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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by justice on November 26, 2008, 10:45 AM »

I might sometime convert you as a third user Mouser

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - v1.1 release 26 november

« Last post by justice on November 26, 2008, 09:32 AM »

This version should work around the problem you are having tomos.

Version 1.1
Date: 15:26:24, 26 November 2008
Message:
* new feature: Live taskfilter when entering tasks, you can use the 'add task' box to filter tasks as you type. for example add projects, priorities to tasks and afterwards filter for them.
* Escape hotkey to empty 'add tasks' box
* Added switching between view modes from View menu:
    - default is now Report view - 1 column view that shows the whole task but not horizontally efficient
    - alternative is the list view from recent releases - multi column view where tasks may not be completely visible but space efficient
* performance optimizations

Screencast

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is it time to start a new AntiVirus/Internet Security Suite review thread?

« Last post by justice on November 26, 2008, 06:54 AM »

I use AntiVir Premium too and I'm a pc, eh I mean satisfied

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Developer's Corner / AutoHotkey: LiveSearch example

« Last post by justice on November 26, 2008, 05:32 AM »

Might be useful for N.A.N.Y. this year I thought for those who will use AHK like me. Find below an example of live processing of the contents of an editbox. You can use it to filter a listview for example.

expand code

; Live Search Example
; Performance enchancements
#NoEnv
SetBatchLines, -1
SetKeyDelay, 0

Gui, Add, Edit, vMyEdit gLiveSearch, %LastMyEdit%
Gui, Show

LiveSearch:
   Gui, Submit, NoHide ; or without submitting use get ControlGetText, MyEdit, Edit1, %MainWnd%
   ifEqual, LastMyEdit,MyEdit ; don't process no changes
      return
   Gosub,LiveSearchProcess
return

LiveSearchProcess:
   Tooltip % MyEdit
   LastMyEdit := MyEdit
return

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Find And Run Robot / suggestion: open plugins folder

« Last post by justice on November 26, 2008, 03:52 AM »

I'd like to see an Open Plugins Folder button in the options -> plugins screen. I'm using Vista and I have loads of plugins installed under C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\Plugins but FARR doesn't find any plugins, and I cannot find out where FARR is looking for plugins.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mockups ...

« Last post by justice on November 25, 2008, 09:05 AM »

I used to use powerpoint and this would be a better first step, it's quicker to mess about and experiment. Powerpoint has more interactivity options so you could guide a client through your site, which is great for usability testing.

Actually balsamiq mockups is so good i would just add interactivity with flash hmm.

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Living Room / A fork in the road - dangers of web services

« Last post by justice on November 25, 2008, 03:57 AM »

Today's news brings up the risk of continuity of webservices:

Today marks a fork in the road for this particular startup. Values of n, the company behind Stikkit and I Want Sandy, will be closing its doors. Both services will going offline at close of business (5pm PST) on Monday December 8th, 2008. Until then, they'll be up and running as usual to allow our users time to make the transition, find alternative services, and download any data they wish to take with them.

While the company and services will be shutting down, Stikkit and Sandy's DNA will live on; the intellectual property behind both has been acquired by Twitter, Inc.

from Daring Fireball

As one of the comments says:

Blogger Tom said...    I don't think it's wrong to say "You got me addicted to your service like crack cocaine, and now you're telling me to go to very poor alternatives which are nowhere near as powerful."

    I don't like being told "it was free, so deal with it". If Google decided to close Gmail and delete all your mail in 10 days, would you have no right to be mad because it was "free"? Of course you would. It's a very poor excuse.

As users will become wiser of web services and more of these will be bought up / close down - will this ultimately undermine confidence in web services? What guarantees should be in place? Should the webservice become open source or an read only archive be created when it will no longer be supported? It shows that the webservice industry is still growing up in my opinion.

As a person who earns a living (indirectly) with the web, it's a valid concern.

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Living Room / Re: msn.com is not displaying properly

« Last post by justice on November 20, 2008, 09:50 AM »

the stylesheets arent loading for some reason, do you use security software that has a webfilter? if so try turning it off and closing the browser, then try again.

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by justice on November 20, 2008, 03:40 AM »

Before when you double clicked a task it would immediately disappear, but now you see it getting checked before disappearing so the experience is a completion instead of a removal. Ah I'll look into long tasks issues thanks for the report Great to hear you find it useful.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Switch apps with mouse (like ALT+TAB)

« Last post by justice on November 19, 2008, 05:58 AM »

Nice Idea.

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - NEW v1.00 Released 17 November 2008

« Last post by justice on November 17, 2008, 04:04 AM »

Another update, I'm using it quite a lot.

Version 1.00
Date: 10:01:51, 17 November 2008
Message:
* Improved handling of completed tasks, tasks get checked
* added icon

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Developer's Corner / Re: Microsoft releases SmallBasic for Newbie Programmers

« Last post by justice on November 17, 2008, 03:08 AM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. GraphicsWindow.BackgroundColor = "Black"
2. GraphicsWindow.MouseDown = OnMouseDown
3.  
4. Sub OnMouseDown
5.   pic = Flickr.GetRandomPicture("mountains, river")
6.   GraphicsWindow.DrawResizedImage(pic, 0, 0, 640, 480)
7. EndSub

ha fantastic It actually seems to be really similar to Visual Basic .NET in syntax which should pose no problem once you've grown out of smallbasic, which is probably the aim of it. Great idea and interesting IDE too.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tabbloid service lets you create your own newsletter from RSS feeds

« Last post by justice on November 16, 2008, 06:28 AM »

initial eurphoria has worn off that happens to me all the time that's why I asked

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tabbloid service lets you create your own newsletter from RSS feeds

« Last post by justice on November 14, 2008, 07:34 AM »

You still using this?

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General Software Discussion / RSSFWD.com - RSS straight into your email inbox

« Last post by justice on November 13, 2008, 05:07 AM »

Found this gem, RSSFwd allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds by email. I use it to get notifications of software releases, which would easily get missed in my RSS feed reader as I am subscribed to so many feeds. You can set how often you want to get emailed as well which helps combat overload.

from google

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro

« Last post by justice on November 13, 2008, 04:38 AM »

dunno if there should be a theme or not, but that won't stop me suggesting in case its decided to go that route:
Would be great to see all utilities add value to official donationcoder programs. So my theme suggestion would be: any program that makes official donationcoder programs more useful. This could be a plugin, a support program, farr aliases, etc. Good to see people giving back.

I realise that might conflict with the rule "you don't have to be affiliated with DonationCoder.com - you still get to announce it as part of the N.A.N.Y. Challenge" I guess ife result is related to donationcoder.com

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro

« Last post by justice on November 13, 2008, 04:30 AM »

I'll try to participate in my first NANY, i'll have to finish my program before the holidays though so expect my program to be released mid december.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Compare text files and keep only the DIFFERENT lines?

« Last post by justice on November 13, 2008, 03:59 AM »

http://gnuwin32.sour...ckages/diffutils.htm

You can use the diff command to show differences between two files, or each corresponding file in two directories. diff outputs differences between files line by line in any of several formats, selectable by command line options. This set of differences is often called a `diff' or `patch'. For files that are identical, diff normally produces no output; for binary (non-text) files, diff normally reports only that they are different.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tidy Favorites

« Last post by justice on November 13, 2008, 03:56 AM »

http://www.tidyfavorites.com/

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by justice on November 12, 2008, 08:10 AM »

That would be very cool, option 2 appeals a lot since I'd like to have the user explicitly ask for updates. Although If a developer keeps older versions of their script we don't want them to start updating themselves to the latest, that would be disastrous haha.

btw It wouldn't be hard to write a small app that would collect all .dcupdate files on a disk and register all of them then do a single update, that might be a useful addition to the arsenal.

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by justice on November 12, 2008, 08:05 AM »

Revision: 42
Date: 14:02:30, 12 November 2008
Message:
* improved hotkey implementation

I'm thinking about how to show multiple lists too or some way of being able to seperate multiple projects. Maybe it could recognise <project>: task formatted tasks and generate tabs or a menu of some kind, keeping the speedy input/overviews.

project a: example task
project b: some other task

this could result in a tasklist per project.

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by justice on November 12, 2008, 07:33 AM »

Long awaited update

Revision: 41
Date: 13:31:17, 12 November 2008
Message:
* Rescan hotkey changed to F5
* Fixed hotkeys so they only work if Axem is focused window
* Fixed selection issue when axem is installed inside the source folder
* invoking context menu no longer adds divider at the bottom of the menu
* Performance optimizations


Todo:
* Adding check for updates, and registring of dcupdate file (if you have dcupdate installed it should already work with the provided dcupdate file)
* if <scriptname>.ico is found, show icon in the list

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Living Room / Re: [forum] request for link statistics

« Last post by justice on November 12, 2008, 03:33 AM »

I must be the only one

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Roboform at 34% off on 17th Nov at www.bitsdujour.com

« Last post by justice on November 10, 2008, 08:54 AM »

It doesn't work with chrome either although Chrome devs are working on an extension system which theoretically roboform plugs into.

One thing to maybe think of is that roboform 6 initial version was released in 2004 and that there is some talk about roboform 7 for which you might have to pay an upgrade fee. I probably think you will. Read more rumors here: http://www.roboformc...com/topic/roboform-7

Nothing official about R7 has been announced however so this is just speculation. Still I couldn't live without Roboform.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Minimizing all windows except one in AHK - call for help

« Last post by justice on November 10, 2008, 08:21 AM »

I'm sorry
I don't know of another way of minimizing it, so I'd list all the windows first to make sure that the problematic ones are recognised and that the problem is in the minmizing itself. can't help you further than that i'm afraid.