Hi, While thats nice for app/widget developers, it sadly does not work in all cases. For example both two of my apps currently in Extras (cpumem-applet, Cellular Modem Control Buttons) do not have a menu, a dialog or app window of any sort to place Donate button :( So the website or HAM should include possibility to donate as well.
Cheers, Tumi PS. Sorry for top posting, Modest sucks at quoting :/ ----- Original message ----- > Inspired by TouchSearch, I've started to implement a standardized way > in my widgets some weeks ago. This includes handling donations: > > The option window always has four buttons arranged 2x2: > - Settings: brings you the to app-specific settings > - Help: Opens the app help page, which is a maemo wiki page. (This has > a number of advantages, like external hosting and editable by > everyone) > - About: The about dialogue > - Donate: Opens a donation page in Paypal. Very easy to setup, just > one hyperlink. > > I'm persuaded that this is the single most efficient way to do it. A > developer can easily handle it himself and it is very quick to setup. > (There is a generator available inside PayPal that allows you to setup > the form and generates the necessary hyperlink) > It's kept under complete control by the developer and no community > effort is needed. > Paypal is widely accepted, also allows direct payment by CreditCard > and generally works very well (I've done many thousands of > transactions over it). > > Try any of my Bluezwitch, Sleeper or Shutter widgets (or the > soon-to-be-bugfixed recaller :-) to see it in action. > > Happy hacking > -Tom > > > > 2010/4/15 Andrew Flegg <and...@bleb.org>: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:55, Andrew Flegg <and...@bleb.org> wrote: > > > > > > Similarly, as Ovi takes off, it is interesting to think about how > > > micro-payments for ones software could make one a bit of money (100 > > > users at $1 each is a nice present); but whilst still having our > > > software as open source. There've been suggestions in the past of a > > > "Donate" button on each project's website, but I suggest we thrash > > > out a scheme - and then implement - a consistent micro-donation > > > system for maemo.org > > > > To kick the ball rolling on this again, since I think we can get quick > > wins. > > > > I've just noticed that addons.mozilla.org has exactly the kind of > > standardised donation form I was imagining. For example, see: > > > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/469 > > > > Clicking "Contribute" opens a little box asking you whether you want > > to make a one-time contribution of the suggested amount, a one-time > > donation of another amount or a regular monthly donation. With > > optional comment. > > > > Clicking "Donate" then takes you to a PayPal "Billing information" > > page. > > > > There's a Drupal module (apparently) which uses PayPal's Mass Payment > > API[1] and a blog post introducing Mozilla's pilot[2]. Does anyone > > know how it works? We must have a Mozilla developer around here, or > > someone with a PayPal connection! > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Andrew > > > > > > [1] > > https://cms.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/howto_api_masspay > > > > [2] > > http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2009/07/15/firefox-add-ons-contributions-pilot/ > > > > -- > > Andrew Flegg -- mailto:and...@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org/ > > Maemo Community Council chair > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-developers mailing list > > maemo-developers@maemo.org > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
