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Comment on The cAPS lOCK key is DEAD! Long live the Caps Lock Key! by Rudy Knueppel

Rudy Knueppel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:42:05 +0000

Hi thank you for this entry.

Comment on Foxit Reader by Mordy

Mordy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:07:36 +0000

When I add a bookmark to foxit it will not save under a hebrew file name. Any suggestions?

Comment on True Combat: Elite by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:55:40 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on True Combat: Elite by carl

carl — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:38:43 +0000

so many people work very hard to keep Enemy Territory alive.
somebody makes maps.sounds.bots, etc
these people are one of a kind. They get nothing for doing the work. And it takes up so much time. so a big thank you to all people working very hard on
Enemy Territory. without you game would die.

So next time you play on game, and see something really good sounds.map.ect.
Let the server host Know he/she is doing a good job.

Comment on PuTTY Connection Manager by sharfah

sharfah — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:44:55 +0000

Nice tool BUT
does anyone know how I can disable the Ctrl+R (rename tab) key binding?
Ctrl+R is really useful for reverse-command search in bash, but Putty Connection Manager always throws up an annoying Rename Tab dialog!

Comment on Task Switch XP by Vince Delmonte

Vince Delmonte — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:57:13 +0000

Hey, cool tips. I’ll buy a glass of beer to that person from that forum who told me to visit your blog

Comment on codecs by Ronen Amity

Ronen Amity — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:40:07 +0000

just use gom player.

it has the ability to update the codacs automaticly.

Comment on codecs by melvyn

melvyn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:46:37 +0000

I disagree about the best option. The last 3 machines I’ve setup have zero codecs installed. I use TheKMPlayer as my default media player and haven’t installed or updated a codec in years – they’re all built in and seamless to the user.
Receommend you give it a shot. It also has one other killer feature: it automatically remembers where you’re up to in every file you’ve played with it.

Comment on Foxit Reader by Yehezkel

Yehezkel — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:07:36 +0000

I installed Foxit 3.0 and find that it does support Hebrew file names. Now I am a happy camper—I can use Foxit instead of the bloated A—e Reader.

Comment on Foxit Reader by Ari

Ari — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:26:51 +0000

That is odd. I tried opening files on my system and it works fine. You might need to check your Regional and Language options to ensure that you are using Hebrew as your language for non Unicode programs.

Comment on Foxit Reader by Yehezkel

Yehezkel — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:31:13 +0000

There is one drawback for those of us who have Hebrew file names: Foxit cannot recognise them.

Comment on Icon Restore by Cesar B. aka the Mover

Cesar B. aka the Mover — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:49:01 +0000

This Blog reminds me the reason I like bloging so much, the interaction is very important with readers and you guys have it right. Looks great too, will be back for more posts, David the mover. : – )

Comment on HexTool by jspark

jspark — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:59:39 +0000

Thanks

Comment on Ditto by yehezkel

yehezkel — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:35:12 +0000

I’ve used Yankee Clipper for years (“careware” version)
Provides similar functionality plus:
* boiler plates
* filtering by format (e.g., text, graphic, url)
Excellent tool

Comment on Icon Restore by ym

ym — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:10:35 +0000

Strange behaviour. I have one icon to which it doesn’t relate. Restores all the others but doesn’t move that one.

Comment on Icon Restore by ym

ym — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:55:06 +0000

Thank you. This has annoyed me (p.o.’ed) for years.

Comment on GimpShop by Ari

Ari — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:52:43 +0000

You should try the latest version. Gimp and GimpShop have come a long long way.

Comment on GimpShop by Rafi

Rafi — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:51:27 +0000

The question is also whether the memory usage is better than in Gimp.

I had several problems working with Gimp. Firstly having to rename two DLLs in my System32 folder never really appealed to me. Secondly the GUI – but you can get used to that – and thirdly I found that if I opened several iamges at once to edit then I quickly ran out of resources.

Comment on AVI2DVD by Ari

Ari — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:19:19 +0000

Results will vary based on the codecs used to encode the video.

Comment on AVI2DVD by msorgen

msorgen — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:07:10 +0000

This is absolutely terrible. I spent 2 hours converting it and the audio came out garbled. I tried the other choice and it took 4 hours and the audio was a little bit better but still terrible.
I wouldl ook for another source to use.

Comment on PDFcreator by Richard Kligman

Richard Kligman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:47:46 +0000

Really cool links here Ari. At first I thought this blog would be too technical for me, but I already found two things I have downloaded. Thanks!

Austin

Comment on PDFcreator by carlygrant

carlygrant — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:06:14 +0000

I tested around 10 different PDF applications for my own small office (including PDFCreator and pdf995). I couldn’t pay craploads for Adobe Acrobat, so I needed something cheaper and just as reliable and feature rich. After a month or so of intense evaluation, I bought 10 licenses of Nitro PDF Professional http://www.nitropdf.com. It’s been reliable and cost-effective for my small business…

Comment on Dust by Pa

Pa — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:08:20 +0000

We all live in hope……and will be waiting

Comment on Unlocker by Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:02:20 +0000

Oh, now THAT is nice… If I had a nickel for every time I’ve had to reboot after that message….

Comment on cAPS lOCK part 2 by Ari

Ari — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:32:28 +0000

Good point Max. You can literally remap any key in to any other key – well except the “any” key.

Comment on cAPS lOCK part 2 by Max

Max — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:27:51 +0000

You forgot the most important aspect of KeyTweak – it gives you the possibility of a Windows key and a context key on a ThinkPad without an external keyboard

Comment on The cAPS lOCK key is DEAD! Long live the Caps Lock Key! by Ari

Ari — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:36:49 +0000

The advantage of using a registry fix over a utility is that you can choose what you want your caps lock key to do and it does not take any additional memory the way a utility does.

Don’t get me wrong – do what works for you If you like utility’s use them. I like the registry fix for this -is costs no memory and is very flexible.

Comment on The cAPS lOCK key is DEAD! Long live the Caps Lock Key! by DannyS

DannyS — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:04:14 +0000

I’ve had AntiCapsLock in my StartUp for years. It makes *that* key behave like the Shift key. It’s archived in places like http://www.thedance.net/~win95/ and still work in XP.

Comment on PDFcreator by melvynadam

melvynadam — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:45:09 +0000

Unfortunately PDFCreator doesn’t convert Word TOCs into clickable links the same way as PDF995 (also freeware). Additionally, PDFEDIT995 adds tonnes of features that PDFCreator doesn’t have.

PDFCreator is fine for quick and simple jobs. For a more professional output with many of the Adobe features I’d stick with pdf995 from http://www.software995.com/

Comment on The cAPS lOCK key is DEAD! Long live the Caps Lock Key! by melvynadam

melvynadam — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:40:18 +0000

Personally, I’m not offended by the existence of the Caps Lock key. I’m more offended by the very limited functionality. Fortunately, I found CAPshift to greatly enhance the possibilities for this pretty basic button:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#CAPshift

Comment on Passwords… by melvynadam

melvynadam — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:36:58 +0000

If you want a general password manager that syncs with your PDA (PalmOS and Windows Mobile) I would recommend trying out eWallet from Ilium Software. It’s not Open Source or free but it’s superb and enables you to carry passwords with you everywhere.

Comment on Passwords… by Ari

Ari — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 05:01:54 +0000

Roboform is deigned for passwords for websites. KeePass is more of a general password manager, KeePass is also opensource which is always a plus in my book.

Comment on Passwords… by Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:03:58 +0000

Is this a better progran than Roboform password manager?

Comment on Laptops and IP addressess by Ari

Ari — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:55:53 +0000

This is free and does work with any laptop. It can manage wireless connections as well. I am not sure how well it handles WEP/WAP. Also it is much less bloated than the IBM package.

Comment on Passwords… by Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:07:20 +0000

Oh man, do I need this. I’ve thought about using something like this many times, but have never done it. I’ll take a look at this and see if I can organize my life. I’m a “Forgot Password” hound…

Comment on Laptops and IP addressess by Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:06:04 +0000

What advantage does this have over the thinkpad NetConnections stuff? Other than being free, and working with any laptop. Also, does it integrate WiFi with it, or would you just use the Windows WiFi management of SSID, etc…

Comment on Kingdom of Loathing by Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:59:12 +0000

HAHA – welcome back to the world of MUDs! My college years are flashing back to me…

Comment on Firefox plugins by phentermine-kh

phentermine-kh — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:26:32 +0000

Good site… Nice design

Comment on Firefox plugins by Mordraug

Mordraug — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:32:50 +0000

I was searching for a spelling plugin and spellbound is exactly what I was looking for so thank you for posting about it!
//Mordraug

Comment on Task Switch XP by melvynadam

melvynadam — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:53:04 +0000

New version came out: v2.0.9

http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/history.html

Mostly bug fixes so worth downloading:
New interface languages (+5 new).
Improved animation for minimizing to tray.
Second press of the sticky hotkey works now like as Enter.
Bug with MSN Messenger conversation window was fixed.
Bug with switching to multiple windows was fixed.
Bug of installer with unsupported language was fixed.
Bug with MS Office Outlook message icon was fixed.
Some issues with text colors were fixed.
Some minor bugs were fixed.

Comment on Free Download Manager by Andy

Andy — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:35:01 +0000

Nice! I’ll check it out… Thanks!

I take it that its better than the built in firefox one, or than something like DAP?

Comment on More FireFox Extension by Josh

Josh — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:36:08 +0000

Just got a new, must have extension for those of us that test new builds & extensions: “Nightly Tester Tools”
http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/buildid/nightly.html

Killer feature – Allows you to install incompatible extensions.

Comment on Free Download Manager by Josh

Josh — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:32:41 +0000

Welcome

Comment on Another Firefox Extension by Josh

Josh — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:38:41 +0000

Found one more extension:

Hebrew Calendar
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1379&application=firefox
Show the Hebrew date in your browser’s status bar.

Comment on Virtual Machines by Josh

Josh — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:02:52 +0000

FYI: my solution to app cluter, phantom files from uninstall, ect. is reinstall windows every 6-10 months. Also makes you think what you really need.

Comment on Task Switch XP by Josh

Josh — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:01:14 +0000

Wow, Avi, when you review an application, you don’t leave much up to chance. Very in depth. nice.

Comment on Task Switch XP by Avi Shmidman

Avi Shmidman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:26:21 +0000

When I first saw the title, targetting users who keep many windows open at once, I was hoping you were presenting a solution for the limited resources problem on XP. But I was nevertheless quite pleased with this utility, since the standard Alt-Tab is just not sufficient when 50-75 windows need to be managed simultaenously.
Of course, the default mode of the program only displays 12 lines of text, so my first attempt at configuration was aimed at getting more applications on that screen at one time. The dimensions of the window are indeed configurable – theoretically up to 100 lines – but at a certain point they just scroll off the screen without a scrollbar. I found that I was able to reasonably go up 25 lines, which is already a big jump from the standard alt-tab. I was even able to get it to 30 lines by positioning it as “center” (oddly, with the position set to “top”, there is always a significant margin above it. to use the whole screen, “center” must be chosen.)
However, to see all 75 windows at once, I needed to move to “icon” mode (instead of “vertical list”); this mode can provide a nice overview of *hundreds* of windows, since it only displays the icons. If you need a particular window, it won’t help much, but if you need to pick a single application at of the bunch, you can find it immediately.
However, when so many windows are in use, what we really need is the ability to see the list of titles in multiple columns (currently, widening the window does not add columns). Hopefully the writer will add this one day. [And, for the meantime, since the icon list is the only way to see all windows at once, I am going to be using both the icon list as well as the text list; Therefore, I'd prefer to have two separate hotkeys for these two lists, or a quick way to move between the modes without going to the configuration dialog.]
The “instance list” is particularly useful – get all of the windows belonging to the current program, or to a particular program on the list. Great concept!
The right click functionality is very useful. For instance, on the Alt-F12 screen, one can access the process info, and do things such as close windows or end processes. A few issues here:
1] The process info window appears *on top* of the window image. But when you are using an enlargened process list window (as I am), there is plenty of space above and below, and there is no reason to obscure the window image.
2] After performing actions such as “close”, the list should not disappear, since it is natural to use that situation to close multiple windows.

Finally, to end on a positive note, an example of how flexible the program is in its current form: I tend to move the mouse randomly as I alt-tab, and in this case this created a conflict, since the mouseover triggers a select on the alt tab screen. But sure enough, within several moments I found that I was able to disable the mouseover effect from the configuration screen.

Comment on Task Switch XP by melvynadam

melvynadam — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:24:27 +0000

Thanks for recommending this tool. Initial impressions are great. I particularly like the “left-right pane order” option – all other windows apps work that way already (e.g. Explorer’s list of folders on the left then the specifics of each on the right) Although it’s completely logical it had never occured to me that it was missing from the Alt-Tab tool.
The “minimize windows to tray with right-click on minimize button” option is also very useful (although only peripherally related to Alt-Tab.

Comment on Firefox plugins by Josh

Josh — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:01:13 +0000

melvynadam, maybe be a good example to Ari and expand on your comment – WHY do you use Maxthon? What’s ‘cleaner’ mean?

Comment on Firefox plugins by melvynadam

melvynadam — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:43:03 +0000

I love the fact that you’re expressing more opinions now in your posts. The old “this tool’s cool. try it�? type posts really didn’t do much for me.
With this latest post though you’ve gone too far – now you’re dictating to me instead of recommending a tool! “I use Firefox. If you do not – you should.�? Actually I’ve tried it and prefer something else. I use Maxthon. It does everything Firefox does and more. It’s cleaner and I have no problems displaying any web page designed for IE compatibility (the vast majority, this blog excluded ).
Since I’m a savvy user and know how to secure my system I have no worries about the flaws in the IE engine and therefore consider it a risk worth taking. Obviously, I’m not 100% secure. None of us are. All any of us are doing is making the best compromise between functionality, usability and security. You think Firefox is the best for that compromise whilst running it on an inherently flawed foundation (Windows). I disagree.