I am now using HeAboutDialog as well... only issue is that it doesn't properly render in portrait mode :)
On 15 April 2010 09:33, Cornelius Hald <h...@icandy.de> wrote: > You might also be interested in HeAboutDialog. It's in hildon-extras and > provides a new about dialog. The dialog has the optional buttons > "Donate", "Report bug" and "Visit website". For each of those buttons > you can register an URL. > > Cheers! > Conny > > > On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 16:40 +0200, Thomas Wälti wrote: >> 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 > -- anidel _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
