[DQSD-Users] Extra IE window when URL entered (DQSD 4.0.0.3, IE7, Vista)

2007-12-20 Thread Michael Kairys
Hello all, A minor annoyance: if I enter a url or partial url to the search bar (e.g. "microsoft.com") I always get two IE windows, one with the intended page, and another one with a blank page (about:blank). This doesn't happen over on my XP machine, where I have an identical setup. As I say, a

Re: [DQSD-Users] Extra IE window when URL entered (DQSD 4.0.0.3, IE7, Vista)

2007-12-22 Thread Michael Kairys
> Can you try and experiment with the launch options in userprefs.js? I > can't remember the exact names, but maybe some variations there will > yield correct behavior? Thanks for your reply, Kim. The relevant prefs appear to be: /* Reuse browser window mode * NOTE: reuse browser mode is only va

Re: [DQSD-Users] search renaming batch file / pat and patno searches

2008-02-25 Thread Michael Kairys
> ::Note that the "FOR /F" command is an extended command. I know not what that > ::means Type "help cmd" and you will see: Command Extensions are enabled by default. You may also disable extensions for a particular invocation by using the /E:OFF switch. You can enable or disable extensions f

Re: [DQSD-Users] Hello there!

2008-04-06 Thread Michael Kairys
> ...I tried unzipping to searches but that gives error on load. Likewise localsearches - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monda

Re: [DQSD-Users] Hello there!

2008-04-06 Thread Michael Kairys
> 1) Create an "addons" folder in your Quick Search Deskbar folder then > extract the iptools.zip file into there. If done correctly you will end > up with something like "C:\Program Files\Quick Search > Deskbar\addons\iptools" and then 5 files in that folder. > > 2) Reload Deskbar (type ! in the

Re: [DQSD-Users] Hello there!

2008-04-06 Thread Michael Kairys
> For some reason the default popup colors for you are set to be those > colors. Do you have anything in your localsearch.css file? Only some font settings for the clock > In any case, I updated it so that you can specify colors separately if > you'd like. Looks very nice now, thanks! ---

[DQSD-Users] Issue with Vista theme

2008-06-13 Thread Michael Kairys
With all this talk about double-height taskbars I tried resizing mine (which I've hardly ever done :) and I saw something I've not noticed before: the gradient shading that so nicely matches the Vista taskbar only extends down one row; in fact actually not quite one row, because now I see there is

Re: [DQSD-Users] Issue with Vista theme

2008-06-13 Thread Michael Kairys
Hi Shawn, and thanks for your reply... > This is the multi-line bug. :) Oh (blush :) > ...I'm happy to provide the updated files to implement > the correct theming there. Sure, attached. And thanks in advance, very much! And while I'm at it, may I take the opportunity to say a very big thank

[DQSD-Users] Extra IE window when URL entered (DQSD 4.1.0.0, IE7, Vista)

2008-10-04 Thread Michael Kairys
A minor annoyance: if I enter a url or partial url into the search bar (e.g. "microsoft.com") I always get two IE windows, one with the intended page, and another one with a blank page (about:blank). I also see that the blank window is not in the protected zone (status bar says "Internet | Protecte

Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window when web address is entered

2009-01-05 Thread Michael Kairys
I reported this over a year ago. The replies I got were along the lines of LITW (Life Is That Way). The problem is indeed caused by IE Protected Mode; note that the blank window has Protected Mode off while the window with content has it on. > -Original Message- > From: James Nix [mailto

Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window when web address is entered

2009-01-06 Thread Michael Kairys
> Also, FYI. If Protected Mode is ON, attempting to "turn off" DQSD Toolbar > in the Taskbar results on Windows Explorer being re-started. I concur. And when it restarts the search bar is still there. -- Check out th

Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window when web address is entered

2009-01-08 Thread Michael Kairys
> I definitely agree it's a problem with DQSD, I just think both > reuseBrowserWindowMode and launchmode affect how DQSD interacts with > Internet Explorer when launching searches... Well, there are only six possibilities from launchmode = 0/1 and reuseBrowserWindowMode = 0/1/2, and I can attest t

Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window when web address is entered

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Kairys
When I launch a search. > -Original Message- > From: Kim Gräsman [mailto:kim.gras...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:59 AM > To: kai...@comcast.net; DQSD users mailing list > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window > when web address is ent

Re: [DQSD-Users] Dave's Quick Search Opens extra BLANK PAGE window when web address is entered

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Kairys
> I use the TWEAKUAC utility ( http://www.tweak-uac.com/home/ ) > to set the Vista UAC into "Silent" mode to suppress some of the annoying > "Are you sure" questions. I do as well :) -- Check out the new SourceForge

Re: [DQSD-Users] Ubiquity...

2009-03-27 Thread Michael Kairys
> Well, personnaly I still couldn't live without dqsd and use it on a > minutely basis. :) > > The low volume maybe means it's a mature product now. I agree, on both counts. I think it would be cool to have it as a Sidebar gadget, but otherwise I'm quite happy with it as-is. --

Re: [DQSD-Users] RESEND: New Windows 7 RTM DQSD Theme is HERE!

2009-10-27 Thread Michael Kairys
Just installed dqsd on a Win 7 32-bit system... I got the files from http://vysa.net/dqsd.zip and put the appropriate ones in my DQSD program folder and it looks great, except for color: it's black where my taskbar is light blue. What might I be missing? Very big TIA... > -Original Message

[DQSD-Users] How to get correct colors on Windows 7?

2009-11-07 Thread Michael Kairys
I got the files from http://vysa.net/dqsd.zip and put the appropriate ones in my DQSD program folder and it looks great, except for color: it's black where my taskbar is light blue. What might I be missing? Very big TIA... ---

[DQSD-Users] Still wondering about colors on Win 7

2009-12-18 Thread Michael Kairys
I've installed Win 7 on my desktop system now (from scratch) and set up DQSD as per the previous, and again it looks great, except for color: it's black where my taskbar is light blue. Is this what you all see? I've attached an image... <>

[DQSD-Users] Still struggling with colors on Win 7

2010-01-23 Thread Michael Kairys
On my notebook computer I discovered Aero was disabled, and with it enabled my search bar looks even worse. Now not only is it black rather than transparent (or taskbar-color or whatever), the bottom quarter or so is a medium-blue color I don't recognize from anywhere... Is it only me? <>

Re: [DQSD-Users] Still struggling with colors on Win 7

2010-03-01 Thread Michael Kairys
etter > with the system look. > > Cheers, > - Kim > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 14:56, Michael Kairys wrote: > > On my notebook computer I discovered Aero was disabled, and with it > enabled > > my search bar looks even worse. Now not only is it black rather than &

Re: [DQSD-Users] Still struggling with colors on Win 7

2010-03-02 Thread Michael Kairys
ation>Windows Color page do ANY of the > color > or tint a or transparency settings have ANY effect on the > color/tint/transparency of the DQSD Search Bar? > > Jim > > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] > Sent: Tues

[DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
Hello all, Rather quiet is this list. I hope someone is still reading it :) I've written a few times about my problems getting the search bar to sit transparently in my Windows 7 taskbar. I had it looking pretty good until I installed IE 9 beta, and now it's a light blue for some reason. Se

Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
r space uses?  Also, you might want to try all black (RGB: 0/0/0). From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:40 PM To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again Hello all, Rather quiet is this list… I hope someone is still rea

Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
> support. First pass install of DQSD has color problems as well but I am > still looking at it (may have the wrong installation kit for Win7 32 > bit). > > Jim > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:kai...@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 07,

Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
> transparency of the bar? I've not used localsearch.css for these color > settings. > > If you don't already have it, try reinstalling my complete theme: > > http://www.vysa.net.dqsd.zip > > -Matt > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Kairys [ma

Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
;>" are on the right side...yours on the left. My guess is you have > some > sort of hybrid .css action going on. > > The good news is that the color black seems to still have a transparent > property with DQSD, so perhaps if you completely wipe out the theme and > re-ap

Re: [DQSD-Users] Bar color, again

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Kairys
again > > > > Weird. My Win7 (32/64bit) theme and yours look different. Notice, > > mine has the little magnifying glass and the font size is different? > > My chevrons > > ">>" are on the right side...yours on the left. My guess is you have >

Re: [DQSD-Users] "qac" search is broken

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Kairys
Let me butt in just to say thank you, Kim! IMO this release has been as thoroughly vetted by the Q/A dept. as it is going to be, and you should remove the "beta" :) > -Original Message- > From: Kim Gräsman [mailto:kim.gras...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:15 AM > To: DQSD

Re: [DQSD-Users] escape separator in *aliases.txt?

2012-06-26 Thread Michael Kairys
I've been running it on Windows 7 for many months without problem. If you're having trouble getting started drop me a line and I'll see if I can help. Michael Kairys kai...@comcast.net From: lostns...@gmail.com [mailto:lostns...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5

Re: [DQSD-Users] [DQSD-Devel] IE 11 breaks DQSD

2013-11-15 Thread Michael Kairys
I use DQSD heavily and I would be lost without it. I would be willing in principle to try and fix it but I have no idea at all how it works; nor do I have IE11 although that could be remedied. > -Original Message- > From: Tom Corcoran [mailto:tom.corco...@moonbade.com] > Sent: Friday, Nov

Re: [DQSD-Users] [DQSD-Devel] IE 11 breaks DQSD

2014-01-15 Thread Michael Kairys
; "empty" > > in the Clocks.js file. > > > > Once that is commented out the DQSD taskbar window becomes a > > vertical/horizontal scroll window - sort of amusing. Then > the > > taskbar can > > be stret

[DQSD-Users] (no subject)

2003-11-13 Thread Michael Kairys
DQSB 3.1.6.0 Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633 Windows XP SP1 The translations searches ("some words en-es") seem to be broken. I found by experimentation if I removed the ":5081" from the generated URL then the searches would succeed, so I modified translate.js thusly and it see

[DQSD-Users] translate.js bugs

2003-11-13 Thread Michael Kairys
-- Resend this since I forgot to include a subject (;-) The translations searches ("some words en-es") seem to be broken. I found by experimentation if I removed the ":5081" from the generated URL then the searches would succeed, so I modified translate.js thusly and it seems to work now. Please

[DQSD-Users] Ripoff from google?

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Kairys
http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/ This new utility from Google seems like a less-capable clone of DQSB. It has some nice features, such as the mini-results window, but it of course lacks 90% of what DQSB can do. Just FYI... --- This SF.net

[DQSD-Users] en-pt and pt-en translations still broken in 3.18 beta

2003-12-04 Thread Michael Kairys
On 2003-11-13 I reported: The translations en-pt and pt-en are broken because "Portuguese" is mis-spelled in both cases. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign

[DQSD-Users] Re. new comx, fixed comix.xml

2004-02-22 Thread Michael Kairys
I find I don't know how to extract correct XML from a message in this list. I don't know what to do about the line breaks and the encoded characters (=20, etc.) Is it possible to post a more "clean" version? Or is there some other way to get this file? -- Yearning for comics ;-)

[DQSD-Users] Can a search write a file?

2004-03-04 Thread Michael Kairys
Begging forgiveness for my complete ignorance of these things... Can a search be made to save some content to a file? What I should like to do is this: to have comx - to which I have become quite attached - automaticaly save its content to a file in the same way that I might do myself, with a righ

[DQSD-Users] RE: Google Maps update for gg search

2005-04-23 Thread Michael Kairys
Where is the xml file? It doesn't seem to be in CVS and I don't see any xml in the list archive... Sorry if this is an obvious question... --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Prod

[DQSD-Users] So, what about Zits?

2006-05-01 Thread Michael Kairys
comx /zits doesn't work for me; I get two errors of Line: 335 Char: 5 Error:'null' is null or not an object Code: 0 URL: file://C:\Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\search.htm I see some discussion from last Fall about the "seattlepi" comics but it looks like it got ta

[DQSD-Users] Does 4.0 rc2 really fix the XP SP2 problem?

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Kairys
I just installed 4.0 rc2 after uninstalling 3.1.9.2. I noticed on the DQSD home page that it now says: "This new version is revamped to work correctly Windows XP Service Pack 2 in order to not require the workarounds required by the 3.x version." So I went into my registry and changed HKEY_LOC

Re: [DQSD-Users] Does 4.0 rc2 really fix the XP SP2 problem?

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Kairys
Okay, here's what I know (won't take but a second :) I put ...\explorer.exe back to 1 and rebooted and got the yellow warning. Then (for some reason) I dragged the search bar off the taskbar and closed it, and made a new search bar. This one looked good, so I rebooted, and it still looked good. S

[DQSD-Users] outlook:calendar not working

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Kairys
It works if I click it right here in this mail, but if I double-click a DQSD calendar date I get an error at line 31 of search.htm - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and

[DQSD-Users] Vista issues

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Kairys
Hello all, I've recently started playing with Vista to see if I can live with it; of course DQSD is a prerequisite for that :) I have two issues: 1. (Functional) Closing the searchbar (right-click, choose Close Toolbar) crashes the Explorer process. 1. (Cosmetic) I found in an archived message t

Re: [DQSD-Users] Vista issues

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Kairys
great. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Kairys > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:09 PM > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [DQSD-Users] Vista issues > > Hello all, > > I've recen

[DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-14 Thread Michael Kairys
Hello all, I just realized recently (isn't that a precise diagnostic? :) that none of my local aliases are working. I also tried some of the examples in localaliases.txt. Every alias gets sent through as a search term. This started either when I moved to Vista, or (later) switched to IE7 (from Ma

Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-19 Thread Michael Kairys
Help? Anyone else seeing anything like this? > -Original Message- > From: Michael Kairys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:50 PM > To: 'dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net' > Subject: Local aliases not working > > Hello all, >

Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Kairys
; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Kairys > > Sent: June-19-07 11:47 AM > > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working > > > > Help? Anyone else seeing anythi

Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Kairys
this together) john dot bairen at > gmail dot com > > JB > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > Kairys > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:52 AM > To: 'DQSD users mailing list' > Subject: Re: [

Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Kairys
quot;%s" > > should be > > gm|gg /maps %s > > > > Try these ideas and let me know. Don't forget to reload DQSD when you try > this. I will try to use your localaliases.txt after class tonight, if I get > home early enough. > > > JB > &

Re: [DQSD-Users] Local aliases not working

2007-06-21 Thread Michael Kairys
Well, this is a big "never mind" and a bigger "thanks for the replies". Turns out I was bit by UAC again; or perhaps it's IE7 Protected Mode on Vista... Let this be a warning: if I right-click the chevron and go to Configure > Local Aliases my editor of choice will open to my localaliases.txt. Unb