OT: What freeware do you use? - Page 15

kander · 7 Sep 2005, 07:19 AM

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Originally posted by redmyrlin
My next mini-project, once I've got PumaPost launched, is to write a SquirrelMail plugin that will support notes in HTML format: both general notes and notes linked to individual email messages.

No firm time scale yet, but I'd hope to get the initial version out before the end of this year.

If you need someone to translate this one to Dutch, you know where to find me

Sounds like an interesting plugin!

--K

**JeffK** · 10 Oct 2005, 09:46 AM

This freeware application was recommended to us over at www.donationcoder.com. It is a "disc cleaner" and includes an option for cleaning up Firefox stuff. I have been using it and have found it fast and easy to use.

http://www.robertenfemke.nl/~diskclean/

Jeff

anj · 20 Oct 2005, 03:23 AM

An excellent compendium of freeware:
http://nedwolf.com/Freeware.htm

and portable freeware:
http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Portable.htm

dantheman · 20 Oct 2005, 04:28 AM

Those are pretty good lists ANJ !

The recent upgrade to AMDeadlink (2.7) available at
http://www.aignes.com/ has been a good and worthy enhancement. It can now check your bookmarks and add the available favicons to your browser's favourites folder. Even Firefox !

nomad · 25 Oct 2005, 06:07 AM

Here a simple but useful PIM I've found recently - notetaking and todo-list

http://www.tolon.co.uk/notekeeper

nomad · 29 Nov 2005, 08:01 AM

Free PDFill PDF Tools

Very useful if you want to merge, split and rotate pdf-docoments

http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html

JRobert · 7 Dec 2005, 03:08 AM

Pingplotter shows graphically the ping times to each router along the route to a server. It makes it easy to discover whether that server is down or slow, or whether there are routing issues along the way and if so, where. (I just had occasion to recommend this in another thread).

-jeff-

nomad · 4 Jan 2006, 07:58 AM

Bibliographix basic version - for cataloguing books and articles one has read and for managing related ideas

http://www.bibliographix.com/index.p...oduct.Download

dantheman · 4 Jan 2006, 08:10 AM

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Originally posted by nomad
Free PDFill PDF Tools

Very useful if you want to merge, split and rotate pdf-docoments

http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html

BullZip PDF printer should be a good compliment to your great suggestion! Just don't forget to download Gostscripts file.
http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

**Gankaku** · 14 Jan 2006, 02:24 AM

I love Pixel Ruler I've needed to measure screen pixels more than a few times lately. This one is free and you can make your ruler one of several cool colors. It measure's horizontally and vertically. Just the basics but does the job superbly. And freeeee!

robert@fm · 14 Jan 2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally posted by Gankaku
I love Pixel Ruler I've needed to measure screen pixels more than a few times lately. This one is free and you can make your ruler one of several cool colors. It measure's horizontally and vertically. Just the basics but does the job superbly. And freeeee!

Cool — I could have done with that recently, since I'm writing a Windows game (a remake, to be precise) and needed (having done careful mockups of what the game windows ought to look like) to carefully measure the screen metrics from those mockups.  (I actually did this by copying each screen — excluding the background — and pasting it onto another image, consisting of red horizontal and vertical lines every 5 pixels, yellow every 10, green every 50 and blue every 200).

(See if you can find what remake I'm doing; to my surprise, a web search on "robert@fm" plus other relevant terms failed, but others may succeed in this...)

hadaso · 15 Jan 2006, 06:07 AM

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Originally posted by robert@fm
... actually did this by copying each screen — excluding the background — and pasting it onto another image, ...

I think most graphics applications display the dimensions of the selection somewhere such as in the status bar (MS Photo editor does. MS Paint does) so you can use the selection tool as a measuring ruler.

robert@fm · 17 Jan 2006, 02:44 AM

^ What I actually needed to do was to measure the XY offset of each screen element from the top-left of the screen...

kander · 17 Jan 2006, 02:17 PM

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(See if you can find what remake I'm doing; to my surprise, a web search on "robert@fm" plus other relevant terms failed, but others may succeed in this...)

<cough>TubeCube</cough>

Courtesy of Google and two forum search engines

--K

robert@fm · 18 Jan 2006, 05:13 AM

^ Yep.

In related research (I originally wanted to buy a replacement for my 4x4x4, if they're still to be had in the UK — and now that the same research has shown me that there was/is also a 5x5x5(

), I want one of those as well), I've rediscovered this funny page.

18 Jan 2006, 05:13 AM	#225
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	^ Yep. In related research (I originally wanted to buy a replacement for my 4x4x4, if they're still to be had in the UK — and now that the same research has shown me that there was/is also a 5x5x5(), I want one of those as well), I've rediscovered this funny page.

10 Oct 2005, 09:46 AM	#212
JeffK Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kingaroy, AU Posts: 3,177	This freeware application was recommended to us over at www.donationcoder.com. It is a "disc cleaner" and includes an option for cleaning up Firefox stuff. I have been using it and have found it fast and easy to use. http://www.robertenfemke.nl/~diskclean/ Jeff

20 Oct 2005, 03:23 AM	#213
anj Master of the @ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,148	An excellent compendium of freeware: http://nedwolf.com/Freeware.htm and portable freeware: http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Portable.htm

20 Oct 2005, 04:28 AM	#214
dantheman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 857	Those are pretty good lists ANJ ! The recent upgrade to AMDeadlink (2.7) available at http://www.aignes.com/ has been a good and worthy enhancement. It can now check your bookmarks and add the available favicons to your browser's favourites folder. Even Firefox !

25 Oct 2005, 06:07 AM	#215
nomad Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 255	Here a simple but useful PIM I've found recently - notetaking and todo-list http://www.tolon.co.uk/notekeeper

29 Nov 2005, 08:01 AM	#216
nomad Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 255	Free PDFill PDF Tools Very useful if you want to merge, split and rotate pdf-docoments http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html

7 Dec 2005, 03:08 AM	#217
JRobert Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,561	Pingplotter shows graphically the ping times to each router along the route to a server. It makes it easy to discover whether that server is down or slow, or whether there are routing issues along the way and if so, where. (I just had occasion to recommend this in another thread). -jeff-

4 Jan 2006, 07:58 AM	#218
nomad Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 255	Bibliographix basic version - for cataloguing books and articles one has read and for managing related ideas http://www.bibliographix.com/index.p...oduct.Download

14 Jan 2006, 02:24 AM	#220
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	I love Pixel Ruler I've needed to measure screen pixels more than a few times lately. This one is free and you can make your ruler one of several cool colors. It measure's horizontally and vertically. Just the basics but does the job superbly. And freeeee!

17 Jan 2006, 02:44 AM	#223
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	^ What I actually needed to do was to measure the XY offset of each screen element from the top-left of the screen...