OpenSource softwares needs funds and it's simple:
- You can't help or you don't want to help? No problem you can still use the software for free
- You can help? help
If developers put a simple banner in software for donate campaign, what do is cost to you? Nothing
Especially if banner is not blocking and not visible when you start to use software
But..
https://github.com/xTibor/kra-adblock
I can't understand why
Seeing this make me feel
#krita #foss #donate
@grum999 Same. Bad plugin.
@hj @grum999 Mmm . Ok, fair point.
I guess a plugin like that is ok as long as the message was sent in the first place and then it let the users decide what to make about it. Maybe offering a little 'close' button could be ok too.
I was probably mostly incomfortable about the symbol: removing this part of dev asking for support.
@davidrevoy @hj Source code is open and by default anybody can fork Krita and remove unwanted things, so what happened here is not forbidden but I just feel really sad to see that instead of contributing to help to improve Krita, some people contribute just to help users to remove dev support
No dev support, no fund = no software
If Krita stop due to a lack of fund, then, users will be happy: they won't have any more banner
@hj @davidrevoy Yes I probably over reacting and yes it's just a plugin...
But it's just not possible for me to understand and I'll probably never understand
So just enjoy your day and forgot me and my point of view about this
@hj@shigusegubu.club you have a fair point about adding a close button to the banner and also about it being distracting.
However if you see the plugin it removes all the links to forum, krita website, source code, link to manual these are not ads. Also it states on the readme like this is advertisement and has a block list as if krita is serving ad from web. Let us be honest this is just a donation call and not web advert.
https://github.com/xTibor/kra-adblock/commit/b793a1ef81e6ae90eb900181dfb7dbf98754af93
@davidrevoy @grum999 @hj@shigusegubu.club
To give an update about this. The nightly build has a close button on the top left of the banner and this close button action is remembered so once the user closes the banner it won't appear for them. So the plugin is not required now.
Yes I saw the commit
Didn't have time yet to download and check results.
If choice came from developper's team to listen to users it's different, it's their choice and it's ok.
Concerning the plugin I'm still grumpy
@hj @davidrevoy The banner won't be visible for people who paid Krita from a store
For whom made a direct donation it's more complicated because hopefully Krita itself don't use network/account like some other paid softwares
It's just a banner for donation campaign, it's not Ad...
It's not blocking you, and as soon as a document is opened, you don't see it anymore...
Also, it's FOSS: nobody force you to donate; you donate if you want, if you can
@hj @davidrevoy you might use Krita 5.1.5 that's why you don't see it yet
Once a document is opened you don't see the banner then I really don't understand the "distracting" argument...