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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Teaser: Auspex - a Windows Productivity App

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2010, 03:34 AM »

hmmm
it doesnt seem to work with GridMove, no matter which setting I choose under exception...
I only use the keyboard shortcuts for Gridmove - Win+G shows grid, then number key selects 'area'
With Auspex running, and Grdimove in 'Block' / 'Compatability Mode' or 'Allow' mode, the Win+G combo doesnt work (the grid shows, but the start menu pops up and takes focus so I cant resize window).
Oddly it works okay with the Auspex window (no matter which setting in Exceptions), but doesnt work with any other windows.

Again, this is simply after a clean 'install' of current version

XP SP3

Gridmove: http://jgpaiva.dcmem...rs.com/gridmove.html

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Quick Comparision of Flickr/ipernity/PicassaWeb

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2010, 02:19 AM »

I've looked at many - SmugMug is the best IMO. FWIW, I have accounts at SmugMug (Power), Flickr (Pro), PicasaWeb (Free), Photobucket (Pro).

-J-Mac (October 25, 2010, 09:24 PM)

what made you choose the 'Power' plan over the Basic one Jim?

http://www.smugmug.c...to-sharing-features/

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Teaser: Auspex - a Windows Productivity App

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2010, 02:12 AM »

When you say block and allow in 'Options->Exceptions' - I presume 'Block' means same as 'ignore'?

(It definitely doesnt seem to agree with graphics programmes, now excluding photoshop)

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Living Room / Re: do you know good photo collection hosting site

« Last post by tomos on October 25, 2010, 01:53 PM »

Quick Comparision of Flickr/ipernity/PicassaWeb

I liked PicassaWeb the best but there were some 'dealbreakers' so I'm stiking with Flickr for the moment

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rename Next

« Last post by tomos on October 25, 2010, 01:44 PM »

Directory Opus allows you to rename a file - then use the down arrow while the first file still in "edit mode" - the next file in the list is now in edit mode.
When you first go into edit mode, the filename is selected (as opposed to the extension).

• Ctrl+E would select just the extension text.
• Right arrow would leave the cursor after the "dot" (before the ext)
• Left arrow would bring you to beginning of file name

(of course you pay nicely for the priviliges)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Quick Comparision of Flickr/ipernity/PicassaWeb

« Last post by tomos on October 25, 2010, 01:35 PM »

smugmug.com

-mouser (October 25, 2010, 01:31 PM)

lol
I'm new to all this and tiring rapidly of trying new sites out - if I get a second wind at some stage I'll give it a go -
it does look good. Uses flash which I'm not crazy about (but not sure why exactly)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Quick Comparision of Flickr/ipernity/PicassaWeb

« Last post by tomos on October 25, 2010, 01:28 PM »

Quick Comparision of 3 photo collection hosting sites:

this is probably not very objective - my requirement listed below the urls. I've tried out the three sites now but dont know any very well yet, so if I've missed anything plese let me know ;-)

http://picasaweb.google.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.ipernity.com

What I was looking for was a site I could upload a few photos each day. Want to add some comments about editing etc.
So basically I want it to look good and be easy to read the comments...

Red highlight = con
Red Underlined highlight = dealbreaker for me


Google

Storage:

• 1GB (20GB is $5 per year)
  

Upload:

• *Not* using Picassa: browse to photos - you can only upload 5 photos at a time
  
• by email (havent tried)
• Photos lose their names on upload (maybe I missed something?=>) [file names are available with click on more information - ur1sn00per, reply #9 below]
  

Display:

• very nice. Best of the lot really.
• Unfortunately it sorts from oldest *down* to newest, i.e. visitors will have to scroll down through all photos to see what is new at the bottom of the page.
  
• Nice slideshow - only accessible from overview page (same as Flickr/ipernity) with the option to show/hide captions (unclear if "Captions" are supposed to be the photo name, or related info). Personally I'd prefer if the slideshow had some sort of manual setting (it shows the photos as large as possible with black background)

Flickr

Storage:

• 100MB per month *NB* [Only your latest 200 photos are displayed- ur1sn00per, reply #9 below]
  

Upload:

• browse to photos
• Flickr Uploadr software (havent tried)

Display:

• Best display/interface IMO - space for the photos
• Going from overview to individual photo -> larger image: now the image shows on black background, is the best view IMO, but unfortunately you cannot see the author's comments
• Nice Slideshow: can show comments - sometimes they overlap the image though, also if the thumbnails show bottom of page, they overlap image too (but they fade out if you dont use the mouse)

Editor

• very easy to edit comments on each photo

ipernity

Storage:

• 200MB per month *NB* Only your latest 1000 docs are displayed
  

Upload:

• browse to photos (up to 10) *or*
• allow a jave browser to read your harddrive in an explorer type interface. Slow to get going but good.
• upload a ZIP archive (havent tried)
• All medias from a Web page
• iperUpload software (havent tried)
• by email or from your mobile phone (havent tried)
• Share big files with BitTorrent (havent tried)

Display:

• Very similar to Flickr (the same framework/engine [?dont know the right word] is used) but desnt look half as good as there are grey panels to left & right - photos dont have space to 'breath'
  
• not so intuitive (e.g. clicking on image doesnt enlarge)
  
• Nice Slideshow: [same as Flickr] can show comments - sometimes they overlap the image though, also if the thumbnails show bottom of page, they overlap image too (but they fade out if you dont use the mouse)

Editor

• very easy to edit comments on each photo (same a Flickr again)
• good editor "All in one Edition" for changing name/date(s)/author-comment/tag - but you have to work threough photos in sequence they uploaded :(
• 'Doc Manager' - for moving photos from one album to another etc) not much help to me (yet anyway)

My ideal would be with:

• decent slideshow style view but where one moves manaully from one image to the next
• manually sortable display - i.e. move this foto up/down forwards/backwards in the display - all sites seem to sort only by upload

Here's roughly the same gallery in each site.
Note: because google lost the names I didnt even bother with adding comments or tags

http://picasaweb.goo...02899458473700503910
http://www.flickr.co...photos/38013677@N05/ [I'm continuing to use this one for the moment]
http://www.tomos.ipernity.com



Edit: I also tried to join Zoomr http://www.zooomr.com but they not taking any new members:

In anticipation of our next release called Zooomr Zest, we will be temporarily closing registration and Pro Account registrations.

We look forward to reopening registrations in the first quarter of 2010 and hope to see you back at Zooomr in the near future. Thank-you for your cooperation.

so they a little behind schedule...


edits/ 2010.11.01 - minor
edits/ 2010.11.03 - added info from reply #9 below

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General Software Discussion / Re: AJC Active Backup ---- at Bits du Jour

« Last post by tomos on October 24, 2010, 07:13 AM »

Hi Tom,
Don't you already use FileHamster ?

-Armando (October 23, 2010, 11:00 PM)

yes, but I like to keep tabs on the competition   (just in case, as well..)
just wanted a rough idea btw, thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: AJC Active Backup ---- at Bits du Jour

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2010, 04:03 PM »

anyone using it?
Pros, cons?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Language Stuff

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2010, 04:00 PM »

I dont think this actually 'translates' text.
IIUC, it will change a block of text to be as if it were printed with a keyboard from a different language.
i.e. if, on my german keyboard, I start typing as if it were an english keyboard (& forget to change the keyboard settings) I can select the typed text and the app will convert it to 'as if it were typed on an english keyboard'.
But I think you understood that bit anyways

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General Software Discussion / Re: Language Stuff

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2010, 02:30 PM »

From the Announce Your Software/Service/Product forum:

I want to recommend you about new software called LangOver.

You can download it for FREE from here:

http://www.LangOver.com

LangOver 5.0 - is a freeware that helps when you tried to type in one language but the result was in another... Annoying, eh?! That's because the keyboard layout was in a wrong language, and you forgot to use "ALT+SHIFT"... NO MORE! With LangOver 5.0 you'll be able to convert your text quickly between languages. Just click "F10" and your text will be fixed! LangOver 5 is free and Supports ANY language!

'F10'        Change language
'Shift+F10'       UpperLower Case
'F6'       Reverse a text
'Control+G'       Search in Google
'Control+T'       Translation New!

thanks,
Oded
http://www.LangOver.com

-LangOver (October 23, 2010, 09:22 AM)

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: I want to recommend you about my new software, it is called LangOver version 5.

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2010, 02:28 PM »

cmpm actually started a thread yesterday with a link to a review of LangOver

I thought this 'LangOver' program may be useful for many here.
It has more then translation abilities.
Rarst.net describes it better then me so.....

http://www.rarst.net/software/langover/

If such an app is needed it seems to provide more then Google Translate.
It does have to run in the tray though.

-cmpm (October 22, 2010, 03:08 PM)

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Living Room / Re: "White" Magic

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2010, 08:07 AM »

Was his name Dr. Livingston?

-MilesAhead (October 22, 2010, 02:05 AM)

That's a bit presumptious.

-Darwin (October 22, 2010, 09:59 AM)

Heh heh.  The dude probably would have said "Dr. Livingston I assume?" except he was really tired of hearing that make an ass out of you and me crap. 

-MilesAhead (October 22, 2010, 03:51 PM)

'nother good one :-)

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Living Room / Re: How to avoid paying taxes and save billions

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2010, 04:31 PM »

Good post Deo

I was actually thinking of the growing number of people here that work three or even more part time jobs and are still on the bread line (there's no minimum wage, pay is generally very poor for part time work) - working three jobs costs a lot more than one full one (can we afford new winter shoes?)
The whole welfare topic is a can of worms I think and maybe best left closed here.

I would say they could make life easier for the people who are working *and* on the breadline - in most countries.
People with CC debt pay through the nose for that anyway - they're probably paying more than anyone.

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Living Room / Re: How to avoid paying taxes and save billions

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2010, 11:00 AM »

There's lots of fear out there too - dont put too much pressure on the corporations or they'll simply up and go. (Off-topic/ Dont put too much pressure on the banks cause people will lose faith in them.)
I dont know what the solution is but I dont see anyone trying any interesting ideas...

I listened to this video lately 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism - gotta say I found it difficult to undertand the guy cause of his accent. But anyways, he is a supporter of capitalism, but he points out that this idea of the totally-freemarket economy (which has only come to the fore in the last 30 years or so) hasn't been working and didnt work the last time it was tried (1st half of the 19th century). Watch from about min 25:00 for interesting interview about this.

Me, I dont see why corporations shouldn't be taxed 'normally', and I'm not really persuaded otherwise by anything I've read here.

And I dont know what the taxation levels are in the states and Canada, but in Germany there's already 7% sales-tax/VAT/Mehrwertsteuer on foodstuffs and 19% on everything else. Then there's your income tax. And that's normally a lot higher than 10% too, depending what you earn. (I'm not too well up on the exact income-tax system here.)

A flat 10% is not equitable as the people with more money have greater responsability and should be contributing more, and what the poor have often doesn't cover their needs.

-Perry Mowbray (October 21, 2010, 08:46 PM)

I disagree with this statement. 10% is equitable because everyone is paying an equal percentage. Now, obviously if it costs $500 a month to pay for cost of living then 10% is going to dip a lot more into the person's income who makes $500 a month than the person making $50,000/mo.

-Deozaan (October 21, 2010, 08:58 PM)

Deozaan,
you've disagreed and then you make a statement that agrees... I suspect you've never lived near the poverty line, if you can so casually disagree - and yet agree But as Darwin says, low income earners would ideally be excluded.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2010, 10:50 AM »

On the run from the long arm of the claw?

-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:39 AM)

You're a clawtion!

-cranioscopical (October 21, 2010, 08:43 AM)

That's yet to be proved conclawsively.

-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:50 AM)

 ...careful you boys dont mutate into coleslaw there :-)

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: crack tracker

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2010, 09:19 AM »

Hi gurus, Pls can u help me 2 crack macromedia fireworks software&send me d hint thanks

-Tbank (October 20, 2010, 08:14 AM)

Hi Tbank,
have a closer look at the first post

Many people here are selling their software for a living. For all you authors suffering from cracks and keygens, this tool I made will make things a bit easier. It searches for illegal downloads of your software and presents them in a list, so you can file a DMCA complaint with rapidshare and similar hosting companies, so that your illegal downloads are removed
[...]

-umeca74 (April 12, 2010, 03:18 AM)

i.e. no warez here

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Living Room / Re: Interesting Emoticons

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2010, 04:14 AM »

And this was its backend:

«(  ¸  )»

-app103 (October 19, 2010, 09:39 AM)

That's hilariating!

-Deozaan (October 19, 2010, 11:40 PM)

yes, nice ones :-)
both remind me of Twiggles a bit

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Living Room / Re: Interesting Emoticons

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2010, 06:25 AM »

nice

using just regular type:

I saw this one somewhere on dc yesterday  (I cant remember who used it), it has a nice startled chicken look about it

   *.*

was messing around lately:

   `|´     `´

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dutch Type Library OTMaster

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2010, 05:09 AM »

there's a closet Typographer in you Curt
in me too I think. ..

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Bvckup

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2010, 02:06 PM »

apankrat : it seems that maybe bvckup doesn't detect file renaming / moved files so that it can perform the same operations on the destination, instead of deleting / copying the files anew. SyncToy does that and this means dramatic speed improvement.

-Armando (October 15, 2010, 02:00 PM)

I'd hate to think it could miss out on a file like in version # 3    (wonder how SFFS  approaches this...)

Third is to simply look at the timestamps and sizes and see if any of the disappeared files have reappeared elsewhere under a different name. This will obviously not work if the file is not only moved, but also modified between the backups.

-apankrat (October 18, 2010, 12:39 PM)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bvckup (Beta) :: A first look review.

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2010, 12:51 PM »

thanks for the review Stephen
sounds good

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General Software Discussion / Re: Backup/Syncing performance -- a few software compared

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2010, 03:24 PM »

FWIW I've found the following Time Machine related apps in addition to what you've mentioned (ie. Oops! and AutoVer).

CascadePoint (free)
http://www.jpsoft.co.../cascadepointdes.htm

TimeTraveler ($19.95)
http://www.bearsontheloose.com/

Wondershare Time Shuttle ($49.95) claims system restore and file recovery.
http://www.wondersha...ro/time-shuttle.html

-sajman99 (October 16, 2010, 02:03 PM)

sound interesting

for the record, I'll add FileHamster there, which I'm happy with. I use paid 'Advanced' version ($49)
http://www.filehamster.com/
I like the ability to add (& edit) comments and the ability to sort  the backups (also on comments) & also filter them (dates / most recent version of each file). Tagging of some sort would be nice - I use specific comments for different phases of a job which I guess is comparable. That way I can also check current file 'status'.
I do wish they'd fix up the GUI for some stuff though, maybe next version... http://support.mogwa...dex.php?topic=1102.0

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Bvckup

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2010, 07:44 AM »

I only have one questions: how do you pronounce the name?  "bvackup"? "bee-vee-cup"?

-Nod5 (October 15, 2010, 01:04 PM)

I thought it would simply be pronounced as 'Backup' - that the 'v' is just like an upside-down 'A'

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Living Room / Re: Filming Car Chases...

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2010, 12:30 PM »

I'd give him a job (if I had one to give)