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Unfinished Requests / Re: QUESTION FOR CODERS - WHAT SOFTWARE WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN?

« Last post by Veign on September 27, 2005, 10:25 AM »

I think that is the area alot of freeware developers lack.  These components can be so expensive and often just not used.   Good luck and looking forward to see what you can bring into these forums...

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Unfinished Requests / Re: QUESTION FOR CODERS - WHAT SOFTWARE WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN?

« Last post by Veign on September 27, 2005, 10:19 AM »

Visual Studio 2005 from Microsoft...

Funny thing is most *tools* for developers can be found as Open Source or freeware.  The only tools that are not typically free is the base development platform..

One thing that may be nice is to get some of the ActiveX / COM / .Net components.  The good ones are not typically free and really help creating powerful applications.

Just because its a coding snack doesn't mean it can't be as good as shareware / commercial software.....

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Living Room / Re: Hot under the collar .... (and in the wallet)

« Last post by Veign on September 27, 2005, 10:11 AM »

I would never buy electronics from any online store unless they are very, very well known - like Amazon. 

The reason is most of the 'deals' you are getting is whats referred to as 'Grey Market' merchandise.  Grey Market merchandise usally referrs to foreign based products being re-routed to a country it was not intended to be sold.  Not as bad as black market but, in my mind, the line between the two is sometimes not well defined with some retailers.

I would personally stay away from Grey Market merchandise as you will have problems with warrenties - this is a fact.  Plus alot of other problems you may run into.

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Living Room / Re: Free VersionTracker ?

« Last post by Veign on September 26, 2005, 01:43 PM »

One thing I had forgotten about was VersionTracker.com . This site will allow you to follow a piece of software and be notified when an update occurs...

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Living Room / Re: Any free web counters recommendations?

« Last post by Veign on September 23, 2005, 07:55 PM »

Do you have access to your raw logs files from the server?

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General Software Discussion / Re: program which lists new google page hits

« Last post by Veign on September 21, 2005, 10:17 PM »

Gonna give that a try and see....

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General Software Discussion / Re: program which lists new google page hits

« Last post by Veign on September 21, 2005, 08:52 PM »

That would be a very cool tool!.

Have you done anything with the Google API?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft RAW file thumbnail viewer for Windows XP SP2

« Last post by Veign on September 21, 2005, 10:43 AM »

That's a potentially large download for what I would think would be a simple viewer (not really knowing too much about the RAW format).

Download Size: 6489 KB - 55408 KB*

Kinda funny how MS is slowly starting to forget about all other OS's.  Seems like WinXP SP2 is required for all of their new tools.  Very disappointing if you ask me. (I have yet to install SP2 on my dev computer)...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Stop unauthorised user installing?

« Last post by Veign on September 21, 2005, 10:39 AM »

That tool just became available so I don't know too much about it but I would think it would handle protecting a computer from installs by restricted users.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Stop unauthorised user installing?

« Last post by Veign on September 21, 2005, 09:26 AM »

Not sure what OS's you are looking to support but check out the new Power Toy from Microsoft.

I have yet to play with it but it seems like it should handle what you want.  Let me know if it works out for you.

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Living Room / Re: Free VersionTracker ?

« Last post by Veign on September 20, 2005, 03:54 PM »

How would you indentify a new version in a Microsoft Application?

I think it sounds easy but when you tried to implement it you will find a great deal of errors and applications that won't work.

Create the application and prove me wrong

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Living Room / Re: Free VersionTracker ?

« Last post by Veign on September 20, 2005, 12:30 PM »

Think about it from a logic standpoint.

How would an application know how to check a website for updates to software? 

You would have a ton of questions that would be hard to answer;
- Do they use PAD files? 
- How is the revision stored? 
- Do they have a simple text file with versions (how some apps check for updates)?
- Do you parse the HTML for revisions? If so, how do you indentify a revision over some other numbered text on a web page?

I think it would be way too hard to create an application that performs the tasks with some certainty.  Unless software websites had some commonality with they way revisions where stored / displayed....

Its a great idea, but one that I think could never be created....

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Living Room / Re: Free VersionTracker ?

« Last post by Veign on September 20, 2005, 12:20 PM »

Like Belarc Advisor?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Macro programs - advice sought...

« Last post by Veign on September 20, 2005, 10:16 AM »

Another choice is Macro Scheduler - also not free:
http://www.mjtnet.com/

Very powerful scripting language....

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Living Room / Re: Help! - serious weirdness

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 07:46 PM »

Strangly enough it could be Print drivers also.  Most things that occur in Word happen in conjunction with the print drivers.  I had a client who had an issue with Word and it was escalated within MS and found to be a printer driver issue - very weird and seemingless no connected to the problem...

Wish I could find the document I had where MS talks about Words heavy connection to the print drivers when working with a document.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Would you pay for WinZip?

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 11:02 AM »

Maybe you should create a Press Release section where you create press releases on various Donationware applications or just in general about donationware and distribute these to various news places (like CNET).  The press releases will have to be very well written and maybe you could get some really good exposure.

Basically make people aware.

If this is something that interests you (mouser) you can email me - some of the PR stuff I have is not for public eyes.

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Living Room / Re: Fresh Perspectives on Insanity

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 10:44 AM »

That was crazy (err..Craziest)....

Very well done and interesting Flash.

I like the line "The father of a seer"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Would you pay for WinZip?

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 10:13 AM »

I also bought WinRAR and now tend to use that for everything (though I still have both installed on my system).

Personally I am happy to see commercial software thrive (just as I like to see free-, share-, donation-ware products out there too) but I think companies have to be realistic. When there are a plethora of companies putting out free, cheaper and better rival products it just seems plain stupid to me to start charging a subscription !!

I think GetRight have had a good policy over the years - buy once, free updates ... if you have been using it for ages consider an occasional donation to show your ongoing appreciation. I don't know how many do this but I have ...

-CarolHaynes (September 19, 2005, 09:55 AM)

I guess one would have to weigh how many new users are buying the application over how many are upgrades from existing users.  If new users are high enough then offering free upgrades is not as much of an issue. 

The problem is the fact that people will not pay for an application if they are not forced too.  There are a rare few (posters on this board) that actually make a donation but most just don't.  I have several donation type applications and have 100's of downloads a day and people just won't donate.  Even the application I created for coding snacks on this board, the person I did the application for didn't donate a dime.

At least the subscription is optional and you only need to pay $29 for the application - fair price for such an application.

Didn't WinRAR and WinZIP go in different directions on the newer ZIP standard that they implemented?  This means the ZIP format that both are using are incompatible with each others applications.  I believe it had to do with an implementation of an encryption method. Not sure just something I remembered from a few years back.....

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General Software Discussion / Re: Would you pay for WinZip?

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 09:57 AM »

That's the only part that did concern me a bit.  Why pay $7 if I don't want to upgrade every year.

I just noticed that the $7 is optional so its not a worry for me anymore...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Would you pay for WinZip?

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 09:44 AM »

I like Winzip and one of the few programs I don't look for a freeware version of.

Why?

Because Winzip has done right for me through the years by providing a great application with useful upgrades in most versions that come out.  Paying $29 +$7 year seems fair to see the direction that Winzip will take.

If the money further advances the application / technology is it worth it?  Is to me...

Will I continue to do it blindly through the years?  No.  Gonna see what, if anything, comes from this new policy in the way of new and cool things with the application...

The only concern is how much better can Winzip get - is there anything that I feel is lacking. 

I may be alone on this one as most here seem to gravitate towards freeware and my feeling is use the best software to get the job done  - even if its commercial.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Graphic soft additions

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 09:37 AM »

I try. 

Next version should contain (for users that want it) more information like: HSL and CMYK.  Also, going to try and create a Favorites list or some type of list that persists colors across sessions.

I find it so hard to find time to implement all the ideas.  Like a new release of Usage Monitor was released yesterday which included: a Snapshot report, custom alarms, custom update speed, and modified interface more inline for future growth.  This took away time from other software I was supposed to be working on...

Like anything I create - If you want to see something in a future release just drop me an email.

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Living Room / Re: Download site in a box

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 09:25 AM »

2,500 is way more than I can spend on this project - I would sell the domain first.  Good information though, thanx for the links to DownloadPipe.  I actually have software listed with them and have stumbled across there page that offered the PAD stuff but had totally forgot about it....

I run MS SQL Server on a test Win2K3 machines and MSDE locally on my dev machine (laptop).  My main issues is that I just don't have the resources (time and money) to put into this.  This is why I am looking for an out-of-box solution - where I can alter site design.  Also want to make sure I don't spread myself too thin and every other project takes a hit on this one....

I am like you and am not into LAMP development although I do like MySQL but that is gaining popularity on Windows Server....

When you have your site going let me know as I would like to see what you come up with.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Graphic soft additions

« Last post by Veign on September 19, 2005, 09:10 AM »

I use Pixeur all the time.  Should be going back into development shortly and expanded upon....

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Living Room / Re: Download site in a box

« Last post by Veign on September 18, 2005, 10:05 PM »

I still would think with all of the shareware sites around that alot are sharing a common code base to run the sites.

I just need to get in contact with the right person that wants to work together or donate the code base of a PAD enabled website that I could design around...

....still hunting around

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Living Room / Re: Download site in a box

« Last post by Veign on September 18, 2005, 08:04 PM »

I would provide a shareware site built from the best of all shareware sites I have come across.

The problem is I just don't have the time to do this from scratch - I have been trying to get in touch with the owners / developers for some of the smaller shareware sites to see if they want to share the code of the site (some kind of partnership) but no luck.  I wasn't asking the larger site, just the smaller sites that appear to be using common systems to run their sites...