Oh, yes, that's a good option, and I just got my "Quando Parte" Train timetable application ported to Sailfish OS, I hope I will be able to upload it to my repo this evening!
I hope to see Openrepos grow in functionality but it is already quite useful as it is. Best regards, Luciano On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Andrey Kozhevnikov <coderusin...@gmail.com> wrote: > OpenRepos.net is here > > many features are coming. Client app Warehouse available for Harmattan. > Sailfish client is coming too. > > > On 06.11.2013 04:47, Martin Kolman wrote: > > I'll chip in with my idea/RFE: > > Built-in donation support. > > * usecase > - the app is free > - but there is a donation button in the store interface > - users can click it to donate to the developer > > As it is part of the store interface, it can use the same payment mechanism > as paid apps, making the donation procedure as painless as possible and thus > more likely. :) > In-application donation buttons need to use external payment methods, > that have many drawbacks such as: > - being evil (PayPal) > - not widely used (Flattr) > - experimental (Bitcoin) > - generally not being available in many countries > > * example of store having something like this - Mozilla addons > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ > > Each extension can have a "Contribute" button, see the Firebug extension as > an example: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/ > > * could be a nice first :) > > I don't know about any current mobile store having built-it donation > support, > so it could be another nice first for Jolla. :) > > > 5.11.2013 22:04, Artem Marchenko: > > Hi All > > Phone is going to be in sales soon, app store is going to accompany it. What > would you as app developer appreciate in the app phone? > > Is there anything on top of "just buy an app" or "just buy this game upgrade > in-app" what could be an important feature for you? Any disruptive ideas? > > > As for me, I'd appreciate a couple of options: > > 1. Built-in try-before-you-buy. > To get rid of free/paid app pairs you see in the other app platforms. If > developer doesn't mind, user should just be able to use app for free for > some 7 or 30 days. After that - only after payment or with some features > downgraded. > > 2. Built-in subscriptions, especially for micro-sums > Subscription-based schemes motivate developers to improve apps all the time > while worrying less about hit-or-miss situation, so it would be cool if app > store supported it. > > I seriously would think even of small prices as just $0.95 a year, but it > has to be charged on a monthly basis yet nobody is going to bug users with > 10 cents monthly paid upgrade. > > It would be great if app store supported such subscription methods natively. > And certainly it could be seamlessly combined with try-before-you-buy so > that first month is completely free. > > What do you think? > > Cheers, > Artem. > > P.S. > I am not working for Jolla, just a random developer interested in the topic. > > -- > Artem Marchenko > http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com > http://twitter.com/AgileArtem > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list -- Luciano Montanaro Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
