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  1. Re:How about an Intuitive UI Instead? on Technical FAQ for New Linux Users · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't it be even better if Photoshop gave you a way to find out the command-line equivalent of its batch thumbnailify command, and your file manager gave you a way to find out the command-line way to rename a bunch of files? Then intermediate users would have no trouble doing what they need to do, and advanced users would be able to combine the two commands into a "give me thumbnails for the images in this directory" script without having to look anything up in a reference manual.

    You don't have to look at the reference manual. You don't need to learn any commands.

    In photoshop this thumbnail action would look something like this

    Thumbnail
    Image Size
    Save As

    You can double-click on Thumbnail to choose a keybind for the action. F1-F15 and you can add shift and command as modifiers. Double-click on the other commands and a dialog will show up allowing you to change any variable.

    To get these command you can select record, do what you want and these will be put in the action screen or you can select Insert Menu Item and a text field shows up. You can type your command in or you can select the menu item or type in the keybind and photoshop will put it in for you.

    Basically every menu item in photoshop is a command and their dialog box is what you use to change variables.

    With these commands you can move them into any action, dubicate them, remove them or change the order which they execute all using your mouse.

  2. Re:How about an Intuitive UI Instead? on Technical FAQ for New Linux Users · · Score: 2

    Intermediate way: Use Photoshop's Batch Action (or equivalent) on a bunch of files to resize them. Unfortunately, I believe this only outputs them all with the same filenames in a different directory.

    Actually you can at the end of your action put in a Save As Command. With a file open, open the Save As Action (Actions cannot open with a file open, it needs to see you actually do the action.) Save where you want file to go and what format you want it. Make sure that box left of Save As action has a dialog in it.

    Now with Automate > Batch choose what folder your images are in and then select none in Destination. and Run it. Now with every file the Save As dialog will come up allowing you to choose the file's name

  3. I have a question on Technical FAQ for New Linux Users · · Score: 2

    What is the difference between /bin and /sbin?

  4. Re:That's odd... on VeriSign Accuses Competitors Of 'Slamming' · · Score: 2

    I transfered some 10 domains away from them, with in the past few months, and haven' thad a single glitch.

    Of course this is a problem to Verisign.

  5. Oh Yeah on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 2

    You can load your command prompt with tons of worthless crap.

    Yeah that will impress the newbies.

  6. Ok so how do I manage a firewall? on On the Definition of a Hostile Network Connection? · · Score: 1

    Can anyone tell me of any resources anywhere I can find which say how to manage a firewall correctly?

  7. Slashdot Moderation? on ORBS Forks · · Score: 1

    So is a Slashdot Moderation system. I wonder to you look at Slashdot at a -1 threshold? So do you "censor" those people?

  8. Re:Quick Launch?? on Mozilla 0.9.2 Storms Out The Gates · · Score: 4

    Yeah I glad a professional operation like Microsoft would not do anything like that...

    no wait...

  9. Re:A few things... on Mozilla 0.9.2 Storms Out The Gates · · Score: 2

    Actually on the Macintosh verison opening windows is really slow. When I hit new navigator window it takes about 7 seconds for that new window to open.

  10. Macintosh Sidebar bug on Mozilla 0.9.2 Storms Out The Gates · · Score: 3

    In the Macintosh whenever you launch Mozilla or open a new window the sidebar is open. No matter how I change the settings that sidebar is always open when make a new windows.

    To fix this problem delete the component registary it will make a new one and this problem goes away.

    Mozilla 9.1 one had this problem to I reported it and in about a week the nightly didn't have this problem.

    But it seems this problem has returned.

    BTW, the Mac Mozilla now reads the System "internet plug-ins" folder

  11. Re:It's either forced compliance or forced lying on MSDN Subscriber Forced to use Passport · · Score: 2

    Nothing really insightful here, but I personally hate to lie

    Yeah I did too. But after going through alot of registations on the internet, I got used to it.

  12. Actually... on Galeon At A Glance · · Score: 1

    I do run debian :)

  13. Gnome isn't much better on Galeon At A Glance · · Score: 2

    I know KDE is almost a direct copy of windows, but Gnome is too. Gnome doesn't do that as much but it still is a copy of Windows.

    Both KDE and Gnome have alot of GUI problems. Is there any mailing-lists, newsgroups to discuss GUI issues for there desktops?

  14. Skipstone on Galeon At A Glance · · Score: 2

    I have found another GTK+ browser named Skipstone also based on Gecko.

    How not had a chance to use it yet.

  15. What is the point of Public Key Servers on PGP/GnuPG June Key Analysis · · Score: 2

    Could anyone explain what the point of Public Key Servers is?

  16. Re:Spam & Radio Buttons on Senator Says Spammers Have First-Amendment Rights · · Score: 2

    If they don't want to pay can can opt-out on my web page.

  17. Re:Mozilla larger than X? on What Actually Makes Up "Linux"? · · Score: 2

    The reason programs get bloated is because users constantly demand new features.

    When did users ask for a built-in email and news client in Mozilla? When did users ask for a build-in search feature? When did users ask for a "XUL" platform?

  18. GNU OS on What Actually Makes Up "Linux"? · · Score: 2

    I notice RMS talking about the goal of creating 'GNU OS' but is not totally true. The goal also included GNU Utilites, Applications and Compilers. The FSF did succeed in creating Utilites, Applications and Compilers. But they didn't create an OS.

  19. Dumb Question on Ask Robert Merkel About GnuCash Development · · Score: 2

    What are the five packages GnuCash needs?

  20. Question on GCC 3.0 Released · · Score: 2

    What is the C99 standard?

  21. Re:Well.. we knew that. on WSJ Reports On MS Using Open Source · · Score: 3

    But Microsoft had claimed that they had moved Hotmail completely to Windows. But it seems to have been proven false.

  22. Re:It's time to go back on the gold standard on Using Gold As Online Currency · · Score: 2

    First you say this

    This is truly sad. Instead of being able to predict how much a dollar will be worth tomorrow, we leave that decision up to the whims of international currency daytraders.

    But then you say this

    Right now, with metal prices at a fraction of their all-time highs

    So you think you can perdict how much gold will be worth tomorrow?

  23. Re:Social Answers to the Cheating Problem... on Cheaters Sometimes Prosper · · Score: 2

    Tribes 2 has serial numbers and unique callsigns

  24. Uninstalling Free Software on Linux Descending into DLL Hell? · · Score: 2

    One thing I forget to mention in my post

    The uninstall process

    I grab that folder put it in trash can and delete it

    It's uninstalled!

    Many having been talked about Debian's apt=get. I am actually planning to try Debian soon.

    How would I uninstall something in Debian?

  25. Re:Installing Free Software on Linux Descending into DLL Hell? · · Score: 2

    When did I say anything happens behind the scenes?

    The point of my proposal is nothing happens behind the scenes. It just works

    I can install apps like this in Mac OS and Mac OS X.

    Also, in the Mac OS a "clean install" involves just replacing my system folder. You should have seen the look on my face when I found out what a "clean install" on Windows involved.