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Speaking of office suites, Office is free to use online now. I don't know how good the online version is, but people have told me it's better than Google Docs.
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For those people jonesing for an Actually Good explorer replacement, apparently Bit Commander will have a public version in two weeks. Miller Columns rock, and anybody coming from OS X knows this.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:33
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f#a# posted:For those people jonesing for an Actually Good explorer replacement, apparently Bit Commander will have a public version in two weeks. Miller Columns rock, and anybody coming from OS X knows this. That's awesome. I'm downloading it when available. This looks outstanding.
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Jun 13, 2014 23:00
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f#a# posted:For those people jonesing for an Actually Good explorer replacement, apparently Bit Commander will have a public version in two weeks. Miller Columns rock, and anybody coming from OS X knows this. Sweet. I've been keeping my eye on this since it popped up somewhere (maybe in the other Windows thread?). I couldn't see the use of the columns thing in my limited experience on OS X, but perhaps this will be different. The rest of the browser certainly seems intriguing.
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Jun 14, 2014 00:30
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Looks pretty cool. Only thing I need before jumping in is support for a dark theme or something similar.
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Jun 14, 2014 09:53
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f#a# posted:For those people jonesing for an Actually Good explorer replacement, apparently Bit Commander will have a public version in two weeks. Miller Columns rock, and anybody coming from OS X knows this. Hm. I hope that 'human friendly filenames' feature is toggleable. I like my filenames to show what the file is actually called, extension and all.
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Jun 14, 2014 18:26
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The "relative dates" seems like it would be annoying/useless as well.
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Jun 17, 2014 04:33
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Probably my favorite piece of software that I've never heard anyone else mention: The Guide It's a very nice outlining / mindmap program. Hierarchical tree of pages on the left, RTF-based notepad on the right. I like it a lot as a note-taking & planning program. It's nicer to use than some other simple outliners but not over complex either. RTF for the note side is also quite nice for some basic formatting. Also open source though nobody seems to be developing it anymore (not that it really needs anything). Metapad. Other text editors are much fancier, but this is the true "notepad but better". No code syntax highlighting, no regex find & replace, no tabs, just a basic text editor. Notepad++ is clunky and sucks, if you're actually a coder get SublimeText and if you're not writing code use metapad.
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Jun 18, 2014 17:18
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Klyith posted:Probably my favorite piece of software that I've never heard anyone else mention: The Guide If you don't want the huge featureset of NPP, give Notepad2 a try. It's less sparse than Metapad, featuring find and replace along with syntax highlighting. It's still very lightweight, with a minimal UI, and extremely fast.
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Jun 18, 2014 20:39
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Klyith posted:Notepad++ is clunky and sucks, if you're actually a coder get SublimeText and if you're not writing code use metapad. Why are you posting something that costs money? I tried it, loved it, then it asked me for $70. I'm sobbing in a corner now.
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Jun 19, 2014 15:25
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Rurutia posted:Why are you posting something that costs money? I tried it, loved it, then it asked me for $70. I'm sobbing in a corner now. It costs money the same way WinRAR costs money. It's nagware - if you are using it to make money, make your employer pay for it; otherwise, deal with the occasional panhandle.
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Jun 19, 2014 15:40
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:It costs money the same way WinRAR costs money. It's nagware - if you are using it to make money, make your employer pay for it; otherwise, deal with the occasional panhandle. Wait, so it says that I can't use it continuously, but doesn't ever actually put a limit on it? Ahh, got it.
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Jun 19, 2014 15:42
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You're still being unethical.
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Jun 19, 2014 15:43
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I really like Brackets for web design and coding. Attractive, open source, actively developed. Ninja edit: I don't think it's "unethical" to use a product past its nag screen if they allow you to, but it sure doesn't qualify as freeware.
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Jun 19, 2014 15:50
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This definitely qualifies as useful, though it's not in a 100% perfect state: Sikuli. It allows you to automate workflows in programs, even ones without API support. It can grab visual elements from the program itself, or inputs, or etc.
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Jun 19, 2014 16:12
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:This definitely qualifies as useful, though it's not in a 100% perfect state: Sikuli. It allows you to automate workflows in programs, even ones without API support. It can grab visual elements from the program itself, or inputs, or etc. That's pretty neat how it grabs visual elements. I have used AutoIt in the past to do automate mundane poo poo as well. http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/
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Jun 19, 2014 16:41
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Does anyone know anything about the demise of Truecrypt?
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Jun 20, 2014 20:05
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Beaters posted:Does anyone know anything about the demise of Truecrypt? I think it's more a pet project that got out of hand than part of some larger government conspiracy personally. Ars Technica has quite a few articles covering the whole situation if you're interested: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/05/bombshell-truecrypt-advisory-backdoor-hack-hoax-none-of-the-above/
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Jun 20, 2014 20:50
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Beaters posted:Does anyone know anything about the demise of Truecrypt? Truecrypt posted:WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues. They made the canary pretty obvious.
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Jun 21, 2014 00:53
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:Speaking of office suites, Office is free to use online now. I don't know how good the online version is, but people have told me it's better than Google Docs. I've used it, but I think Google docs is still better mainly because most of my poo poo is already in the Google ecosystem, so everything just works better for me with google docs. Plus I don't want to support any movement to subscription based software, that's for MMOs.
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Jun 21, 2014 07:15
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I poked around on office.com and there's definitely more robust features, but I also think that most people won't need those features and they're already in the Google ecosystem, like you say. Though I don't think you need a 365 subscription to use it? I didn't, at any rate.
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Jun 21, 2014 07:28
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Manky posted:I really like Brackets for web design and coding. Attractive, open source, actively developed. I like Brackets as well. (It is also called 'Adobe Edge Code'). It runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. You can have your web page open, and changes within Brackets are shown in your web page in real time, without refreshing the browser. It also has nice integration with Adobe Web Fonts.
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Jun 21, 2014 07:35
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Any suggestions for a small, free program that automatically makes your computer a wireless hotspot? Something that is just really simple and free.
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Jun 27, 2014 10:58
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Kalenden posted:Any suggestions for a small, free program that automatically makes your computer a wireless hotspot? Something that is just really simple and free. In Windows 7 you just create a new Ad-Hoc Wireless Network and are done.
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Jun 27, 2014 11:25
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Kalenden posted:Any suggestions for a small, free program that automatically makes your computer a wireless hotspot? Something that is just really simple and free. Here's a good WikiHow on doing it with built-in Windows 7 tools. On Mac there's also a way built in. Only problem with ad-hoc networks is if you have an Android phone you want to connect, they won't even see them.
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Jun 27, 2014 12:30
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a native RSS reader for windows 7? Ideally something that will let me autodownload podcasts and browse normal news feeds. I was using RSSOwl but I've just reformatted my PC and am hoping to avoid installing Java for as long as possible. Edit: Actually, suggestions for an XMPP client that handles group conversations (preferably tabbed) and broadcast messages well would be nice. I currently use Pidgin but it seems to be vulnerable to specially crafted avatars which sends it into a reconnect loop while that user is online. Psi has godawful MUC and broadcast support. ephphatha fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Jun 27, 2014 13:50
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Anyone got a good video encoder/converter for windows? I used to use SUPER back in the day but holy poo poo that thing installs a billion lovely toolbars and stuff nowadays. Edit: Ah-ha, I wanted HandBrake. Tivac fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jul 11, 2014 |
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Jul 11, 2014 03:53
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Tivac posted:Anyone got a good video encoder/converter for windows? I used to use SUPER back in the day but holy poo poo that thing installs a billion lovely toolbars and stuff nowadays. If you need more variety, you could also take a look at Adapter (Win/Mac)
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Jul 13, 2014 18:08
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:Speaking of office suites, Office is free to use online now.
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Jul 15, 2014 06:06
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Happy_Misanthrope posted:Since when has it not been? Well, it's definitely new as of Office 2013, but I don't know exactly when they made web-Office.
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Jul 15, 2014 06:42
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Any recommendations for a video editing software that has some audio editing capability? Basically I am trying to edit this video to get rid of the microphone static. So far most of the freeware ones I have looked at only have very basic audio editing capability like adding music or fading in/out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sibrz8ZBDls
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Aug 9, 2014 05:53
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I recently had no choice but to downgrade back to 7 so that I could play Grand Theft Auto 4... Biggest thing I miss? I had Stardock Start 8 set up so that my second monitor ALSO had a mostly functional taskbar and start button on it. I've googled a bit, there seem to be two options but they're both quite costly. Any ideas?
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Aug 9, 2014 06:22
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J-Pak posted:Any recommendations for a video editing software that has some audio editing capability? Basically I am trying to edit this video to get rid of the microphone static. So far most of the freeware ones I have looked at only have very basic audio editing capability like adding music or fading in/out. I would extract the audio track from the video, then use something like Audacity to edit that track. You can mux them back together after you're done.
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Aug 9, 2014 06:25
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:I recently had no choice but to downgrade back to 7 so that I could play Grand Theft Auto 4... I'm using this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb/ The start button is in beta, and I don't use it, so I can't tell you how well it works, but everything else is fine.
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Lprsti99 posted:I'm using this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb/ HELL yeah. Exactly what I needed, thank you!
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Aug 10, 2014 08:23
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:I recently had no choice but to downgrade back to 7 so that I could play Grand Theft Auto 4... DisplayFusion is probably worth the money
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Aug 10, 2014 18:49
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:HELL yeah. Quite welcome  I mainly use it so I can see the clock and realize how many more hours of Star Ruler 2 I've played than I meant to.
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Aug 10, 2014 22:17
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Any good simple programs that'll let me adjust volume with left mouse click and mouse wheel up? Volume mouse is kind of buggy now for some reason and only works if I have a program highlighted to left click
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Aug 19, 2014 06:07
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Christoff posted:Any good simple programs that'll let me adjust volume with left mouse click and mouse wheel up? Volume mouse is kind of buggy now for some reason and only works if I have a program highlighted to left click Development seems to have disappeared, but the latest version is very functional and does what you want: Volume2
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Christoff posted:Any good simple programs that'll let me adjust volume with left mouse click and mouse wheel up? Volume mouse is kind of buggy now for some reason and only works if I have a program highlighted to left click
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