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Screenshot Captor / Re: Only show Images thumbnails NOT Video Files
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 11:13 AM »
It is there (here), near top.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 10:00 AM »
Great.

I'd love one more test report that the new candidate version works reasonably.  I've added a few more features:

v1.08.01 - December 2, 2013
  • [Feature] Portable zip now uses ConfigDir_Default.ini which is overridden by the presence of a ConfigDir.ini file, so users unpacking the contents won't overwrite any custom ConfigDir.ini  they may have.
  • [Feature] Now using a dual package (installer and portable zip), with portable zip preconfigured for portable use.
  • [Feature] Installer and executable are now signed.
  • [Feature] Option to check for updates at startup.
  • [Change] Quote box now hides on mouse-up not mouse-down.
  • [Feature] Popup quotes will not auto display (on timer) if there is a screensaver or other full screen application (game) running.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now auto-detect when a quote file has changed and automatically reload the new changes.
  • [Feature] New edit book menu item in popup window.
  • [Feature] Better display of info about each quote book in options (file size, etc.).
  • [Feature] Added icons in menus.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now create the default UserQuotes.txt file in the proper user configuration directory (instead of installation directory) on WinVista/7/8.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now scan for books in BOTH the installed "Books" directory and a create user configuration "Books" on machines where configuration directory is different from installation directory (WinVista/7/8).
  • [Feature] Start-after-installation option added for WinVista/7/8.
  • [Improvement] Miscellaneous improvements on options dialog.
  • [Improvement] Better installed program icon.
  • [Improvement] Avoids stealing focus (see options).
  • [Improvement] Now much easier to select and preview skin selection, or disable it.
  • [Feature] You can now set a custom sound file.
  • [Change] The use of a skinned appearance is now disabled by default.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Only show Images thumbnails NOT Video Files
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 09:00 AM »
You need to go uncheck the option to display movie files on the Save/Load tab.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 05:27 AM »
Ok, sounds like i can go official with this then..
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 03:57 AM »
If it were easier to add or modify text/quotes, or simply add comments to existing quotes, it could be used in a much broader manner e.g.

you can now edit the quotefile containing the currently shown quote from the menu, but i think the most important new change that should help do what you want is that PopUpWisdom will now automatically detect whenever a quote file has been modified and reload it automatically.  this means that you can edit a custom quote book file whenever you want and the new quotes will be shown.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 03:10 AM »
Ok, would you mind trying the newest beta i just uploaded?

I think it now makes sense what's happening.

My code ensures that the quote window does not "actively" steal focus from the window that had it at the time of triggering a quote.

But what happens when you click on a button on the quote form, is that you yourself bring the quote window to the foreground, which has no ill effect, BUT, when that currently-foregrounded window is hidden, what happens is that Windows itself (at least on win7), says "ok, our previously foregrounded window just disappeared, i will remember to bring it back to foreground the next time it appears."

So essentially, it's windows trying to be smart by, on its own, resetting the focus to the quote window in this scenario (where it was foregrounded right before it was last hidden).

There may be a better workaround, but what i've done in the latest version to try to fix this is, right before hiding the quote window, i send the foreground focus off it.  That way when it shows itself the next time, windows doesn't try to fix it.

Let me know if it works.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 02, 2013, 02:12 AM »
Ok, i managed to reproduce this on Windows 7 (not on xp).  Insidious.
Doesn't happen unless you first click on the Ok button.
Thank you bill gates.

Now i have to try to figure out how on earth this combination of events could lead to this behavior.

Thank you for your patience.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 08:17 PM »
If you would indulge me, I'd love to get a simple reproducible use case, as simple as possible.

If we uncheck that option to set focus, then exit program.
Then restart program, with it appearing in tray.

Then open up notepad, and give it focus.

Now show a popup quote.  Does popup wisdom steal focus?
If yes, then to confirm, we mean that the foreground focus leaves notepad, and if we type the letters don't appear in notepad.


You can see what i'm trying to get at here -- the simplest reproducible steps to demonstrate the problem -- because i'm not able to reproduce it given what i've read so far and i can't tell if we are just doing different things or meaning different things, etc.

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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 07:44 PM »
However, a subsequent hotkey invocation leads to focus being stolen here.

does this problem only occur when triggering via hotkey (as opposed to timer?)


I'm having a hard time reproducing this bug, even when using hotkey.  I don't get focus stealing in the new version no matter if it's triggered via hotkey or timer -- neither on xp or win7.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 04:31 PM »
Latest beta features:

v1.08.01 - December 1, 2013
  • [Feature] Portable zip now uses ConfigDir_Default.ini which is overridden by the presence of a ConfigDir.ini file, so users unpacking the contents won't overwrite any custom ConfigDir.ini  they may have.
  • [Feature] Now using a dual package (installer and portable zip), with portable zip preconfigured for portable use.
  • [Feature] Installer and executable are now signed.
  • [Feature] Option to check for updates at startup.
  • [Change] Quote box now hides on mouse-up not mouse-down.
  • [Feature] Popup quotes will not auto display (on timer) if there is a screensaver or other full screen application (game) running.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now auto-detect when a quote file has changed and automatically reload the new changes.
  • [Feature] New edit book menu item in popup window.
  • [Feature] Better display of info about each quote book in options (file size, etc.).
  • [Feature] Added icons in menus.



I don't want to release it though until i know i've fixed the foreground issue, which i'm not sure i have (works on my xp but i dont know about win7).

Let me know how you like the improvements.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Only show Images thumbnails NOT Video Files
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 02:49 PM »
Download the latest beta:

[MinorFeature] New option (save/load tab) to not show movie files in thumbnail panel.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Only show Images thumbnails NOT Video Files
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 12:15 PM »
Thanks for mentioning this -- let me quick add an option to ignore video files and put it in the current beta release.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 09:06 AM »
Can you guys try this new beta to see if i've fixed the foreground issue:
https://www.donation...PopUpWisdomSetup.exe

IMPORTANT: You need to go into options and UNCHECK the box "Popup get Active Focus".

ps. you can also get it in portable version now:
https://www.donation...UpWisdomPortable.zip
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Minor Cosmetic Surgery
« Last post by mouser on December 01, 2013, 05:43 AM »
Thanks, will fix.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: is there any option to re-order the favorites clips?
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 04:58 PM »
Welcome leopoluds  :up:

You can order clips -- it's just not the most obvious thing.  I really need to make a help file and video showing how to do it.

See this thread for a discussion: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=32162.0

Basically you do it by changing the column called "Ordering".
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PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 1.09 - Nov 30, 2013
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 04:36 PM »
ps. Progress Bars of Life falls into the group of programs I have written that may actually have 0 users.  Which is sort of a shame since it seems like there should be at least a few people that would find it useful..

If anyone reads this who actually uses the program (I don't mean someone who tries it and then uninstalls but someone who actually uses it for more than a couple of days), I'd love to hear about it!
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PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 1.09 - Nov 30, 2013
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 01:33 PM »
i was thinking of adding a feature for manual bars that let you click anywhere on the bar to set the progress to that point.  what do you think of that instead?

implemented (v1.10) but not uploaded yet.  This makes it easy to have a bunch of progress bars docked on the screen that you can manually adjust whenever you want.
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PopUp Wisdom / Re: PopUp Wisdom Love
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 12:00 PM »
Good timing.

Let's see here..
First, sounds like it would be good for popup wisdom to not auto show a quote if a full screen app is running.

As for making it easier to add quotes.. you could just edit the quote text files you know.. but the idea of having a built in text editor for a built-in quote file does seem like it might make it easier to quick edit stuff.

Not steal focus -- makes sense to me -- i will try to make it so.

Hide on mouse-up -- added to todo list.

ps.
the farr plugin to search quote works well afaik.
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PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 1.09 - Nov 30, 2013
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 11:47 AM »
no need -- it has its own docking ability -- just drag it to an edge, then go into options and set layout as you want.
try the new option to automatically size bars to all fit on one row.
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PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 1.09 - Nov 30, 2013
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 10:33 AM »
New update:

v1.09.01 - Nov 30, 2013
  • New option to check for updates at startup.
  • Reorganized options tabs to make the main item list easier to see.
  • Added minimize-to-tray item in right click menu.
  • Added hotkeys for moving items up and down and improved instructions in item editor.
  • Added option to specify inter-bar spacing.
  • Automatic bar sizing based on desired # bars per row now takes into account padding and spacing.
  • Added icons to progress bar item editor right-click context menu.
  • Improved UI for setting bar sizing mode.
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Mouser's Zone / Re: A bunch of updates to my programs
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 06:08 AM »
Easy Screencast Recorder is definitely *not* abandonware.

However, it is in an awkward state where it's really not easy and painless to use, and it's hard for me to really recommend it whole heartedly except to users who have very specific needs.  That's the main struggle i have with it -- finding a use case where ESR could be a tool of choice.

We should continue this discussion on this thread, but i think what i would really appreciate is if there are people who have checked out the competition and can help me identify some small set of essential features that would make ESR a tool of choice for some scenario, and a set of key features that need to be added to ESR to make it genuinely useful.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to make SC go to the last file?
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 05:18 AM »
I've also tested passing a filename on the commandline and that works fine, so you should be able to use that method too.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to make SC go to the last file?
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 03:27 AM »
I'll see if i can't detect an external rename of the currently selected file and switch to it.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Dishonored Review
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 02:47 AM »
Dishonored is heavily discounted on steam currently.
An extremely convincing alternate world that is dripping with atmosphere. One of the best games of the year. One of the most satisfying stealth FPS ever made.

The trend I've noticed in FPS games these days is to have a million things crashing down and assaulting your senses at all time, forcing you to rush through each level with barely time to think (Bioshock Infinite and ever military FPS in the last 5 years I'm talking to you).

But here's a game where you can really take your time and enjoy the sceneary.

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Mouser's Zone / A bunch of updates to my programs
« Last post by mouser on November 30, 2013, 02:25 AM »
I've uploaded some updates to many of my large applications in the last week:


As always, you can find the list of what's new both in the online help pages (linked from each program homepage) or in the forum thread about the application (also linked from each program homepage).
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