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Real Name:Wolfgang Reszel 
Last Login:23 Sep 2008 16:01
Posts:105
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Schnippselchen Pro
Nov 19 2008

TEKL  I tried to change the syntax definition for PHP and I see that the plist already contains lot of keywords and correct definitions for variables etc. But Schnippselchen seems not to use most of them. For example variables ($variable) should be coloured different. But it does not happen if I select the php syntax scheme.  
(Version 2.1)

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ThumbsUp
Nov 6 2008

TEKL  I tried it, but without success. I'm not very familiar with the Terminal/Shell.  
(Version 4.4)

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sfArkXT
Nov 5 2008

TEKL  The page seems to be down. You can download v1.04 from archive.org

http://web.archive.org/web/20070118224441/www.melodymachine.com/files/sfArkXT_OSX.zip  
(Version 1.0.4)

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TaskMate
Nov 4 2008

TEKL  To be a 1.0 it should allow to rearrange the tasks. Also it should use iCal ToDos on Leopard.  
(Version 1.0)

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VisualHub
Oct 29 2008

TEKL  You can still download the latest version from: http://www.geekmeetsgirl.net/visualhub_tools.php  
(Version 1.34a)

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AudialHub
Oct 29 2008

TEKL  You can still download the latest version from: http://www.geekmeetsgirl.net/visualhub_tools.php  
(Version 1.07)

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Apple Migration and DVD/CD Sharing
Oct 17 2008

TEKL  The have to add a way to migrate over USB.  
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Apple Migration and DVD/CD Sharing
Oct 17 2008

EGINZBURG  Just add firewire to new Macbooks!  
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Apple Migration and DVD/CD Sharing
Oct 17 2008

MISHA  I don't think this will ever be possible because of limitations to USB2.

But I agree... it literally took about 20 hours for me to migrate 40GB or so from a MacBook Pro to a MacBook Air over 802.11n (yes, full-speed n).

And it didn't even work, in the end the user was not recognized on the Air (although all the files were there and my home folder was in the Users folder, there was no way for me to login). Apps and stuff worked fine, but those are easy to install normally anyway.

Suffice to say I didn't wait another 20 hours to try it again and just did things manually in a couple hours.

Very frustrating.  
(Version )

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DoBeDo Widget
Oct 8 2008

TEKL  One thing is missing:

When a task is over the due date it should be marked red or with a different icon.  
(Version 4.2.2)

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Safari Tidy plugin
Oct 2 2008

TEKL  Too bad, that it will slow down safari loading lots of pages simultaneously even If I disable the status bar icons.  
(Version 0.2.5)

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Update Engine
Sep 30 2008

TEKL  Everyone is using Sparkle, why should someone use Update Engine?  
(Version 1.0)

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Update Engine
Sep 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications."

This is the interesting part, where it's better than Sparkle.

This framework seems to handle files without executables, which Sparkle lacks AFAIK. You can't currently update stuff like plugins, drivers, file systems.. in fact, for most of the stuff installed in /Library Sparkle can't help you. I think the only exception are preference panes which can check for updates by themself. You actually need a program or daemon which contains the Sparkle framework to checks for updates.

Now, I'm not too tech savy on all this so don't take my word as gospel.  
(Version 1.0)

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Dropbox
Sep 30 2008

TEKL  Thanks. The product description does not speak about immediately synchronisations. It seems also only support time scheduled synchronisations.  
(Version 0.6.402)

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Mail Saver
Sep 30 2008

TEKL  If I select Archiving in Mail there's no option. We are speaking about the build-in function in Apple Mail.  
(Version 3.6.8)

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Schnippselchen Pro
Sep 29 2008

TEKL  The new version does not fix the syntax highlighting issue. I selected a php example snippet and switched to php coloring.  
(Version 2.0.1)

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Smultron
Sep 29 2008

TEKL  I'm missing Highlighting in the Snippets.  
(Version 3.5)

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Keyboard Maestro
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  It would also be nice to send keystrokes to hidden apps.  
(Version 3.4)

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Keyboard Maestro
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  I'm missing the feature to create groups which activate the keys only if an app is running. So I can control iTunes and SidPlay with the same Key.  
(Version 3.4)

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ScratchPad
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  There's missing a Hotkey for Showing/Hinding the window and a dockless option.  
(Version 1.3)

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ImageMagick
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  Can sips sharpen images or it there another way like using Quartz filters?  
(Version 6.4.3)

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ThumbsUp
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  Is this App scriptable or can be fired from the unix shell? I would like to use it for folder actions or droplets.  
(Version 4.4)

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ThumbsUp
Nov 6 2008

BRUMM  Hi TEKL,

ThumbsUp in fact IS a:

-droplet-

You may ask the developer about scriptable/shell.

Or just try it yourself - the download is only 307 K...  
(Version 4.4)

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Schnippselchen Pro
Sep 25 2008

TEKL  Most highlighters seem not to work ('php') correctly and there are a lot of duplicate highlighters listed. 'CSS 1' works but 'css' not. Also the App should remember the highlighting for a snippet. Also a group should have a default highlighter. Maybe it's al in there, but the Link in the help file to the manual is dead.

Strange that an app with a German name is only available in English. ;-)  
(Version 1.1)

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Scribblet
Sep 24 2008

TEKL  This is a really nice notepad. Very clean and slim interface and not bloated with lots of functions like similar apps.

Some thing's I'm still missing:

1. An option where to save the note file would be nice. Okay I could use a symlink, but an official way is a bit nicer. I would like to save my note onto my iDisk. May mobileme-sync could be an alternative.

2. An option to autosave 5 seconds after the last input, so I won't loose anything when my Mac crashes while the window is visible. Autosave should be done with a temp file, so when the computer crashes while saving I won't loose everything.

3. A way to assign Hotkeys without modifier keys. I would like to assign F13 with Scribblet. (Btw. F13 is not shown at the moment)

4. When Scribblet is visible in the background the hotkey should bring it back to the front instead of closing it (maybe optional)

5. The window should remember its position after quitting.

6. When closing the window the focus should go back to the last active app, so I can look to the note, close it and continue writing without clicking onto the last window

7. Nice would be a customizable background colour

8. If possible the green button in the titlebar should resize the window to fit the content like in Safari.

9. An option to hide the menubar icon so Scribblet is completely invisible.

10. There's no Hotkey for the perferences (normally Cmd+, on German keyboard)

Sorry for my bad english.

Btw. are interested in a German localization?  
(Version 1.2.5)

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CoverSutra
Sep 24 2008
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TEKL  A great App, but it sometimes disappears (crashes) or is very laggy when the system is under stress. It also could lag the way that it blocks the computer for some time.  
(Version 2.1.5)

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Dropbox
Sep 24 2008

TEKL  Does anyone know a similar solution for a local network? I want one master folder on a server which gets synchronized on all clients. That could be usefull to sync Aperture/Lightroom or just iPhoto libraries.  
(Version 0.6.394)

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Dropbox
Sep 27 2008

MACMELO  Take a look at ChronoSync...

I use it to synchronize folders from different hard-drives, but I guess it would work as well over a network... Can't test it, though...

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7230/chronosync  
(Version 0.6.402)

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Proxi
Sep 24 2008

TEKL  Would be nice to have Mouse triggers, to let me go back in a browser with the side button of the mighty mouse.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Photo Grabbr
Sep 23 2008

TEKL  Doesn't work, it shows only: Invalid API Key (Key has expired)  
(Version 1.3)

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Mail Saver
Sep 23 2008

TEKL  Where do you export single emlx-files? I just found the function to export all mails in one big mbox file.  
(Version 3.6.7)

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TuneAid
Sep 17 2008

TEKL  Would be nice to have a way to put this on my iPod with registration information.  
(Version 3.03)

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toScreensaver
Sep 14 2008

TEKL  As this is no universal binary you could try ScriptSaver and this hint: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040205044431199  
(Version 1.3)

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Rarify
Sep 12 2008

TEKL  Glad to see that someone is doing a GUI for RAR.

I'm missing some options, for why I would use RAR instead of ZIP.

- Advanced options for solid archives (-s) and dictionary size (-md)

- Options to enable the recovery record

- The ability not to include files beginning with . (dot) like .DS_Store or the Adobe Bridge cache

Maybe this could be easily implemented by allowing to add command line parameters.  
(Version 0.7)

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Network Beacon
Sep 11 2008

TEKL  Would be even nicer with SSH-Tunnel-Integration.  
(Version 1.1)

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ToolPlayer
Sep 6 2008

TEKL  A simple playlist would be useful where I can drag songs from iTunes.  
(Version 0.2.5)

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WhatsOpen
Sep 5 2008

TEKL  Strange, I tried WhatsOpen and I got a kernal panic. Dropping files from finder does not work.  
(Version 1.7)

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WhatsOpen
Sep 11 2008

AGATHEZOL  What do you mean by "dropping files from finder"? Are you attempting to drop a file from the finder and see what has it open? That is a feature I never considered...  
(Version 1.7)

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DOT-TUNES
Sep 5 2008

TEKL  I can't test this App as it doesn't see my Library. The list is completely empty. Maybe it doesn't like a moved music library.  
(Version 4.1.1.3)

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DOT-TUNES
Sep 13 2008

JEFF AYLING  Heya TEKL,

You may like to try this latest build - the import issue will certainly be fixed.

Cheers

Jeff  
(Version 4.2.0.41)

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ArCHMock
Jul 31 2008

TEKL  > Will think about it. My goal is to keep interface as

> simple as possible. This is why I use the same

> compartment for table of contents and search

> results. Introducing this feature will require some

> moderate changes in the UI

Well, you could use the index to improve the search results or show matching index entries in the search results. For example if I take the php_manual and search for opendir the page for opendir has not the highest relevancy. Pages with a matching index entry could have the highest relevancy or the results could be splitted into two sections.

> The same problem as before. It'll require a lot of

> thinking through to make it easy to use

Multi doc is not a must, it's just a suggestion. An alternative could be SnapBack or a history menu like in Safari.  
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 30 2008

TEKL  > - No Index - did you mean build custom index for CHM files that weren't compiled with this option on? If yes, I plan to include it some of future release

I mean the build in index which xCHM shows.

> - No options for searching - perfectly valid, scheduled for 1.3

Cool

> - No "find in page" - actually Cmd+G and Shift+Cmd+G are shortcuts for that. If you REALLY need something different, I can schedule it for future

Oops, there's no need for it, as entering a new search term wont change the current page until I click on a search result. Forget about it.

- No toolbar button for print (but Cmd+P works) - Will do in 1.2 or 1.3

Great

- No tabs or multiple document windows - To be hones I don't see any value in this feature, each CHM has its own window

Well, it could be nice to see two pages simultaneously. I could need it at the php manual.

There could also be third way by creating a split window.   
(Version 1.1)

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TaskPaper
Jul 30 2008

TEKL  It would be nice to have a global hotkey to toggle visibility of TaskPaper. I would like to use F16 for that.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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ArCHMock
Jul 30 2008
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TEKL  I tried several CHM Viewers for OS X. iChm, xCHM and ArCHMock are the only one which I can recommend.

But all are not perfect yet.

ArCHMock 1.1:

+ Fast

+ Nice Interface

+ Good HTML rendering (Webkit)

+ Highlighting search results in Text

+ Good keyboard support (Cmd+G etc.)

+ Bookmarks

+ Automatically locates the current page in the table of contents

+ Good search results (can be sorted by relevance)

+ Zooming can be resetted

+ Remembers the last position

+ Open source

- No Index

- No options for searching

- No "find in page"

- No toolbar button for print (but Cmd+P works)

- No tabs or multiple document windows

iChm 0.9.1:

+ Fast

+ Nice Interface

+ Good HTML rendering (Webkit)

+ Tabs

+ Auto-update feature

- No Index

- Bad keyboard support (no Cmd+G)

- No options for searching

- You habe to manually 'locate' the current page in the table of contents

- Only searchs for words (no partial search)

- No home button (and no hotkey for that)

- Because of the small tabs its hard to get the title of the current page (which is not shown in the window title)

xCHM 1.13:

+ Contents/Index/Results on left side

+ Searchable index

+ Options for searching in titles only or partial

+ Automatically locates the current page in the table of contents

+ Bookmarks

+ Open source

- Ugly interface

- Bad HTML rendering

- Does not support custom context menus (like in SelfHTML)

- Slow (scrolling)

- Search results are always sorted alphabetically

- No tabs or multiple document windows

- The binary of the Mac version won't be updated anymore

At the moment ArCHMock has the best usability for me.  
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 30 2008

Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate it. Here is some thoughts from me.

- No Index - did you mean build custom index for CHM files that weren't compiled with this option on? If yes, I plan to include it some of future release

- No options for searching - perfectly valid, scheduled for 1.3

- No "find in page" - actually Cmd+G and Shift+Cmd+G are shortcuts for that. If you REALLY need something different, I can schedule it for future

- No toolbar button for print (but Cmd+P works) - Will do in 1.2 or 1.3

- No tabs or multiple document windows - To be hones I don't see any value in this feature, each CHM has its own window

Thanks again for your feedback

P.S. Everyone can register and keep track of issues using this page

http://code.google.com/p/archmock/issues/list  
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 30 2008

TEKL  > - No Index - did you mean build custom index for CHM files that weren't compiled with this option on? If yes, I plan to include it some of future release

I mean the build in index which xCHM shows.

> - No options for searching - perfectly valid, scheduled for 1.3

Cool

> - No "find in page" - actually Cmd+G and Shift+Cmd+G are shortcuts for that. If you REALLY need something different, I can schedule it for future

Oops, there's no need for it, as entering a new search term wont change the current page until I click on a search result. Forget about it.

- No toolbar button for print (but Cmd+P works) - Will do in 1.2 or 1.3

Great

- No tabs or multiple document windows - To be hones I don't see any value in this feature, each CHM has its own window

Well, it could be nice to see two pages simultaneously. I could need it at the php manual.

There could also be third way by creating a split window.   
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 30 2008

VYACHESLAV ZAKOVYRYA  >> - No Index - did you mean build custom index for CHM files that weren't compiled with this option on? If yes, I plan to include it some of future release

> I mean the build in index which xCHM shows.

Will think about it. My goal is to keep interface as simple as possible. This is why I use the same compartment for table of contents and search results. Introducing this feature will require some moderate changes in the UI

>> - No tabs or multiple document windows - To be hones I don't see any value in this feature, each CHM has its own window

> Well, it could be nice to see two pages simultaneously. I could need it at the php manual.

There could also be third way by creating a split window.

The same problem as before. It'll require a lot of thinking through to make it easy to use  
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 31 2008

TEKL  > Will think about it. My goal is to keep interface as

> simple as possible. This is why I use the same

> compartment for table of contents and search

> results. Introducing this feature will require some

> moderate changes in the UI

Well, you could use the index to improve the search results or show matching index entries in the search results. For example if I take the php_manual and search for opendir the page for opendir has not the highest relevancy. Pages with a matching index entry could have the highest relevancy or the results could be splitted into two sections.

> The same problem as before. It'll require a lot of

> thinking through to make it easy to use

Multi doc is not a must, it's just a suggestion. An alternative could be SnapBack or a history menu like in Safari.  
(Version 1.1)

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ArCHMock
Jul 31 2008

VYACHESLAV ZAKOVYRYA  > Well, you could use the index to improve the search results or show matching index entries in the search results. For example if I take the php_manual and search for opendir the page for opendir has not the highest relevancy. Pages with a matching index entry could have the highest relevancy or the results could be splitted into two sections.

I actually like the first idea most - matching index entry will have the highest relevancy. I wanted to have more sophisticated system for relevancy calculation.

> Multi doc is not a must, it's just a suggestion. An alternative could be SnapBack or a history menu like in Safari.

History menu does appeal to me (it's funny, initially I thought to implement bookmarks the same way)

Thanks again for suggestions, they are very valuable  
(Version 1.1)

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xCHM
Jul 30 2008
***..

TEKL  I tried several CHM Viewers for OS X. iChm, xCHM and ArCHMock are the only one which I can recommend.

But all are not perfect yet.

ArCHMock 1.1:

+ Fast

+ Nice Interface

+ Good HTML rendering (Webkit)

+ Highlighting search results in Text

+ Good keyboard support (Cmd+G etc.)

+ Bookmarks

+ Automatically locates the current page in the table of contents

+ Good search results (can be sorted by relevance)

+ Zooming can be resetted

+ Remembers the last position

+ Open source

- No Index

- No options for searching

- No "find in page"

- No toolbar button for print (but Cmd+P works)

- No tabs or multiple document windows

iChm 0.9.1:

+ Fast

+ Nice Interface

+ Good HTML rendering (Webkit)

+ Tabs

+ Auto-update feature

- No Index

- Bad keyboard support (no Cmd+G)

- No options for searching

- You habe to manually 'locate' the current page in the table of contents

- Only searchs for words (no partial search)

- No home button (and no hotkey for that)

- Because of the small tabs its hard to get the title of the current page (which is not shown in the window title)

xCHM 1.13: