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- Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:08 am
- Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
- Topic: RoboIntern [DotNET Task Scheduler]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5044
Re: RoboIntern [DotNET Task Scheduler]
I've never seen that COMSPEC function before or understood it as necessary. I've always liked how straightforward Windows batch files are -- what a weird addition. Not trying to be pedantic, but %COMSPEC% is a system variable* that always points to CMD.exe. As different systems go, I have found it ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:26 am
- Forum: Chit-Chat
- Topic: Tucows put out to pasture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 103
Re: Tucows put out to pasture
It also makes me wonder what this site will look like in a decade and how people will look back on our contribution to freeware. I think we do have some influence. Recently I saw someone recommend Universal Extractor 2 in a Discord server that has nothing to do with freeware. In early days of UE2, ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:07 am
- Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
- Topic: Vivaldi (Opera [inspired] browser alternative)
- Replies: 138
- Views: 232964
Re: Vivaldi (Opera [inspired] browser alternative)
Interesting piece comparing what separates Vivaldi from regular Chrome : What do you mean "regular Chrome"? Vivaldi is not Chrome or a Chrome shell. It has fully custom UI, not derived from Chrome's. And with its focus on features and customizability, Vivaldi is clearly its own thing rather than me...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:59 am
- Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
- Topic: Site usability testing results
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2215
Re: Site usability testing results
The SQL query actually includes a lot of other stuff, including pagination, ordering, scoring etc. which are built up along various stages, cumulating into a single SQL query. Isn't it better to leave those to the frontend? No, doing pagination and scoring in the front end is slow since it requires...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
- Topic: SeaMonkey - browser, email, newsgroups, chat, HTML editor
- Replies: 50
- Views: 77034
Re: SeaMonkey Portable
Even though tthe usage is probably very small potatoes next to other browsers, but it remains a very useful program with a ton of functionality. Good to keep on top of it. I certainly use it. BTW, Vivaldi is also getting there. Its built-in email client, feed reader and calendar are in preview .
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:53 am
- Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
- Topic: Vivaldi (Opera [inspired] browser alternative)
- Replies: 138
- Views: 232964
Re: Vivaldi (Opera [inspired] browser alternative)
Vivaldi Mail, Vivaldi Feed Reader and Vivaldi Calendar have entered Technical Preview: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-mail-t ... l-preview/
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:40 am
- Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
- Topic: Browser Fingerprinting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1725
Re: Browser Fingerprinting
Firefox Extend Release version and just install the HTTPS Everywhere and NoScript (apart from some internal tweaks, this is mostly what makes up the standard TorBrowser) On the topic of HTTPS Everywhere: Firefox 83 just introduced optional HTTPS-only mode which is even stricter than HTTPS Everywher...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: News & Announcements
- Topic: CLI database is now public
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3428
Re: CLI database is now public
There is a CSS+JavaScript feature in development to allow this: https://github.com/WICG/display-locking/blob/master/explainers/content-visibility-hidden-matchable.md It's not yet supported by any browser, though (only Chromium-based browsers have an implementation, and even in them it's disabled by...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:48 pm
- Forum: CLI Discussions
- Topic: PowerShell
- Replies: 11
- Views: 907
Re: PowerShell
What's next? Entry for CMD.exe? Entries for Paint, WordPad and Notepad? It's built-in Windows program, what are you even talking about? Yes and no. An old version of PS ships with Windows. The newer version (formerly called PowerShell Core) doesn't, and needs to be manually installed if you want it...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:22 am
- Forum: CLI Discussions
- Topic: PowerShell
- Replies: 11
- Views: 907
Re: PowerShell
I'd prefer one entry for PowerShell. Not a fan of having an entry for every command: IMO they'd add little value, like Andrew has said before.
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:17 am
- Forum: News & Announcements
- Topic: CLI database is now public
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3428
Re: CLI database is now public
I did some research just now, and surprisingly I discovered that CTRL-F doesn't gel well with hidden divs/spans and details/summary, which are the 2 main methods used to implement spoilers. Basically, there is no good way to get the browser to auto-expand and highlight search keywords from within h...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: CLI Discussions
- Topic: 30+ hex dump tools for Windows!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 527
Re: 30+ hex dump tools for Windows
For the record, this post was borne out of my PM debate with vevy about how useful filters would be. Another tool (that vevy omitted from his list :P ) is PowerShell Format-Hex . Comes with Windows starting from Windows 10 Anniversary Update, available on older versions and macOS/Linux by manually i...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 1:15 am
- Forum: News & Announcements
- Topic: CLI database is now public
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3428
Re: CLI database is now public
The database is editable. If you want a new tool added, add it and post about it in the forums! That's how the DB is intended to grow.

- Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: CLI Submissions
- Topic: ugrep - even more extended grep
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1388
Re: ugrep - even more extended grep
More powerful grep. Very nice. 

- Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:44 am
- Forum: CLI Discussions
- Topic: CLI Database Discussions
- Replies: 359
- Views: 133307
Re: CLI Database Discussions
There is a problem with current upvote/downvote system. Upvoting or "This app rocks!" doesn't cover a lot of tools that are expected to be in a CLI database. UnxUtils doesn't rock! but a lot of users would expect to find it. It's "standard". To address this, we may: Keep the sorting of ">10 points"...