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  Elegant Handwriting Fonts
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 08:52 AM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - No Replies

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/elega...deals-home

Discount:     50%


Final Price:   9.99$

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  Paperless
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 08:50 AM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - No Replies

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/paper...deals-home

Discount:     50%

Final Price:   24.97$

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  Audials Tunebite 2016 Premium
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 08:49 AM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - No Replies

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/audia...deals-home

Discount:    40%

Final Price: 14.94$

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  Advanced Desktop Locker Pro with free lifetime upgrades
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 08:40 AM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - Replies (1)

http://sharewareonsale.com/s/advanced-de...oupon-sale

Discount:    70%

Final Price:  10.50$

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  Advanced Desktop Locker Pro
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 08:36 AM - Forum: External Giveaways/Freebies - Replies (4)

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Protect Your Desktop and Prevent People From Accessing Your Desktop Icons and Your Private Files With Advanced Desktop Locker

Advanced Desktop Locker (ADL) is an easy to use desktop protection software, you can lock your desktop with one mouse click.

With this software no one can access your desktop or your important files, you can password protect your desktop and display custom message to any one click your desktop, our software record mouse clicks and invalid passwords input to enable you know if someone try to access your PC.

You can password protect ADL options, set and change master password of the program easy, Advanced Desktop Locker allows you to create virtual desktop to prevent people from accessing your desktop icons and your private files, you can select from many virtual desktop and you can download more from our website for free.

Advanced Desktop Locker prevent access to Task Manager, (CTRL+ALt+Del), (Alt+F4),…. When your Pc being locked to prevent people from closing the locker.

You can lock your desktop by many virtual desktop types, you can use transparent locker, color locker and virtual desktop locker, you can customize each type of lockers easy.

With this software no one can access your desktop icons, programs and documents.

Advanced Desktop Locker Main Features:

– Prevent access to your desktop with one mouse click.
– Create virtual desktop
– Option to run ADL at windows startup.
– It’s impossible for anybody access your locked desktop
– Prevent access to Task Manager, (CTRL+ALt+Del), (Alt+F4)
– Log feature, adl record mouse clicks and invalid passwords input.
– Leave message on locked desktop.
– Password protect your ADL options.
– Option to prevent close ADL without valid password.
– Customize each type of lockers easy.
– Friendly interface.

http://sharewareonsale.com/s/advanced-de...oupon-sale

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  Photo Editor von Aviary iPhone / iPad-App
Posted by: sterchin - 05-03-2016 , 08:25 AM - Forum: External Giveaways/Contests - No Replies

Photo Editor von Aviary iPhone / iPad-App


Quote:http://beste-apps.chip.de/ios/app/photo-...527445936/

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  EaseUS Todo Backup Home
Posted by: sterchin - 05-03-2016 , 08:21 AM - Forum: BitsDuJour Giveaways - Replies (1)

EaseUS Todo Backup Home


If you've been avoiding performing backups because you think they're too complicated, or you're afraid of messing something up, you need to hear the good news. Today's discount software promotion is designed to make data backup and recovery easy and simple, no matter how little technical experience you have. It's called EaseUS Todo Backup Home, and it will provide the complete peace of mind that every computer user needs.

Quote:http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/easeu...00-percent

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  Technitium MAC Address Changer
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 02:14 AM - Forum: Freeware - No Replies

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Technitium MAC Address Changerallows you to change (spoof) Media Access Control (MAC) Address of your Network Interface Card (NIC) instantly. It has a very simple user interface and provides ample information regarding each NIC in the machine. Every NIC has a MAC address hard coded in its circuit by the manufacturer. This hard coded MAC address is used by windows drivers to access Ethernet Network (LAN). This tool can set a new MAC address to your NIC, bypassing the original hard coded MAC address. Technitium MAC Address Changer is a must tool in every security professionals tool box.

System Requirements
Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP/Server 2012 R2/Server 2012/Server 2008 R2/Server 2008/Server 2003/Server 2000

Features:

  • Works on Windows 10, 8 & 7 for both 32-bit and 64-bit.


  • Enhanced network configuration presets with IPv6 support allow you to quickly switch between network configurations.


  • Allows complete configuration of any network adapter.


  • Command line options with entire software functionality available. You can select a preset from specified preset file to apply directly.


  • Update network card vendors list feature allows you to download latest vendor data (OUI) from IEEE.org.


How Does It Work?

This software just writes a value into the windows registry. When the Network Adapter Device is enabled, windows searches for the registry value 'NetworkAddress' in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1- 08002bE10318}\[ID of NIC e.g. 0001]. If a value is present, windows will use it as MAC address, if not, windows will use the hard coded manufacturer provided MAC address. Some Network Adapter drivers have this facility built-in. It can be found in the Advance settings tab in the Network Adapter's Device properties in Windows Device Manager.

How To Change MAC Address
  1. Starting MAC address changer will list all available network adapters.


  2. Select the adapter you want to change the MAC address. You will get the details of your selection below.


  3. In the Information tab, find the Change MAC Address frame. Enter new MAC address in the field and click Change Now! button. You may even click Random MAC Address button to fill up a randomly selected MAC address from the vendor list available.


  4. To restore the original MAC address of the network adapter, select the adapter, click Restore Original button in the Change MAC Address frame.


NOTE: This tool cannot change MAC address of Microsoft Network Bridge. Network Bridge will automatically use the original MAC address of the first NIC added into bridge with the first octet of MAC address set to 0x02.

Download:

https://technitium.com/download/tmac/TMA..._Setup.zip

File Details
NameTMACv6.0.7_Setup.zip
FormatZIP File
Size2.10 MB
SHA17585C61B 7F2557F8 5FCAF82D 1FB1080F A947BCE0
SHA2566E63BECA F5C5E17A 9D3AFB6E 2104EEE3 DBE473C8 930AE878 3EBA0FED ADB4A152

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  [Official Giveaway] Atlantis Word Processor
Posted by: Askanag - 05-03-2016 , 01:53 AM - Forum: Expired Giveaways - Replies (36)

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Atlantis Word Processor has all the features you need to create simple documents or great works of literature: novels, essays, reports, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, etc.
Compose rich-formatted documents from scratch, or edit existing MS Word documents, and send them to colleagues, customers, partners, friends.
Make eBooks for a living, or just create eBooks to read on your iPad or another eBook reader. Turn any document into an eBook with just a few mouse clicks!
Intuitive, safe and reliable, superfast, portable and entirely customizable, Atlantis will be the perfect companion for your word processing tasks.


http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/


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System requirements

Atlantis Word Processor requires one the following operating systems:
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or higher.

The recommended screen resolution is 800 x 600 or higher.


What's new in version 2.0?

This version of Atlantis adds support for tables.
Besides tables, its major new feature, this version of Atlantis includes many improvements to the document rendering engine, document converters, and other features.

A few new minor features and changes worth mentioning here:
- The document selection color is now customizable (the "Colors" tab of the "Tools | Options..." dialog):

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- The Click & Type feature has been removed.
- Selecting text with the mouse has been improved. Even when the "Select whole words automatically" option is checked on the "Edit" tab of the "Tools | Options..." dialog, it is still possible to select words partially.


Atlantis Word Processor is a "try-before-you-buy" product. You can install Atlantis Word Processor to your computer, and evaluate it for up to 30 days for free.
All trial copies of Atlantis Word Processor are fully-functional. No features are disabled. They all are available for you to evaluate for 30 days.
Use the link below to download the Setup file of Atlantis Word Processor. Then run the downloaded file on your system. This will install a trial copy of Atlantis to your computer. If you already have a copy of Atlantis on your PC, this will upgrade or repair your Atlantis Word Processor. isabled. They all are available for you to evaluate for 30 days.


http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/download/atlantis2en.exe





Read the Full Review  HERE



I would like to thank Atlantis Word Processor Team for sponsoring 4 licenses of Atlantis Word Processor for Promo2day users.



Giveaway Details:

number of Licenses  -  4 (Lifetime, free updates to versions 2.x)

value of each license  -  $35.00

duration of giveaway  -  10 days


giveaway ends  -  May 14, 2016

winners must provide personal data: email



Rules:

1. Share this giveaway post to your Facebook, Twitter or Google+ and share the links along with your comment below.

2. Subscribe to our newsletter RSS FeedBurner and get all the latest giveaways and contests delivered to you by email.

3. Winners will be selected by using random.org.

4. If you don't want to take part in this giveaway please don't put your comment it creates problems when we randomize winners.

5. Winners must contact me within 3 days after giveaway ends to claim their win. If a winner does not respond to me within that time-frame, their win will be void.




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  National StreamingDay Sweepstakes – 2016 (USA)
Posted by: Mike - 05-03-2016 , 12:32 AM - Forum: External Giveaways/Contests - No Replies

Quote:*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Must be at least 18 and a legal resident of the 50 United States, excluding RI. Entry Period begins at 9:00 am PST on 5/2/16 and ends at 4:00 pm PST on 5/20/16. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Sponsor: Roku, Inc., 150 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos, CA 95032. See Official Rules.

 
The drawing will take place on or about May 20, 2016 after 4:00:00 PST.  Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding on matters relating to this Sweepstakes. The potential winners will be notified by electronic mail within approximately seven (7) business days after the drawing. Non-compliance with these Official Rules; Sponsor’s inability to contact a potential winner; or prize notification returned as undeliverable will result in such potential winner’s disqualification and the applicable prize may be awarded to an alternate winner based on a subsequent drawing from remaining participants. All claimed prizes will be awarded. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of prize.

  1. ODDS:The odds of winning the prizes below depend upon the total number of eligible
entries received during the Entry Period.
 
  1. PRIZES: Total approximate aggregate retail value (ARV) for the prizes: US
$1,999.84.  One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a TCL 55US5800 55-Inch 4k Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV (2016 Model) (ARV: $599.99).  Five (5) First Runner-Up winners will each receive a Roku 4 streaming player (ARV: $129.99).  Five (5) Second Runner-Up winners will each receive a Roku 3 streaming player (ARV: $99.99).  Five (5) Third Runner-Up winners will each receive a Roku Streaming Strick (ARV: $49.99).



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  PowerArchiver 2016 Toolbox Special Offer
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-03-2016 , 12:27 AM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - No Replies

For a limited time

 Regular price 49.95$.

Final Price: only 19.95$

 This offer also includes free upgrade to PowerArchiver 2017 Toolbox (when it comes out ) as well as 12 months of support
(PowerArchiver Select plan, 13.49 value).

Offer is here:
https://www.cleverbridge.com/691/purl-1995

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  Atlantis Word Processor
Posted by: Askanag - 05-02-2016 , 11:41 PM - Forum: Written Reviews - Replies (8)

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Atlantis Word Processor has all the features you need to create simple documents or great works of literature: novels, essays, reports, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, etc.
Compose rich-formatted documents from scratch, or edit existing MS Word documents, and send them to colleagues, customers, partners, friends.
Make eBooks for a living, or just create eBooks to read on your iPad or another eBook reader. Turn any document into an eBook with just a few mouse clicks!
Intuitive, safe and reliable, superfast, portable and entirely customizable, Atlantis will be the perfect companion for your word processing tasks.


http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/


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Overview


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Are you creating documents for professional or recreational purposes?
With Atlantis, you can create structures and layouts ranging from simplest to very complex, from trivial to highly professional. You can give your documents any desired look. Atlantis has all the features and tools to do just this.
But this is not all! With Atlantis, you will give font, paragraph, or structure the required format with unparalleled ease.
Headings, bookmarks, sections, columns, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, fields, styles, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, the most elaborate formatting, all are a breeze in Atlantis.
You might ask "Why is it so?"
Simply because we have placed the greatest emphasis on functionality. Atlantis has a number of original tools that simply outclass the competition in terms of practicality.
Last but not least, Atlantisis small, stable, and it loads and works very fast.


Power Type

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Atlantis features a typing assist - Power Type. Working in close cooperation with the Atlantis spellcheckers, Power Type collects statistical information about text that you type, creating an ordered database of the words that you use most. When you start typing the same words again, a small window pops up with a warning sound, displaying a list of words beginning with the same characters. Very often, you will only have to press Enter to insert the suggestion highlighted by Power Type. In other instances, you will need to select the appropriate word from the list first, then press Enter to insert the highlighted word.

If you are a beginner or slow typist, the Atlantis Power Type will help you type documents in less time with less effort. But Power Type will also prove useful to advanced users: Power Type can be configured to suggest not only individual words but entire collocations and phrases. Users can register custom sets of phrases and collocations with Power Type. The Power Type suggestions will be all the more appropriate.


Printing and ePublication features

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Besides the traditional printing features, Atlantis offers a whole array of advanced printing capabilities.
Documents can be printed with a specific zooming factor even when the document page size and the actual paper format do not match.
Multiple-page documents can be printed on one single sheet of paper.
Documents can be printed in two-sided mode on any printer, even on printers which do not have such built-in capability. This will save paper and print more compact versions of your documents.
You can even create and print various types of booklets, including pocket-size booklets.
Finally, instead of printing your documents, you can save them to the PDF or eBook format and publish them in electronic form.


Proofing tools

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The advanced spellchecker of Atlantis will detect and report any potential misspellings in your documents. Spellchecking can be run either at your request after typing, or, most conveniently, As-You-Type.
Extremely fast and powerful, the Atlantis spellchecker has support for the British and American English dialects, and for a great variety of other languages. It will automatically check hyphenated compounds, abbreviations and collocations, make appropriate suggestions whenever a misspelling or mistype is detected. Do not doubt it. The Atlantis spellchecker will prove to be invaluable in the creation of error-free documents.
The Atlantis AutoCorrect feature will automatically take care of punctuation signs, typical misspellings, common syntax mistakes.
The Overused Words feature will help creative writers avoid repetitions and clichés.
Finally, Atlantis has tools for fully automatic or semi-automatic hyphenation of the document end-of-lines.


Control Board

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The Atlantis Control Board brings together all the word processing tools and commands required to design and manage most document components. It is a very convenient set of tabbed panels, each panel offering a separate overview of the document Headings, Bookmarks, Sections, Styles, and Lists. What’s more, each panel has its own dedicated toolbar with all the commands necessary to deal with the corresponding document characteristic.
So you will use the Atlantis Control Board to perform traditional word processing operations on your documents in the most practical way.
But the Atlantis Control Board has other capabilities unheard-of in other word processors. As you might know, lists created in other software often get wrong numbering. This can easily be fixed in Atlantis, using specific commands from the Lists panel of the Control Board. The Atlantis Control Board will also display all the properties of the document sections, including some that are not shown in other word processors. This is not just a gimmick. You will be able to better understand how headers and footers, section breaks, etc, are inter-related and can be managed.


Security

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Any confidential information, whether private or professional that you might have, can be securely protected using the encryption abilities of Atlantis.
Encryption takes place when you scramble a document with a password and only people with the correct password can open that document, nobody else.
Encryption in Atlantis is very secure. Atlantis uses 256-bit keys to create documents in a proprietary encrypted COD file format. It would take hackers billions and billions of years, and all the computers of the world, before any of them could crack an Atlantis-encrypted document. A good password is the only thing you need to create secured documents in Atlantis.
Note that Atlantis never stores or saves unencrypted fragments of encrypted documents to your hard drive. All such unencrypted information is temporarily stored in memory and is lost as soon as your computer is powered down. Only encrypted information is saved to the hard drive as a COD file.


Safety
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Losing hours of hard work through computer breakdowns is always most unpleasant. Sometimes, the lost documents cannot even be re-created.
To protect you against such mishaps, Atlantis has a Safeguard feature. Atlantis protects your documents against system failures and accidental shutdowns by creating Safe Copies of them at regular intervals.
In addition to this, Atlantis has a Backup Files feature. When this feature is enabled, Atlantis creates automatic and regular backups of all open documents. Successive versions of each document are saved to a special folder. In this way, you will always be able to go back to earlier versions of any document, for example when you made undesirable changes to a document, and saved it.


Customization and Portability

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Nearly all the components of the Atlantis interface can be toggled on and off at will. You can freely define menus, hot keys, and toolbars so that the Atlantis interface completely meets your own particular needs and requirements.
You can choose from a variety of proprietary Color Schemes to customize the Atlantis document window.
Original background Sound Schemes can also be used, customized, or created anew for most of the Atlantis events.
But there's more to this. You can not only customize Atlantis to fit your needs and taste. Atlantis is fully portable. This means that you can install Atlantis to a memory flash drive, and Atlantis will travel with you wherever you go. You could simply plug your flash drive into any PC running MS Windows, and Atlantis will be right there with your favorite settings.


More...
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The features and tools offered by Atlantis are simply too many to be mentioned in a Quick Tour.
We believe we are creating a credible alternative to the existing offer of word processors. But don't take our word for it, just give Atlantis a try and you will find many innovative and unique features whose only purpose is to make word processing simpler and highly productive in a most practical way.
For more information on the Atlantis features, please see the Summary of Atlantis Features,
the Atlantis Online Help, and AtlanTips.



Atlantis Word Processor Help

http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/help/



System requirements

Atlantis Word Processor requires one the following operating systems:
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or higher.

The recommended screen resolution is 800 x 600 or higher.



What's new in version 2.0?

This version of Atlantis adds support for tables.
Besides tables, its major new feature, this version of Atlantis includes many improvements to the document rendering engine, document converters, and other features.

A few new minor features and changes worth mentioning here:
- The document selection color is now customizable (the "Colors" tab of the "Tools | Options..." dialog):

[Image: x29eZdg.png]

- The Click & Type feature has been removed.
- Selecting text with the mouse has been improved. Even when the "Select whole words automatically" option is checked on the "Edit" tab of the "Tools | Options..." dialog, it is still possible to select words partially.


Atlantis Word Processor is a "try-before-you-buy" product. You can install Atlantis Word Processor to your computer, and evaluate it for up to 30 days for free.
All trial copies of Atlantis Word Processor are fully-functional. No features are disabled. They all are available for you to evaluate for 30 days.
Use the link below to download the Setup file of Atlantis Word Processor. Then run the downloaded file on your system. This will install a trial copy of Atlantis to your computer. If you already have a copy of Atlantis on your PC, this will upgrade or repair your Atlantis Word Processor. isabled. They all are available for you to evaluate for 30 days.


http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/download/atlantis2en.exe



BUY  Atlantis Word Processor


http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/register.htm

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  Ashampoo Office 2016 giveaway
Posted by: dinosaur07 - 05-02-2016 , 09:36 PM - Forum: External Giveaways/Contests - Replies (1)

http://tweakbytes.com/threads/make-us-laugh-8.3274/
Enjoy!
Lol

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  Make Us Laugh - Photo Caption Contest 27 (Ashampoo HDD Control 3)
Posted by: dinosaur07 - 05-02-2016 , 09:15 PM - Forum: Make Us Laugh - Photo Caption Contest - Replies (10)

Bounce Hello dear forum members. Make us laugh based on this photo, replying with a good caption/remark. The winner will be awarded with 1 license of Ashampoo HDD Control 3 that is worth $ 39.99

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Let him go, let him go
Can't hold him back anymore

Let him go, let him go
Turn away and slam the door!

Dance Dance

The contest is open for 10 days, 1 winner with best caption/remark will be chosen from our members that will post here and will receive the license directly from me.

Good luck to all the participants.
Big Grin

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  UpdateStar Mechanic - NEW Product
Posted by: dinosaur07 - 05-02-2016 , 04:45 PM - Forum: Paid - Replies (1)

http://client.updatestar.com/en/mechanic/download/

It is similar to Auslogics BoostSpeed.

50% discount:

https://store.updatestar.com/282/?scope=...newsletter
or use this coupon:

3BU-MH5-3K3

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  Avg Ultimate - Giveaway
Posted by: dinosaur07 - 05-02-2016 , 04:42 PM - Forum: External Giveaways/Contests - Replies (2)

http://tweakbytes.com/threads/official-t...nses.3261/

Enjoy!

@ Mike: I hope I`m allowed to promote guardian`s giveaway here.
Big Grin

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  Soda PDF Pro [50% Discount]
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-02-2016 , 01:27 PM - Forum: Hot Deals & Discounts - No Replies

https://shop.ashampoo.com/10/purl-online...anguage=en

Discount :  50%

Final Price :  64.50$

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  Yandex Browser 16.4.1.8565
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-02-2016 , 01:16 PM - Forum: Freeware - No Replies

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Quote:Yandex Browser is a user-friendly web browser that sports a minimalist look designed specifically for helping you surf the Internet in a cluster-free interface.
 
It uses the same engine as Google Chrome and Safari for rendering web pages, namely the WebKit layout engine, and is based on the Chromium open source project from which it draws its source code.
 
The program offers excellent browsing speed, thanks to its built-in turbo mode, which can be enabled in case your Internet connection is slow, but it is also able to warn you about harmful sites that may affect your computer’s security and checks all downloaded files for viruses with Kaspersky.
 
Yandex Browser features a “SmartBox” option which gives users the possibility to enter both website addresses and searches in a dedicated dialog without having to open a new tab.

Homepage:

https://www.yandex.com/

Download:

Windows:
http://browser.yandex.com/download/?int=...win&full=1

Mac:
http://browser.yandex.com/download/?int=...mac&full=1

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  Photomizer 2
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-02-2016 , 11:34 AM - Forum: External Giveaways/Freebies - Replies (1)

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Quote:With Photomizer 2it brings out the best out of your digital images. The Retouch tool provides several options for processing, either automatically or by using sliders, eg for color correction or starch. A HDR effect can be applied subsequently on the image.


http://www.heise.de/download/special-der...52351.html

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  Are Firefox Add-on Collections dead?
Posted by: tarekma7 - 05-02-2016 , 11:29 AM - Forum: Software Discussion - No Replies

Mozilla introduced Collections to its Firefox Add-ons website (AMO) back in 2009 to provide users of the web browser with options to keep track of add-ons, and to showcase add-ons, for instance by creating themed collections.

It allowed anyone with an account to create and maintain collections by adding add-ons (which included themes) to them.

Creators could add and remove add-ons from collections, and others could follow them to receive notifications about changes made to these collections.

Firefox users benefit from Collections in two ways: collections may help users of the browser discover new add-ons, and they make it easier to install a bunch of add-ons especially if they used an add-on like Massive Extender which allows them to install multiple add-ons of a collection in one operation.

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Collections are highlighted in the main menu on the Add-ons starting page on the Mozilla website. A click on the link opens the collections hub and there four collections managed by Mozilla that have been featured there for ages.

You can change the listing to "most followers" which appears to be the best option to explore Collections for the first time as "newest" or "recently updated" seem to list collections that can be best described as theme collections.

A quick of the 10 newest and recently updated collections revealed that nine out of then listed themes exclusively.

Collections work for the most part as you would expect as a Firefox user. You can install add-ons individually from the collections page or click on any add-on listed to open its main page on Mozilla AMO to find out more about it first before you do so.

Collections are still open, but the recent redesign of the add-ons website has made it a lot harder for creators to add add-ons to their collections.
All that needed to be done previously to add an add-on to a collection was to click on the "add to collection" button on an add-ons page on the Mozilla website.

Mozilla hides the button (and the favorite button) now which means that Collection curators need to edit the collection to add add-ons there.
So, instead of clicking on "add to favorites" or "add to collection", it is now necessary to open the collection or favorites first, click on the edit button, type the add-on name to run a search for it, browse the results to find it, click on add, and then on save.

Mozilla's reasons for removing the option are to streamline the add-on pages  (not to confuse users who may be overwhelmed by the options presented on the page), and that the feature was not used all that much.

Quote: We did remove the "add to" buttons from the add-ons details page to focus this page on it's core function of informing the user about the add-on it shows.

This is intentional to focus the details page more and simplify.
For collections users still can add add-ons in the collections section of AMO.
I am not sure if those feature are used enough to justify the prominent placement.

If you check the source code on an add-on's profile page on the Mozilla website you may notice that the two "add options" that were removed are just hidden, and that the functionality is still there.

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Firefox users who maintain collections can install the AMO EZ on the Eyes userstyle which makes the buttons visible again on Mozilla AMO.

Not dead yet

Collections don't appear to be high on Mozilla's priority list. In fact, things have not changed all that much ever since they were introduced. They are linked from the main add-ons website but I would not be surprised if that link would be removed from the site in the future as well.
The removal of the add buttons make it harder for active maintainers of collections to add new add-ons to their collections or favorites, and it seems likely that some will stop updating their collections because of this.

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