ClipTaxi Alpha testers

[Sparkie]

*** 10/01/2007 New version Alpha3 for a few more Bug fixes

Could a few of you kind souls test this little app for me

http://www.heysparkie.com/Apps/ClipTaxi_Alpha3.exe

It's a part of a bigger project and I need to know which, if any, web pages do not load properly. The idea is this:

1. load a web page in one of 2 ways:
..... a. by drag-n-drop from the Icon in your browser Address bar
..... b. by right clicking and selecting Open URL...
2. app will auto convert the entire web page into an image
3. user is now able to make a marquee selection using the left mouse button, placing that selection onto the clipboard
4. user can then save that selection, or save just the visible portion of the page, or save the entire page, top to bottom. (this part has been disabled for this test)

Any and all feedback is welcome

TIA

[PB]

Works fine for the URL of this topic.

But sometimes if I click once and don't drag the marquee, a single black
pixel is left on the image.

[jpd]

Hi Sparkie,

works fine with IE7 and Vista !

not works with Opera!

Best
jpd

[PB]

It doesn't grab the image based on the browser's actual pixel width. It seems
to resize it first, but I'm guessing this is an actual feature?

Also, if you click OK instead of typing an URL, it tries to grab "http://www.".

Also, if you give an invalid URL and click Yes to try again, the prompt doesn't
come back again for you to type a valid URL.

[Sparkie]

not works with Opera!

I'll have to dig a little deeper to find a fix for that one.

It doesn't grab the image based on the browser's actual pixel width. It seems
to resize it first, but I'm guessing this is an actual feature?

No PB, it's not a feature. I'm still trying to figure out why that happens on some pages and not others. If you maximize my app's window it should result in a 1:1 ratio.

I'll get top work on the other bugs as well. Thank you both for the feedback

[Sparkie]

Uploaded bug fix version to the link in my first post. InputRequester should function better now. I'll take a look at the other bugs later tonight when I get home. Thanks again guys

[srod]

Hi Sparks,

problems with the selection box.

Try this :

Use the mouse to select a chunk of the webpage but extend the mouse beyond the window of this application and release.

You'll notice that the selection box remains.

Now, with the selection box still visible, either scroll the window or resize it, and on my system, it ends up looking a bit of a mess! It even affects the desktop sometimes.

(Win xp pro)

Could be a mouse capture problem.

Regards.

[rsts]

I must be doing something wrong. I can't drag a url from the browser address bar to it.

cheers

[srod]

I must be doing something wrong. I can't drag a url from the browser address bar to it.

cheers

(nor can I! I thought I was just being daft though! )

[Sparkie]

Thanks srod. I haven't fine tuned that part yet but I'm surpised to hear it affects the desktop. I must have grabbed the wrong device context in there somewhere. I'll take a look later tonight and fix it.

The main purpose of this little test was geared towards finding any pages that may not load properly. So far this does not seem to be an issue, except for you rsts, who can't drag any pages over. Which Browser/OS are you using

[Sparkie]

Are you dragging the Icon from the Browser Address bar

[srod]

Hi Sparks,

I found certain pages just wouldn't load. Wait I'll try again...

[rsts]

Are you dragging the Icon from the Browser Address bar

cheers

[Sparkie]

No sweat rsts, I went back and made the instructions in post #1 a little clearer

[srod]

Sparks, try as I might I can't get your program to load

http://www.mathsguru.co.uk/