The NANY Year End Event at DonationCoder.com
NANY stands for "New Apps for the New Year", and the NANY event represents the playful and generous spirit of the DonationCoder.com site and the people who visit it.
During the NANY event coders of all abilities are invited to create a new free application or web service for the public. The event culminates in a month long celebration of software on DonationCoder.com.
Read more:As of today, you can watch video screencasts of each of the 30+ NANY entries from this year, and download and use any of the brand new applications!
Start with these entries
There are some real showstoppers here -- some very polished cute little programs and some unique power tools.
JottiQJottiQ is a very polished application that makes it more convenient to use Jotti's malware scan website, an online service optimized for one-by-one scanning of files using multiple antivirus engines. Allows you to queue up multiple files and easily identify files deemed suspicious by multiple engines.
The BardPower tool for organizing your soundeffect library - Quickly preview/move/copy large numbers of audio files into your favourite custom folders.
AskaPic.com (
forum post)
AskApic is a new web site where people can post images ask questions about them -- where are they from, what are they of, etc. Community driven with tons of features including tagging, friending, slideshows, etc.
Webcam Video DiaryHighly configurable program to help you quickly record, label, annotate, and manage videos and photos from your webcam throughout the day. Supports standard file formats and configurable file/directory naming patterns, custom hotkeys, and can stay resident in the system tray when not in use.
Snap DBSimple, portable, minimalist flat-file database application with as-you-type search and filtering. Includes import and export functionality. Best of all, the viewer utility can be packaged with a data file and sent to friends for easy portable sharing of data.
List NumbererQuickly number a text list in many different formats with easy input / output through the clipboard. Perfect for when you want to create a text list of items using custom numbering, padding, etc.
Ten TimerTen Timer allows easy timing of ten different items in one easy-to-use window. Remembers timer labels and makes it easy to keep track of many timer events all in one window.
Quick CliqQuick Cliq speeds up your daily computer activities by giving you links to folders, files, programs, URLs and command line operations. It also offers window management, extreme clipboard manipulation, and note taking capabilities. All of this is provided in a compact menu that you can show anywhere and within any application or window through customizable hot keys and mouse gestures.
Color WarlockBrowse and create custom named-color pallettes. Colors can be selected by name or hex codes for use when coding. Palettes can be easily switched between and shared amongst co-workers.
Ethervane RadioMinimalistic internet radio player with an international internet radio database supporting instant search. You can mark stations as favorites to quickly keep track of your favorite stations. Lots of possibilities for future development and perfect when you don't want the bloat of the big media players.
AuspexAuspex performs text Replacements, Completions and Corrections in any application using predefined rules and intelligent learning for frequently used words and phrases. Includes clipboard functions and other productivity tools.
Speed MonitorContinuously tracks the loading speed of a set of multiple web pages you specify. Easily control the polling interval and track how fast certain servers and web pages respond over the course of a day or week. Perfect for spotting occasional random slowdowns.
SpeedTrackerContinuously tracks the loading speed of a set of multiple web pages you specify. Easily control the polling interval and track how fast certain servers and web pages respond over the course of a day or week. Perfect for spotting occasional random slowdowns.
Duplicate Photo FinderCompares files from one or two folders for duplicate images (only jpg supported) using different techniques including file size, file hash and pixel data. The duplicate result set allows you quickly delete duplicates. Includes source code(!).
TaskDaddyAutomates MS Outlook task creation. TaskDaddy takes a single line of input from you and turns it into an Outlook task without having to open the full interface of Outlook. TaskDaddy can also be used from the command line by more experienced users.
WhirlyWordA unique slot-machine inspired word game where you spin tumblers to create words. WhirlyWord is written in cross-platform java that will run from your browser.
CautomatonA unique and advanced tool for triggering right-click context menus through a non-interactive command line tool. Extremely useful for advanced users who need to invoke a right-click operation on a file from another application or script.
UserQuotes.com Web Service (
forum post)
A new website that allows collaborative management of quotes/reviews about your products, anonymous user feedback and comment display on your website. An extremely useful tool for web masters -- though still in very early beta stage of development.
Card CreatorA very easy to use tool that lets you combine several photos into a greeting card using various templates. This is an early release and printing from the application is not available yet.
DCDisplayA full screen comic/magazine viewer inspired by CDisplay. See forum post (above) for links to free comics to download. Note: the installer is a bit flakey.
After you've checked out the above entries you might want to check out these
Some of these may appeal to a narrower audience, or be a little rough around the edges, and some might be considered proof-of-concept prototypes.
NetLaunchNetLaunch is designed for use on a computer (probably a netbook), which is often going in and out of wireless access. The idea is that NetLaunch will sit as a background agent, and check network status. On status change, the program will launch/quit programs depending on user-defined rules. Still needs a bit of polishing.
Park Cursor AsideWhenever you type on keyboard or in an edit box, Park Cursor Aside automatically parks (moves) the cursor aside to a defined screen position, so that your view of the document is not blocked by the mouse cursor.
BlackJack in C# with source codeThe classic Black Jack game. The C# Source code is included for coders to extend and build on this blackjack program.
LinkToTextLet's you keep notes associated with web page URLs in Firefox or Internet Explorer, and shows them in a standalone application window when you visit a site.
Llama TrayA small utility that sits in your system tray and shows a random quote, poem, or joke from a system tray menu on request.
NANY Excuse ManagerAn inside joke for NANY participants: it lets coders submit excuses for being late presenting their entries.
Partial DownloadCommand line utility that downloads first few bytes of given URL. Could be useful for partially downloading a huge movie file and checking it for it worthiness before downloading the full thing.
Treat Yourself NicelyAn unfinished system tray utility that you query when you want to have a snack -- if you don't wait long enough you will be denied.
UpdateVersionUpdateVersion is a command line tool for programmers, that can update some target files (pad files, dcupdate files, versioninfo files) with the actual version and release date information extracted from a source executable file.
VeggieSquaresAn early version of an educational children's game/toy, where kids lay out vegetables in a garden and learn about companion planting techniques. Author asks for more feedback for future feature ideas.
WordCasterProof of concept utility that checks definitions on multiple sites at the same time and displays them in a single window.
Crush SnifferThis is a proof-of-concept pair of Linux and Windows tools that go hand in hand and let you examine some common log files from your Linux system on a Windows pc.
GoodnessGoodness is a Chrome extension designed to block certain sites from being visited -- to help you control your bad urges.
FScript2FScript2 is an advanced plugin wrapper for
Find and Run Robot that allows coders to write plugins in Javascript. NOTE: FScript version 2 is a major attempt to simplify updating but it is still in a very experimental alpha stage and shouldn't be used unless you are an early beta tester/developer.
