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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by mrainey on December 10, 2017, 03:24 PM »
If all you're doing is reading and copy/paste, what kind of menu options are you going for?

The Foxit toolbar is pleasant to use and easy to customize.  It gives me one-click access to the following commands, with no searching required.  I use these commands frequently when reading, copying from, or printing pdf files.


Open File (Sumatra has on toolbar)

Text View Toggle

Text Select Toggle

Print File (Sumatra has on toolbar)

Text Rotate

Text Zoom (Sumatra has on toolbar)


I like the way Foxit works and looks.  Version 4.0 seems to be free of unwanted addons.  It's also quite fast.  Sumatra feels archaic and I can't think of a reason why I'd want to use it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by mrainey on December 09, 2017, 01:22 PM »
I don't do pdf editing, just reading and copy/paste.  I use an old version of Foxit Reader (4.0) and love it.  Tried Sumatra, but found that I had to make excessive use of the menu to get things done.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Malwarebytes 3.0 out
« Last post by mrainey on February 03, 2017, 08:31 AM »
For me, 3.0.6.1469 cleared up issues of slow starting and general browser slowdown.
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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread
« Last post by mrainey on April 20, 2015, 07:31 AM »
Still hanging with XP, actually.  Probably some day I'll regret it, but no obvious problems yet.
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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread
« Last post by mrainey on April 19, 2015, 09:44 PM »
He must be attracted to the light.
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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread
« Last post by mrainey on April 19, 2015, 08:35 PM »
Darned hearing aids must need fixing.  I could swear I heard somebody say "where's mrainey?"
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Living Room / Re: List your (wireless) router and experiences
« Last post by mrainey on April 19, 2012, 03:42 PM »
I bought a "Cisco Linksys E1200 Refurbished Wireless-N Wi-Fi Router with 4-Port Switch" for thirty bucks to replace a WRT54GL.

Speed now shows up as 72 Mbps, versus 54 Mbps before.  We commonly have three computers browsing and Pandora streaming on the TV.  Streaming videos from Amazon works great.  I haven't had any problems at all.

I'm not a router techie, just reporting what I've experienced.
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Living Room / Re: CamelCamelCamel: Nice Amazon Price Watcher
« Last post by mrainey on April 14, 2012, 01:00 PM »
I like it!
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General Software Discussion / Re: best WYSIWYG html editor
« Last post by mrainey on April 03, 2012, 09:24 PM »
I settled for WYSIWYG Web Builder.

Not only is the software excellent, but the developer gives top-notch support (he apparently never sleeps).  The forum is quite active and full of helpful users.  Free updates appear regularly and a new major version seems to show up about once a year, at half-price for current license holders..
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Living Room / Re: Cool Video: News report from 1981 about the Internet.
« Last post by mrainey on March 27, 2012, 03:28 PM »
Is that what's called the "vision thing"?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Whats your preferred web browser?
« Last post by mrainey on March 25, 2012, 07:32 PM »
I've managed to stick with Firefox 3.6, and am still liking it quite a lot.
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General Software Discussion / Re: best WYSIWYG html editor
« Last post by mrainey on March 25, 2012, 07:19 PM »
I highly recommend this one.

http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/
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Living Room / Re: What are your experiences with payment providers?
« Last post by mrainey on March 25, 2012, 01:11 PM »
I've used FastSpring for 2+ years now.  When I signed up they offered, at no charge, to customize the payment screen to make it look more like my web pages.  They were also willing to do some free tailoring of the customer notification email.  They have handled all taxes and currency conversions.  Their service has been fast and reliable.

Customer service is responsive and I've never had unpleasant surprises that I could attribute to FastSpring.

There are two pricing plans - one is a straight 8.9%, the other is 5.9% plus ninety five cents.

I like 'em.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: PDFZilla free for 20 days - Ends 14 March 2012
« Last post by mrainey on February 23, 2012, 09:19 AM »
And what happens if your system goes ka-boom & you have to reinstall your OS?

Make an image of your Windows partition once a week - takes twenty minutes.  I've used Windows for close to twenty years and have never reinstalled from scratch, but images have saved my butt half a dozen times.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AVG Anti-Virus 2012 - till 7PM EST Friday 2-17-2012 (today) -- $3.95
« Last post by mrainey on February 19, 2012, 06:24 AM »
Avast is a mess. It has pretty good detection rates, but causes a lot of compatibility issues with other programs.

I've used avast! for six or seven years with no major complaints.  What specific problems have you seen?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Spartan Clipboard: Giveaway
« Last post by mrainey on January 01, 2012, 07:21 PM »
Looks like it might have developed from the old Classic Clipboard program, which at one time met my needs very well.  My wife still uses it.

classic.jpg
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General Software Discussion / Re: AdBlock Plus To Not Block All Ads
« Last post by mrainey on December 13, 2011, 10:38 AM »
that would have been a nice "thank you.

Agreed.  If everybody chipped in a little, maybe they could turn the ads off.  They're a pretty recent thing.
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General Software Discussion / Re: AdBlock Plus To Not Block All Ads
« Last post by mrainey on December 13, 2011, 10:10 AM »
Thinking about good ways to stop the Wikipedia ads inspired me to send them twenty bucks.
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General Software Discussion / Re: AdBlock Plus To Not Block All Ads
« Last post by mrainey on December 12, 2011, 06:31 PM »
This says you can opt out.

http://dottech.org/f...ble-ads-on-websites/
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Living Room / Re: Quietly brilliant piece of technology - the NEST thermostat
« Last post by mrainey on December 08, 2011, 01:35 PM »
You share or have shared a living space with a female and still think the Nest can learn to keep things comfortable for all?

Let us know how it works out.  Something that would do that is every man's dream.
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Living Room / Re: Quietly brilliant piece of technology - the NEST thermostat
« Last post by mrainey on December 08, 2011, 11:13 AM »
Which is nice assuming you aren't having thermostat wars

You got that right.
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Living Room / Re: FUNNY~! Drinking Water DOES NOT Hydrate!
« Last post by mrainey on November 20, 2011, 09:59 PM »
Maybe the manufacturers should be required to include a line stating that drinking large amounts of water in a short period of time can result in death (which is true).
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 -- Magix Photo & Graphic Designer 5 FREE
« Last post by mrainey on November 09, 2011, 05:50 AM »
So I don't trust that you unsubscribed the right way™

You're undoubtedly correct.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 -- Magix Photo & Graphic Designer 5 FREE
« Last post by mrainey on November 08, 2011, 06:08 PM »
They added me to their junkmail list and would not unsubscribe me no matter what I did.

Same thing happened to me.
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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... someone using CAD software
« Last post by mrainey on September 27, 2011, 07:33 AM »
Solid Edge 2D is professional-quality and free.

http://www.plm.autom...i3vasCFZAs7Aodhyd2xQ
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