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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: GridMove needs a new licensing scheme, please help

« Last post by nudone on March 08, 2011, 04:18 PM »

Assuming I wanted to be evil, could I develop my own GridMove style program based on the original idea I submitted and then sell it.

I've little intention to do so, it's just something that I might be tempted to do if the dollars were rolling in for commercial licenses.

Sorry, if I sound unscrupulous. I'm just being open about daydreams I've already had.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Shortcomings of DC and How to Improve

« Last post by nudone on March 08, 2011, 01:50 AM »

Yawn.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by nudone on March 06, 2011, 07:02 AM »

That looks perfect. One extra thing to ask though, could the background (behind the buttons) be a user defined colour - or just black - or even a user defined graphic? Just black would be the first option.

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 03:20 PM »

heheheh, this is getting like the computer themed version of Devil's Dictionary: http://en.wikipedia....Devil%27s_Dictionary

it would be nice to provide definitions for lots more words - perhaps a general "technology" themed dictionary. it would be a great service to many confused people; who knows what "HD" means or "Blueray". And there really needs to be better defintions for "iPod" and "iPad".

(I've just remembered that someone has done a twitter page that's like an updated version of the Devil's Dictionary; there's probably an iPad difinition on there. Problem is, I can't remember who did it or what it's called.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser startup times

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 10:19 AM »

I think I remember looking through an earlier list of your's before, Curt. I'll have to spend a bit of time on looking through the one above.

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 10:12 AM »

Can we have a few more definitions, please.

Things like: Broad-band, Wi-fi, USB, facebook, twitter, google, etc.,etc.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 10:08 AM »

Okay, very good, that's sounds very hopeful, Ath. I'll start looking into touch screens (as I'm sure timns will do too).

My major stumbling block is simply that if the touchscreen (running Winbuttons or something similar) doesn't do what I described above then it's not "feature rich" or advanced enough to be useful.

For my own personal use, a touchscreen has got to do more than what a typical keybad can do.

Being focus-program aware and changing layout and buttons to compliment the actions required for that in focus program is the "killer" feature. It means not having to memorise program hotkeys or their layout on an extra keypad.

Really, we are discussing something that could well be the next big must-have peripheral for many computer users. It's probably already available - but at a stupid price. Essentially, we are talking about a magic pad that does whatever you want and has the benefit of showing easy to understand buttons/graphics/words that means you don't have to remember stuff yourself. I honestly think it would be amazing.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 04:26 AM »

p.s. i think you've made a great little app.

I particularly like the ability to use graphics on the buttons, this really opens up a whole world of possibilities.

Another question or suggestion for future releases - could the buttons be made irregular sizes, so maybe you could have the standard button layout, and then some of those buttons were doubled up (connected to each other) and other buttons were split in half, or thirds, or quarters.

So, rather than being a regular button interface, it become more like a custom control panel with different zones or sized buttons across it.

(Okay, this is pushing it, I know, but could Winbuttons be made to work on more than one touchscreen at a time - each one having its own set of functions.)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 04:15 AM »

Ath, i have a question about Winbuttons (which would determine whether i even bother to look for a touch screen)...

Can Winbuttons be made to recognise the "main" program that has focus - and then change the buttons displayed?

As an example, I'm using Photoshop, Winbuttons displays the buttons configured for Photoshop shortcuts, then I swap to Illustrator and Winbuttons now changes its display to show only Illustrator related button shortcuts. And more, only my desktop is visible (all other apps minimised), Winbuttons now displays whatever set of buttons related to useful everyday shortcuts.

(Maybe this kind of quick button swap type app is already included with touchscreens, I'm guessing it isn't, and that's why I wanted timns to be the guinea pig and buy one to find out.)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by nudone on March 05, 2011, 04:02 AM »

heheh, i've already had a long chat about those touch screen thingies with timns.

the conclusion: i'm waiting for him to get one. BUT... Ath's "Winbuttons" does make it all the more tempting.

i shall have to look into it, and i shall definitely be bragging about it if Winbuttons and a touch screen let me do want i need.

now, did i ever tell you about my four monitors and cintiq and three tablet pcs and eight keyboards and twenty... and... and... blah, blah, blah.

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Living Room / Re: Lift: Short Film on Everyday People

« Last post by nudone on March 04, 2011, 02:13 PM »

okay, it gets a bit depressiong towards the end with the bloke discussing his dead parents. but there are still plenty of humorous bits scattered through it.

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Living Room / Re: Lift: Short Film on Everyday People

« Last post by nudone on March 04, 2011, 01:54 PM »

hahaha. that wasn't despressing, it was pretty funny, and i'd say intentionally so. not in a laughing at the people way, more laughing with them. you can see they found it amusing and ridiculous, or were just perplexed but also amused.

i love this kind of stuff, real people, just being who they are - and not giving a sh*t.

boy, if that's depressing you'd better not come out with me or meet some of my old friends - you'd be throwing yourself in front of a train by the end of the conversation.

it's all about laughing at the absurdity and how crap things are.

there's loads of humour in it. phew. i'm surprised a phew of you thought it was despressing.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Upgrading Windows: From DOS 5.0 to Windows 7

« Last post by nudone on March 04, 2011, 05:03 AM »

ah right, another reason why WinME was a load of rubbish.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Upgrading Windows: From DOS 5.0 to Windows 7

« Last post by nudone on March 04, 2011, 02:27 AM »

Yep. A cool trip down memory lane. I wonder why Windows ME and NT were left out - didn't they work as upgrades?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser startup times

« Last post by nudone on March 03, 2011, 06:04 PM »

63? I'm obviously missing out on something then...

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Living Room / Re: In Western societies, how can a man have a hyphenated name? (and why!)

« Last post by nudone on March 03, 2011, 05:19 PM »

Oh right. Interesting. Never knew there were rules behind it.

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Living Room / Re: Is this the worlds most elegant keyboard?

« Last post by nudone on March 03, 2011, 12:47 PM »

stick an Apple logo on it and it WILL be the most elegant keyboard in the world.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser startup times

« Last post by nudone on March 03, 2011, 02:58 AM »

i have over 50 active, and several disabled. 

which, i admit, is why it takes an entire day to launch Firefox. but what can you do, i do find these extensions genuinely useful.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Shortcomings of DC and How to Improve

« Last post by nudone on March 03, 2011, 01:55 AM »

to me, it looks like the fundraiser is already a great success, so...

...does this mean that DC is perfectly fine, i.e. why try and fix it when it works so well?

admittedly, perhaps the fundraiser would be an even greater success if the site were "different", but it could easily be a total disaster too. (i fear a dramatic site change could mean losing long time DC'ers if they felt alienated.)

perhaps we should just love the chaos and charm that is DC. it's organic, it has faults, it has merits, it has a life of its own and, maybe, we are best just letting it evolve naturally without going into hasty genetic modifications.

perhaps part of DC's charm is that it is "wrong". we all live with and accept the flaws because it's worth it for all the exceptional things that are here too. maybe all the negative aspects of the site that have been mentioned thoughout the forum recently are necessary - they act as a filter or barrier - if you haven't the love or patience to see past them then you are better off going elsewhere.

over the past few days i'd been thinking that change was a good idea. now, i think slow evolution or even contented stagnation is better. i'm probably too sentimentally attached though.

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Living Room / Re: In Western societies, how can a man have a hyphenated name? (and why!)

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 03:21 PM »

classic python piece.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser startup times

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 12:48 PM »

well, i don't know how you are doing it but Firefox is the slowest on my machine - by a lot. but i use it regardless, just don't ever shut it down during the day - then it's as fast as being always on.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser startup times

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 12:30 PM »

that looks like you don't have many (any) extensions installed with Firefox. typically, after you've a few installed it takes years to launch.

or maybe you pc is just weird (or mine just crap).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Splashtop: Linux for Windows users

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 06:08 AM »

it didn't work, maybe it will if i look into it. it just came up with "invalid C: drive" after installing.

i tried xPUD but it took longer to boot up than i was hoping for, i mean, win7 coming out of hiberation wasn't much slower (it was slower, just not enough to make me care).

so, it looks like i'll be sticking with win7 for now.

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Living Room / Re: Donation Coder Fever

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 06:04 AM »

i'd be happy to work on such a book - would take a while to complete; little time being available my side, if nothing else.

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Living Room / Re: In Western societies, how can a man have a hyphenated name? (and why!)

« Last post by nudone on March 02, 2011, 02:24 AM »

hmm, not sure what the legal requirements are here (in the UK) but plenty of "posh" people take on a hyphenated surname when they marry. it's all about them showing off their exceptional breeding, i suppose.