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General Software Discussion / Re: Using FileHamster to keep track of status of a job

« Last post by tomos on July 28, 2010, 05:22 AM »

hmm. hopefully i'm just being dumb...

i was hoping the report feature would allow me to see which files have been revisioned, i.e. only the files that have been modified within a Watch.

could be any day, any time, with any number of saves. i just want to know which files i've tampered with and which i've definitely left alone.

-nudone (July 28, 2010, 05:12 AM)

not sure I understand exactly (I get the feeling I'm missing something):

you can see the revisions made within one watch - first click the watch folder in the tree.
Then in report window:

• Untick the 'Show selected dates' option (all revisions then shown)
• Ticking 'Show newest Revisions' will limit it to one revision per file.
• Sort by filename. That's you're files that were modified.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FileHamster discount link

« Last post by tomos on July 28, 2010, 04:56 AM »

thanks, i was wondering about this Report feature now that i've installed it. I was expecting the Report to give me a "report", as in, create a report as a file to read through. maybe that was a bit naive of me. i'm sure once i get to grips with how the report panel works i'll realise this is all i need.

-nudone (July 28, 2010, 04:17 AM)

I've hardly used that aspect of it, but if you select relevant files there is an option in the context menu to export a report to spreadsheet or txt file.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FileHamster discount link

« Last post by tomos on July 28, 2010, 02:52 AM »

In case you havent seen it,
this thread - Using FileHamster to keep track of status of a job - will give you more of an idea of the report window, & how I use it. I quote: It's not rocket science, but I've found it very helpful

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FileHamster discount link

« Last post by tomos on July 27, 2010, 04:12 PM »

i found myself requiring the "reports" feature that comes with FileHamster Advanced.

so, i've just bought it using the discount link above - which still works fine. very good value for money if you ask me.

-nudone (July 27, 2010, 01:26 PM)

Great!
The report window is great also for simply browsing the backups and sorting them by name date etc. similar to a regular file manager (as opposed to the Revision List view which isnt up to much I find)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by tomos on July 27, 2010, 03:25 AM »

^ well it's pretty obvious a bunch of people here disagree with you Zaine!

I think I've gotten a better understanding of the ribbon with the, eh, haggling that's been going on here about it. It sounds interesting.
I dont see any reason though (for me) to pay double the price of Softmaker Office (for the Home & Business MS version). If you've got a lot invested in it though it's not outrageously priced for a home business user.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on July 26, 2010, 02:15 PM »

Notice that the post you linked to was made four days after the post here that mentioned that feature?   

-J-Mac (July 24, 2010, 09:16 PM)

Note that I'm new on this forum (but have been on XY forums for years and feel I know what's current) so when I saw something here that wasn't maybe quite up to date with status there, I thought it approp to mention that aspect...

-j_hallgren (July 25, 2010, 10:41 PM)

and thankful I was too to be notified (especially of such good news!) - I had posted there but had forgotten to tick the notifications box

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: iPrint v6 is Freeware!

« Last post by tomos on July 25, 2010, 04:35 PM »

I've found Printliminator bookmarklet to be very easy to use with Firefox.

-Curt (December 22, 2009, 04:33 PM)

You might consider for this purpose Readability (http://lab.arc90.com...riments/readability/ ), which is the best bookmarklet ever, automatically reformatting the page and getting rid of the crappy ads and navigation while magically figuring out what stuff it should keep.

-CWuestefeld (January 13, 2010, 04:16 PM)

came across this elsewhere and wanted to post about it but found it here - it really is super to tidy up a page and make it readable/printable

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quark Xpress

« Last post by tomos on July 25, 2010, 11:25 AM »

There is also the free Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/) - I did post about it here a while back but I'm not really qualified to comment much about it in the sense I'm not familiar with the two big layout programmes.


[edit] I'm not familiar with Scribus either, just messed around with it a bit a few years ago. [/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Tab Candy will change the way I use a browser for good

« Last post by tomos on July 25, 2010, 09:14 AM »

It seems you currently have to get it via "a Tab Candy-enabled build" of firefox, i.e. you cant get it as a simple extension, only with full Firefox.
I'm not that interested - yet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Tab Candy will change the way I use a browser for good

« Last post by tomos on July 24, 2010, 08:24 AM »

I like the sound of it, especially 'Save for later', well more the possibilities of it - it could be like a cross between 'tab-mix-plus' and 'Session Manager'.
The advertising might be a pain.
I really probably should take mitzevo's advice on board though!

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on July 24, 2010, 08:04 AM »

nice to hear new music again - thanks!
I hadnt heard Bird before Curt. There's a couple of other good tracks by her (but not much) on youtube e.g. Bad Connection.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quark Xpress

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2010, 11:32 AM »

is Quark Xpress the best program to make a leaflet? any opinions?

-kalos (July 23, 2010, 09:59 AM)

Some more info would probably be helpful.
Is a leaflet like a flyer (one x  A4 or similar size double-sided-print) or multiple pages ?
Is it going to be professionally printed?
Do you have Quark Express? What are your other options?
Are you familiar with it? (how much time do you have on your hands? - it might be worth getting it professionally done unless you actually want to spend the time learning to use a programme.)
etc etc

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2010, 09:34 AM »

+1 for Softperfect Office

-40hz (July 23, 2010, 09:17 AM)

I presume that's +1 for SoftMaker Office . . .

And these same American businesses wonder why the rest of the world is starting to look elsewhere?

-40hz (July 23, 2010, 09:17 AM)

hopefully rest of world will keep them on their toes (eventually)

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Living Room / Re: Slashdot Question: How to Recover Stolen Laptop if you Know Thief's IP Address?

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2010, 04:42 AM »

It's also possible the current user doesnt even know it was stolen

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2010, 04:35 AM »

Wow, that's really pushing things - no upgrade price!!
I'd still go for Softmaker Office myself @ $80 with a helpful forum (if a little defensive at times) - but I'm not an advanced user so cant really compare it with Word etc.

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Living Room / Re: The Dangers of Friending Strangers: the Robin Sage Experiment

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2010, 04:02 AM »

I see her picture has been given the pirate treatment on her Facebook page...

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General Software Discussion / Re: weather.com

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2010, 04:19 AM »

Credit belongs to InstantFundas (I only fixed his link):

I prefer geoipweather.com

-InstantFundas (July 17, 2010, 02:34 AM)

-Deozaan (July 20, 2010, 06:32 PM)

That is nice, I now have five tabs open continuously for the weather...
Unfortunately they all say rain for a whole week ahead

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Big Summer Art Madness! - Lifetime License on 50%

« Last post by tomos on July 20, 2010, 04:07 AM »

I was surprised not to see a bunch of (obvious) feature options, in XYplorer. So, if I don't care to learn some scripting, I might not be satisfied with XYplorer. Is that it?

-Curt (July 20, 2010, 02:46 AM)

I'm only a casual user and am definitely not an advanced one.
I know it currently can't open a zip file as a file folder - but it looks like it *might* get 'proper' zip management soon.

a couple of my favourite features:
- that you can custom multiple file associations = on opening a file with Alt+Enter you are presented with a choice of programmes to open the file with (needs a little initial setup work - it's easy to do).
- that it keeps a selected file in the same place in a list no matter how you sort the list (minor - but it's a real treat if you use file sorting much)
- very good search

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Big Summer Art Madness! - Lifetime License on 50%

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2010, 05:27 PM »

ah yes
seen you having a dig on a TC thread lately so thought I'd get one back
XY is a very nice file manager so enjoy!

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

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2010, 05:15 PM »

Since installing the version 5, I notice that at start up it's not minimized to tray?

-CleverCat (July 18, 2010, 06:48 AM)

I've had that problem for a while, might be best to report it directly to the author who is very helpful & responsive http://www.superflexible.com/contact.htm or they have a forum somewhere there.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Big Summer Art Madness! - Lifetime License on 50%

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2010, 05:07 PM »

Well, I knew them all AFAICS. Anyway, I found out that there's no need to know it anyway...

OK, now I got two file manager licenses. 

-Tuxman (July 19, 2010, 12:59 PM)

all you need now is TC . . . lol

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General Software Discussion / Re: weather.com

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2010, 03:43 PM »

This is my favorite weather website:

http://www.thefuckin...r.com/?zipcode=11215

-fm84 (July 19, 2010, 12:05 AM)

laugh of the day! thanks

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Living Room / Re: UPDATED: Microsoft Extends XP Life to 2020 and Releases Windows 7 SP1 Beta

« Last post by tomos on July 16, 2010, 06:10 AM »

"Microsoft Extends XP Life to 2020" is a bit misleading. It's a downgrade option from Windows 7 that is extended
Read the source article for more info http://windowsteambl...-service-pack-1.aspx

Customers who purchase Windows 7 PCs with end user downgrade rights as provided in the software license terms (EULA) will be able to downgrade to Windows XP Professional on those PCs for the life of the PC. [there's more to that too...]

Extended support of XP will still end April 2014 - anyone know, does that mean no more updates after that time as well?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Feature Req: quote only selected text?

« Last post by tomos on July 16, 2010, 04:01 AM »

it only works erratically here, no matter which setting (also FF 3.6.6)
it will work for a while and then not - no obvious logic to it...

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Idea: DC Cody Tshirts customized for an interest area

« Last post by tomos on July 16, 2010, 02:35 AM »

What's wrong with: (see attachment in previous post)
 

That is if Google Translate got "Coding Snacks" right 

-Perry Mowbray (July 15, 2010, 11:41 PM)

that's an idea -
we can finally compete with all those countries that have terrible english translations on their t-shirts etc