Lotherius

Lotherius

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Reply to What's the point? Why have the site at all? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I, on the other hand, try to send appreciation mail to developers. You got one from me last week, Brad. I guess they're not all that common though, since mine made the news. There are lots of satisfied customers though, just remember that. Most of them are just unaware how appreciated their being good customers is, and don't think to let you know how much they appreciate the site and your company's other services. I guess this is why most businessmen eventually hide behind "operatives"

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Reply to Stardock and NVIDIA Release New NVIDIA® Theme Manager in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The difference is, I suspect, that this skin uses something like DirectSkin rather than a trial version of windowblinds. The nVidia skin here on wincustomize was done specifically for nVidia in the first place, so it's not like they're ripping it off. I've seen it come on some nvidia video card driver disks, along with a trial version of WB. This way, they can do away with the trial version, and as far as the end user is concerned, the skin is a fully functional program, so far as applying the n

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Reply to Independent Developers and TotalGaming.net in Game Developers JoeUser Forums

I hope this works for you - I like the model. The point here is that by giving people value, you will get money from people that wouldn't have bought anything to begin with. Personally, I can never justify $89 for a single game. Justfying $39 for Gal Civ was difficult. The upgrade to Drengin.net was tough also. I've probably only bought 5 or 6 games ever. Thing is, most of these games I probably wouldn't have bought. Not disciples II, not Celtic Kings, etc. But put together in a package

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Reply to I'm not a jerk I just type too fast in Internet JoeUser Forums

I'm a 105 wpm typer, and as the entry you linked to on my journal the other day can attest, I do get lengthy. If I'd known how many people were going to be seeing that little bit of what I wrote, I would have edited it for typos better, though! My journal is full of entries that just scroll on page after page (though not visible to most but friends). Unfortunately, when you spend that much time writing something, most people end up skimming and your co

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Reply to Blog: Newsweek glory, Shareware awards in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Well personally I think that some developers are held back by identifying too much as "shareware" developers. "Back in the Day" as they would say, that is, the late 80s and very early 90s, shareware was a big thing. It was a novel concept that you could dial up to your local BBS and download software for free. Some great programs existed as shareware. PaintShop Pro got its start there, for example. What I remember the ASP offering at the time, was help in distribution and promotion. Being a memb

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus Beta updated in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Well, if not the "real" startmenu, then at least something skinnable to match the dock. I've used the menu docklet before, and it always feels a bit "klunky" to me having a start menu come up in the middle of the screen that doesn't match the theme of the dock well.

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus Beta updated in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Handles leak still seems to be present. Specifically, I can make it leak 40-50 handles at a time, reliably. All I have to do is open the "Dock entry properties" tab and close it again, without doing anything else. Every time I do that, it leaks 40-50 handles which don't get released back to the OS. I have it up to 2,319 handles so far but am not going to try for 15,000 again.

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus Beta updated in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Another request ... sorry, lots... Would be nice to be able to drag and drop from the start menu object onto a tab in another dock... so I don't have to open the "real" start menu, or an explorer window, to get links of newly installed apps.

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus Beta updated in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I'm not sure where there's a feature request section for OD+... but here goes: Howzabout, rather than just being able to save the whole theme, an option to save package just one tab or dock... so we can upload dock configurations to wincustomize that will just add a custom dock or tab (like a meters dock) without replacing the entire theme?

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus Beta updated in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Okay, I bought it..... One person mentioned they don't like paying to test things... But IMHO StarDock acts in good faith - I can be sure there will be more stable versions in the pipe. This, along with the TotalGaming upgrade, is keeping me happy with this company. Thanks!

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Reply to Blog: Windows Handles, Web-based widgets, fun with SP2. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I would like to know too. I was shocked at how easily I brought my uber-stable box (XP 3200, 512mb Ram, nForce2 board) to its knees by having too many handles. This explains several mysterious slowdowns I get when there are too many apps open. I've had this box up for over 60 days without a reboot before, so it is otherwise stable. Load up too many apps, several of which I now know are "handle-eaters" and it drops to its knees. I can see now where slowdowns and related non-act

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