MySpace Loader – sourcecode available for download

Posted by Raffael on 07/01/2013 Posted in C#.Net, Downloads, Personal stuff Tagged github, how to download from myspace, myspace, myspace download c#, myspace download script, myspace download workaround, MySpace Downloader, MySpace Loader, myspace loader sourcecode, myspace sourcecode, opensource

As one or the other user has already noticed, my myspace download tool, called “MySpace Loader”, unfortunately doesn’t work any longer. This is due to the final changeover of the MySpace website. Last months there was still a transitional phase in which both, the old and the new version of the website, was accessible. But since some days, only the new site is still online and by that reason my MySpace Loader does not work any longer.
Since I currently lack the time to rewrite the MySpace Loader for the new page, but I think it would also be a shame to let the project die, I have decided to publish the source code of MySpace Loader. Because I’ve often got mails in the last 2 years, in which I have been asked to give out the source code, I […]

How to add speech recognition to any website with HTML5

Posted by Raffael on 05/03/201310/02/2017 Posted in HTML, Tutorials, Web Tips Tagged chrome, how to add voice recognition to website, how to use html voice recognition, How to x-webkit-speech, html voice recognition, HTML5, siri, x-webkit-speech, x-webkit-speech snippet, x-webkit-speech tutorial

Since Apple’s Siri voice recognition/voice control has again got back in focus of the crowd. But Siri is far from being the only working voice control solution. There were already a number implementations before, some good some bad, and there is still far more than just Siri.
How you can “install” a voice recognition into your website with just one line of code, is what I want to show you today. The whole thing is based on HTML5 and is established as an input element-tag.
And this is how it works:

Who wants to see the speech recognition in action, should go over there. The only downside of this solution is the fact, that this speech recognition is far from cross-browser compatible. So at the moment it’s only implemented in Google’s Chrome browser. However, I […]

404Checkr – a fast and free bulk link checker

Posted by Raffael on 05/02/201312/16/2014 Posted in C#.Net, Downloads Tagged 404Checkr, bulk link checker, fastest bulk link checker, free bulk link checker, freeware, mass link checker

404checkr_logo This article is dedicated once again to a small self-creation. So it’s about a little tool of mine, which I have created acouple of days ago, as in most cases, out of necessity. So I was recently looking for a opportunity to check a large list of links as easy as possible to identify the dead links out of it.
The initial situation
At least if you have to check 20 or more links for their validity by hand, you realize that ther must be a better and faster solution. Therefore I have written a small program in C#, which helps you to check as many links/urls as you like for their validity. I have named the tool “404Checkr”, whereby 404 refers to the HTTP statuscode 404, which says that a page/file could not be found.
What does the 404Checkr?
The 404Checkr can handle […]

globalCompositeOperation copy fix – how to paint transparent on JS canvas

Posted by Raffael on 04/28/2013 Posted in JavaScript Tagged Canvas, copy, ctx.fill(), destination-out, globalCompositeOperation, globalcompositeoperation = 'destination-out', globalcompositeoperation bug, globalcompositeoperation fix, JavaScript, js canvas opacity, Opacity, transparency js canvas

Below there is again a very special article. I think the people who are affected will understand what it is about. All others must be said that the next article will be for a wider audience again.
Some time ago I wrote an article about small progress bar script of mine, which is implemented entirely in JavaScript. Particular attention I had laid in part to the nice rounded corners. (See the following screenshot)
Javascript only Progressbar
Originally, I had realized the transparent corners using own paths, which I created and filled as shown below.

ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "copy";
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,0.0)";
ctx.fill();

Unfortunately I had to recognize that the script was not working correct any longer. But the JavaScript console of different browsers (IE, FF, Chrome) curiously gave me no errors or warnings.
After some googling I found out that the globalCompositeOperation “copy” is not correctly implemented/supported anymore. […]

How to retrieve default browsers path in C#

Posted by Raffael on 04/28/2013 Posted in C#.Net Tagged C#, c# get default browser, c# get default browsers path, default browser, open url in c#, open url in default browser c#

csharp_standard_browser Below it will be about how to find the path to the default browser on Windows systems with help of C#. This makes sense, if you want to open a file using Process.Start () in the default browser.
Although one might assume that every Windows user has installed Internet Explorer and you should therefore simply use this to view files, but it does not necessarily increase the confidence of the user into the own application. So at least I, as a user, would be annoyed of my program, if this would always launch Internet Explorer instead of Firefox, which I have set as the default browser.
Now there are two ways to open the default browser in C #. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Option 1 – Process.Start() with an […]