Oh, another popular demand is probably Whatsapp. There is a project [1] that is waiting for being ported to Ubuntu Phone (they have a branch in their repo for Ubuntu Phone already [2, 3]). Maybe raising money here would actually work. [4]
[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/whatsapp-alternatives-firefox-os#w_whatsapp-client-loqui [2] https://github.com/loqui/im/tree/dev/platform/ubuntu-touch [3] https://github.com/loqui/im/tree/ubuntu-touch [4] https://github.com/loqui/im/issues/434 Anyone willing to give it a try? (kickstarter, or coding) Peter 2015-12-11 18:16 GMT+01:00 Peter Bittner <[email protected]>: > Valid points. > > Though, in general, I guess doing Kickstarter projects for cool apps > is not wrong as such. Anyone can do this as long as there are open > resources available for the implementation (which is certainly not the > case for Viber, for example; their server is out of our control, and > they are not interested in developing their Linux implementation > further; I've asked them several times). > > For example, you could raise money to pay Tim Süberkrüb for developing > his Google Hangouts clone [1] faster. (Though I suspect it's still a > spare time project. But maybe someone else would be incentivized to > sit down full-time in the weekend for programming.) Or pay Tom Dryer > for developing missing features you may see in his hangups library, > which powers the Hangups app. > > Alternatively, start a Kickstarter project for the killer app you want > and pay a developer or agency of your choice to implement it. > (Provided implementing it wouldn't be a infringement of any dimension, > copyright or so.) Choice are there. I think we as a users have to > drive it. It would make a favorable picture for Canonical if they'd > play a driving role in this process. (I'm guessing.) > > [1] https://github.com/tim-sueberkrueb/ubuntu-hangups/ > [2] https://github.com/tdryer/hangups > > tl;dr > > Go for it, anyone, start your Kickstarter campaign (a separate one for > each app I'd suggest), and let the world know here on the mailing > list. > > Peter > > > 2015-12-11 16:32 GMT+01:00 Peter Spiers <[email protected]>: >> I'm sure Canonical opens it's development SDK to any application developer >> to create an application for Ubuntu Touch. The reason why many will not yet >> produce an app for this platform is it's popularity, not necessarily their >> inability to produce one. >> >> The best option is to create a stable Mobile OS, open it to the market >> through mainstream distributions (Phone shops) and allow it to increase in >> popularity. >> Then the larger development county will be open to developing for it, Like >> Google, Uber >> Without the required need to pay for them to develop for the platform. >> >> More important and above anything else, keep it open source and free to >> develop applications on. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> On Friday, 11 December 2015, 14:34, Boris Rybalkin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi All, >> I have just tested Ubuntu phone on my nexus 5 and I was impressed with the >> progress. But I feel like I have no hands comparing to Android as I miss >> many essential apps. >> So after switching back to Android simple idea came to my mind: >> I would pay for several apps to be ported to Ubuntu phone. >> So why would not it be possible to organise kick starter like campaigns to >> port essential apps right by their original creators, but this time people >> pay for them? >> I think Canonical could drive it as it has to be agreed with app authors >> beforehand that it is possible and help them with docs. >> Best option is of cause to have open source port, but even proprietary is >> fine comparing to no app. >> I would pay 10 pounds per app: >> Viber, uber, mail app, mail, firefox :) >> I understand it looks like inverted reality, but how would you bring people >> in otherwise. >> Thanks -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
