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Snipping Tool on Vista
In a comment on my post about problems running Cropper on Vista, Chris Hammond pointed out the Snipping Tool that's built into Vista (Programs, Accessories. I wasn't aware of this tool - it's really quite cool! It allows you to draw a rectangle or free form shape on the screen, and captures whatever is displayed on the screen in that region (it also supports the standard window and fullscreen snapshot). Thanks for the pointer, Chris!
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How TO Sell Software - JetBrains responds
This morning I was pleased to find a comment to yesterday's blog post about JetBrains from Alex Tkachman, COO of said company. He was very apologetic about the problems with their site, and generously offered me a free license to Resharper. Thanks Alex!
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Vista Issue for Application Developers - Notification Icon Color Schemes
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Vista Issue of the Day - Cropper Goes to the Crapper
One of the unfortunate casualties of my upgrade to Vista has been Cropper, the excellent screen capture tool from Brian Scott. It seems that desktop composition wreaks havoc with Cropper's ability to capture screen shots correctly - the Cropper overlay shows up in the captured image, thusly:
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How NOT to sell software - JetBrains web site problems
JetBrains is currently running a special promotion for Resharper, offering a "Personal License" to individuals for $99. Being potentially interested, I've spent the last couple of days trying to get an eval license so I could try the software before buying. Unfortunately, filling out the form for a 30 day eval license and submitting it just results in the error ""Our server is temporarily busy. Please, try again later or contact us via e-mail: webmaster@jetbrains.com". I sent an email to that address, but got no response. This does not make me feel warm and fuzzy about buying their software.