[opensuse-kde] Any support to fund the development of `kmail replies in HTML'?
Howdy, Recently, on `kdepim-users', there was a lively discussion [1] on whether KMail should have `reply-HTML' support. An outstanding KDE Wish [2] was opened on August 2nd, 2004 and to date, has 2,501 votes. One idea I had was given the number of votes, perhaps the user community is willing to fund the enhancement. Ingo Klöcker guesti-mated it'd be a two month effort. At 50 USD per hour (not a stellar rate), we'd need to collect 16,000 USD to roll out this enhancement. If 1,200 of the 2,501 people who voted for this enhancement chipped in 13.33 USD, we could get it done. :) At the moment, we have four people who have pledged a total of roughly 200 USD. My question for the group is ... If Wish 86423 is important to you and you're financially able to, how much would you be willing to pledge for its development? Please only respond if you're willing to pledge more than zero USD. ;) What we're not discussing ... ============================= In order to keep this thread focused, please start a different thread if you'd like to discuss the merits of any of the following: :) o The merits of being able to reply with HTML. o Using a different Mail user agent (MUA) [3]. o Whether HTML in e-mail is _always_ evil. References ========== [1] - http://lists.kde.org/?l=kdepim-users&w=4&r=1&s=html+kmail&q=b [2] - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423 [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_user_agent What's in it for me? ==================== Frankly, nothing. :) Personally, I prefer text over HTML. However there are some rare situations where it'd be nice to reply in HTML. However I generally need to do this once every three months. I'm not out to make a buck from this. My plan would be to set up a simple web page with a form where someone would submit their username and pledge amount. I can see someone saying I'm collecting e-mail addresses to spam. So if there's an alternative suggesting on how to set something up, I'm all ears! :) Cheers, -- Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc Ph: 819.459.1926 Fax: 760.860.5225 (US) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Howdy,
Recently, on `kdepim-users', there was a lively discussion [1] on whether KMail should have `reply-HTML' support. An outstanding KDE Wish [2] was opened on August 2nd, 2004 and to date, has 2,501 votes.
One idea I had was given
On 2010-08-09 Pablo offered the following: the number of votes, perhaps the user
If Wish 86423 is important to
how much would you be willing to
you and you're financially able to, pledge for its development?
Well, allowing for inflation, I know it is worth 15 bucks, well worth it. Like you, I rarely want to reply in HTML, but 3 companies that I helped set up oS as a replacement for 'Doze continually complain about this lack of function. It'd be worth that small amount just to get the phone to shut up <grin> Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
On Monday August 9 2010 19:32:31 Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Howdy,
Recently, on `kdepim-users', there was a lively discussion [1] on whether KMail should have `reply-HTML' support. An outstanding KDE Wish [2] was opened on August 2nd, 2004 and to date, has 2,501 votes.
One idea I had was given the number of votes, perhaps the user community is willing to fund the enhancement.
Ingo Klöcker guesti-mated it'd be a two month effort. At 50 USD per hour (not a stellar rate), we'd need to collect 16,000 USD to roll out this enhancement. If 1,200 of the 2,501 people who voted for this enhancement chipped in 13.33 USD, we could get it done. :)
At the moment, we have four people who have pledged a total of roughly 200 USD.
My question for the group is ...
If Wish 86423 is important to you and you're financially able to, how much would you be willing to pledge for its development?
Please only respond if you're willing to pledge more than zero USD. ;)
What we're not discussing ... ============================= In order to keep this thread focused, please start a different thread if you'd like to discuss the merits of any of the following: :)
o The merits of being able to reply with HTML. o Using a different Mail user agent (MUA) [3]. o Whether HTML in e-mail is _always_ evil.
References ========== [1] - http://lists.kde.org/?l=kdepim-users&w=4&r=1&s=html+kmail&q=b [2] - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423 [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_user_agent
What's in it for me? ==================== Frankly, nothing. :) Personally, I prefer text over HTML. However there are some rare situations where it'd be nice to reply in HTML. However I generally need to do this once every three months.
I'm not out to make a buck from this. My plan would be to set up a simple web page with a form where someone would submit their username and pledge amount.
I can see someone saying I'm collecting e-mail addresses to spam. So if there's an alternative suggesting on how to set something up, I'm all ears! :)
Try nextsprocket.com. E.g. http://nextsprocket.com/tasks/fixing-a-bug-in-kde- with-multiply-xog-runnings is for https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156475 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
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