13 Days Remaining
Whew - I cannot begin to explain how tiring this is. I've run out of good ideas, I'm tired, worn out, and drained. I think I can still make it to 30 days, but I'm hurting.
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posted by Unknown @ 12:18 AM
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Hi! Just a quick idea: what about an app like copy/xcopy with transfer resume?
Cheers!
Luca
Here's an idea for an app:
type in a url for a web site.
The app fetches the page + all the images, css, javascript, etc.
The app then reports to you how many bytes the page is (with a breakdown for images, css, etc.)
and shows an estimate of how long it would have taken to view that page on different bandwidths...
Just to expand on the first poster's copy/xcopy idea. GUI-ify it. Create some sort of drop-bucket where you set up "favorite" folders, then you just drag/drop files to these "favorites" and they go into the bucket (but haven't actually gone anywhere yet). There's Copy and Move buttons, and when one of them is clicked it performs it's respective operation on the files in that favorite's bucket.
An app that monitors new files written to a folder and prompts you to add a description for them. This will be usefull for that generic "Downloads" folder where I have 37 files like winfx32setup.exe and no memory of where i downloaded it from or what I was hoping it would do :)
I second daveyhz' idea - that's a very common problem I am sure. :)
Jedi, hang in there. I can only imagine how exhausting this must be. You will have fun celebrating on the 31st day - probably by sleeping. :D
You are the most dugg human alive, besides Steve Irwin...
For people who used to use the command prompt on Windows9x systems.
The command line under that OS had a extra toolbar that exposed functions
to adjust the font, font size, and to more easily do functions like mark, copy, and paste text.
That functionality was never (AFAIK) included in the cmd prompt under Windows NT derived OSes;
making the user instead go thru the submenus accessible thru the program bar icon.
I've wondered how hard it might be to code a simple app that recreates that toolbar for
the NT Cmd.exe and possibly to be compatible with the upcoming MS Powershell.
How about: SendKeysToSpecifiedProgram:
i.e. you can feed the app
1) program name,
2) and optionally Window Name (partial)
3) keys
i.e. SKTSP.EXE "IEXPLORE", "http://www.blogger*", "Alt-F, P".
So the app will bring the specified program to the foreground and send the keystrokes to the particular app as if you were typing them.
Perhaps some nice error handling too, i.e. if the app is not running that it will tell you so.
Keep up the good work... and good luck for each day!
Ran out of good ideas....So far Ive only seen 1 good app; sort-of. The app that changes the screen via google.
I have a request! Please write a widget or app that will login to my Cingular account and display my current minute usage.
Thanks!
Gus: In your example, the program has to be able to check if the website is fully loaded before printing...
PS: The accesability thing on the comments is broken. I get numbers instead of letters. And in japanese. My OS is japanese, so I guess thats the reason but... Even putting in the numbers it tells me, I get an error saying its wrong.
The app does not need to know whether the page has been fully loaded, the idea is the ability to bring a specific program to the foreground(active window) and send it some keys. If a time delay can be sent as part of the string then even better, i.e. wait xx seconds, before send the next key.
It should be a small app since you have done most work in the Timemanagement app, the difficult part is to send the keys, but make it simple enough to interpret Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Tab, DownArrow, etc... so that you can send it Alt+F4, which will be interpreted, then send the correct keys.
Lately I'm thinking how I should sort all my files on my harddisk. Maybe you could make an Explorer-like program where you can add tags to files or folders and explore them with a tag-cloud or something like that?
It should be really easy to use 'cause we all have way to many files to all add tags by hand. Drag-n-drop sorting or something?
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