Comments on: CyberNotes: How to Measure Items on Your Screen

By: Change

Change — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:39 +0000

That’s interesting, I could only post that comment anonymously.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:43:58 +0000

Another great tool to measure items with is the Adobe AIR application called Pixus:
[adobe.com]

Fades out the area outside the viewport and comes with several skins (none, IE, Safari).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:03:40 +0000

Nate wrote:

I sugest Rulers for mac http://www.omnidea.it/en/softw.....index.html

Huh, I can't believe I didn't come across that free app when I was searching around. I think I might have to cover that in a separate article... thanks!

lilmoder wrote:

Few tools for Opera users: http://widgets.opera.com/searc.....mp;q=ruler

I was trying to stay clear of widgets since there are so many out there that do this type of thing, but thanks for pointing them out.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:07:24 +0000

I sugest Rulers for mac
[omnidea.it]

By: lilmoder

lilmoder — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:02:40 +0000

Few tools for Opera users:
[widgets.opera.com]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:02:01 +0000

The How-To Geek wrote:

I use my screen capture utility to measure things on the screen. Works pretty well, and since I’m already running that process I don’t need anything else.

I do that from time to time as well, but when getting into web development work I often need something a little more powerful.

donethat2 wrote:

I went to Meazure 2.0 sight and attempted to download via the provided Simtel link. Unfortunately, Simtel attempts to install this software automatically, ignoring the “Save” choice. Luckily, I run as a Limited User and that factor kept Simtel from automatically installing the software. As it turns out, Yahoo search engine has identified Simtel as a site with “Dangerous Downloads.” (The software author needs to choose reputable software download sites.) Instead of using Simtel, Meazure 2.0 can be downloaded from PC Mag directly: http://shareware.pcmag.com/pro.....ID%5Dpcmag

I wasn't too fond of that installation system as well, and I really appreciate you digging up the link for the app. I added it to the post above.

By: donethat2

donethat2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:53:04 +0000

I went to Meazure 2.0 sight and attempted to download via the provided Simtel link. Unfortunately, Simtel attempts to install this software automatically, ignoring the “Save” choice. Luckily, I run as a Limited User and that factor kept Simtel from automatically installing the software. As it turns out, Yahoo search engine has identified Simtel as a site with “Dangerous Downloads.” (The software author needs to choose reputable software download sites.)

Instead of using Simtel, Meazure 2.0 can be downloaded from PC Mag directly:
[shareware.pcmag.com]

By: The How-To Geek

The How-To Geek — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:27:36 +0000

I use my screen capture utility to measure things on the screen. Works pretty well, and since I’m already running that process I don’t need anything else.

Of course that only lets you measure in two directions, so for more power these utilities look pretty good.