Hello guys (and girls), been a while I've not posted here.

I just had an idea I felt like sharing.

Since Maemo is unlikely to have an "App store" with paying apps, rewarding developpers, and attracting new developpers could become difficult now.

So I thought: Why not including a "Donate to the developper" system, with an entry in the menu of each app, the "About" way.

It would open a box with the name of the developper, an entry for the amount and a "Donate" button.


First time you do that, you're asked for information about how you'd pay (paypal, credit card, SMS, whatever nokia wants), and then it's stored for next times.

This could be implemented by each developper, but I think it'd be way more useful if included in the toolkit and standardized.

I guess it'd be very complicated to set up, but I felt like sharing the idea and hearing your thoughts about it.

Thanks for reading.

looks good, bui i bet almost no one will donate

That's not true. I've gotten donations for my work here and I know I'm not the only one who has donated to Liqbase development.

Tim

I have implemented this for Fremantle in the apps I'm developing (the ones I created, not the ports) in the about dialog.
It has a button that will be opening a webpage where I'll explain:

• why you should donate some money or cookies

• why you should not donate some money (but cookies are always mandatory)

The webpage has a paypal button, and there the donor can donate the money that considers appropriate by means of paypal (if is registered) or with a credit card (if isn't registered in paypal).

It will be a nice experiment with zero cost.

I have to say I too have received some donations.

libdonation with pre-made dialogs/interfacing with payment etc maybe?

I don't know what you're trying to get across in the heading of that view, but consider changing it to whichever one of these suits your goal:

"Make Donation"

~or~

"Please Help"

"I want donate" doesn't really make sense.

Tim

Translation issue. I was going to PM Daniel privately with suggestions.

Is it just for monetary gestures? Or can this also be linked to some review\testimonial\moral support module?

There is no reason why a framework for paying applications (before or after usage) would not work. You could extend the framework with plugins to PayPal and other services like that. Just, you have to keep it simple and secure. Does such a framework perhaps exist already? I suppose it'd be something lik Cydia for *NIX.

What if each app had an instantaneous way to rate it as well (linked to the m.o apps page). This would also allow users to organize their apps by highest rating (personal use).

Tim