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General Software Discussion / Re: I want the desktop to show in sequence in alttab

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2013, 02:52 AM »

I know this isn't directly answering the question but Win+D will show the desktop immediately. Might save having to hit tab repeatedly  .

-nidusin (March 19, 2013, 05:18 PM)

Win+D is nice. I used use it a lot. What bothers me about it is this:
Right now firefox is the active window here (doh!) and there's a bunch of other windows open.
Win+D shows the desktop. When I go to alttab back to FF, it's gone to the end of the list/row.

Actually I hadn't noticed this before, but if I alttab to the desktop from FF, then alttab again, FF is again at the end of the list/row, even though it was the last focused window.

Strange & inconsistent behaviour imo (normally last focused app is next in the alttab list). I presume they had some sort of reason for doing it like that (but maybe not).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard shortcut of the day

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2013, 02:44 AM »

WinKey+B for system tray access and navigation via the left/right arrows.

-Josh (March 19, 2013, 09:04 PM)

didnt know that one - very convenient alright

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General Software Discussion / Re: I want the desktop to show in sequence in alttab

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2013, 05:15 PM »

In XP I used have a dedicated app to show the desktop in the taskbar and you could naturally alttab to it.
Because desktop display is built into 7, I think what I need is some sort of in-system solution.


I might try asking at www.superuser.com
I did find a few nice variation shortcuts there for alttab & for desktop:

Spoiler

Windows 7 (with aero theme) desktop shortcut & alttab variations.

With CtrlAltTab, the 'switcher' is shown, but you dont have to keep the keys pressed.
Which is nice if you want to tune out for a bit in no man's land

Show the XP style alt-tab (without enabling classic theme):
    Hold down the left alt key.
    Press and release the right alt key.
    Keeping the left alt key held down the whole time, now tab-tab-tab away

Winkey+Spacebar shows the desktop temporarily

-tomos (March 19, 2013, 05:13 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard shortcut of the day

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2013, 05:13 PM »

Windows 7 (with aero theme) desktop shortcut & alttab variations.

With CtrlAltTab, the 'switcher' is shown, but you dont have to keep the keys pressed.
Which is nice if you want to tune out for a bit in no man's land

Show the XP style alt-tab (without enabling classic theme):
    Hold down the left alt key.
    Press and release the right alt key.
    Keeping the left alt key held down the whole time, now tab-tab-tab away

Winkey+Spacebar shows the desktop temporarily

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General Software Discussion / I want the desktop to show in sequence in alttab

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2013, 07:17 AM »

Windows 7
Here's how it works for me (like in XP)**

(Sorry, I dont know the correct terminology here which made it difficult to search for this & difficult to describe).

Lets say you have 5 windows open. A/B/C/D/E
And I'll call the desktop 'DT'

B has focus.
When you hit alttab the next in line is the last window that had focus let's say that was D.

Switch to E, then the sequence will be E/B/D/A/DT
Desktop always shows at the end of the first line of thumbnails.

If I switch to desktop and back to E, when I go to alttab again, the desktop will still show thus - E/B/D/A/DT

so my question is if there is a way to force the desktop to act as a window i.e. to also show according to the rule of 'which had focus last' ?



** disclaimer - I did tweak alttab a little after installing win 7 but I think that was only to get rid of the pesky window-frame previews it showed. I have alt-tab set up pretty much in the 'traditional' XP way but with thumbnails.

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Living Room / Re: Free ebook "The Da Vinci Code"

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 04:11 PM »

I didn't add a link because Doubleday have made it available on any ebook place. Amazon, Barnes and Noble and others

-rgdot (March 18, 2013, 03:58 PM)

thankd rg & Jibz.
Amazon.com or kobo wont sell e-books here, but it does seem to be available here from B&N and the Sony links

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Living Room / Re: Google Keep note-taking app spotted

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 03:34 PM »

Some screenshots (not much to see really):
http://www.androidpo...note-taking-service/

and a good dose of cynicism:
http://techcrunch.co...eep-spring-cleaning/
"Google Keep’s Already Shaky Ground"

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Living Room / Re: Free ebook "The Da Vinci Code"

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 02:53 PM »

American English translation request:
I always forget what 'through' means in this context (until? from?)
edit/ I presume it means from now till the 24th inclusive ...


PS, is there a link? (thanks!)

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 11:16 AM »

 

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Living Room / Re: DOTCOM saga - updates

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 10:36 AM »

Sort-of off-topic comment:
I'm not sure why a country of 4.5 million people thinks it needs a spy agency at all. Maybe I'm naive, maybe all countries do this, even the small ones. Must surely be a bit of a black hole for spending though...

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General Software Discussion / Re: screenshot and video capture software

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 10:05 AM »

I'm another basic user of SC.
Note that the current beta (which I think mouser plans to release shortly) makes it a lot easier to use, with an auto-hide bar on top of screen.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on March 18, 2013, 10:00 AM »

This could possibly be the best song I've ever heard. The more I listen to it, the more I like it (uses Flash):

http://enigma-dev.org/forums/ind

It's so catchy!

-Deozaan (March 18, 2013, 12:42 AM)

here it is on youtube

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General Software Discussion / Re: MagicRAR Drive Press - worth anything?

« Last post by tomos on March 17, 2013, 03:01 PM »

Did any of you ever test the program? 

-Curt (March 17, 2013, 02:51 PM)

did you miss f0dder's in depth testing?
(In this and another thread)

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on March 17, 2013, 01:49 PM »

more big numbers - 40 & Carol







(both yesterday)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2013, 10:58 AM »

Thanks app!
that one sounds good - even though it doesnt have the intelligent resizing I wanted.
If it does forward/back with hotkeys it looks like it's better that way than Curt's suggestion**
will test


** Curt, in the video for AWC it shows the following hotkey options:

it's not clear if there's any more.
Could you let me know if there are? Many thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2013, 09:07 AM »

THanks Curt, that looks good. Has a lot I wouldnt use -
but that's better than not enough

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 05:33 PM »

As you can see I dont have a fixed idea here - but my basic idea is good (for me at any rate ).

I notice I can move to the next image via the desktop context menu (Win 7 64bit)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 04:57 PM »

• Does "Fit" work how you like for images taller/wider than your screen height/width?
• Does "Centre" work how you like for smaller images?

If that's the case, I guess you're asking for something that will intelligently determine which method to use based on image size and screen resolution?

-skwire (March 15, 2013, 01:53 PM)

yes, yes, and, yes :-)
(just in case - note that "Fit" is different to "Fill" which was suggested by rsatrioadi)

Fit to screen is good for larger images. Or fit to a fixed width and heigth (smaller than the screen)

I would love to be able to manually cycle through the images but suspect that might be impossible(?) - in which case maybe a batch resizer might be the best option (e.g. reduce height to 1050 if larger, reduce width to -say- 1000 if larger. Constrain proportions.) I just had a look at IrfanView - it could do that easy enough.

~~~

Another idea I just had:
is if an image is larger than xy, then a random section of the image (size xy) would be shown centered on the screen. Sort of like a window into the image.

edit/ adding thumbnail image for last idea (desktop with icons on both sides):

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 11:45 AM »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Fill option does exactly what you want?

-rsatrioadi (March 15, 2013, 11:25 AM)

had to double-check there:

Fill enlarges the image so as it completely fills the screen (i.e. the shorter side of the image is stretched to screenheight or width) - which doesnt look good.

I like the images that are smaller than the screen left that way (with a background showing) - see this post for examples
https://www.donation....msg320944#msg320944

(sorry if not fully clear - rushing off)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: small plugin-toolbar (or similar) audio player in Windows Explorer

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 11:07 AM »

^reminds me of the struggles I have between filemanagers and dedicated image viewers, both with different weaknesses and strengths...

FWIW I just wanted to say that the Dopus solution will play the file only so long as the file has focus. Obviously one could open a new window and work in that. But not really what you had in mind.

But wondering would this be a stumbling block in explorer as well - IIUC you want it to integrate directly with explorer initially, but you then want it to stick to that folder - and ignore whatever you're now doing in explorer...

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Living Room / Re: Show us your desktop

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 10:18 AM »

Noticed I had a bunch of images with black background or that looked good on black background.
Threw them in a folder and set it to rotate. Here's screenshot-thumbnails of a few of them:

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General Software Discussion / Software to control Wallpaper?

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 10:12 AM »

Does some software exist for working with desktop wallpaper?

Current options for desktop wallpaper are:

• Fit
• Fill
• Stretch
• Tile
• Centre

Fit will stretch a smaller image to desktop height (doesnt look good)
Centre will not reduce larger images to screen size
so,
what's missing is an option like you get in good viewers:

• Centre - and reduce to fit in screen if necessary

Naturally I could resize the images, but that means a lot less flexibility (i.e. I'm a lazy beggar)

Another nice option would be the ability to cycle manually forward/back through images on the desktop via a hotkey.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Listary 4 released - tons of new features

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 04:31 AM »

(while hoping for somebody else having something better to "offer")

-evamaria (March 14, 2013, 09:35 PM)

it's an interesting idea. It's definitely worth starting a new thread though - would get a better response in it's own thread.
(also, I reckon it would swamp this thread otherwise.)

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2013, 03:15 AM »

I'll have to become a more advanced being now...



http://www.dieselswe...ies.com/archive/3282

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: small plugin-toolbar (or similar) audio player in Windows Explorer

« Last post by tomos on March 14, 2013, 06:50 PM »

Nobody else would like to just browse through their music collection and play a track when they find a one they like, right there, without starting any snazzy players etc?

-goldencut (March 14, 2013, 03:38 PM)

I'd love that, but I dont use windows explorer...
Using a small player as the default mp3 file-opener could be an answer. One that'll automatically clear the current playlist and play the double-clicked file (I tried a couple and gave up/got distracted by something else then )

Directory Opus file manager will play an mp3 file in the viewer.
I've never tried it till now tbh so cant really say much about it but seems to work very well: