Do you ever have a need for a screen ruler that will just sit on your desktop and help you measure stuff, or assist you with the distance between objects? PixRuler is a fairly lightweight app that does just that. It installs quickly, and claims to be virus and spyware free, and while it hasn't given me any trouble, that claim is unsubstantiated at this point. PixRuler comes in three fabulous flavors (all in one download) blue, green, and orange. It reminds me the slightest bit of Apple's colorful iBooks, but that is beside the point. I imagine this app would help developers, screenshot junkies, and possibly your everyday Joe. What would have been nice to see is a two-way ruler. I like the fact that you can rotate the ruler either vertically or horizontally, but not both at once.PixRuler makes measuring easy
Do you ever have a need for a screen ruler that will just sit on your desktop and help you measure stuff, or assist you with the distance between objects? PixRuler is a fairly lightweight app that does just that. It installs quickly, and claims to be virus and spyware free, and while it hasn't given me any trouble, that claim is unsubstantiated at this point. PixRuler comes in three fabulous flavors (all in one download) blue, green, and orange. It reminds me the slightest bit of Apple's colorful iBooks, but that is beside the point. I imagine this app would help developers, screenshot junkies, and possibly your everyday Joe. What would have been nice to see is a two-way ruler. I like the fact that you can rotate the ruler either vertically or horizontally, but not both at once.
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9-02-2006 @ 4:25PM
Albert Freeman said...
My personal preference is for Cool Ruler: http://www.fabsoft.com/products/ruler/ruler.html
It looks a little better than PixRuler, IMO.
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9-02-2006 @ 4:37PM
m3nt0r said...
the mioengine.exe tries to connect to their website for some reason.. i dont like that ... got rid of it straight away.. if you use firefox and just need to rule spacings get MeasureIt extension.
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9-02-2006 @ 4:41PM
Ryan Carter said...
I just noticed that as well, but this is quite common for applications checking for updates...
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9-02-2006 @ 4:46PM
m3nt0r said...
This simple app needs updates? lol .. thats like calc.exe would check for updates in case that 1+1 don't equals 2 anymore.
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9-02-2006 @ 9:57PM
dalton said...
For Mac, I use FreeRuler. Also free, easy to use does just what it's supposed to.
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9-02-2006 @ 11:21PM
webgirl said...
As mentioned above, Cool Ruler is the bomb. Far smaller than PixRuler & way more configurable. I've been using it for years.
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9-03-2006 @ 12:24AM
webgirl said...
As mentioned above, Cool Ruler kicks ass over PixRuler. I've been using Cool Ruler for years, it's half the size of PixRuler & way more configurable.
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9-04-2006 @ 9:43PM
Michael Quinn said...
URL for the Mac OSX version - Free Ruler - is http://www.pascal.com/software/freeruler/
Just tried it - works great !
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9-05-2006 @ 12:35PM
John Anderson said...
Cool Ruler. IT also can switch between measuring pixels, inches, millimeters...
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