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by HairyPorter
Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: CHK Hash Tool
Replies: 73
Views: 223786

CHK Hash Tool: User Settings Lost after Version Change

CHK v3.85 Quick Update: @ encode Thanks for CHK — my favourite hashing tool & the only one I use on a regular basis, ever since chancing upon it in back in 2017. Would like to enquire about the following issue. OBSERVED BEHAVIOUR: Since v3.50 (29 Aug 2021) , upon every version change, CHK compl...
by HairyPorter
Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:36 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: <Weird unicode characters thread issue>
Replies: 35
Views: 159290

Re: <Weird unicode characters thread issue>

https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=83614#p83614 The "u=0" parameter in those links ensure that they do not count towards the stats. I even double-checked again to make sure there isn't a bug in the code. @SYSTEM -- Thanks for the info about TPFC's "u=0" para...
by HairyPorter
Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:44 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Date Reminder: a portable reminder
Replies: 12
Views: 23844

Re: Bright & Low-Contrast Color Schemes

My guess is that extremely bright and low-contrast color schemes are used because they feel less scary and more welcoming to casual users. Thanks for providing such an empathetic rationale. I think it might help me bear with bright & low-contrast GUI schemes more easily, at least on a psycholog...
by HairyPorter
Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:15 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Date Reminder: a portable reminder
Replies: 12
Views: 23844

Re: Date Reminder - New Larger Icons

There's anti-aliasing where there were sharp edges before. It would be fixable but not sure if the author is used to that type of thing. / Not that they shouldn't have AA or be resized using nearest neighbor but that it's clearly scaled without much consideration for clear pixel grid alignment. Wha...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:12 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: <Weird unicode characters thread issue>
Replies: 35
Views: 159290

Re: <Weird unicode characters thread issue>

At TPFC, "[markb /forums/ucp.php?mode=login" is a popular search. Really? I wouldn't have thought so. Such generic URLs can turn out to be a popular "search term" because other than text queries via the search box, it seems that TPFC's search engine is also capturing user clicks...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:58 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Date Reminder: a portable reminder
Replies: 12
Views: 23844

Re: Date Reminder - New Larger Icons

Doesn't look like they scaled the icons well. There's anti-aliasing where there were sharp edges before. It would be fixable but not sure if the author is used to that type of thing. I think the anti-aliasing is deliberate . If the developer were to enlarge the existing icons (note: non-Modern Flat...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: Freeware That Are Not Portable
Topic: Transcribe - manual transcription for PDF (JacobBoerema(
Replies: 3
Views: 8461

Re: Transcript (program) by Jacob Boerema

Wishlist : * Ability to have horizontal AND vertical views (e.g. for newspaper or vertical text) Toggling between the default top-bottom horizontal panes to side-by-side vertical panes is available, but only in the Pro version (€15 per user). See below. Pro Features > Program Interface: Show image ...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:22 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Vivaldi (Opera [inspired] browser alternative)
Replies: 150
Views: 395289

Re: Vivaldi - Opera Browser Alternative

saves multiple settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Vivaldi [...] issues with losing some preferences when switching computers Vivaldi's newborn (& already public) database entry states: " Writes settings to: Application folder: /User Data ", but doesn't mention that some settings (...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Tablacus Explorer - customizable, tabbed file manager
Replies: 30
Views: 101769

Re: Tablacus Explorer - RAM Use

On my system Tablacus Explorer x64 with 36 installed add-ons uses about 83 MB of RAM while with the default 13 add-ons it uses about 61 MB of RAM. At the bottom are the average RAM use ranges for Tablacus Explorer v17.1.17 (released: 17 Jan 2017)'s TE64.exe process for 3 different scenarios, each t...
by HairyPorter
Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:33 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Tablacus Explorer - customizable, tabbed file manager
Replies: 30
Views: 101769

Re: Tablacus Explorer - Folder Tree State

"Remember folder view settings" add-on works fine but after restart "System Folder" on desktop is always unfolded Did you inadvertently leave the folder selection (highlight) at the affected folder before exiting Tablacus Explorer ? To Display Fully-Collapsed Folder Tree : Click...
by HairyPorter
Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:01 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Tablacus Explorer - customizable, tabbed file manager
Replies: 30
Views: 101769

Re: Tablacus Explorer (not stealth ?)

Tablacus Explorer (TE)'s software listing at TPFC indicates that it is stealth. On my Win 7 x64 , extracting & running the basic TE package with default settings , no additional add-ons & no user interaction creates & leaves behind the following items upon every run & clean exit. TE ...
by HairyPorter
Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:33 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Tablacus Explorer - customizable, tabbed file manager
Replies: 30
Views: 101769

Re: Tablacus Explorer

I am a bit surprised that an add-on is needed for such a simple thing. I have enabled lots of add-ons and I have to compare the RAM usage with and without add-ons. I suppose Tablacus Explorer is designed based on a bare-bones, add-what-you-want concept. For instance, Its ZIP package (containing 32+...
by HairyPorter
Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:10 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: XYplorerFree - file manager
Replies: 59
Views: 158776

Re: XYplorerFree

By mistake I closed my browser just before publishing this post and I had to re-write it by memory from scratch, most likely I have forgotten some of the things I wrote initially. @smaragdus -- That's a comprehensive summary of file managers (thanks for all that info), & you have a good memory ...
by HairyPorter
Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:35 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Tablacus Explorer - customizable, tabbed file manager
Replies: 30
Views: 101769

Re: Tablacus Explorer

Q-Dir preserves desktop sorting (Group by - Type, Sort by - Type) after restart but Tablacus Explorer doesn't This add-on Remember Folder View Settings v1.25 (22 Nov 2016) should preserve "Group/ Sort by" settings between run sessions & also for separate viewing panes (in case you hav...
by HairyPorter
Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:18 am
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: New designs for TPFC by tproli
Replies: 489
Views: 2099426

Re: Reverse TPFC PageTitle Sequence for Better Visibility

Andrew Lee wrote:However, seeing that others have gone down the same route, and as you mentioned with no upgrade compatibility issues reported, I have made the necessary code changes.
Thanks Andrew ! As of the 1st (lucky) Friday the 13th of 2017 (13 Jan 2017), TPFC is fully tab & history friendly now. :D