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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and MoveIt 1.0.4.0

« Last post by tomos on June 01, 2012, 05:54 PM »

MoveIt 1.0.3.0 Added 'z' Custom Save feature.  Size and position a window, then hit hotkey 'z' to get an InputBox.  There you may enter one of the t b l r c s   letters to save it for that section. It simply writes and reads a string of the raw numbers. But it should work well enough if you always use the same screen res and work area as I do.

-MilesAhead (June 01, 2012, 02:11 AM)

This is absolutely super - this makes this app

(I mean, if I can use this, anyone can: I usually avoid editing ini files etc like the plague - I still willl in fact )

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Living Room / Re: Just Had a Baby Girl~!

« Last post by tomos on June 01, 2012, 05:42 PM »

-40hz (June 01, 2012, 03:45 PM)

might have to go a bit easier on the vodka now though

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Living Room / Re: Just Had a Baby Girl~!

« Last post by tomos on June 01, 2012, 05:39 PM »

I'm happy for you Renegade

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Norton Identity Safe -- Free Download

« Last post by tomos on June 01, 2012, 03:45 AM »

Odd what you say about MSE - it has never seemed to slow down any of the 6 PCs I have installed it on. It seems to behave unobtrusively and seems quite fast.

-IainB (June 01, 2012, 02:49 AM)

I'm unhappy with it lately - it's slowing down things here a lot more than it used to (with no obvious reason).

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Living Room / Re: The Zombie Apocalypse starts now....in Miami

« Last post by tomos on June 01, 2012, 03:42 AM »

^
:lurch: that is pretty sad really.
Wasn't even that he wanted a sex change, but that he says he's asexual. At 22 years of age. He may live to regret that one...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and MoveIt 1.0.2.0

« Last post by tomos on May 31, 2012, 02:36 PM »

I don't have directory opus. I have no idea what it's hotkeys do. But just because you use a right or left Alt I don't see how it eliminates the conflict with Alt Arrow. DO is still going to do something when you hit Alt Arrow.

Try setting a completely different modifier key or combination.

-MilesAhead (May 31, 2012, 02:23 PM)

I'm making a fool of myself (and it wont be the first time :-)
The hotkey for cycling through the tabs in Dopus is Ctrl+Arrow. (That was why Alt+Arrow didnt work for me "any more".)
So I didnt have to change anything  
sorry bout that

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and MoveIt 1.0.2.0

« Last post by tomos on May 31, 2012, 05:13 AM »

Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and MoveIt 1.0.2.0

MoveIt 1.0.2.0 I made a few small updates to MoveIt and put it on my hotkey page. Same link as first post.

I changed the 't' and 'b' to use 25% of work area height for Top and 75% work area height for Bottom. Both use about 95% of work area width.  I added a tray menu option "Special" that also leaves a 5% gap at the bottom.. just for 't' and 'b'. It leaves about a 5% gap on the left so if you do have a few desktop icons you can still click them.

I made 'c' Center larger and centered it more accurately.
This app is simple but there's much less to go wrong.

The zip on the site includes custom icon and ahk_L source code.

-MilesAhead (May 31, 2012, 12:21 AM)

I've discovered a clash with another app (Directory Opus) for the Alt+Arrow keys.
I see it in the AHK file (starting line #198)

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. !Left::
2.   AWindow := WinExist("A")

I changed the four instances of "!" to "<^>!" (= "Alt Gr" right alt key - on my keyboard at any rate). Source was
http://www.autohotke...com/docs/Hotkeys.htm

Behaviour is very weird - RightAlt+RightArrow, or UpArrow, now just make the window disappear - it shows in the taskbar but not on screen.
If you can see what I'm doing wrong, please let me know!
thanks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: pretty cool photo retouch freebie at GAOTD

« Last post by tomos on May 30, 2012, 05:44 PM »

Interesting: It looks as though SoftOrbits Photo Retoucher is the same thing as Photo Stamp Remover (both sold by SoftOrbits).

-IainB (May 30, 2012, 05:30 PM)

the first couple of comments at GAOTD describe it a bit like that
> Works really well on smaller areas, but requires a decent clone tool for larger areas as inconsistencies start to appear.
> a “rubber stamp tool on steroids”

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 30, 2012, 03:35 PM »

Okay, if no-one can reproduce this, I'll let it drop

can anyone reproduce this (Win.7, with UAC enabled) ?
Win.7 64 bit. UAC at top-level here. [ Not asking you to change your UAC level ]

Open Regedit
[1] Try Shift+prtScn (select area) - doesnt work here. Try prtScn - also doesnt work.
[2] Try Ctrl+prtScn (active window) DOES work.
[3] Try Shift+prtScn again (select area) - DOES work now
[4] AltTab to another window. AltTab back. Steps #1 no long works again...
[5] repeat the process (works the same way again).

-tomos (May 28, 2012, 06:17 AM)

Either way, whether the problem is just with me, or not, I have a good workaround, so I'm not troubled by it [edit] and it's not something I need that often [/edit]

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Living Room / Re: 513 interesting wallpapers

« Last post by tomos on May 30, 2012, 05:15 AM »

Here's a link that will allow you to see more than two posts per page:

http://altawallpaper...&max-results=550

EDIT: Also, there should be a NSFW warning on this.

-Deozaan (May 29, 2012, 05:00 PM)

thanks for the link Deo

@Giampy, if you edit the first post you can add NSFW to the thread title

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bookmark Docs - MiniReview

« Last post by tomos on May 30, 2012, 05:03 AM »

Hi, Tomos.  I'm not quite sure I understand your question.  Each program creates bookmarks in its own way.  Perhaps I should start by saying that by "bookmark," I mean setting a way to get back to a particular place in a document or a particular web page."

-cyberdiva (May 29, 2012, 06:44 PM)

thanks cyberdiva,
I wasnt thinking very straight when I asked the question I've never used bookmarks in any of these apps. Must have a look, thanks!

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

« Last post by tomos on May 30, 2012, 04:40 AM »

^ mouser and josh :-)



from Preparing for the inevitable

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

« Last post by tomos on May 29, 2012, 03:49 PM »

Silly.

-IainB (May 29, 2012, 01:39 PM)

I especially liked the poetry:
Spiced nuts

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bookmark Docs - MiniReview

« Last post by tomos on May 29, 2012, 10:02 AM »

Off the web, I've made bookmarks easily in TXT documents with my text editor, UltraEdit, and I've found that I can make bookmarks in PDF files with my pdf reader, the free PDF-XChange Viewer.  As for DOC files, I use SoftMaker Office, and their MSWord alternative, TextMaker, also can make bookmarks.  That leaves relatively few things for which I'd need Bookmarkdocs.

-cyberdiva (May 29, 2012, 09:33 AM)

I dont fully understand, cyberdiva - when you say "I can make bookmarks" - what exactly do you do? (if you think we're taking things too off-topic, you could start a new thread.)

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by tomos on May 29, 2012, 07:54 AM »

It's nice to see it get trashed out a bit - although it can get a bit sidetracked (like the Japan-sugar-in-diet thing, which I felt really wasnt of much importance beyond calling Lustig to task for generalising inaccurately).

Yeah, I bailed out too on the comments ;-) or I skimmed a lot, especially looking for responses to an interesting comment.

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by tomos on May 29, 2012, 06:01 AM »

This video actually gives you REAL science to back up claims, and not just some namby-pamby soft claims and BS like you usually get. (Very refreshing!)

Sugar the bitter truth

I recommend watching that video very highly. I cannot stress enough just how insightful it is, and how good the information is. Most often you get some wishy-washy BS with no hard science and no real information. This guy is hard core and doesn't dumb things down. He has actual information and explains it intelligently. That being said, put your thinking cap on as it will challenge you unless you are well educated in biochemistry.

-Renegade (October 10, 2010, 03:20 AM)

Accidentally came across a very good critique of this video here:
The bitter truth about fructose alarmism.
Summary:
it's all about context/quantity. Demonising one thing/factor is not helpful for people's understanding of things. And it appears that he (Lustig) has gotten a lot more carried away than the evidence warrants.
The critique is *not* saying sugar is good for you :p

Gets very well trashed out in the comments, including some debate with Dr. Lustig (author/presenter of the video).

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

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2012, 02:02 PM »

4) Does anyone here own a descendant of Schrödinger's cat? You can tell if you have one if you can see it but not in a mirror.

-Arizona Hot (May 27, 2012, 06:55 PM)

4) I do but it stays out in the woods behind the house

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2012, 06:17 AM »

Here's as good as I can figure - can anyone reproduce this (Win.7, with UAC enabled) ?
Win.7 64 bit here. UAC at top-level.

Open Regedit
[1] Try Shift+prtScn (select area) - doesnt work here. Try prtScn - also doesnt work.
[2] Try Ctrl+prtScn (active window) DOES work.
[3] Try Shift+prtScn again (select area) - DOES work now
[4] AltTab to another window. AltTab back. Steps #1 no long works again...
[5] repeat the process (works the same way again).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2012, 04:57 AM »

I had think you talk about capture the UAC prompt (ConsentUI) itself.
That is the only dialog on an separate desktop (Secure Desktop).
The started app then again is on the "normal" desktop and should be no problem to screen shot?

-AbteriX (May 27, 2012, 05:29 PM)

Okay,
something weird is going on - it works today [now] - I *swear* it didnt work when I tried it before and I tried it a few times.

Now I've just tried it again and it doesnt work

Something very funny going on here - it seems to totally arbitrarily work or not - the Ctrl+prtScn seems to work every time (that's the one I use least so I may have not tried it before). Shift+prtScn worked once (above) but I cannot get it to work again. prtScn worked a couple of times, but doesnt work now again [edit] with SC I mean [/edit]

I have no idea what's going on here....


[edit] I've been doing most testing with Regedit [/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.20.0

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2012, 05:03 PM »

Would you be interested in adding the possibility to change the grid layout (from A to F) with hot-keys? For example Ctrl+Shift+L A = layout A, etc.

-Attronarch (May 27, 2012, 03:49 AM)

This would be a logical extension of things. I'm not a big user of the grid (yet). I used to use JGPaiva's Gridmove - when I last changed machine I kind of got out of the habit of using it. Anyways, GridMove has that capability, and from what Miles said about this one, it's much easier to add grids to gridmove.
So, I'd say if it's easy to add, I'd love that capability [+1] - otherwise (just tested) I can run gridmove concurrently.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.20.0

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2012, 04:53 PM »

I'm on version 19 now - the icons are great

@tomos do you think it would be useful to change 't' and 'b' so that they work like 'l' and 'r' and cover 1/2 the work area? Or is it better as is?

-MilesAhead (May 27, 2012, 03:20 PM)

There's so much choice now I think it's hard to say what's best, I mean it's going to be down to individual preferences/monitor-size/workflow. I havent even gotten a workflow with it yet, but I'm happy the way it is.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shape Shift 1.0.9.0 and SectionAte 1.0.19.0

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2012, 09:35 AM »

The question about 'l' I don't understand.

-MilesAhead (May 26, 2012, 07:46 PM)

All the other placement keys, t b r s c are independent of any grid. They are just convenient sizes and placements.

-MilesAhead (May 26, 2012, 08:24 PM)

the query about "L" (I use caps to show it's not an "i") is in the context of what you call the placement keys - it seems a logical one to include there, a key for Left side/full height

Is there a reason you dont have "L" (for left) listed as a shortcut (after pressing the hotkey) ?

-tomos (May 26, 2012, 06:27 PM)

[looking forward to trying new updates...]

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2012, 09:27 AM »

Have you tried the 'prtScn' key with those apps running?
If it works you can always crop your shot in SC's editor that can be selected after the shot.
Without disabling your preferred UAC setting.

-cmpm (May 26, 2012, 09:38 PM)

ha, prtScn does work!
I had presumed it didnt work, because this key is used by SC, and no new screenshot showed in SC window.

You dont seem to be ablve to paste the shot directly into SC (thumbnail pane). So I paste it into filemanager (convert to png) and can then edit in SC:

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 26, 2012, 06:47 PM »

I think tomos talk about this:

Found some time ago. Not tested yet.

-AbteriX (May 26, 2012, 06:07 PM)

AFAICS they are basically disabling the security feature (Secure Desktop) set in place by UAC - which seems to defeat the whole purpose of UAC (?)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Ability to take screenshot of Admin windows? (Win7+UAC)

« Last post by tomos on May 26, 2012, 06:43 PM »

Sorry I wasnt 100% clear.
Remember I have UAC at highest level:

I mean apps that require UAC approval to start.

-tomos (May 23, 2012, 07:28 AM)

i.e. any app that require UAC approval to start (e.g. uninstaller, regedit, system restore, etc.) [edit] here, at any rate, I cannot take screenshots of these windows - again Remember I have UAC at highest level - I dont know if this is a problem with UAC at lower levels [/edit]