 06:39 PM »
If you are assassinated by a member of DC, the code will go to microsoft? Oh... Poor us, we wouldn't see it again :(
(well.. i guess we would have deserved it, if we made a plot to harm you ;) )
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Thanks, javajones, i think that's it!
Here's an image:
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Living Room / Re: Overcoming email checking addiction
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 06:29 PM »
I have several addictions when we talk about computers. I do check my mail very often (waay too often), and i refresh the unread posts page about 3 times a minutes, and that's when i'm working. When i'm not, it's much more often :P

On the other hand, i'm a bit with KPR, i tend to be hours at the computer not doing anything. (except when i'm programming for/posting at DC)

What a great idea ... I'll email you about it.
-Carol Haynes (May 20, 2006, 05:51 PM)
;D ;D ;D
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Official Announcements / Re: Contest - Make a new Banner for Website
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 06:23 PM »
Congratulations, qrade! I like your submission very much, i like simple, beautiful stuff ;)
I only think that the forum banner doesn't have the right dimensions, as in the test page, there's a gap at the top of the banner.
Good work!  :Thmbsup:

Oh, and  welcome! :eusa_dance:
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Ok, i've just remembered yet another fantastic old game. But i can't remember the name, please help me out here.
It's a motorcycle game, with a bit of violence, where you could kick or punch the guy that you were passing by. I also played this one a lot, but i just can't remember it's name!
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"4d sports driving
THIS IS A GREAT GAME!
I remember very well playing it! Ok, now I want to play it again, e need to get dosbox ;)
Fantastic find, JavaJones! Thanks!

Oh, and thanks for the link to the remake, mouser! I'll try it ASAP! :D
This thread really is a great way to remember those gone games ;)

As always, DC at it's best level ;)
 :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:
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Dr.Windows / Re: found related program: Desktop Fun
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 09:11 AM »
EhEh.. Very funny! I like the waves effect!
Fun find!  :Thmbsup:
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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Development Cleaning Suite Submission
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 09:07 AM »
@mjfreelancing: thank you so much for submiting yet another entry to this contest!
This sure is a very interesting program, i think i'll have a look into it, as i tend to keep my computer a complete mess, with a loads of temp files and such! ;)
 :up: :up:
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I've just read the e-mailed version. It's even better than the posted one, it's very well written!
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is not beta software - blog entry
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 07:59 AM »
Definitelly a very interesting blog entry. Sure is a good text to keep in mind when thinking about releasing a beta version of an app.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Launch4j - Cross-platform Java executable wrapper
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 07:55 AM »
This sure looks nice, and i like the option of making an installer with jre embebbed!
Now, i just need to acquire decent java skills ;)
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Find And Run Robot / Re: farr v2 planning - use cases and action idea
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 20, 2006, 07:49 AM »
farr v2 is back in discussion!  :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance:
Let's see...

I think that after so many discussions and thinking about this matter, the modifier might really be the best solution. It's much more flexible, and makes the parsing much easier (and faster ;) ). I'm with Jan-S, thought, it needs to be costumizable, because in different keyboard layouts, some modifiers might not be fit.

As for hotkeys, modifier hotkeys might have one problem: they already exist right now, ctrl, alt and ctrl+alt are already used for different launch methods for farr.

Now for things that i think might need to be further discussed:
  • Is the automatic action detection possible?
  • How would the setting up of the actions be made?
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introducing TaskbarEx, a freeware that combines functions of both: Taskbar Shuffle and Visual Task Tips.
This is the stuff! Just perfec, lanux! Thanks ;)
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So.. Here's the summary of the last 2 weeks of activity. Great newsletter  :Thmbsup:
Is it my impression, or are they getting bigger and bigger? :D
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Living Room / Re: Invader360: Beautifully Stark Retro Space Game
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 19, 2006, 05:54 AM »
A bit weird, but sure is a fun game!
Here's my record:
Screenshot-06_05_19,11_53_03_thumb.png
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Find And Run Robot / farr v2 planning - use cases and action idea
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 19, 2006, 05:46 AM »
@jukla:
I'm not much for hotkeys, let me explain you why:
hotkeys are counter-intuitive, someone that uses the program for the first time, doesn't know them.
hotkeys aren't dynamic, you have to set them up
hotkeys are limited, which means that you'd only have a bunch of actions
lots of people have several hotkeys set in their system, that might conflict.

The rest could be handled via context menu.
That's the thing here, right now, we can play mp3 files through the contex menu, what we'd like would be to be able to not use it, just have that action predefined.

I just came up with this idea: (which has been already proposed in a similar way)
as farr will have indexing, at the time of creation of this index, when evaluating each of the files, it could see what the right-click context menu allows to do with that file (this is the hard part, i think), and generate a bunch of actions, each of them with a every file that can have that action.
then, we'd only type the action (and the blank list would include files and alias), and when it had a match, we press [enter]/#/whatever, and then, search for the file we want to apply that action to.

The limitation of the above is that we can only have actions applied to single files, but it'd have the good thing that, just as it is now, farr wouln't need any configuration to have it's full functionality.

To complete this system, there could be a way to set alias that would take more than one file, and would know what to do with them (example: move "from" "to").
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DonationCoder Projects / Re: DC Homebrew Mini-CMS Discussion
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 18, 2006, 07:49 PM »
i am not opposed to imposing some rather strict formatting requirements on articles/reviews/software page that goes beyond what we currently impose, but the basics are the same - users are going to want to be able to create pages with lots of pictures, and custom sidebars.
I'm still trying to understand some stuff on this thread, ut i think ithis is an important point.
I think that the rules for formating articles/reviews/etc ;) should be *very* strict. On one hand, this makes creativity be limited, but on the other hand, it makes the site look all the same, which is great for newcomers, because when they see the structure of one page, the rest are all alike, and also because this way, the user can make beautiful stuff without much work, because as there aren't many options, we can make all the options look good. Another important point is that, without much options, and a stricter format (maybe something using templates, a bit like the webfind template.

Just my $0.02 ;)
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fSekrit / Re: test test
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 18, 2006, 01:49 PM »
single quote
Don't dare to click here!
Congratulations, you've found an easter egg!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: abbreviations importer
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 18, 2006, 07:15 AM »
That feature would be completely awesome!
Very sorry, i'd forgotten about this, i've been burried in work.
I've updated it now! :D

@jgpaiva: please, do you have a Web site / permanent DC link for your software that you can put in your profile, so we can know where to download the latest and greatest?
I'm sorry, right now, i'm out of time to make a "real" page. So, mouser made a section for me, with a post that has all my scripts and updates: https://www.donation...index.php?topic=3461
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Living Room / Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 18, 2006, 04:10 AM »
This one actually happened to me:
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If you notice carefully, opera displays a negative transfeer rate ;)
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I just discovered what DC is: "atentionware". We request a bit of atention, in exchange for great programs! :D
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Living Room / Re: Thread for time-wasting flash games.
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 17, 2006, 08:18 PM »
Nice.. AirBall is fun, but a bit too easy.. Screenshot-06_05_18,02_13_33_thumb.png

Here's a similar game on albinoblacksheep.com (i don't know how i forgot to mention this site, it has some of the best flash games there are!)

Screenshot-06_05_18,02_15_16_thumb.png
Check this one out, it has great sound effects, a chinise guy, who get more nervous as you make more moves! :D
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Except abandonware ;)
-Carol Haynes (May 17, 2006, 12:25 PM)
Good point, Carol! And i hope we never will be ;)

"goodpersonware"  ;D "helpware"  ;D
How about "GoodDeedWare"? :D
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EhEh.. nice one!

There'd go the sodoku's geniality down the drain!  ;D
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Living Room / Re: Greetins from Thunder7
« Last post by jgpaiva on May 16, 2006, 06:47 PM »
Hi thunder7!

I've seen your post at the google groups. Fantastic to know you are now a member!

[edit]Just went through some of the links you posted, and http://www.winguides.../tweak/tweaklist.php looks very interesting!  :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: [/edit]
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