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Developer's Corner / Re: My experience with developing a freemium browser add-on

« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2010, 02:48 PM »

Out of the several thousand people that saw this page, 78 participated in the poll. Out of those 78, 29 said they’d pay for a premium version of URL Fixer. That’s 37%! You can imagine the numbers that started going through my head at this point – 37% of 70,000 current users is 26,000 users; multiply that by $1.99, and that’s a quick $50,000. (Never mind the 1.5% poll participation rate.)

my emphasis - that's a big 'never mind' !
37% of 1.5% is 0.555%
He got 0.05% in the end which is still a lot less than 0.555% - but very different to comparing it to 37%

I suspect if there was an add-on store type scenario, more people might get used to the idea and actually buy - for those of us who do like to buy, spending $1.99 seems a bargain

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unistall feedback :D

« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2010, 02:55 AM »

 

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Living Room / Re: Random Digilante Interview - Spam Fighter on a Mission

« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2010, 02:54 AM »

I was wondering how effective it would be (that they can just setup a new email address) but he seems to think that it is having an effect (which is great). Interesting that it's the abandoned forums that make this worthwhile for them.

Do you have the problems here he talks about - constant attempted regristrations?
If so how do you deal with them?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: One Day Promo - TreeDBNotes,TagControl 40%OFF

« Last post by tomos on October 05, 2010, 02:35 PM »

no,
Avira (which is often quick to block a site) doesnt have any problems with it

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to create algorithm graphs

« Last post by tomos on October 05, 2010, 07:46 AM »

There's a new interactive version of this one (I know, it's veering off-topic, but it's still worth a look :p)
http://www.informati...ake-oil-supplements/

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC: Discussion of Scanning Functions [scan enlarged when saved as PDF]

« Last post by tomos on October 05, 2010, 03:51 AM »

   1) I scan something, say a letter - text fits easily in A4 page
   2) tidy & crop it in SC
   3) when it is saved as PDF, SC enlarges the scanned image so as it fills the (A4) page to the very edge

I was hoping that step #3 could be stopped/removed ?

-tomos (January 15, 2010, 06:28 AM)

I notice when I save a screenshot using "save as", there is drop-down-options "Fit" where I can set percentage between 25% and 400%. I thought this could be a good workaround when saving a scan as PDF - but unfortunately it doesnt work when I save as PDF - the image always fills the page (no margin even)

So, I guess there is an invisible setting somewhere that defaults to "Fit" when saving as PDF. Is there a reason for this? - if it's just accidental would you be able to change it to 100% [i.e. actual scan-image size doesnt get changed - unless I change it manually] ?

-tomos (June 08, 2010, 08:08 AM)

[quote edited slightly for clarity]

bumping again

[...]
I will keep posting every few months :p (unless I get a definite no-can-do)

-tomos (June 08, 2010, 08:08 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Another reason to drop Kaspersky?

« Last post by tomos on September 29, 2010, 11:39 AM »

ftfy?

-Darwin (September 29, 2010, 08:56 AM)

I had to google it -
fixed that for you

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: VueMinder Calendar Pro 75% Discount

« Last post by tomos on September 29, 2010, 05:35 AM »

how to register this soft, i downloaded the exe from the email after purchase but cant find where to add the serial?

-ha14 (September 29, 2010, 05:21 AM)

details are in the order email (from iportis.com) - the same email with the link

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Super Flexible File Synchronizer Mini-Review

« Last post by tomos on September 28, 2010, 02:47 PM »

http://thepcbundles.com./

is offering SFFS and five other apps for $29.95.
It looks to me like the PRO version of SFFS as well which is worth almost $60 so it's a good deal for that alone (I dont recognise the others).

!!  Only THREE hours left  :-)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by tomos on September 28, 2010, 03:59 AM »

Rob, if I may veer towards what I think Sagelight needs from a practical - I mean UI - point of view. You may well have these covered already!
I think these (especially the user shortcuts) would need to be implemented before any major price hike

• User shortcuts
• This is more a 'would be nice' request:- the ability to show a folder of images (as thumbnails) within Sagelight, OR, the ability to open files via drag drop from file manager. One can then have Sagelight & File manager windows showing to keep track of files & different versions & open files easily. This is more for when Sagelight is NOT the default image editor. (BTW I notice that 'fit to screen' doesnt work when SL is not a full-screen window.)

FWIW I may just fit into the cheaper version target (not sure till I see versions) - but I dont use RAW. I'd still consider the above to be very important in terms of using the programme - as opposed to just trying it out on one image to see what it does.

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to create algorithm graphs

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2010, 03:53 PM »

curious now to see what the first image was lol

The current one is made by information is beautiful (http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/)
He may use other software along the way but the end product is presumably made by a vector graphics programme - I wouldnt be suprised if all that's used before that is a calculator (to scale the circles according to popularity). You're looking at top graphics there - that costs lots of time and talent, or lots of money.

You could always ask him directly what software he uses http://www.informati...beautiful.net/about/

I'm not trying to say you couldnt do this - I'm saying you could do this - but it will take time and creativity (or you could just copy other peoples ideas I guess)

[minor edits]

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Living Room / Re: Google Reader kills support for sites without RSS feeds

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2010, 11:27 AM »

I'll miss that too

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Living Room / Re: National Punctuation Day haiku contest

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2010, 06:10 AM »

enjoying the thread

Here's is an old comic from girls with slingshots (dont have the direct link to this one)

NSFW (but only a bit risque really)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2010, 06:01 AM »

is there any sort of upgrade discount available if I'm upgrading from the gizmo edition?

I've been a little conflicted about that.  I mean, I'm not trying to just get more money wherever I can.  But, some people paid $1 and others paid $25+ for it during the sale (though, I do have to say I thought, on average, people were very nice).  So, it doesn't seem right to just upgrade everyone automatically.    What I'm thinking is that since the Pay What You Want was a promotional thing, that if anyone who has that version just wants to pay the difference between the current price and their purchase price, then I would go ahead and upgrade it ito a lifetime license.   Does that seem fair?

-Rob Nelson (September 24, 2010, 02:58 AM)

That would be very fair !

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

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2010, 04:54 AM »

You've got two download links (different versions) in the first post

-tomos (September 23, 2010, 03:00 AM)

That's me... I like to keep a record...

-Perry Mowbray (September 23, 2010, 03:52 AM)

I got the wrong one which was why I posted...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Merge-Diff program for image-graphic files?

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2010, 04:25 AM »

Wow, that looks interesting.

They're very reserved with info about it - on their site they just say "Various types of image files can be compared" - you can see from that link they tell you how much RGB there is in each image, so even though in the screenshot they look the same, they arent.
I may as well show it here sure ;-)



can it compare PDF files too - in a viewer I mean ?

Kartal mentions graphic files - I presume the viewer only does images (not PSD, not vector file formats)


[edit] corrected Kartal's name   [/edit]

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

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2010, 03:00 AM »

You've got two download links (different versions) in the first post

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2010, 02:47 AM »

Out of my (bedroom) window, this morning, 2010-09-22

-rjbull (September 22, 2010, 03:12 PM)

lovely 

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General Software Discussion / Re: extracting info from pdf

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2010, 02:03 PM »

I don't have a problem with price, if a program can do what I want

zooming an A4 PDF at 100% makes the PDF not to fill the whole 15" screen
and then taking a screenshot at that zoom, results in a small low resolution photo, it doesnt maximize the info that the graphics file can contain

-kalos (September 22, 2010, 12:18 PM)

I dont think you can say what is the best zoom. I personally make PDF's with 300-400dpi images and you will get many PDF's with 72pdi images.
I'd go as large as possible before the screenshot - unless you think the images looks better smaller which would probably rarely happen.

If you've no problem with price I'd try TomD101's suggestion cause I think you can (hopefully) do a lot better than going the screenshot route - especially if you will be doing this often. Then if something occasionally doesnt work you could grab a screenshot and insert it into the converted file.

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Living Room / Re: Should I buy a tablet pc, ipad, netbook, or other?

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2010, 01:53 PM »

Check out http://finerhosting.com/tablets/

-sri (September 22, 2010, 07:38 AM)

great graphics [ totally off-topic :-D ]

one of those shows a windows desktop, but none have windows listed as an OS

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Living Room / Re: Oh, shift!

« Last post by tomos on September 21, 2010, 11:44 AM »

I really don't get why the Americans, the pioneers of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, try to force avoiding "four-letter words" at all... now don't mention "children safety" or something; I mean, hey, war is great, but don't even DARE to say "fuck"? WTF!

-Tuxman (September 21, 2010, 11:29 AM)

eh, while I get what you're trying to say, you're doing some pretty offensive generalizing there - and I'm not 'American', not even from the U.S. ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Awesome photos

« Last post by tomos on September 21, 2010, 03:51 AM »

Thanks for these great photos. Check out the other links at the end of the page too, particularly Archives of American cities

-joiwind (September 20, 2010, 08:07 AM)

more great photos thanks.
I find I relate more to the more recent ones - guess it's more like the modern world. Crazy changes with the car coming in and electricity.

Was a bit surprised to see cities destroyed by the civil war (I always thought of that as being fought in the countryside. History not my strong point...)

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: Response to Question: Can shareware be released in the NANY event?

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2010, 06:03 PM »

I know you're asking Vitali_y there, but I said the same thing so I'll clarify that I was thinking along the lines of your #1

1. After 1 year the program still works, but users who chooses to upgrade has to pay to upgrade just like a normal person who bought it

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General Software Discussion / Re: extracting info from pdf

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2010, 05:32 PM »

This may depend on the file - but with adobe reader I just selected an image in a pdf (via drag + select the area around it, then "copy image" in the context menu). I was able to paste the image in Evernote and MS Paint.

-tomos (September 20, 2010, 04:16 PM)

this is screenshot capture tool, with the above mentioned disadvantages

-kalos (September 20, 2010, 04:46 PM)

ah okay, (you said 'pdf editor' in your post, above the screenshot)

My point stands though: if you want to get the best quality image, copy it out of the pdf reader. You cannot expect the screenshot app to manipulate the pdf reader to give the best possible display - especially if the pdf reader itself cannot even do this.

on the other hand, as steveorg says, most pdf creators are focused on making the file smaller so the original image quality in the pdf might not be so good anyways...

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for September 16th, 2010 - "Prepare the Sleds"

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2010, 04:40 PM »

Thanks for all the encouragement -- you folks always make it fun to post a new newsletter 

-mouser (September 18, 2010, 11:42 AM)

 it's always nice that there's lots of action here after a newsletter launch!