On Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:23:00 +0100, KickInTheEye
<Press@Eject.andgivemethe.tape> posted: "subject change: Agent use"
>On Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:11:26 -0400, Buck <Buck@Scanners.Inc> wrote:
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>[snip interesting dialogue]
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>>Here is my approach. I don't download or do indexes. The first thing I
>>do is check to see if I already have the set. I hate downloading
>>things I already have, but forgot about them. If I don't recognize the
>>model/set I randomly download a couple of files. Then using Agent I
>>SELECT the file and press F7 to see a preview of the file/image.
>>Pressing F8 gives a larger view of the file/image. Pressing F7 a
>>second time turns the preview feature off. This gives enough info to
>>decide if I want to download the entire set or not.
>>
>>I agree with the dirt cheap disk space opinion. I look for when they
>>are on sale, and if I can afford it, get one. I'm slowly transferring
>>to external drives from CD/DVD's. More so because my drive doesn't
>>always want to work correctly, it has a mind of it's own.
>>
>>Let me apologize for jumping into the middle of this dialog. But I
>>have to agree that indexes are history. Even though I us the Agent F7
>>feature I never use it on an index file.
>>
>>P.S. I use Agent 7.2
>
>Instead of the F7/F8 malarky, I just adjust the window layout so that
>I have messages down LHS, groups on top RHS, and the preview pane on
>bottom RHS, that way, when I am interested in viewing and image, it
>automatically appears when downloaded.
>
>Using v8, which I suspect will be the last, as I've seen zero
>development of the product over the last 4 years.
Thanks, I'll keep that layout in mind. My problem right now is too
many grandkids in the background to keep the preview on all the time.
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