Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on September 25, 2007 by CyberNet.

One of Vista’s most notable features is the Flip-3D for switching between open applications. A free program, called Shock Aero, has stepped up to offer similar functionality for Windows XP users!

Shock Aero will assign itself to the Windows+Tab hotkey (which is not customizable), and when that key combination is pressed the Vista-like Flip-3D will be initiated for your full viewing pleasure. You can then use the hotkey to flip through the windows just like with Alt+Tab, or you can use the scroll wheel on your mouse. There’s also a System Tray icon which will activate the Flip-3D when you left-click on it.

This isn’t really a configurable application, which you might see as a big downside. Really the only option that it has is switching between a Flip-3D window layout or a more Mac-like grid layout (often referred to as Exposé).

The best thing is that a portable version is offered that contains just the executable and a configuration file. You can therefor test this out without installing anything…gotta love that!

Shock Aero (for Windows 2000/2003/XP)
Source: Freeware Genius & Appaholic

Note: If Shock Aero sounds familiar that might be because we recently wrote about another free program created by the same company called Shock Desktop.

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Windows only
Searching for a specific image on the Internet can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Some sites, such as Google Image search, try to make the process easier, but shuffling through one page after another of results can quickly get tedious.

That’s where the free desktop application called Ginipic comes into play. You can view hundreds of results at a time, and inserting an image into an app like PowerPoint is as easy as dragging-and-dropping it. To see how easy it really is checkout their video tour.

Here are some other features that make Ginipic worth it:

• Multiple Sources – You can choose to search your favorite search engine or photo-sharing site (Flickr, Google, Yahoo!, SmugMug, deviantArt, Picasa, Photobucket, Facebook, and more), or expand your search to unlimited results with a click of a button, with our tailored “All Sources” option.
• No Duplicates – Did you know that, on average, “big search engines not be named” give you 200 duplicates for every 1,000 results? Not with ginipic.
• Incredible Variety – Ginipic gives you the power of the web to find ANY picture in ANY category with NO restrictions.
• Advanced Search – Advanced search gives you the ability to customize your queries in each source – just as you would on their site.
• Resizing – Choose your own preview size for the best possible experience! Maximize to enjoy the picture in all its glory, work small if you’re just browsing away.
• Tagging – Tag your pictures away and see them all in a heartbeat by choosing your tag in the comfortable Favorites source. Not a tag person? Just favorite the picture and you’ll still have a super easy access to it.
• Drag & Drop – Drag & Drop functionality gives you the ability to start working immediately – you see something you like, just drag it in your work space and continue working.
• Save Images Locally – Want to backup or save it for later? No need in clumsy “right click, save as, too hard to understand what’s going on” options – just save the picture right from the preview window when you’re satisfied.
• Set as Wallpaper – Do you feel like changing your background? Just hit the “Set as wallpaper” on any picture and instantly your desktop will change and renew before your eyes.

This is definitely a slick app, and truly handy for those heavy images searchers out there. Give it a whirl and let us know what you think.

Get Ginipic for Windows [via Lifehacker]
Thanks Sanji for the tip!

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Tutorial Thursday

Windows only
Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a way for you to dominate those “shoot the monkey” ads that popup all over the place? Just imagine all of the fame and glory you would receive from your friends! You just need one tool to get the job done… a mouse auto-clicker.

On a more serious note having something that can automatically click the mouse buttons can actually be handy. Maybe you’re trying to test the way an application operates, or maybe you’re playing an intense game that requires excessive clicking. It doesn’t really matter what you’re reasoning is, but if you need to click the mouse at regular (and somewhat insane) intervals we’ve got the application for you.

AutoClick is a freeware Windows application that requires absolutely no installation. Once you have downloaded it and get it running you should see a screen similar to this:

–Automated Clicking–

To get started you should start by playing around with single-task automated clicking. This will simulate the clicking of the mouse in a single area on the screen, and if you enable the Freeze Pointer option the position you specify will remain constant even if you move the mouse.

Here are the steps needed to automate the clicking of a single point on the screen:

1. In the settings specify what kind of clicks you want performed (left/right/middle and single/double), and also the interval at which the clicks should occur. Optionally you can limit how many clicks should be performed.
2. Hover your mouse over the area on the screen where you want the auto-clicking to be performed.
3. To start the auto-clicking press the F3 key.
4. To stop the auto-clicking at anytime press the F3 key.

–Smart Clicking–

Smart Clicking is a little more advanced because you can specify multiple “hotspots” that will be clicked at any given interval.

Here are the steps needed to automate the clicking of multiple points on the screen:

1. In the settings specify what kind of clicks you want performed (left/right/middle and single/double), and also the interval at which the clicks should occur. Optionally you can limit how many clicks should be performed.
2. Press the F4 key to begin recording the click positions. Click and drag the Record button onto the area(s) you wanted to be clicked. The cursor should turn into blue crosshairs while you are dragging the Record button:
   
3. Repeat Step 2 for each of the areas that you wish to be clicked. When you’re done press the F4 key again.
4. Check the Smart Click box in the settings to enable the playback of the clicks you just recorded, and then press F3 to start the auto-clicking. You should see it rotate through all of the areas you selected in Step 2.
5. To stop the auto-clicking at anytime press the F3 key.

–Overview–

A tool like this can definitely save some time, and I was actually having some fun seeing what it looked like when clicking the mouse every 1/1000th of a second. It could actually make for a fun prank, too. Did I say that out loud?

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Tutorial Thursday

I have multiple computers around the house and one of my greatest fears is that a computer will crash and I will lose all of my pictures, music, and documents. The time it would take to try and recover all of the information is far longer than if you spent a few minutes to prepare for the worst. Backing up your files is extremely important so that you will always have something to fall back on, but what kind of software do you need to do it? CNet actually has a whole category dedicated to backup software but a lot of it you need to pay for, and I am kinda cheap .

Instead of adding more clutter to my computer I have decided to use simple, yet powerful, batch files. A batch file is not complicated for those people who aren’t familiar with them. It is simply a text file that has the extension .BAT and inside the file is a series of DOS commands which run one at a time. Batch files are very frequently used by people to perform repetitive tasks which is why they are perfect for scheduling some backups!

First, we need to create a blank batch file which is as simple as opening up Notepad, go to File->Save As and type “batch.bat”. Once you press the Save button it will save the file with the .BAT extension instead of the normal .TXT extension. Okay, now hopefully you left the file open after saving it, but if you didn’t all you ever have to do is right-click on the file and select “Edit”.

The DOS command for copying a file from one location to another is “xcopy” which is what we are going to use. The command is used in the following format:

xcopy "Source" "Destination" /c /q /d /e /h /y

For the Source and Destination you just have to put in the folder or file path that you want to backup and the location to backup to. If you have spaces in the path then you will need to include the quotation marks, for example, “C:\Mozilla Firefox\” would need to have the quotes because of the space. So an example command with the path in it would look like this:

xcopy "C:\Mozilla Firefox\" "\\Server\C\Firefox\" /c /q /d /e /h /y

Now you are probably wondering what the “/c /q /d /e /h /y” does at the end of that command. Each one of those parameters perform a different action. Microsoft has a long list of available parameters that can be added but those are the ones that I use. Here is what each of them does:

• /c – Ignores all errors which helps make sure that the backup will complete even if there is a small problem.
• /q – Prevents the command prompt from displaying an “xcopy” message for every file or folder that is copied.
• /d – Only synchronize Source files if they are newer than the files in the destination. Otherwise every file will get copied each time the batch file is executed.
• /e – Copy all subdirectories even if they are empty.
• /h – Copy hidden and system files.
• /y – Prevents an “Overwrite existing file?” prompt for each file that already exists in the destination.

Feel free to remove any of those parameters that you don’t feel are necessary but those are the ones that I have found to work best for me. Inside the batch file you can add more than one “xcopy” command by separating them by a new line. That means you can backup multiple folders with one single batch file.

Once you have the batch file completed and saved you can right-click on it and select “Run” to see if everything works how you want it to. You should probably test it on a small folder with just some test files before you go and do the real thing to prevent any unexpected actions. If everything works great then maybe you want to think about scheduling it to run itself using the Scheduled Tasks located in the Control Panel. Now that wasn’t so bad was it?

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Since Microsoft isn’t going to be able to pull off their holiday season release date of Windows Vista then hopefully Adobe will be able to cover them by releasing the next edition of Creative Suite. Adobe Creative Suite 3 is currently code-named Banana Split and there is a chance that it will be released before the ball drops for 2007! Rumors are that Photoshop (code-named Red Pill) will come in two different versions where the high-end version will focus more on the video market. It also sounds like Photoshop will have a slight GUI makeover, but I hope it will not throw people off from what they are used to!

There are going to be some other software updates to the Creative Suite as well. Adobe has hopes that they can make Illustrator handle more like Photoshop does. To help that along, they will be implementing an eraser feature which is similar to how Photoshop uses the eraser. Also, because of the acquisition of Macromedia you shouldn’t be surprised if there is any Flash integration thrown in here and there.

News Source: Think Secret

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