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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Direct Access - text expander and application launcher (and much more)

« Last post by sri on October 11, 2007, 04:51 AM »

... However what's cool is that you can strip these characters from the abbreviation from your custom system to one of the keys integrated into DA.

-justice (October 11, 2007, 04:18 AM)

Say what?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Zsoft Uninstaller

« Last post by sri on October 11, 2007, 04:14 AM »

We can sort the list of available programs by descending order of date so that the most recently installed software appears at the top.  Useful feature.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Direct Access - text expander and application launcher (and much more)

« Last post by sri on October 11, 2007, 03:06 AM »

I read a very handy tip today on the program's blog: Set two dots as suffix for your abbreviation and uncheck Confirmation box. That way when you type the abbreviation and put a couple of dots at the end, it gets triggered. Much easier than pressing a shift or F12 key for example.

Personally, I think a single dot is even better and easier.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tranparency in IE 6

« Last post by sri on October 10, 2007, 11:03 PM »

I think IE6 is as or more lackluster in engine speed than IE7. And both are not exactly resource friendly, a issue which gets more accentuated by the use of Maxthon 2, which was reported as a major hog by some DC members.

-Lashiec (October 10, 2007, 06:14 PM)

Maxthon classic is the best thing to use if you have to use IE.

Agreed that FF is a memory hog but w/ 2 GB RAM, I don't care.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tranparency in IE 6

« Last post by sri on October 10, 2007, 01:09 PM »

damn... now I have to upgrade to IE7 back... but ie7 is bloated crapware... I'm using Maxthon BTW which is still need IE

-Kuntau (October 10, 2007, 11:21 AM)

It's not that you don't have options. Why don't you use FireFox or Opera?

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General Software Discussion / Re: download managers: what is the best for mass-downloading all mp3s in a site?

« Last post by sri on October 06, 2007, 11:05 AM »

http://www.downthemall.net/

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AutoHotkey / Re: AutoHotkey- alternative?

« Last post by sri on October 05, 2007, 07:10 AM »

Perhaps you all find AHK to be easy, but I didn't. For non-programming minds like mine, Macro Express is great.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you launch stuff?

« Last post by sri on October 03, 2007, 10:02 AM »

DA does look better and its GUI scores over PE. But PE is equally good/fast once you familiarize yourself w/ it. I use PE not just for expanding text but for launching programs and websites as well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Bunchd.de - Multi-site search

« Last post by sri on October 03, 2007, 09:59 AM »

http://rollyo.com/

http://yubnub.org/

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General Software Discussion / Re: PowerPro bar question

« Last post by sri on October 03, 2007, 09:43 AM »

Thank You.

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General Software Discussion / PowerPro bar question

« Last post by sri on October 03, 2007, 09:31 AM »

I would like to have my only visible PowerPro bar to be centered and at the top of my screen (auto hide). I currently have the following settings:



but the bar doesn't appear centered and is docked to the left!?



Also I would like the bar height to be the same as those of the icons.

Any idea how to do these?

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you launch stuff?

« Last post by sri on October 03, 2007, 09:24 AM »

tinny, did you try the free Phrase Express. I am curious to understand why you would pay up for DA when you can have Phrase Express for free.

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General Software Discussion / Re: IE is working, Firefox is not. Why?

« Last post by sri on October 01, 2007, 02:11 AM »

May be one of the add-ons is the trouble maker? Try disabling all of them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: IE is working, Firefox is not. Why?

« Last post by sri on September 30, 2007, 11:18 AM »

Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings

Make sure direct connection to the internet (the top one) is selected and not the proxy option.

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternatives to partition magic/paragon?

« Last post by sri on September 30, 2007, 10:49 AM »

Stay away from Partition Tragic. Use Acronis Disk Director instead.

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Living Room / Re: All your info in one place

« Last post by sri on September 29, 2007, 09:51 AM »

brownstudy: As long as you can install Firefox and an add-on to it called Foxmarks at your work place, you can sync bookmarks between any # of computers. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shareware that don't have freeware replacements

« Last post by sri on September 29, 2007, 09:09 AM »

Here's a free alternative (may be less featured) to Website Watcher:

http://www.btinterne...om/~markwell/webmon/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Command to empty recycle bin?

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 10:50 PM »

Thanks lanux and jacid.

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General Software Discussion / Command to empty recycle bin?

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 09:37 PM »

I want to create a button for emptying recycle bin and put it at the top of my screen using PowerPro. I tried

[Select]

cmd.exe del \C C:\RECYCLER\?*.*

but that didn't delete the contents.

Any ideas? (w/o using another program like http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html or http://www.appdeploy...ds/detail.asp?id=298, if possible)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 12:03 PM »

Wow! I'm impressed - I just received a receipt, mini-manual, and a CD ROM containing the latest release and my registration file for Total Commander! My $34 investment is looking better and better all the time. The file manager is awesome and this kind of attention to detail is phenomenal  Christian Ghisler is a class act.

-Darwin (September 27, 2007, 11:53 AM)

Total Commander? Are you referring to the ugly duckling? How does it compare w/ DOpus in your opinion?

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you launch stuff?

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 01:09 AM »

pmcg: Can you please post a screenshot of your PowerPro bar?

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General Software Discussion / Re: WPS: the best replacement of MS Office, free for none-biz

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 12:51 AM »

Here is official info in english: http://en.kingsoft.com/office.htm

The web page says it's 180 day evaluation. Is it free or not?

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General Software Discussion / Re: WPS: the best replacement of MS Office, free for none-biz

« Last post by sri on September 27, 2007, 12:48 AM »

Those screenshots look impressive.

Can it retain and restore the tabs after programam restart?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Switcher2: Expose Clone (Window Arranger) for Windows

« Last post by sri on September 25, 2007, 03:35 AM »

No, Flip3D most definitely have some usability issues. I wonder who at Microsoft figured it would be a good idea to display your open applications like a stack of photographs? It's not exactly the easiest way to do things, as you can't just scan over the screen with your eyes to locate the correct one. What I would recommend to anyone that want some of the convenience of a program like "Switcher 2" but doesn't want to install 3'rd party software, is to use this very nice tip from Cybernetnews and just increase the thumbsize of the regular alt+tab instead

-Dirhael (September 07, 2007, 08:29 AM)

I must concur! The AERO Win+Tab "Flip 3D" feature is very usable when I don't have Switcher2 open (or on other Vista AERO PC's). With the added "Cool!" effect of the person who owns the machine it is a fast way for me to work with 10+ windows at the same time. Just wish you could close them with it without having to see it first.

-wreckedcarzz (September 24, 2007, 05:53 PM)

I use PowerPro to bring up a menu (upon pressing Ctrl) of open windows from which I can easily select a window to close. Easy and convenient.

Check this out: http://screencast.com/t/y9YwQrmlaqx

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shareware that don't have freeware replacements

« Last post by sri on September 25, 2007, 03:26 AM »

f0dder: Rapget is a dedicated manager to download only from rapidshare, not any others. Also it lacks several features that other standard DL managers like Internet Download Manager, FlashGet have.

Carol: PSTF isn't like FBE (which, by the way, I also use).

PSTF will collect the specified tray icons and arrange them all under one. Check out this small flash movie:

http://screencast.com/t/WQfuHObc8

It will remember which icons you want managed by it and will present you w/ a nice clean tray every time.