Request a tiny custom app again

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Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

I'm not sure how "tiny" this request is but here goes:

I'd like a Firefox extension that monitors my browsing activities and creates a searchable list of links. Every time I visit a page it takes the page title and URL and adds it to the list if it doesn't already exist.

Then the list could be opened in a sidebar where it displays all the page titles of pages I've visited and clicking on one sends me to the associated URL. And there's a search box at the top so if I've visited this thread then searching for "custom" or "app" would display a link to this thread (plus any other pages with "custom" or "app" in the title).

Is that too big? If so then I won't post it in the wiki.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2007 19:24

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 20:52

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Neurozys posted:

Try Ctrl+H

Holy crap

# ¿ Apr 14, 2007 19:36

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

An application that allows you to load a BMP, select a color from the image with an eyedropper tool and output a GIF with the selected color replaced with transparency.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2007 21:39

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Neurozys posted:

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/DickyTran

I barely resisted the urge to call it TrannyDick. I didn't have an eyedropper handy, so there's just a set of crosshairs instead.

This is perfect and I love you :love:

# ¿ Apr 17, 2007 17:02

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

A program that displays a txt file in a Notepad-like interface and lets me bookmark my place so I can close it, reopen it and continue reading from where I left off.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2007 20:55

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

NashAsh posted:

I remember NotepadEx being able to do this.

According to its features:
NotepadEx can restore the cursor position when opening recently used files

Ah, this works fine. Thanks!

How do I delete this? :3:

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177530935

# ¿ Apr 27, 2007 12:21

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

I'd like a PHP script that allows me to upload files to my web server without having to log in. I've looked around for something like this but I can't find anything that isn't feature packed with things I don't need.

Preferably the page would just look like this:

Password:
[_________]

File:
[_______________________][ Browse... ]

[ Upload ]

And this would upload the file to a directory that requires a password to access the index. I don't need to manage the files at all; I can do that via FTP when I get home.

I probably know enough about PHP to cobble this together myself but I don't know anything about web security so I'm worried I'll leave a huge security hole or something :3:

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1178039708

# ¿ May 1, 2007 18:15

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Neurozys posted:

Or do you intend to have a password required for the script to work?

Yes, this. I don't want to log in but I don't want anybody to be able to upload files without a password.

# ¿ May 2, 2007 15:33

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Inquisitus posted:

The problem with having the password and file fields as part of the same form is that the server will only check the password once the file's been uploaded to a temp folder somewhere. Not a problem with small files but if you're uploading one that's anywhere over 500KB or so, you don't really want to be kept waiting only to be told you've put the wrong password in.

I won't be uploading anything big, it's basically just so I can quickly synchronize spreadsheets and Word documents between computers. At the moment I'm using Google docs but that has some limitations since it has to convert everything to its own format.

# ¿ May 2, 2007 21:47

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

J. Elliot Razorledgeball posted:

Here

For the password protection on the upload directory, I'd recommend using an .htaccess file. Let me know if you have any problems.

I got everything set up and it works perfectly. Thanks so much :love:

# ¿ May 14, 2007 21:17

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Isaac Asimov posted:

I've been attempting to use this very script and it isn't uploading correctly. I think it's a problem with the directories. Do I use forward slashes, do I add [url]http://[/url] etc etc?

You need to use the server path, not the URL. So it will be something like /home/yourname/yoursite.com/uploaded//

# ¿ May 15, 2007 17:18

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

NashAsh posted:

How about a program to remap keyboard keys... but without using the registry?

I'd like to remap the right Alt to a Windows key, if possible.

Try MapKeyboard.

# ¿ May 24, 2007 22:33

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

I'd like a program that temporarily disables my keyboard so that when I spill something on it I can wipe down all the keys without accidentally causing stuff to happen on screen.

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1181241385

# ¿ Jun 7, 2007 19:36

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Neurozys posted:

I was about to do it but when I searched for a method of disabling the keyboard this came up http://www.dirfile.com/clean_n_go.htm

That is perfect but apparently it's a 30-day evaluation period. Since I clean my keyboard less than once every 30 days it's basically useless :sigh:

# ¿ Jun 7, 2007 22:25

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Phuzion posted:

I'd like a Tiny App that will go through the data for uTorrent 1.6.1 and remove any instances of the domain oink.me.uk, but not oink.cd. Also, if it is possible to change the oink.me.uk to oink.cd, that would be great.

This is due to OiNK's recent domain name change. I snatched all of my torrents with the snatches page and DownThemAll (Firefox extension), and some have both, some have oink.me.uk and some have just oink.cd.

Just add these lines to your system32\drivers\etc\hosts file and the me.uk torrents will work fine:

85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk
85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk

edit: lazy option :cool:

http://oink.cd/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=89668

Dicky B fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jul 10, 2007

# ¿ Jul 10, 2007 14:07

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

I'd like a program that removes all the parts of a WAV file that are below a given volume and stitches it back together again.

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1185975080

Maggot Man posted:

Microphone input Guitar Tuner

As a temporary solution you should try GTune http://www.gvst.co.uk/gtune.htm

Dicky B fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Aug 1, 2007

# ¿ Aug 1, 2007 14:31

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Maggot Man posted:

While that program meets all the requirements, it isn't a solution because it isn't a stand-alone program and I can't afford to buy Cubase or something to use a VST plugin.

Thanks for the suggestion though- that is really close.

There are plenty of free VST hosts. I recommend MiniHost.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2007 23:44

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

I've been using a tiny goon-made application that somebody posted in SHSC years ago named UnzipDL. Unfortunately my hard drive failed yesterday so I've lost it and I can't remember said goon's username.

Basically it's a single executable and an ini file which contains a location, for example 'C:\Unzipped'. Then you download a zip with Firefox and tell it to open it with UnzipDL and check the "do this automatically for file like this form now on" checkbox

After that, every time you click on a link to a zip file Firefox automatically downloads it and the contents of the file are immediately extracted to the location you set in the ini file into a folder with the same name as the zip file.
For example if the unzip location is 'C:\Unzipped' and you download the file 'abc.zip' then the contents of the zip file are extracted to 'C:\Unzipped\abc'

The program has absolutely no UI except for a small "unzipping" notification that appears in the center of the screen. As soon as it finishes extracting the zip the program exits.

Anybody feel like making this? Or if the original creator is reading this, can you post it again? I'm pretty much dependent on it now

# ¿ Aug 9, 2007 16:38

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Mindbullets posted:

DickyUnzip

This works great. I tried it out on a bunch of zip downloads and I haven't had any problems. Awesome job, I love you!

# ¿ Aug 14, 2007 11:44

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Char posted:

I've just seen this thread for the first time. Great work on the tinyapps wiki, the extensions are great.

Anyway, I saw a request by one "Dicky B" for an app that disables the keyboard while it's running. I presume this is for cleaning the keyboard and stuff.

The app page is here: http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Keyboard_Killer

This was a nice surprise. Thanks very much!

# ¿ Oct 26, 2007 15:24

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

lax regulations posted:

Is there any free app out there lets me identify exactly where I'm downloading a file from? I mean, the entire URL for where the file is hosted.

Try URL Snooper. It's meant for locating the URLs of media files but presumably it could be used for anything.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2007 23:41

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1200504225

Here's an interesting one. I don't know much about programming but I imagine this would be a bit of a challenge.

An application which, when run, brings up a dialog box with a list of all my currently running applications. I select an application and it creates a big rectangle that fills the entire screen like a maximized window would. It should appear in the taskbar like an ordinary window, except it doesn't have a title bar at the top with the - □ x buttons. It's just a big block of color. For an example of what I mean see this sticky note program: http://www.stickiesforwindows.com/

Now for the tricky part. The rectangle should stay directly beneath the application that I selected from the dialog box, and any windows beneath the application I selected will be hidden by the block. So if I have solitaire open and minesweeper above that, when I select minesweeper from the list of running applications the block of color will fill the entire screen, blocking solitaire from view so I can just see minesweeper.

MS Paint representation:

So basically the big yellow rectangle stays glued to the back of the minesweeper window. When I minimize and maximize minesweeper the block should do the same.

Have fun! :gonk:

Dicky B fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jan 16, 2008

# ¿ Jan 16, 2008 18:22

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Mick posted:

Something like this?

Yes! Exactly like that. Though the most important aspect of my request is the ability to "glue" the block to the back of a specified window. As it is, this dropcloth application is barely better than just maximizing a notepad window.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2008 18:46

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Bearnine posted:

End a process locked by your system? This one seems to be quite a challenge as i have yet to find any software that can do this.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

# ¿ Apr 22, 2009 21:40

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Is there any reason why it has to be a desktop application? Because, https://www.textreverse.com

# ¿ May 25, 2009 18:30

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

MREBoy posted:

There's also http://www.dumeter.com/

NetMeter is a nice free alternative.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2009 21:40

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Karthe posted:

I just filled out a request for an app that will "embed" a notepad document onto my desktop so I can quickly type out random ideas that come to me when I'm on the computer. I'm using Windows 7, if that helps. Here's hoping it's possible!

I'll work on this over the weekend!

# ¿ Nov 5, 2009 14:22

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

51KB

http://www.pleasesendhelp.com/crap/DeskPad.exe

I can't test this on Windows 7 but it's incredibly bare-bones so I'd be surprised if it doesn't work. On startup and shutdown the application automatically reads from and writes to a Notes.txt file in the same directory as the executable.

Just make sure you use Win+M because Win+D doesn't work :argh:

edit: Wiki updated - http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/DeskPad

If you'd like anything changed or added I can work on this more over the weekend.

Dicky B fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Nov 5, 2009

# ¿ Nov 5, 2009 23:16

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

That's pretty cool! Could be that you need to install the VC++ Redistributable Package:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2&displaylang=en

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 01:48

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Wow I was tired yesterday. Here's a working version:
http://www.pleasesendhelp.com/crap/DeskPad.exe

If you're a programmer and can tell what I did wrong then please shut up.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 11:57

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Done! The window should now take focus when you use the Win+M shortcut.
http://pleasesendhelp.com/crap/DeskPad.1.0.zip

You are now 80% more productive!

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 19:12

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Yeah it works fine for me on Vista, drat. If any Windows 7 developers want to take a look at the source it's up on the wiki.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 19:41

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Possibly fixed it. Let me know if this one works...
http://pleasesendhelp.com/crap/DeskPad.1.0.1.exe

Next time I'm doing this in VB .NET :sweatdrop:

Dicky B fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Nov 6, 2009

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 19:55

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

No problem, I needed some c++ practice

# ¿ Nov 6, 2009 20:20

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Jared592 posted:

Quoting this ancient post once in case someone who knows anything about how to do this missed it the first time.

Give this a try and let me know what happens. Just supply it with the file name as a command-line argument.

http://pleasesendhelp.com/crap/JFPC.exe

# ¿ Dec 22, 2009 23:41

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Jared592 posted:

You're awesome for attempting this. Unfortunately it's giving me a count of 0 pages regardless of the file I throw at it.

Can you give me an example of one of the postscript files you're using?

# ¿ Dec 23, 2009 18:05

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

ufarn posted:

More of a script than an app, but nevertheless:

Can someone create a script for Opera (css, GreaseMonkey, what do I know) that enforces that forum tables - on all kinds forums - aren't stretched to take up the entire width of my screen? It's nice on a smaller screen, but when you run a 1680 resolution, a maximum width or one defined in percent of, say, the resolution, is preferable.

I guess a css file that allows me to enter forum urls would be one way of handling it.

I don't know if you're going to get an easy solution that will work on any arbitrary forum since you will need to manually specify which element on the page you want to resize. However it's easy enough to just have it resize everything on the page:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65085

If you open up the script for editing you can change the width percentage.

You will also find instructions for making it resize specific page elements instead, so you can have it just resize the forum tables if you don't mind doing a tiny bit of css/javascript. The SA forums are already set up for you.

lazer_chicken posted:

Ghostscript can do this.

I feel so obsolete :smith:

# ¿ Dec 28, 2009 00:32

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Yes that's easy. I updated the script:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65085

Also here are some generic rules you can try that should work on most vBulletin and phpBB boards, if you really hate having the entire page resized.

For phpBB boards:
rules[1] = "http://www.example.com:#phpbb #page-body";

For vBulletin boards:
rules[2] = "http://www.example.com:div.page .tborder";

The problem is the page structure tends to change from site to site so they're not guaranteed to always work.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2009 19:20

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Glad you like it

#ipbwrapper should work nicely for invision power boards, eg. "http://www.americasdebate.com/forums:#ipbwrapper"

# ¿ Dec 30, 2009 00:17

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 20:52

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

It doesn't work at all or just on americasdebate.com? I'm not familiar with Opera's Greasemonkey support but I think the included pages need to be manually specified at the top of the script, so if you haven't added
// @include http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/*
then it won't work. Unless Opera has an interface for that.

Also made this yesterday because I couldn't find the yospos script and I have the same phobia :blush:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65262

# ¿ Dec 30, 2009 14:18

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