Sorry transclude as such {{||$:/PSaT/images/color-swatch}} to apply to
current tiddler.
On Thursday, 20 May 2021 at 11:15:09 UTC+10 TW Tones wrote:
> For example,
>
> Find attached a "SVG image" tiddler, import it
>
> Transclude it in your viewTemplate or tiddler and if the current tiddler
> has a color value it will display a "swatch" of that color. The value in
> the color field will be displayed on mouse over.
>
> To polish and publish this it would also have;
>
> - A button that works in the toolbars, and selective click to pick
> color
> - A button on which if you drop a color name or number it will update
> the color field of the current tiddler
> - A Set of draggable named color swatches in a side bar tab
>
> Extended tools would allow the search and selection from thousands of
> named colors.
>
>
> - Would you consider a donation to make this happen?
> - What accountability for donations would you expect?
>
>
> Regards
> Tones
> On Thursday, 20 May 2021 at 10:22:43 UTC+10 TW Tones wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> A lot of contributors here are deserving of reward for their efforts. As
>> a result I do make one off or continuing patreon donations to a few in our
>> community.
>>
>> The discussion of money can be difficult but I would like to hear your
>> considered thoughts.
>>
>> In my own circumstances I am currently unemployed, If I take a full time
>> job, I will have far less time for TiddlyWiki, although I hope to use it in
>> my job.
>>
>> As you may be aware I already try and contribute a lot to the community
>> and as a result of developing super user or designer skills I have
>> designed many tools and features for tiddlywiki. Basically I have a library
>> of many dozens of tools, however I have not being able to justify the time
>> to polish and publish them. Many of my tools are designed to fill gaps that
>> arise, as I develop larger tiddlywiki solutions, mostly for my self.
>>
>> What I would like your feedback on both as users and developers is the
>> possibility of some of us (especially myself) being able to attract some
>> sponsorship to get the job done. Here are my thoughts;
>>
>> - Provide a patreon or similar channel for regular donations to
>> sponsor my time producing such open source solutions.
>> - Provide a requests channel, so people can submit a request for a
>> solution.
>> - Provide a list of tools you can choose to sponsor for earlier
>> release through donations which also act as an upvote.
>> - Finally offer a private method to commission work.
>>
>> Given my belief in Open source I would continue to contribute much for
>> free, especially contributions to the forums. Any work funded by
>> sponsorship or donations would be made freely available to the community.
>> Only specific and private commissions may not, although components may be.
>>
>> *Some possible issues*
>> One issue for me is even if people value such a service to request or
>> bring forward particular solutions, ultimately I will still need to depend
>> on the generosity of others when I need help in the forums. I do still have
>> a few areas of weakness. Whilst I can see circumstances when donations may
>> permit me to commission others I don't expect this would be so common,
>> unless my earnings are sufficient to cover this. Perhaps I can grant
>> contributors credit in my own "shop" for thanks.
>>
>> Equity for people such as Jeremy and other developers needs to be
>> addressed. Can we find a way to encourage more contributions to those such
>> as Jeremy, Mario and Eric without the community becoming an "only if funded
>> model". Of course if people are in a position to give their time freely we
>> want to encourage this to continue.
>>
>> If I am going to do this I need to start in a hurry, so I do not want to
>> add anything unnecessary to the "critical path" but perhaps we could have a
>> shared "shop".
>>
>> Yours with trepidation and sincerity.
>> Tones
>>
>
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