For anything related to videos I'd recommend taking a look at VideoHelp dot com. Reviews are mostly current and there are lots of user reviews and helpful information.
This is a very helpful program - I have used it before, but I didn't realise that it plays videos (!) and also can preview every page of a PDF that you highlight.
You do need to mention it requires the added installation of NET Framework to function
Hopefully everyone who uses this site donates something...
I have come back here for info and software help for many years and want to say
"THANK YOU"!
Happy to donate to a site that is always helpful, providing much appreciated and objective reviews and suggestions. Keep up the good work, and Thank you!
Dan
It is NOW October 22nd, 2020, about 1:30 PM.
I just now donated five bucks, and I TRULY wish it could be more, better yet become a recurring monthly thingy.
But, that's just not gonna happen on what Social Security provides me.
I am a LONG TIME USER of all the wonderful stuff I receive in my "In Box" because of YOU WONDERFUL GUYS & GALS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR FREE!
Even though I am a near 70 cranky "Old-fart", there is ALWAYS a warm, soft spot in my heart for the 'Gizmo's' crew plus all of the support staff.
May the banner of 'Gizmos's' continue flying high forever!
Many thanks for your support. PayPal does appear to prefer card links. I've encountered the same situation here in Brazil. I successfully linked my account but only the card applicable to it works. MC - Site Manager.
Unfortunately, the ads are being blocked by Firefox because they are trackers and they are persistent little buggers. I turned off all the blockers I use for the site (because I have loved youse guys for such a long time), but as a suggestion, people may want to use a cookie cleaner when they leave. There are several that are very good, including the Forget Me Not extension for Firefox, which can clear all the trackers when leaving the site.
should use https://www.patreon.com/ ... I have setup several accounts with monthly stipends of $1 ... image if you have 10,000 patrons, you'd get a lot of monthly income. I have no problem paying for stuff I use.
Glad to make a donation and help out. Unfortunately I can't make a monthly commitment but will help when I can.
As a long-time user of this site I'm sure that it has saved me many times over what I just donated!
I tried to make a donation with my credit card using your Donate button. The form is requiring my cell phone number. It won't accept 000-000-0000. I don't share my phone number, and I don't understand why it would be needed here. I've donated the three previous times you've asked. It looks like I won't be able to this time. Sorry.
Does it help to click and peruse ads on this site? I've always given gog.com, and more recently, the local ads relative to my area a chance to present to me. This is sort of like a Youtube break (although this is forced).
I know I'm not really up on games at my age but the civilization series didn't even make the top fifty? Was this list based on sales or one mans'
opinion?
Back to square one again today. Guess this will be an ongoing issue since Facebook wants everyone using the new format and will likely force changes making this extension redundant to see how much staying power the developer has to keep fixing it. MC - Site Manager.
Sid Meier's Civilization V was originally in my list of honorable mentions, that just missed the cut. It was my in top 55 games, and no doubt it's a brilliant 4X game. It scored a solid 85/100 when I was rating the games sequentially, however all the top 50 ones scored 86 and above in my list.
Below are some of the games that just missed the cut, not because they are not great, but I had a hard time choosing the games, as too many of them were good, like really good.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Cuphead
DUSK
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Kerbal Space Program
Tomb Raider
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Hotline Miami
The Talos Principle
Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
My pleasure. Pleased to realise I'd already turned off my ad blocker some time in the past. I feel confident that you'll have a great response to the funding request.
I should probably clarify, there is no classical music at the site as far as I can tell. JamBase has a different audience. Mostly live concerts from more contemporary artists and along the lines of blues, country, pop, etc.
If you know any good videos of live performances of artists you like that fit the site, by all means suggest them using the Add a Video button. They add to the collection regularly. Both of those you mention would be a good match for the site from what I've seen.
I'm not sure what to make of this. It's been working fine, though today I got a pop up that said click to trigger Facebook's mechanism to revert to the old layout, and that the option would be offered again in 48 hours. I've checked with people on FB who use the add-on and haven't had any trouble as yet.
Yes, there will be times when the add-on won't work. FB is very active about forcing people to see what they want and work to prevent things like this from working. You may not want to use it and avoid any interruptions.
I just checked and the add-on was updated two hours ago. The add-on has only been in existence since the end of August, it's not a mature product. Another reason you may want avoid it.
I hope my tiny donation helps some. I see many people I know, like mouser helping one of the best freeware information sites on the net. Us mice and all the rest of the grateful users on Gizmo's must untie to help this great place like it has helped us.
I understand not wanting to give out your number I'm very protective of mine.
If you have a Google account you can sign up for Google Voice,. It gives you a phone number to give out to anyone you like, and calls can be forwarded to your real phone. It has other features but that's what I use it for.
There's a PayPal option as well, click the donate button if that's something that works for you.
I wish I could have donated ten times as much - and made it an automatic monthly donation, also. I value this site As Much as I value archive.org !
{I confess: I have been spending more time at archive.org lately than I have been spending here (where's that embarrassed emoji ☺️ ?) - but while that place feels like a vast library of [millions of] wonders ... it is THIS site that feels like a Cozy HOME to me. And though prodigal I may be ... it is to here that my heart (and eventually, my sorry azz) always returns - and I always feel as welcomed again, as the proverbial prodigal one, when I do return.}
Please keep up the good work, everyone!!!!
PS I recommend Ad Nauseum extension - it clicks on every ad on every page (in the background) so that the click counts - causing an "Impression" that means the Ad gets paid to the Site. This also 'Munges the HECK' out of your 'ad trail' ... and adds EVERY Subject - to your "liked Ads" profile ... ruining by 'flooding' ... their carefully built profile of 'your liked ads' - what advertising you have clicked upon.
Open Source - and if your site has ads on any page: AdNauseam WILL Click on them for you. The "Anti" Ad Blocker ... it eats EVERY One for breakfast (I swear one site had rotating ads ... and it eventually clicked on several hundred for THEM).
I use Jitsi weekly, and I love it. I recommend it.
One correction: it's most decidedly NOT secure. When you create a room, all you do is create a URL. The same URL works over and over, as the room isn't created until someone visits that URL. Anyone with that URL will automatically join your room. The only way to be "secure" is in the sense that you have a unique URL that someone else will never visit. It's not a problem, but it's not "secure" as one would use the word when talking about software.
There are more and more such applications, but it is not known which is the safest to use. It seems to me that I could use a list of the best smartphone applications of this type - Beste-Cheats
First donation ($25,) rejected by credit card. There apparently was a problem with the expiration date. Changed format of exp date and that worked. I donated an additional $1.00 to check to see if the card would be accepted. It was. So total is $26.00
I just tried to donate $10 by clicking on your donate button, but "PayPal" wouldn't let me do so with my Visa Debitcard unless I agreed to sign up for a PayPal account.
I don't do PayPal anymore as they have robbed me of some money and wouldn't give it back!
Sorry as I would rather die than use a PayPal account again for any reason!
I have used this site for many years and found it very valuable. I use ad-blockers extensively because I have a strong distaste for paying for the ads on services I pay for and the tracking that goes along with them. I am sorry to hear of the financial strain on the site. I was happy to donate to help keep it going. Good luck with the fund the raising.
I tried to donate again using the Donate button above. That takes me to a Paypal-administered form. I selected the Debit/Credit card option. Once again, it won't process my donation without the input of my phone number, which I am not going to provide. I have made other purchases today on other sites with the same cc that did not require my phone number. I don't understand why you won't take my donation without the input of one of my phone numbers.
This and other issues related to PayPal crop up regularly in their support section. From what I can gather from scanning the posts they relate to country specific issues for either the sender or where the receiving account is registered. Since the financial regulations for each country will likely be different this explains why you can send/receive to/from one source but maybe not to another. Mobile phone numbers are requested to combat fraud since they are used to send an SMS verification code. MC – Site Manager.
It asked for (actually: required) either a mobile, home or work number. My home number can't receive SMS, so that appears not to be the reason it was asking for that info. Plus, usually one has the option to do verification via email, which I did supply. But, it said nothing about a verification process in the form in any case. Just letting you know.
Hi, All - I'm fairly sure that at least once in the past Gizmo allowed me to contribute by good old-fashioned check or money order. I have PayPal now, but for others who are concerned about the privacy/security issues, maybe you could post a mailing address/information for contributing via mail? We need everyone to be able to chip in and help! :)
Thanks again for all the work you do, much appreciated. While of course not a social media user, Social Disconnect sounds possibly useful in removing tags &c. Couple of questions.
1. What is known about Social Disconnect: who owns, why freeware, &c. ?
2. Are there any indications that Social Disconnect logs internet or its own usage - it would be a nifty way to collect data without bothering to lure people in - or for that matter does anything to one's computer ?
-and any other "security" questions I have forgotten to ask !
It's a browser add-on that supports the browsers mentioned in the article. It works with other Chrome and Firefox based browsers. It uses the standard permissions for most browser extensions.
It's been in the Firefox add-on page since 2017, if there were issues they would surface at the Chrome Web Store and the Firefox Add-on site. It's an open source project.
Java Fabled Lands is a Java Based computer adaption of the first 6 Fabled Lands books. Belongs in Best Free Interactive Fiction Game - Text Based / Narrative category.
These 7 "Print" books - the first 6 of which make up this java adaptation / interactive game - are like the "Fighting Fantasy" or "Choose Your Own Adventure" BOOKS - Your real time choices actually change the game itself: and influence the Outcome! I've been stuck in there for 7 years now: and it doesn't look like I'll escape any year soon.
Great idea, but something wrong with their site. I got their confirm email, but when I click on the link, it tells me "something went wrong". OVer and over again.
There may some traffic going to the site, and I would guess the site itself takes a lot of bandwidth. I checked it in several browsers. Sometimes the image processing was a bit slow.
This is a list of the most recently posted comments on the site sorted so that the most recent comments appear first.
You can however sort the list on Article title by clicking on the column heading. To see actual comments click the + sign.
For anything related to videos I'd recommend taking a look at VideoHelp dot com. Reviews are mostly current and there are lots of user reviews and helpful information.
This is a very helpful program - I have used it before, but I didn't realise that it plays videos (!) and also can preview every page of a PDF that you highlight.
You do need to mention it requires the added installation of NET Framework to function
Hi Gizmo. You have made an amazing contribution to the world with your website and your history of independent reviews
I will definitely make a donation. Thank you for keeping the internet honest
TechSupportAlert is truly the only software website without dependence on commercial bias
An oasis in a desert of self interested software websites
Thanks for your great work over the years. One of the few sites I can really trust for information.
Hi papawdaton you can find most of these games on Steam or Origin gaming platforms
Small thank you (donation) for GREAT help and information over many years!
I hope and pray you can keep going!
Hopefully everyone who uses this site donates something...
I have come back here for info and software help for many years and want to say
"THANK YOU"!
I use your site a lot to find what I need. I am happy to donate!
Definitely worthy of a donation. Done.
Happy to donate to a site that is always helpful, providing much appreciated and objective reviews and suggestions. Keep up the good work, and Thank you!
Dan
Been reading you for years and you provide a great and fun service, hang in there!
Hi guys!
It is NOW October 22nd, 2020, about 1:30 PM.
I just now donated five bucks, and I TRULY wish it could be more, better yet become a recurring monthly thingy.
But, that's just not gonna happen on what Social Security provides me.
I am a LONG TIME USER of all the wonderful stuff I receive in my "In Box" because of YOU WONDERFUL GUYS & GALS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR FREE!
Even though I am a near 70 cranky "Old-fart", there is ALWAYS a warm, soft spot in my heart for the 'Gizmo's' crew plus all of the support staff.
May the banner of 'Gizmos's' continue flying high forever!
Thanks for all the help that I found on your site over the years
My donation didn't go through using my bank through PayPal, but did go through using my debit card through PayPal. Very strange.
Unfortunately, the ads are being blocked by Firefox because they are trackers and they are persistent little buggers. I turned off all the blockers I use for the site (because I have loved youse guys for such a long time), but as a suggestion, people may want to use a cookie cleaner when they leave. There are several that are very good, including the Forget Me Not extension for Firefox, which can clear all the trackers when leaving the site.
should use https://www.patreon.com/ ... I have setup several accounts with monthly stipends of $1 ... image if you have 10,000 patrons, you'd get a lot of monthly income. I have no problem paying for stuff I use.
Happy to help, great site.
That's great. He's usually pretty quick to adapt to Facebook making changes.
It does play videos and preview PDF pages and files. :-)
I'll add .NET to the article, I didn't see that requirement listed anywhere I looked.
gladly contributed and removed ad-blocker from the domain, keep it up!
That's probably because just about every Windows user has .NET installed already...
Glad to make a donation and help out. Unfortunately I can't make a monthly commitment but will help when I can.
As a long-time user of this site I'm sure that it has saved me many times over what I just donated!
Highly likely, though I often see it listed as requirement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I tried to make a donation with my credit card using your Donate button. The form is requiring my cell phone number. It won't accept 000-000-0000. I don't share my phone number, and I don't understand why it would be needed here. I've donated the three previous times you've asked. It looks like I won't be able to this time. Sorry.
Does it help to click and peruse ads on this site? I've always given gog.com, and more recently, the local ads relative to my area a chance to present to me. This is sort of like a Youtube break (although this is forced).
I know I'm not really up on games at my age but the civilization series didn't even make the top fifty? Was this list based on sales or one mans'
opinion?
Search for "classical" pulls a blank.
Telling...
Sid Meier's Civilization V was originally in my list of honorable mentions, that just missed the cut. It was my in top 55 games, and no doubt it's a brilliant 4X game. It scored a solid 85/100 when I was rating the games sequentially, however all the top 50 ones scored 86 and above in my list.
Below are some of the games that just missed the cut, not because they are not great, but I had a hard time choosing the games, as too many of them were good, like really good.
For free civilization like games, check this article of mine: https://www.techsupportalert.com/long-list-nid.htm/2337
Donation Done. Keep up the good work.
My pleasure. Pleased to realise I'd already turned off my ad blocker some time in the past. I feel confident that you'll have a great response to the funding request.
Yup, been with you for almost all of those 18 years...take some of my money gratefully given. Keep up the solid work guys.
No Barry White, no older Moody Blues!
Tells a lot more than the :classical:...
Appreciate your kind words :)
Glad 2 see all the support donations. Ditto for me, glad to help, you folks are the best. God Bless and be safe,be healthy.
I should probably clarify, there is no classical music at the site as far as I can tell. JamBase has a different audience. Mostly live concerts from more contemporary artists and along the lines of blues, country, pop, etc.
If you know any good videos of live performances of artists you like that fit the site, by all means suggest them using the Add a Video button. They add to the collection regularly. Both of those you mention would be a good match for the site from what I've seen.
I'm not sure what to make of this. It's been working fine, though today I got a pop up that said click to trigger Facebook's mechanism to revert to the old layout, and that the option would be offered again in 48 hours. I've checked with people on FB who use the add-on and haven't had any trouble as yet.
Yes, there will be times when the add-on won't work. FB is very active about forcing people to see what they want and work to prevent things like this from working. You may not want to use it and avoid any interruptions.
As regards the developers commitment, he's been developing this since 2009.
https://socialfixer.com/about.html
I just checked and the add-on was updated two hours ago. The add-on has only been in existence since the end of August, it's not a mature product. Another reason you may want avoid it.
A resourceful archive... searched and got one of the best I like—Ellie Goulding's most successful single: Love Me Like You Do in the Live Lounge.
https://www.jambase.com/videos/ellie-goulding-love-me-like-you-do-in-the...
That's a great one.
Oh, what a game it is. It's a pain, but I'd love to see these guys win.
He's been developing Social Fixer for ten years, so far it's gone well. :)
I hope my tiny donation helps some. I see many people I know, like mouser helping one of the best freeware information sites on the net. Us mice and all the rest of the grateful users on Gizmo's must untie to help this great place like it has helped us.
I understand not wanting to give out your number I'm very protective of mine.
If you have a Google account you can sign up for Google Voice,. It gives you a phone number to give out to anyone you like, and calls can be forwarded to your real phone. It has other features but that's what I use it for.
There's a PayPal option as well, click the donate button if that's something that works for you.
I wish I could have donated ten times as much - and made it an automatic monthly donation, also. I value this site As Much as I value archive.org !
{I confess: I have been spending more time at archive.org lately than I have been spending here (where's that embarrassed emoji ☺️ ?) - but while that place feels like a vast library of [millions of] wonders ... it is THIS site that feels like a Cozy HOME to me. And though prodigal I may be ... it is to here that my heart (and eventually, my sorry azz) always returns - and I always feel as welcomed again, as the proverbial prodigal one, when I do return.}
Please keep up the good work, everyone!!!!
PS I recommend Ad Nauseum extension - it clicks on every ad on every page (in the background) so that the click counts - causing an "Impression" that means the Ad gets paid to the Site. This also 'Munges the HECK' out of your 'ad trail' ... and adds EVERY Subject - to your "liked Ads" profile ... ruining by 'flooding' ... their carefully built profile of 'your liked ads' - what advertising you have clicked upon.
https://adnauseam.io/
Open Source - and if your site has ads on any page: AdNauseam WILL Click on them for you. The "Anti" Ad Blocker ... it eats EVERY One for breakfast (I swear one site had rotating ads ... and it eventually clicked on several hundred for THEM).
Thank you Jojo! Stupid beginners mistake (Or Typo) from someone who has been here 12 years.
LOL! Someday I might get the hang of these newfangled electrical devices.
I use Jitsi weekly, and I love it. I recommend it.
One correction: it's most decidedly NOT secure. When you create a room, all you do is create a URL. The same URL works over and over, as the room isn't created until someone visits that URL. Anyone with that URL will automatically join your room. The only way to be "secure" is in the sense that you have a unique URL that someone else will never visit. It's not a problem, but it's not "secure" as one would use the word when talking about software.
Rock on, folk...it would be a more difficult world without Tech Support Alert!!
There are more and more such applications, but it is not known which is the safest to use. It seems to me that I could use a list of the best smartphone applications of this type - Beste-Cheats
I have been visiting this site for many years. Always rely on Gizmo's recommendations. Keep going!
First donation ($25,) rejected by credit card. There apparently was a problem with the expiration date. Changed format of exp date and that worked. I donated an additional $1.00 to check to see if the card would be accepted. It was. So total is $26.00
Hi Gizmo's
I just tried to donate $10 by clicking on your donate button, but "PayPal" wouldn't let me do so with my Visa Debitcard unless I agreed to sign up for a PayPal account.
I don't do PayPal anymore as they have robbed me of some money and wouldn't give it back!
Sorry as I would rather die than use a PayPal account again for any reason!
I have used this site for many years and found it very valuable. I use ad-blockers extensively because I have a strong distaste for paying for the ads on services I pay for and the tracking that goes along with them. I am sorry to hear of the financial strain on the site. I was happy to donate to help keep it going. Good luck with the fund the raising.
It's not in the Play Store for UK users
It's not a mobile app. It's a browser extension.
Please keep up the good work, everyone there!!!! Big thanks!!!
Peter
Just happily made a donation. Sending along best wishes for the continued success of techsupportalert! Thanks for being such a great resource.
I tried to donate again using the Donate button above. That takes me to a Paypal-administered form. I selected the Debit/Credit card option. Once again, it won't process my donation without the input of my phone number, which I am not going to provide. I have made other purchases today on other sites with the same cc that did not require my phone number. I don't understand why you won't take my donation without the input of one of my phone numbers.
It asked for (actually: required) either a mobile, home or work number. My home number can't receive SMS, so that appears not to be the reason it was asking for that info. Plus, usually one has the option to do verification via email, which I did supply. But, it said nothing about a verification process in the form in any case. Just letting you know.
After installing the extension the Facebook completely is not working!..
Chrome version 86.0.4240.111
Win SP1 32-bit
Hi, All - I'm fairly sure that at least once in the past Gizmo allowed me to contribute by good old-fashioned check or money order. I have PayPal now, but for others who are concerned about the privacy/security issues, maybe you could post a mailing address/information for contributing via mail? We need everyone to be able to chip in and help! :)
I'm not sure why that happened. I would uninstall the extension.
Donation made ... please go on ;-).
As usual, very beautiful photos, rhiannon... thank you so much! :-)
Thanks again for all the work you do, much appreciated. While of course not a social media user, Social Disconnect sounds possibly useful in removing tags &c. Couple of questions.
1. What is known about Social Disconnect: who owns, why freeware, &c. ?
2. Are there any indications that Social Disconnect logs internet or its own usage - it would be a nifty way to collect data without bothering to lure people in - or for that matter does anything to one's computer ?
-and any other "security" questions I have forgotten to ask !
Thanks again.
Java Fabled Lands is a Java Based computer adaption of the first 6 Fabled Lands books. Belongs in Best Free Interactive Fiction Game - Text Based / Narrative category.
http://flapp.sourceforge.net/
These 7 "Print" books - the first 6 of which make up this java adaptation / interactive game - are like the "Fighting Fantasy" or "Choose Your Own Adventure" BOOKS - Your real time choices actually change the game itself: and influence the Outcome! I've been stuck in there for 7 years now: and it doesn't look like I'll escape any year soon.
The game "Blue Lacuna" is GONE ... redirects someplace else
Thanks! I have updated the link. Will look into other suggestion as well.
Good one rhiannon,
something nice to get into in these Corona times.and forget about life for a while
cheers,
Wally
Great idea, but something wrong with their site. I got their confirm email, but when I click on the link, it tells me "something went wrong". OVer and over again.
Ooo, this is a good one! Thanks for sharing.
Works now, works fine. must have been a temporary glitch.
THANKS
I think so too. It's good to read about raccoons getting into a bank for cookies or illustrations of sea creatures, something besides current events.
You're very welcome, I'm glad you like it. It's one of the nicer space images I've found.
There may some traffic going to the site, and I would guess the site itself takes a lot of bandwidth. I checked it in several browsers. Sometimes the image processing was a bit slow.
I have over 3000 images in my wallpaper rotation - and over 800 are from NASA's "Astronomy Photo of the Day".
This one will be joining them.
Excellent. :)
"If you’re looking for something different than the current news cycle...."
VERY timely, Rhiannon!! Just what I was looking for!! THANKS.
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