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Screenshot Captor / Re: Assistance needed with the MiniCap command line

« Last post by mouser on February 08, 2014, 08:11 PM »

try using spaces instead of comas:

Run, C:\Program Files (x86)\MiniCap\MiniCap.exe -captureregion 200 200 500 500

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by mouser on February 08, 2014, 04:39 PM »

I can report that a widescreen 27" monitor in portrait mode is a wild experience -- but unfortunately just too tall to be usable -- the vertical neck strain would put you in the hospital after a day.

It's *REALLY* a shame that widescreen monitors seem to be the only format being made these days -- I find it distinctly unhelpful.  27" widescreen is just too wide.  a square shaped 27" diagonal monitor would be great.

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General Software Discussion / Re: create a new entry in the main contextual menu : a new txt file

« Last post by mouser on February 07, 2014, 11:20 AM »

Check out also FileMenuTools: http://www.lopesoft.com/en/filemenutools

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [ENDED] HUNTERCOIN GIVEAWAY~! =D

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 11:41 PM »

Locked.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why didn't anyone tell me I could make the Windows 7 taskbar height non-obscene?

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 07:26 PM »

x16, your image shows the double height normal size win7 taskbar.  i'm talking about the half-height option.

oh -- is that TClock you have showing that info?  Didn't know it could display two-lines. nice.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Resolution of Screenshot Captor

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 06:54 PM »

Thanks James -- I appreciate the good nature of the request. 

And I don't disagree the icons seem exceedingly small on your screenshot.  It looks like you have a high resolution screen set up (maybe with large font setting to make the text bigger)?

There is actually one or two things I can try, to see if it helps -- remind me if i don't post a test version in the next week.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why didn't anyone tell me I could make the Windows 7 taskbar height non-obscene?

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 06:25 PM »

have you just upgraded from XP mouser?
Or are you one of those productive people who dont mess around with all the possible UI options on their OS

both.

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General Software Discussion / Why didn't anyone tell me I could make the Windows 7 taskbar height non-obscene?

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 05:44 PM »

This is a public service announcement for those of you who do not like the Windows 7 taskbar being so damn tall eating up desktop space for no reason.

You can change it go to back to the sane pre-Windows7 height and format:



It's the small icons setting which reduces the height.  I also change the taskbar buttons (grouping) option so that each program running gets it's own taskbar entry until it runs out of space; I hate the new behavior of combining taskbar buttons for multiple copies of explorer, etc.

Note: One thing that happens when you reduce the taskbar height is you lose the full date shown in the bottom right.  To solve that I install Tclock and configure it to show full textual date+time on the taskbar.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Resolution of Screenshot Captor

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 03:49 PM »

One important thing to remember is that for most of those icon buttons, there is a menu item.  The only ones that's not true for are the object buttons (arrow, highlight box, text box, etc.).

There is an optional "scanner" toolbar, that you can enable from the scanner tab of the options.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Resolution of Screenshot Captor

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 02:23 PM »

those icons look like they are supposed to -- that's normal for them to be that small..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 12:32 PM »

It's true, if you aren't doing a lot of questionable web surfing and downloading, i really don't see the big deal with sticking with XP for a netbook.

Like stoic says, it's not like anything terrible happens when microsoft stops officially supporting it.  People will still be using it for years.

In fact you could make a strong case that for a netbook, better to not move to the more resource demanding windows 7.

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 08:36 AM »

changing batteries goes beyond sad. it's absolutely heartbreaking. it's been a long time since i cried while watching something.

it got me in the end.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 07:41 AM »

What shades says is true -- trying to run a virtual machne on a computer with 2gb of ram is going to be a nightmare.  It won't just be a slow virtual machine, but when the vm is running your entire computer will likely be painful to use because of the vm trying to use all the memory.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 07:23 AM »

App's idea makes sense.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2014, 06:04 AM »

I sympathize with your wife -- personally I find the look and feel of XP the best, and windows 7 user interface is not to my liking.

Having said that, adjusting to using Windows 7 is really pretty painless.  All the programs will still run, it still has the start menu and everything is mostly in the same place.

So, my advice is to set up a new machine with windows 7 and get her set up on it and give her some time to get used to it.

Your idea of using a virtual machine to host XP would be ok for something that you had an occasional use for, but i wouldn't want to try to do prolonged work on such a machine because of performance issues.

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Living Room / Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2014, 01:59 PM »

Thought it might be nice if we collected some online articles that help you decide which tiny computer kit to get if you want to experiment in the land of Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone, etc.

• http://makezine.com/...one-vs-raspberry-pi/
• http://www.makeuseof...ni-computer-for-you/
• http://lifehacker.co...our-diy-pr-742869540

Anyone know any other good write ups?

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: SelectoSurf v1.1.0 - Jan 25,2008 - AutoHotkey script to open plaintext URLs

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2014, 06:09 AM »

try selecting any word and triggering it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Launch a web from plain text expressing the url from that site

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2014, 05:01 AM »

There are a few little tools that can do this -- but i made one i think is pretty good:

SelectoSurf:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=6714.0

It's made in AutoHotkey with source so you can always change how it works if you need to.

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 03:04 PM »

Anyone use a rotated monitor in portrait mode for coding?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature Request: Default Style for Callouts, Repeating and Quick typing...

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 09:29 AM »

2. Repeating:  It would be nice if "Arrow Mode" was sticky.   i.e. So I can do multiple arrows or callouts without having to click the Arrow Icon on the Toolbar each time.  (Maybe SSC could stay in Arrow Mode until I either choose another tool, or press Esc?)

there is an option for that:

3. Quick Typing:  It would be nice if I could click-n-drag to create the arrow, then immediately start typing text to add a callout

nice idea, i will try to add an option for that.

1.  Set default style for Arrows / Callouts:

it should be remembering your last settings.

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 09:04 AM »

But do have a good test in the shop to view the actual brightness of the screen, that is, IMHO very, important too.

I never appreciated brightness issues until i tried a different monitor one day that was noticeably clearer and brighter than what i was used to.  It was actually labeled a "glossy" monitor when most these days are labeled as "matte".  I have to say i much preferred the glossy one, though they seem to be rare for some reason.

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Living Room / Re: LillyPad Arduino Projects

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 08:30 AM »

Awesome, can't wait to see some photos!

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 06:42 AM »

If anyone wants to join me in jumping to 27", this is the one i'm looking at -- newegg is currently having a bit of a sale on it:

LG 27EA83R-D

http://www.newegg.co...Item=N82E16824005494

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Living Room / Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2014, 06:35 AM »

I have never worried much about monitor size for my computer, but I do care a lot about resolution, and really love having lots of real estate.

In the past I always aimed for a multi-monitor setup, with monitor resolutions of 1600x1200.
My current setup is three 19" 1600x1200 lcd monitors.
(The text font size is just fine for me with those).

But i'm looking to buy a new central monitor, and i'm trying to decide whether to get a 24" (1920x1200) (apx, $320), or to go all the way up to a 27" (2560x144) ($500).

I love the idea of the additional screen real-estate on the 27".  But I have a real concern about the screen being "too large" for daily coding.

For tv/movies, the bigger the better.

But for programming, I need to be staring at lots of small text -- and I sit about 2.5 feet away from the screen.

So at a certain point, a large screen is going to mean having to move my eyes around uncomfortably.

Thoughts?

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014: Mug-shots here

« Last post by mouser on February 03, 2014, 03:44 PM »

Hey we know what the mugs look like, we want to see what you folks look like!