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1. drakythe
   Member

   Hey I've got a question, I am really aching for a good author/writer program, and I saw that you guys just gave away Liquid Story Binder, which I would have LOVED to have, but I missed it. So I was wondering how often (if ever) giveaways get redone? can I hope that LSB will come around again or should I just try to find something else for free and decent?

   Posted 8 months ago #

2. clobermier
   Member

   Until the rerun does come around, there's a really good authoring program done by Space Jock at http://members.iinet.net.au/~simonh/spacejock/yWriter.html . It's free, he's an author so he knows what writers want and need, and I like it a lot. I downloaded the Liquid Story Binder, but still prefer YWriter.

   Posted 8 months ago #

3. drakythe
   Member

   I stumbled on to that one as well -- I'm using it, and I do like it, but the interface is not my favorite and I need to try LSB and see if I even like its interface -- but from everything I have seen I think I like LSB's interface better.

   Posted 8 months ago #

4. peace
   Member

   Hello all,
   I just re-installed window and lost Macro Recorder ... =( Can we have another re-run of this pretty pleassseee??
   Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

   Posted 8 months ago #

5. dun22
   Member

   Yeah, I downloaded the trial version of Macro Recorder a while back and I missed the full version of Macro Reader give away. I hope GAOTD brings back Macro Recorder too.

   Posted 8 months ago #

6. jinkazama
   Member

   can GOTD have Concept draw again??

   Posted 8 months ago #

7. Bobby
   Member

   DUN22 and PEACE:

   Auto Hot-Key is an open source macro recorder that you might like:
   http://www.autohotkey.com/

   The Internet Archive has quite a few macro recorders listed:
   http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22MACRO%20RECORDER%22

   The folks at G&S Team have some good software here:
   http://www.script-debugger.com/

   ***
   JINKAZAMA:
   I'd really like to see CS Odessa's Mind Map software offered again, too! CS Odessa is top-quality software that genuinely aids productivity. In the meantime, you can try the Open Source management tools here:

   http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Project_Management/Open_Source/
   ***

   DRAKY and CLOBERMIER:
   You will find good writing software, arranged by category, listed at this page:
   http://www.angelfire.com/ny/writesoftware/
   ***

   Also, check the Google Directory listings for open-source software:
   http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Open_Source/Software/

   Posted 8 months ago #

8. BuBBy
   Administrator

   Thanks for that, Bobby. :)

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9. Bobby
   Member

   Ahh, you are very welcome, BuBBy! The searches are serendipitous...always find things I can use while trying to find links for others. Better yet, when I encounter new software, I fire off letters to the developers asking them to contact the Giveaway team.

   Here are a couple more links:

   Open Channel, which publishes software from academic and research institutions:
   http://www.openchannelsoftware.org/

   The Free Software Directory, a project of UNESCO:
   http://directory.fsf.org/

   Posted 8 months ago #

10. ldahl
    Member

    Bobby those are great links!
    I'm looking for a good, small and simple invoice maker.

    Posted 8 months ago #

11. drakythe
    Member

    Bobby, thanks you a lot. awsome links!

    Posted 8 months ago #

12. Bobby
    Member

    IDAHL:

    Invoice makers and other business-related productivity software at these sites...all under GNU license (open source):

    Giao Software:
    http://blog.tvlgiao.com/2007/10/virtuemart-invoice-quote-creator.html

    Teknowledge: (possibly the best one)
    http://www.teks.co.in/html/products.html

    Tech Republic:
    http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/income+and+operating+system.html

    You may also enjoy some of the freeware downloads at

    Akshay Gandhi's Tips and Freeware:
    http://gandhiakshay.blogspot.com/2007/06/freewares-office-utilitiestext.html

    Software Dungeon:
    http://www.software-dungeon.co.uk/development-tools.php

    and FileFlash:
    http://www.fileflash.com/allfiles/billing_gnu/ (Billing Time2000 is freeware)

    ...and thanks to all for the kind words :)

    Posted 8 months ago #

13. ldahl
    Member

    Bobby I can't thank you enough!! I went to Teknowledge first,it was perfect!YEAH!
    I had really given up in disgust, all I could find were billing/invoice makers that were geared for retail and top heavy with features that I didn't need. I was just about ready to make my own form, which would have worked ok, but this is just what I was looking for.
    Thank you again for all your work in finding this, you're awesome! Now, I must go check out your Akshay Gandhi's Tips and Freeware and Software Dungeon.

    Posted 8 months ago #

14. Bobby
    Member

    IDAHL: Very glad one of the links worked for you! Again, thanks for the kind words.

    PEACE: here are a few links to open-source macro recorders .. perhaps one will work until Giveaway offers a re-run on your lost software. Two links for two of the suggestioins: MetaWrap and Auto Hot Key; other posts will have single links. By the way, the nice folks at Gold Solution Software offer evaluation copies of their Easy Macro Recorder upon request :)

    METAWRAP
    http://metawrap.set-top.net/default.php
    http://test.metawrap.com/javascript/doc/html/mw__lib__page_8js-source.html

    XNEE
    http://www.gnu.org/software/xnee/

    JW_Record_Playback
    http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=623223

    AUTO HOT KEY
    http://www.netvouz.com/davidbrake/tag/gnu
    www.autohotkey.com/

    You might also be interested in Virtual Rack, here: http://www.virtualrack.com/modules.php?name=VR_Overview

    Posted 8 months ago #

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