Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by dEnigma on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:30PM
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I can't quite tell if you're serious, but I don't think users would like that sort of bait and switch tactic. It would make GIMP feel like shareware that tries to trick you into paying money.
Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by conductr on Thursday June 15, 2017 @01:04AM
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I'm serious but I don't use gimp so what do I know. I'm posing it more as a theoretical question of why can't the collective we be asked to pay for features we want. What I know of Gimp is that it has majority of the features of PS so why would the power users not be willing to pay for advanced features that probably only they use. The answer in my mind is that they are willing to pay but they pay adobe because gimp doesn't ask for money.
Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by webmaven on Friday June 16, 2017 @12:00AM
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You could avoid the bait-and-switch feeling if the non-implemented features were grayed out to distinguish them from the ones that were already available.
Re:Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
by frozenport on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:31PM
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What if I told you that the non-user friendly aspects of GIMP were by design? I belive there was a battle a decade ago to get rid of odd floating side bars.
I get they are FOSS. But, they could still add in their GUI options that don't exist; then prompt donations that would go towards the features development.
For example, Image > Rotate, triggers a pop-up, "Sorry, Rotating image is not currently a feature but with your support we'd love to add it to GIMP! We expect it will cost $10,000 and we've already raised $4,235 from users like you. Contribute now..."