Personally, I am very happy with the new Silverlight-based movie player. The Windows Media Player-based solution offered no OS X support and I was forced to use VirtualBox to watch NF movies.
Also, in my experience the new player loads much faster and fast forwarding and rewinding works much better. I have not noticed a decrease in quality, probably because my Internet connection wasn't fast enough in the first place to get the highest-quality streams.
I'm listening to a stream using Winamp 5 right now (di.fm rocks) which has been playing for several hours. Total memory usage: 2500kb
Of course, I have disabled modern skin support, visualizations, the media library, and video playback, ect. If you're THAT outraged about the new features, take the 5 minutes to disable them instead of taking the 15 minutes to complain about it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are very happy with the new additions; it's normal for the feature set of an actively developed program to grow.
Troll? Why was the above comment modded troll? It's an honest account that relates to the story. I happen to live in Georgia and Huntsville is a good site to visit because of the space center.
I went to Huntsville Space center with some of my buddies last year. There was a short fence around the Saturn V and a "Do not Cross" sign, but that definitely didn't stop us from climbing all over the rocket. I have some pretty great pictures of sitting on the top booster, waving down.
Now that I think about it, we did break off some pipes here and there in the process of climbing; I even took one of them with me. It smelled kind of funky on the inside, I wonder what chemicals it held while it was in use.
I'm actually working on a portable IM client. It currently only supports AIM, but it has all the vital features and is only 700k. It has the option of saving settings to a file rather than the registry, so it's perfect for USB drives.
Does anyone know which networks the RIAA and MPAA are generally monitoring so I know to stay away? I DC++ is a pretty safe bet, but what networks are "lawsuit-safe"?
MirandaIM is cool, but unfortunately it uses TOC, not OSCAR. Thus, you can't check people's away messages without actually IM'ing them, you can't have file transfer and directIM, and you can't see typing notifications.
I'm working on an instant messenger that still fits on a floppy, requires no install, yet implements OSCAR. To look at it and laugh at my inferior coding skills, go
here.
My little pet project;-)
It has a pretty complete OSCAR implementation, skinnable GUI, logging, talking while away, and runs straight from the binary (no install).
On Windows:
1. 7-zip (vs. Winrar)
2. FileZilla (vs. SFTP)
3. Mozilla
4. Irfanview (best image viewer ever)
5. WinAMP
6. Jedit (editor)
7. MingW (compiler)
8. TortoiseCVS (CVS client)
9. AIM/Gaim/or TerraIM
And now, get ready to start bashing...
10. Microsoft Office
On Linux:
Hmm, everything pretty much everythig I need comes installed.
Of course, I must note that reformatting every month is a complete waste of time. Generally, the people who need to reformat are those who don't know how to organize stuff into folders neatly or how to DELETE stuff they don't need. So, eventually, their computer becomes such a mess that they would rather format and reinstall than bother organizing. I haven't formatted my hard drive in over a year.
Oh, and if you DO decide to format your hd, do the smart thing - partition it. Put all your data on one partition and your OS and programs on another - that way you won't have to spend hours backing up next time you need to reinstall/upgrade your OS.
You all might snicker at the single-digit speed improvements in the latest release, but I just upgraded from 1.2 to 1.7 and the difference is not only noticable, it's unbelievable! Especially the startup time, must be a quarter of what it previously was (no preloading in memory under linux, startup times for mozilla used to be awful) The GUI is also much snappier.
I see good days ahead for Mozilla. A few days ago, a non-techie friend of mine saw me using Firefox and inquired about it. Once he installed it and saw the tabbing, pop-up blocking, speed, and skinnability, he immediately set it as his default browser. Though IE is the most common right now, people will find about the quality of Mozilla sooner or later. Actually, who cares? Even if they don't, I and all my friends still get to use a superb browser
Those looking for a fully free C++ toolkit should consider wxWidgets. With its superb sizer layouting system, rich api, native look, and great support (You often get replies from the authors themselves on the mailing lists), it is one of the best free toolkits around.
Now, with the new partnership between wxWidgets and Borland, wxWidgets is likely to develop even more rapidly.
Though wxWindows is free, unlike the free version of Qt it is not GPL, thus it can be used for commercial software development without worry.
I completely agree with you on the object oriented point.
I started using wxWindows two years ago, and it made all my coding orders of magnitude easier. I don't know why people often omit it when considering toolkits, maybe because it isn't endorsed by a company and until recently it didn't even have its own Software Foundation.
wxWindows has gotten a little publicity with the Borland switch to wxWindows, but who knows how long that'll last...
I would have used Qt, but I wanted a toolkit that I could use for commercial as well as open source apps, and only the linux version of Qt is GPL.
Two years ago I was looking for a fine cross-platform toolkit, and I came across wxWindows.
It's very strange that this toolkit gets so little publicity, as it has a very rich API and lots of nice features - such as a sweet sizer-based XML resource system that makes creating GUI a breeze. It also has wxConfig classes which allow one to easily store configuration settings without worrying about the underlying system (registry on windows, files on UNIX). Its HTML help classes provide an easy, cross-platform way write help. wxWindows supports XPM files under all systems to spare the programmer from having to convert one's icons to the appropriate system format on every system. It's all in the
API Reference
Disclaimer:
I can't say I've done any very serious applications with wxWindows, just a light AOL Instant Messenger - it fits on a floppy and requires no install. I've seen enough to know it's a great toolkit, though.
I was looking for a free cross-platform toolkit, and I came upon wxWindiows. It rocks! It's still in active development, and the developers give direct support on the mailing list. My latest project with it is at http://terraim.sourceforge.net.
I have a friend in Greece, and when I asked him yesterday about this, he was very surpirsed. He told me that gaming is popular in Greece, and no one knew that a law was being passed to ban it.
He thinks the public opposition is too high for the law to hold, and will be eventually repealed.
This is nice, I just compiled the code and was able to run commands on friends' comps. He provided source code and everything, it's just a matter of downloading and compiling. (need make & gcc & libfaim).
To actually run commands, you have to modify the source, the default setup just crahes the person's aim.
ENJOY!
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Personally, I am very happy with the new Silverlight-based movie player. The Windows Media Player-based solution offered no OS X support and I was forced to use VirtualBox to watch NF movies.
Also, in my experience the new player loads much faster and fast forwarding and rewinding works much better. I have not noticed a decrease in quality, probably because my Internet connection wasn't fast enough in the first place to get the highest-quality streams.
I'm listening to a stream using Winamp 5 right now (di.fm rocks) which has been playing for several hours. Total memory usage: 2500kb
Of course, I have disabled modern skin support, visualizations, the media library, and video playback, ect. If you're THAT outraged about the new features, take the 5 minutes to disable them instead of taking the 15 minutes to complain about it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are very happy with the new additions; it's normal for the feature set of an actively developed program to grow.
Hah! That joke is in my Abstract Algebra book :D
(Abstract Algebra: A Geometric Approach by Theodore Shifrin, if anyone's wondering).
Troll? Why was the above comment modded troll? It's an honest account that relates to the story. I happen to live in Georgia and Huntsville is a good site to visit because of the space center.
I went to Huntsville Space center with some of my buddies last year. There was a short fence around the Saturn V and a "Do not Cross" sign, but that definitely didn't stop us from climbing all over the rocket. I have some pretty great pictures of sitting on the top booster, waving down.
Now that I think about it, we did break off some pipes here and there in the process of climbing; I even took one of them with me. It smelled kind of funky on the inside, I wonder what chemicals it held while it was in use.
I'm actually working on a portable IM client. It currently only supports AIM, but it has all the vital features and is only 700k. It has the option of saving settings to a file rather than the registry, so it's perfect for USB drives.
If you want to try it, check out the latest beta here: http://terraim.sf.net/TerraIM.exe
The website is http://terraim.sourceforge.net, but the release on the site is a little out of date.Does anyone know which networks the RIAA and MPAA are generally monitoring so I know to stay away? I DC++ is a pretty safe bet, but what networks are "lawsuit-safe"?
MirandaIM is cool, but unfortunately it uses TOC, not OSCAR. Thus, you can't check people's away messages without actually IM'ing them, you can't have file transfer and directIM, and you can't see typing notifications.
I'm working on an instant messenger that still fits on a floppy, requires no install, yet implements OSCAR. To look at it and laugh at my inferior coding skills, go here.
TerraIM
;-)
It has a pretty complete OSCAR implementation, skinnable GUI, logging, talking while away, and runs straight from the binary (no install).
My little pet project
On Windows: 1. 7-zip (vs. Winrar) 2. FileZilla (vs. SFTP) 3. Mozilla 4. Irfanview (best image viewer ever) 5. WinAMP 6. Jedit (editor) 7. MingW (compiler) 8. TortoiseCVS (CVS client) 9. AIM/Gaim/or TerraIM And now, get ready to start bashing... 10. Microsoft Office On Linux: Hmm, everything pretty much everythig I need comes installed. Of course, I must note that reformatting every month is a complete waste of time. Generally, the people who need to reformat are those who don't know how to organize stuff into folders neatly or how to DELETE stuff they don't need. So, eventually, their computer becomes such a mess that they would rather format and reinstall than bother organizing. I haven't formatted my hard drive in over a year. Oh, and if you DO decide to format your hd, do the smart thing - partition it. Put all your data on one partition and your OS and programs on another - that way you won't have to spend hours backing up next time you need to reinstall/upgrade your OS.
You all might snicker at the single-digit speed improvements in the latest release, but I just upgraded from 1.2 to 1.7 and the difference is not only noticable, it's unbelievable! Especially the startup time, must be a quarter of what it previously was (no preloading in memory under linux, startup times for mozilla used to be awful)
The GUI is also much snappier.
I see good days ahead for Mozilla. A few days ago, a non-techie friend of mine saw me using Firefox and inquired about it. Once he installed it and saw the tabbing, pop-up blocking, speed, and skinnability, he immediately set it as his default browser. Though IE is the most common right now, people will find about the quality of Mozilla sooner or later. Actually, who cares? Even if they don't, I and all my friends still get to use a superb browser
Those looking for a fully free C++ toolkit should consider wxWidgets. With its superb sizer layouting system, rich api, native look, and great support (You often get replies from the authors themselves on the mailing lists), it is one of the best free toolkits around.
Now, with the new partnership between wxWidgets and Borland, wxWidgets is likely to develop even more rapidly.
Though wxWindows is free, unlike the free version of Qt it is not GPL, thus it can be used for commercial software development without worry.
I completely agree with you on the object oriented point.
I started using wxWindows two years ago, and it made all my coding orders of magnitude easier. I don't know why people often omit it when considering toolkits, maybe because it isn't endorsed by a company and until recently it didn't even have its own Software Foundation. wxWindows has gotten a little publicity with the Borland switch to wxWindows, but who knows how long that'll last...
I would have used Qt, but I wanted a toolkit that I could use for commercial as well as open source apps, and only the linux version of Qt is GPL.
Two years ago I was looking for a fine cross-platform toolkit, and I came across wxWindows.
It's very strange that this toolkit gets so little publicity, as it has a very rich API and lots of nice features - such as a sweet sizer-based XML resource system that makes creating GUI a breeze. It also has wxConfig classes which allow one to easily store configuration settings without worrying about the underlying system (registry on windows, files on UNIX). Its HTML help classes provide an easy, cross-platform way write help. wxWindows supports XPM files under all systems to spare the programmer from having to convert one's icons to the appropriate system format on every system. It's all in the API Reference
Disclaimer:
I can't say I've done any very serious applications with wxWindows, just a light AOL Instant Messenger - it fits on a floppy and requires no install. I've seen enough to know it's a great toolkit, though.
I was looking for a free cross-platform toolkit, and I came upon wxWindiows. It rocks! It's still in active development, and the developers give direct support on the mailing list. My latest project with it is at http://terraim.sourceforge.net.
I have a friend in Greece, and when I asked him yesterday about this, he was very surpirsed. He told me that gaming is popular in Greece, and no one knew that a law was being passed to ban it. He thinks the public opposition is too high for the law to hold, and will be eventually repealed.
This is nice, I just compiled the code and was able to run commands on friends' comps. He provided source code and everything, it's just a matter of downloading and compiling. (need make & gcc & libfaim). To actually run commands, you have to modify the source, the default setup just crahes the person's aim. ENJOY!