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Nifty tool for writers
 
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Wiredgeek Wrote:errr.. low overhead mp3 player.. how about global hotkeys instead of right-clicks?

Ctrl-Shift ZXCVB, fr'ex..
WinAMP: 36 megs memory usage, takes about 5 seconds or so to start up, requires memorization to control playback if you don't use the main interface (or, right-click two menus deep), has limitations built in to it "inducing" me to purchase it (and achieving the opposite effect).
yPlay: 8 megs memory usage, simple controls, starts in less than 2 seconds, no arbitrary limitations.
I'll use WinAMP over WMPlayer, and I'll use WinAMP when I want purty visualizations and whatnot... but when all I want is background music while a memory hog is running in the foreground (City of Heroes, Visual Studio, etc), I think the choice is clear. Smile
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Huh. Gonna have to give this a try and see how it works for me. A lot
of the things he complains about I've never really had problems with.
But the
"reporting" and plot organization features sound interesting.
It's the plot organization that helped me out.  The ability to reorder scenes easily, see their summary, and keep notes right there in the scene without having to switch back and forth between my draft file and my notes file... really helped.  Also, the reports showing who's in which scene and who the viewpoint character is _really_ helped, heh.
Some of it, I'll probably never use.  It has (for example) fields where you can rate different aspects of a scene -- humor, tension, etc.  I don't see myself ever using that.
But anything that keeps _me_ better organized is a win in my book, heh.

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
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Nifty tool for writers - by Sofaspud - 01-15-2009, 11:13 PM
[No subject] - by robkelk - 01-16-2009, 03:20 AM
[No subject] - by Sofaspud - 01-16-2009, 04:05 AM
[No subject] - by Epsilon - 01-16-2009, 04:42 AM
[No subject] - by Sofaspud - 01-16-2009, 06:42 AM
[No subject] - by Wiregeek - 01-16-2009, 09:41 AM
[No subject] - by Bob Schroeck - 01-16-2009, 04:06 PM
[No subject] - by Sofaspud - 01-16-2009, 08:41 PM
[No subject] - by Bob Schroeck - 01-16-2009, 08:47 PM
[No subject] - by Sofaspud - 01-16-2009, 09:50 PM
[No subject] - by robkelk - 01-17-2009, 01:47 AM
[No subject] - by Epsilon - 01-17-2009, 03:27 AM
[No subject] - by Bob Schroeck - 01-17-2009, 07:41 PM
[No subject] - by Acyl - 01-19-2009, 12:07 AM
[No subject] - by Wiregeek - 01-22-2009, 09:12 AM
[No subject] - by Bob Schroeck - 01-22-2009, 04:22 PM
[No subject] - by Wiregeek - 01-22-2009, 05:28 PM
[No subject] - by Sofaspud - 01-22-2009, 10:43 PM
[No subject] - by Wiregeek - 01-22-2009, 10:44 PM
[No subject] - by Black Aeronaut - 01-23-2009, 12:46 PM
[No subject] - by Wiregeek - 01-23-2009, 09:34 PM

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