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by carbonize
Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Instantbird - multi-network IM client
Replies: 29
Views: 37276

Re: Instantbird

By this same rationale it unfortunately appears that InstantBird is probably insecure (evidently no activity for more than a year). The stable release may be insecure as it's using an old version of libpurple. The project isn't dead, though. The Mercurial repository, now hosted at Mozilla, is still...
by carbonize
Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:29 am
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Best Firefox add-ons [was "plugin(s)"]
Replies: 72
Views: 286288

Re: Best Firefox plugin(s)

Previously mentioned EFF's Privacy Badger has reached v1.0 (no changelog, release history is at http://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerfirefox/releases ); download from: Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and invisible trackers http://www.eff.org/privacybadger Thought I'd give this a go instead of ABP...
by carbonize
Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:09 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Google Code is going, going .... (will be) gone.
Replies: 12
Views: 15622

Re: Google Code is going, going .... (will be) gone.

That's the thing about creating something then giving it away for free though. At first you're all hyped and are using it as a way of learning as well as because you have some ideas you just think people would like. Few years down the line and you end up where you need to do a total rewrite from the...
by carbonize
Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:21 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Some AV protection
Replies: 55
Views: 129568

Re: Some AV protection

It's all well and good not using an AV so long as it's not the family computer. I have no protection on my laptop as i am the sole user but on this desktop I have a running AV and scan monthly with MBAM.
by carbonize
Sat May 16, 2015 1:34 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Free and cool Android apps
Replies: 42
Views: 345713

Re: Free and cool Android apps

I agree some of the entries are ancient. But being old don't necessarily make it bad -- I know, I'm old, too, and I still run Windows XP. Please enlighten us with a better list or else some substantive reasons why some particular software on the list might be bad... :| Well I already listed the two...
by carbonize
Sat May 16, 2015 1:09 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Free and cool Android apps
Replies: 42
Views: 345713

Re: Free and cool Android apps

For an updated list of the best freeware Android apps, check Gizmo's neatly classified listings: Best Free Android Apps http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-android-apps.htm That's a really bad list. I think they started it about 5 years ago and have just been adding to it without checking wha...
by carbonize
Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:10 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Ubiquitous Player
Replies: 22
Views: 58515

Re: Ubiquitous Player

Doesn't everybody Google themselves every now and then?
by carbonize
Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:30 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Ubiquitous Player
Replies: 22
Views: 58515

Re: Ubiquitous Player

Yup and I commented as well although my comment appears to have been removed :-/
by carbonize
Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:45 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Ubiquitous Player
Replies: 22
Views: 58515

Re: Ubiquitous Player

@carbonize No, the developer of Ubiquitous Player has given e-mail address (Contact me). That's nice of him and how many times have you emailed the developer of something you use just to thank them? If he wanted feedback then he should of started a page on one of the social networking sites. But go...
by carbonize
Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:13 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Ubiquitous Player
Replies: 22
Views: 58515

Re: Ubiquitous Player

Just how was he expecting feedback? As far as I can see he only has a blog which has comments disabled anyway.
by carbonize
Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:47 pm
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Best Firefox add-ons [was "plugin(s)"]
Replies: 72
Views: 286288

Re: Best Firefox plugin(s)

We're not talking benchmarks we're talking about the basics. Sometimes it becomes unresponsive and I have to wait. Hopefully E10 will go someway to rectifying this issue
by carbonize
Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:15 am
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Best Firefox add-ons [was "plugin(s)"]
Replies: 72
Views: 286288

Re: Best Firefox plugin(s)

Anyone else finding that Firefox is a bit sluggish these days and nowhere near as fluid as it used to be?
by carbonize
Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:36 am
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: Suggestion -- new field: "Release Date" [added!]
Replies: 98
Views: 148101

Re: Suggestion of new field: "Release Date"

People seem to forget that America is not the only one still using Imperial system. Here in the UK we are only partially metric. We still drive in MPH, drink pints, give our height in feet and inches and weight in stones. As to the date issue can't we just store a timestamp and then registered users...
by carbonize
Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:53 am
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Best Firefox add-ons [was "plugin(s)"]
Replies: 72
Views: 286288

Re: Best Firefox plugin(s)

I find Adblock Edge much more effective. Click for video intro in German. Isn't the only difference between Plus and Edge that Edge commented out the code that allowed for the option of allowing some ads? Certainly was the only difference at the start and I made my feelings known about the authors ...
by carbonize
Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:55 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Free SMTP Server (email dispatch utility)
Replies: 1
Views: 6887

Re: Free SMTP Server (email dispatch utility)

Showing it's age with references to Outlook Express and Eudora. But then it was last updated in 2009. Strange thing is that an SMTP server isn't that hard a thing to write so surprised there are not more out there.