What are Coding Snacks?
Coding Snacks represent the best of DonationCoder.
On a special section of our forum, anyone can post an idea for a small custom utility/program.
Coders who hang out on our forum keep an eye out for interesting requests and when they see one that catches their interest, they code it and release it to the public for free.
People who find the tools useful are encouraged to donate directly to the coders to show their appreciation.
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It makes me want to take more screenshots!If you've been keeping up with my website for a while, then you'll know that I'm always looking at different software for taking screenshots. I constantly take screenshots for my blog... but it is all made easier with a neat little program that I recently found out about called Screenshot Captor.. Screenshot Captor is from the website Donation Coder, and if you haven't heard of that site, it has a lot of great freeware.. Personally, I turned the popup off, and just allowed it to continue taking screenshots and saving them. The great thing about that is that I can easily take multiple screenshots and edit them at the same time later.. Honestly, there are so many different options that I won't be able to cover in this post. You'll just have to try it out for yourself. This is by far my favorite Screenshot taking application that I have used so far. It makes me want to take more screenshots!
What are Coding Snacks?
Coding snacks are small custom utilities written by coders who hang out on DonationCoder in response to requests posted on our forum.
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Date/Time and Battery Status BarFirst things first, English is not my native language so I apologize if I'm not very clear. When using a notebook, I usually don't hide the taskbar for three main reasons: quick launch, clock, and battery notification. I like my app launcher (in this case Quick Launch) to be always visible, so that to launch a program I only need two actions: locate the program's icon and click the icon. Setting to auto hide means more actions: show the launcher, locate the icon, and then click the icon. I also need the clock to be always visible as a quick reminder for lunch break or other small things that just don't worth having a dedicated reminder program for them. The battery notification is to remind me when I need to plug/unplug the adaptor. But I also have a netbook, and with netbooks, screen estate is very limited, so I choose to auto hide the taskbar. I'm OK with trading quick launch for screen height, but I still need the clock and battery notification to be always visible. So, what I'd like to have is a small bar that stays on top of the screen, about 12 pixels or so in height, just to show the current date, time, and battery status. The bar should also resize the screen work area so that it doesn't cover the titlebar of a maximized window. I attached a simple mock up to show what I mean. Additionally, it is also nice if the battery status info changes color, let's say red when in critical battery level and green when the battery is fully charged. I also prefer 24-hour format. Similar programs are StatBar and Rainlendar I believe, but they are too complex for what I need. Click here to read about and download the coding snacks written for this request.. |
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