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General Software Discussion / Re: What is Mozilla trying to do?

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 03:25 PM »

Politely said, going from Firefox version 4 to version 6, has been painless.
I didn't notice any changes at all.
Is it a little faster? Maybe.

Edited:
I think Thunderbird has improved quite a bit, going from 4 to 6. ;-)

-Curt (August 17, 2011, 12:22 PM)

. . . seems I was updated to FF6, I didnt notice at all (I thought it was a minor update)

Thunderbird 5 had already fixed a few bugs for me and looks a lot better I find. Havent used #6 yet really.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 03:21 PM »

I understand very little of what is going on here.
On my desktop Vista "Alt+F4" will close active window/program at once. Did I get this feature from strangers?

-Curt (August 17, 2011, 11:18 AM)

I've always considered Alt+F4 a fairly tortuous shortcut to use. You dont have to be quite so acrobatic to use it with your right hand, but then it's on the wrong side of the keyboard.
Ctrl+Q is used in many graphics programmes (I think maybe it was 'ported' from earlier mac versions - where I think it is the default shortcut).

Right-clicking a titlebar will pop up an important menu. Why would you want to disable such a feature?

-Curt (August 17, 2011, 11:18 AM)

I've actually never in my life used that menu except to close a window, so at some stage I picked up the right-click to close idea.

It's possibly because I have to use a mouse all day (with work) that I really try to avoid the extra journey into the corner, or even using the mouse at all - but I suspect it's probably got more to do with my impatience in general...

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 03:09 PM »

Wow, this is great

everything is working nicely - only thing I havent tested yet is shutdown. **

Here's a somewhat inelegant way to minimise all except for the active window [...]

-skwire (August 17, 2011, 01:43 PM)

this works well -
and what with win7 graphics it looks fine too

Re shutdown (remember, not tested yet), is there a way of raising the Alt+F4 windows shutdown dialogue?
That way I would get to choose exactly what I want, but more importantly I would have to confirm, so I would be covered in case of mistaken use of shortcut.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 07:47 AM »

Also, note I have an AltGR key instead of a right alt key. Not sure if this makes a difference, but AutoHotkey help seems to think it's important to make the distinction.

-justice (August 17, 2011, 07:10 AM)

that exactly what I meant to say - it's AltGr here too
Thanks Justice will try it out

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Living Room / Re: The Foreclosure Scam

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 07:26 AM »

^
But seriously - where are you people living

I lived 10 years in an inner city, junkies around the corner, etc etc; house did get robbed a couple of times. Got my pockets picked. My partner did get robbed but a gun would have been of zero help in the situation.
I lived in a couple of cities where there were regular murders (in fairness mostly gang/drugs/family-fued related).

I've never been in a situation where I thought a gun would help me. And I cant imagine having one being of any help in the future. YMMV, and maybe the violence where you live is more arbitrary....

I can see shooting guns is a fun pastime, and that they are nice "things" to mess around with, but this is something different - or is it? You people are nuts I think, but then so am I in my own ways

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 06:17 AM »

For "we" are civilised, are we not? It is always "they" who are uncivilised.

-IainB (August 15, 2011, 10:14 PM)

well, that got me smiling!

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General Software Discussion / Re: HotKeyP updated to 4.6, 2011-07-30: first update since 2008

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 06:11 AM »

I was hoping one of them would support Right-click on window titlebar to close.

-tomos (August 15, 2011, 03:40 PM)

This functionality is very easy to accomplish with a bit of AHK script.  Did you need something like that or do you currently use a different application for this functionality?

-skwire (August 16, 2011, 01:39 PM)

Windows management script (?)
Give 'em an inch, they (try to) take a mile

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Finished Programs / DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 06:07 AM »

prompted by Skwires offer

I was hoping one of them would support Right-click on window titlebar to close.

-tomos (August 15, 2011, 03:40 PM)

This functionality is very easy to accomplish with a bit of AHK script.  Did you need something like that or do you currently use a different application for this functionality?

-skwire (August 16, 2011, 01:39 PM)

I'm now going to ask for an arm and a leg
I used have the majority of these running under PowerPro but haven't installed it in new Win 7 machine (& dont want to try).

Windows management (and closing OS) with suggested keys

Minimise active window	Ctrl+Alt+F10 [AltGr key]
"Normalise" active window	Ctrl+Alt+F11 [AltGr key]
Maximise active window	Ctrl+Alt+F12 [AltGr key]
Minimise all windows except current	Ctrl+Alt+F9 [AltGr key]
Close active window:
	Right-click titlebar
	Ctrl+Q
OS related: (see note below)
Shutdown Windows	Win+Q
Sleep Windows	Win+S (?)
Hibernate Windows	Win+H

With windows shutdown, opening the options would be just as good (like you get with Alt+F4).

I'm usually able to edit a script to change shortcuts but never did get beyond that stage
I did find this list of AHK scripts
http://www.autohotkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Script_Listing#Window_Manipulation
but couldnt find what I wanted (no, I didnt follow all links )

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General Software Discussion / Re: HotKeyP updated to 4.6, 2011-07-30: first update since 2008

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2011, 05:33 AM »

HotkeyP insists in going in with startup apps

-tomos (August 15, 2011, 03:40 PM)

Doesn't here, on Vista Home Premium, UAC On, from a user account: I just unzipped it into a c:\NoInst\HotKeyP\ directory and it works OK.

-rjbull (August 16, 2011, 02:33 PM)

I should have given more details - it didnt even ask me - it was WinPatrol that told me it was making a startup entry, when I disallowed this, the programme closed. That happened twice & WinPatrol showed two disabled startup entries
Today it's working okay
os below
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Hotkeyz seems to be the most accessible for GUI persons like me

-tomos (August 15, 2011, 03:40 PM)

It has a nice GUI configuration system, if sometimes a bit tedious when you want to add several things, with parameters etc.  I've occasionally had the impression that HotKeyz is a bit slower at some actions than Hoekey, notably at popping up my PopSel menu.

-rjbull (August 16, 2011, 02:33 PM)

I had major problems with "minimise all windows except current". Didnt minimise to taskbar. but to bottom left corner of screen. Tasskbar (on autohide) refused to show. Had to reboot to clear the mess.. Otherwise seemed okay, especially for someone who barely knows what paramaters are
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I can try Hoekey again - the latest update is just an exe. I downloaded an older complete version and replaced the exe,  but maybe you have to run the older version first

_____________________________________________
win7 pro 64bit admin a/c, UAC at highest level

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General Software Discussion / Re: HotKeyP updated to 4.6, 2011-07-30: first update since 2008

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2011, 03:40 PM »

I was hoping one of them would support Right-click on window titlebar to close. But doesnt seem to be the case.

HotkeyP insists in going in with startup apps - otherwise it closes (here). Bit of a PIA if just trying.

Hoekey not working properly out of the box here.

Hotkeyz seems to be the most accessible for GUI persons like me

Sorry should have added my OS:
Win7 Pro, 64bit SP1

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Living Room / Re: Cat and Owl are Friends

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2011, 02:31 PM »

Not quite the same, but I thought I'd tag it on here:
a cat and a wild young sea eagle on the porch.

In Alaska. The woman filming it seems to be on the porch too, but the eagle isn't bothered. It's a big fishing port and the eagles have gotten used to people because of scavenging fish.

From the same woman, a nice video of a mature sea eagle
http://www.youtube.c...sdI6UlM&index=12

and another very good eagle one, same eagle probably!
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=pxR2y-hIj2k

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2011, 02:18 PM »

I dont know. I find the idea dubious that without "civilisation", we'd be a bunch of savages. It is prevalent in all "modern" societies & religions that I know of. But that doesnt convince me. In fact I would suspect that the demonising of our "animal" nature is one our greatest problems as a society. The idea also helps society and religions to convince us that we need their ways of thinking, their morals, their beliefs, in order to be, or become, "civilised" - or whatever :p
The Lord of the Flies is about a group of kids without parental guidance. Not the same thing as our natural state (although I think that's what the author thought as well...)

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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2011, 01:55 PM »

A monitor that has more resolution is always better. Especially if you take into account that Windows (and I assume Linux and OSX as well) allows the default text size to be adjusted system-wide.

-Shades (August 13, 2011, 01:05 PM)

I've seen major problems on a laptop with the font size increased. Dialogue's [OK] button beyond the lower screen edge, etc.
I realise this is probably more often than not because of the software (rather than the OS) and also the minimal screen height that comes with most laptops these days.

But I certainly wouldn't depend on it.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 40% off on Notezilla Sticky Notes Program only on 17th August

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2011, 01:44 PM »

wow, you cant look at BitsDuJour offers unless you give your email...

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Living Room / Re: Samsung hard drives - don't buy them unless you like subliminal mental torture

« Last post by tomos on August 13, 2011, 09:46 AM »

I've just recently gotten an Samsung F3 1TB drive and is being used for the os drive (also got an F4 2TB one too)

It does *not* have a hum that comes and goes - it quite possibly has a constant hum - my machine is not loud but does hum.
No vibrations but could this depend on the case?

What bothered me about it at first was a loud "seek" or write noise - a noise like I would associate with older computers. This was especially loud inititally when installing stuff and I thought I wouldnt be able to cope with it, but it is quite bearable I find in everyday use.

FWIW, since my last machine (which also had two samsung drives) I've tried to use only one drive/partition per hard drive at any one time. This reduces those seek/write noises a lot I found. So, I have roughly a setup like this:

• HD#1 has an OS partition and a partition for backing stuff up from second HD.
• Then HD#2 has my working files and a partition for images of the OS drive

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Living Room / Re: Amazing algorithms to enhance or transform images

« Last post by tomos on August 12, 2011, 04:35 PM »

+1

the "Color a black and white image" doesnt seem to be available to the masses yet.
Seems like it could be good for recolouring colour images too.

Prompted me to download Gimp

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 12, 2011, 09:58 AM »

more interesting thoughts from that blog, some along the lines of much here
http://neweconomics.tumblr.com/post/8782344975/why-politicians-dont-get-the-riots

No, it is not about people who are so poor they are hungry [...]
it is not about leniency [...]
it isn’t about the cuts [...]
it isn’t about ‘broken Britain’ [...]

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by tomos on August 12, 2011, 08:36 AM »

So tell me...what do they rationally expect to accomplish by trying to do this? 

-40hz (August 12, 2011, 08:03 AM)

ego enlargement

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor 1.0.30

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2011, 03:38 PM »

Working with BBceditor with another forum.
I'm quoting and the quotes use capital letters for "url" in links.
This doesnt show properly in bbceditor
e.g.
this:
CPU:[url=http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41226&agid=1617&pvid=4mxzu5fiw_gq5bjwzb&ref=13&lb]Intel Core i5 2400[/url]
shows as expected thus:
CPU:Intel Core i5 2400

but this
CPU:[URL=http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41226&agid=1617&pvid=4mxzu5fiw_gq5bjwzb&ref=13&lb]Intel Core i5 2400[/URL]
remains the same
CPU:[URL=http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41226&agid=1617&pvid=4mxzu5fiw_gq5bjwzb&ref=13&lb]Intel Core i5 2400[/URL]

it's no big deal to me as I know it will work in the forum but just thought I'd let you know in case it's an easy fix

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Living Room / Re: Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2011, 08:44 AM »

While I could even call myself a michael moore fan, i relate to this comment:

mikeydd
Posted August 10th, 2011 11:44 PM

While I agree with many of the points made on this site, the fact is that the country is split right down the middle. About half of the people favor progressive programs and half want government to get downsized and stay the hell out of their lives. Your hubris at the righteousness of your side vs the other half of the people is amusing. Squawk all you want, but the next election will turn out like the last ones; split right down the middle and decided on statistical error. Someday, real compromise and sanity.....someday. Michael Moore aint it.

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2011, 07:39 AM »

^ no, I dont think of it as a revolution.
I mean, I know what you mean fenix and I dont disagree with you.
I do think there's a big class thing goes on, in England especially. And I think the political approach is and has been to work from a place of fear of the people in the poor areas (that's what I was trying to say, and what they were saying in the articles from the blog nudone linked to). Keep em tucked away here. or there. And keep em down.

That's one side of the coin, but the other is the increasing poverty of the masses and increasing richness of the few. That's "even" going on here in Germany (where you can get the lowest wages payable in Western Europe).

OTOH Governments definitely work in fear of the banks, and appear to be more or less in payment of corporations. It's all a mess.
And

Some part of it is about lazy bastards who want more, another - criminals who know Police does nothing to really stop them.

-fenixproductions (August 11, 2011, 05:50 AM)

I'm not blaming the government for what these people are doing, but they sure arent helping (and neither have the previous, nor the previous...)

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2011, 05:03 AM »

History repeats itself (no surprise there, humans are pretty dumb after all), this article sums things up quite well: http://neweconomics....1780s-all-over-again

Talk about rebels without a cause.

-nudone (August 10, 2011, 10:23 AM)

1780's?  Newbies.  Try reading Summer of blood: The peasants' revolt of 1381 by Dan Jones.

-rjbull (August 10, 2011, 04:08 PM)

Sounds like an interesting read

nudone's link is an interesting read - also other interesting posts about it there.
Everything seems to be working through fear, fear of the banks, fear of the poor. Greed should be thrown in there as well, on all sides...

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Living Room / Re: Film vs. Movie?

« Last post by tomos on August 10, 2011, 01:57 PM »

to me, movie is American English.
It does get used this side of the Atlantic too, but still has an exotic 50's air about it. Of course if you grew up in the 90's as opposed to the 70's YMMV.
I presume it came from "moving pictures", although I only see the term "motion pictures" here.

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by tomos on August 10, 2011, 10:25 AM »

Wow, they got big heads

It all seems a bit gratuitious, I won't miss it though if it does die.

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Living Room / Re: UK Riots: Have you been affected?

« Last post by tomos on August 10, 2011, 10:15 AM »

Voice of sanity found via justice's link above, (poetry oddly enough) [the F word used once, so, depending on your workplace - NSFW]:

and elsewhere

Cameron says:
> It is a complete lack of responsibility in parts of our society[...]
He neatly doesnt include his own part though...
http://www.telegraph...atement-in-full.html