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Living Room / Re: A Dog Goes Blind: It's nighttime always now. Huh. How about that.

« Last post by tomos on July 29, 2009, 06:56 AM »

Cute story, but I doubt that's what they think, since dogs can see very well during nighttime.

I think the author of the article did more anthropomorphizing of the dog when he decided that's what the dog was thinking than when he thought the dog would have difficulty adapting.

-Deozaan (July 28, 2009, 09:54 AM)

maybe they're not too far off the mark though -
I cant imagine losing my sight (even if I had such a good sense of smell as a dog!) and I could well imagine that I would get depressed for a long time and feel sorry for myself and maybe eventually come to terms with the situation, and only then, try to make the most of it ...

He doesnt actually say how long it took the dog to adapt but certainly sounded a lot quicker than the average human

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileBox eXtender Alternatives

« Last post by tomos on July 29, 2009, 02:38 AM »

have you searched ?

in the Reviews section:
Best Dialog Extender

also CFDButton

-tomos (July 28, 2009, 10:37 AM)

Of course not. I only want your opinion about programs you knows personally, not in a list of web software....

-Contro (July 28, 2009, 08:54 PM)

Contro, I meant had you searched dc - the links I give are dc (here) - which is naturally not "a list of web software"

I did a bit of work for you there - I didnt do it because I was looking for thanks (more because I was bored with my work) but I would appreciate a more polite response

It is normal procedure to search for something in a forum before posting a query (not saying I remember to do it myself all the time...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileBox eXtender Alternatives

« Last post by tomos on July 28, 2009, 10:37 AM »

have you searched ?

in the Reviews section:
Best Dialog Extender

also CFDButton

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC: Discussion of Scanning Functions

« Last post by tomos on July 28, 2009, 03:47 AM »

i was also thinking of making it so you could select multiple images from the thumbnail panel and it would save them all to one pdf multi-page document.

-mouser (July 27, 2009, 05:22 PM)

That's a good idea!

-cranioscopical (July 27, 2009, 08:06 PM)

great!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 3.5?

« Last post by tomos on July 27, 2009, 04:00 PM »

you'll get some help with extensions for 3.5 here Firefox --3.5-- Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

I just upgraded lately, no problems -
Tab Mix Plus didnt work though (which for me means FF didnt work..) but the thread above directed me to a new version of it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a note taking app that can link relative paths.

« Last post by tomos on July 26, 2009, 02:48 PM »

orange386 have a look at IQ (InfoQube), a database programme (edit: I'm not good at describing these things - best look at the getting started or the home page links below)

relative links possible (havent tested them myself) see 8.20 Link to files and folders
portable
getting started    http://www.sqlnotes.net/drupal5/index.php?q=node/861
dual pane is possible (not default - yet!)   http://www.sqlnotes....index.php?q=node/133

there is a helpful forum - documentation and programme are now in (advanced) development
Home here:    http://www.infoqube.biz
Download is 90 day time limited full programme (still in beta), I'm not sure what a personal licence costs/will cost - near $50 I think - it may be overkill for you costwise and featurewise, but me, I dont use much else anymore

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder loading funny in Firefox - colors missing - proportions strange

« Last post by tomos on July 24, 2009, 07:43 AM »

I've had it happen - but very rarely & not in a long time - clearing the cache fixed it IIRC

odd it's happening to some & not others . .

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2009, 04:54 AM »

1) funny I just did exactly the same scan again (rectangular card, at an angle - needed an angle of -4 to correct skew) and auto-detect skew didnt work this time . . no idea why - instead of the required -4° rotation, it rotates image by 0.0999999999999943° (!)

-tomos (July 23, 2009, 04:44 AM)

same scan again and it worked this time - an hourglass would definitely help though - I have clicked it and nothing has happened (could be my keyboard's fault of course, at times I find I have to be assertive with it)

with select foreground & remove background selected a selection box snaps to one corner of the scanned card

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2009, 04:44 AM »

1) funny I just did exactly the same scan again (rectangular card, at an angle - needed an angle of -4 to correct skew) and auto-detect skew didnt work this time . . no idea why - instead of the required -4° rotation, it rotates image by 0.0999999999999943° (!)

2)

Background removal -
I cant get this to work - scanning dark image on white (paper) background - it could be the fact it's paper - it's texture does get scanned which probably makes it difficult to remove - will try with a sheet of photo paper later

the new system lets you tweak the tolerance interactively; its that number down on the scanning toolbar.
as you change that now, youll see the selection box try to pick out the foreground.  try values around 140 or so.

-mouser (July 23, 2009, 02:38 AM)

A problem with Background removal:

it doesnt seem to work if the image is skewed
it doesnt seem to work then if the image is rotated and the image 'frame' is skewed
i.e. it requires a non-skewed image in a non-skewed frame to work properly

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 23, 2009, 02:33 AM »

morning

Rotation tool is working very well
-
only thing (very minor) is it can take a while to make the rotation if you choose 'Auto-detect' - might be a good idea to show an hour glass/waiting symbol ?

I was able to narrow down the scanning area - I presume in the 'Scan specific area' that the 'Left' & 'Top' boxes create a margin that isnt scanned? Worked here anyways

Background removal -
I cant get this to work - scanning dark image on white (paper) background - it could be the fact it's paper - it's texture does get scanned which probably makes it difficult to remove - will try with a sheet of photo paper later

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 04:05 PM »

I can't test the background remover because I have light background but have two thin strips of dark either side

i might be able to add ability to specify custom scan area/margins, which take care of situations like yours.

-mouser (July 22, 2009, 03:30 PM)

or I could get a bigger piece of paper for the background lol
seriously though, that could be helpful - I'm thinking of reducing the scanning area to A4 cause I rarely if ever scan more than that, and the full area of the glass doesnt get scanned anyways

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 03:14 PM »

Colour working  

I can't test the background remover because I have light background but have two thin strips of dark either side (I using white page to create light background & it doesnt fill the scan area)

Auto-straighten image works very nicely

Is there any way to cancel after starting a scan ?
Is there an option to revert to last saved version of file ? Menu > File > Discard all Changes . .

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General Software Discussion / Re: An easy software to make street/road maps?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 01:51 PM »

Probably not what you need, but just for the case have a look at OpenStreetMap.

-yksyks (July 22, 2009, 01:24 PM)

anyone know anything about their export options ?

OpenStreetMap XML Data Mapnik Image Osmarender Image

Mapnik itself seems to be aimed at developers 

Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications.

http://mapnik.org/

Osmarender:

Osmarender is a rule-based rendering tool for generating SVG images of OSM data.

http://wiki.openstre...index.php/Osmarender

sounds like both could be vector applications or at least could be used to produce usable vector drawings . .

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 03:57 AM »

scanner bed color -- can't think why you wouldnt be able to change that.. but if you have it set to auto detect, it may keep reverting each scan.
removal of background color depends on scan bed color and tolerance, so play with those.

-mouser (July 22, 2009, 03:36 AM)

I hadnt realised 'Bed colour from Corner' meant Auto-detect . . so it's changeable now with that deselected

Are you going to give the option to preview - personally I wouldnt use it much but, if for example you want to do a very hi-res scan of a small area, it can save a lot of time

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 03:31 AM »

Re Scanner:

I used default interface (WIA) and it found my old Benq S2W no problem

• I set it to 'colour' - the scan was greyscale
• I'm sure I was able to change the 'scanner bed colour' once but it has reverted to black & I'm unable to change it again
• Removal of background colour didnt work
• Did read at the correct DPI which I had also changed
• I changed format to PNG which worked fine

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 03:22 AM »

Hi Mouser,

I just installed the beta version (2.60.01) and all my new screen shots are coming out just black, here is an exmaple:
 (see attachment in previous post)
I've stopped and restarted SC, but no joy!

-dluby (July 22, 2009, 03:17 AM)

 . . it's working fine here with or without scanner features enabled . .

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General Software Discussion / Re: An easy software to make street/road maps?

« Last post by tomos on July 22, 2009, 02:52 AM »

google map buddy sounds nice,
but if you want to make a quality map, I dont know of any software where you dont have to draw/trace everything and god help you if you want to add contours lol

Roads/streets - if you make the roadline say 3mm, clone the line and make the top line thinner, say 2mm. With lower line black, the upper white, you have an 'outlined' road - gets tricky at junctions so move the white lines into a higher layer so as they always show over the black (using any vector drawing programme)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Doesn't seem to search the D Drive?

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2009, 10:54 AM »

I think it doesnt search the full C drive by default (thankfully!)

have you had a look in options?

Under Lists > Search Folders
right-click and select 'Add New Entry' and then browse to drive/directory of choice

[ joby got there ahead of me ]

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ProcessTamer / Re: 为什么不更新了

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2009, 08:43 AM »

在中国,许多家庭使用的计算机还有许多是老款的。512内存 单核的电脑很普遍,这款软体可以用神奇来体现它的价值,我的周围朋友使用过后都赞不绝口,而且难能可贵的是这么优秀的软体是免费的。感谢作者辛勤无私的劳动,感谢许多支持这个软体的朋友。

PS :我是个学生,英语水平非常有限,所以给大家带来困扰了 请多多包涵 O(∩_∩)O

-legendcvb (July 21, 2009, 08:26 AM)

google translate:

In China, many families use the computer there are many of the old section. 512 single-core computer memory is very common, this software can be used to reflect the magic of the value of it, my friends are full of praise after use, and valuable software is so good is free of charge. Thank the authors for their hard and selfless work, thanks to the many friends to support the software.

PS: I am a student, very limited English proficiency, it has been a problem for everyone, please forgive me

No problem, legendcvb
没问题!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2009, 06:58 AM »

this is going to be a fantastic feature for SC. thanks mouser..

-lanux128 (July 21, 2009, 06:11 AM)

+1 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Should I add simple scanner features to SC?

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2009, 03:52 AM »

I would be very happy to see this.
I was looking a while back for a very simple scanning utility and could not find one even that I was happy with:-

what I would like to see would be:-

1) that you could save default settings for the scan (300dpi colour/whatever) -  then just have to click scan or preview when you start the programme.
2) that the scan would show on screen at pre-chosen 'standard' size (usually shown as tiny image for some reason)
3) that scan can be easily opened in external editor -
[or maybe even sent to external editor (TWAIN?) - but that wouldnt be an important capability]

1 you've probably thought of and 2 & 3 are probably already covered (I've been using Minicap with FARR courtesy of Tuck for so long I've forgotten what SC does!)

so yes, a big vote for this

edit/ added square brackets above

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move mouse over one axis (x or y) when holding shift

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2009, 03:03 PM »

Mmm, I do not like the windows key as it is being used by other programs I'm running.

-Coeluh (July 19, 2009, 02:32 PM)

try it out - see do you have problems with those programmes - I use windows key for lots of programmes but always with a qualifier key and havent had any problems with this script
-
otherwise post request in that thread or do a bit of research yourself and try changing the key in the script (read that thread though - original key was control, I tried changing that but was unsuccesfull)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move mouse over one axis (x or y) when holding shift

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2009, 01:26 PM »

Done (courtesy Skrommel)

but it's called Draglock and uses the windows key -

Run the script (or exe)
click the left mouse button, then press Winkey and drag and it goes in the x or y axis.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2009, 12:53 PM »

One of our wild "pets" in the garden just outside the kitchen window.
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Clive (July 18, 2009, 06:23 AM)

hah, super  Clive -
are they like stray cats where you live
do you feed them?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox --3.5-- Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by tomos on July 16, 2009, 10:10 AM »

tomos: no it doesn't.

I am using this ahk paragraph for exactly this function. So instead of enter you press LeftWin
...

-Babis (July 16, 2009, 08:41 AM)

thanks Babis