@NeoTheThird I perfectly understand your point, but temporary solutions have this nasty habit of turning permanent when you're not looking, that's all.

I believe we need to ask ourselves another, more fundamental question: who are we talking to?
Who are we willing to develop for: the careless, uneducated, social-media addicted mass or the tech-savvy and FLOSS-oriented (albeit less substantial) base of already existing GNU/Linux users?

My personal opinion is that we'd rather deliver to the latter and build our future on rock-solid foundations and world class code quality rather than chasing after people who do not know nor care about open source, just for the sake of sticking a flag on the top of all-too-crowded Mount Social Media.

@Flohack this is great news! Please keep us posted as this is vital information for those of us who wish to contribute financially

@WLBI Android compatibility is a shortsighted idea: the positive impact on adoption (if any... just look at Sailfish OS) will deplete rapidly while the "Android clone" aftertaste will last forever. Let's not forget OS/2's terrible "me too" death.

@NeoTheThird I'm more than eager to contribute, even substantially (€50/100 a month) on Patreon, but I'd much appreciate if we could move towards a coop (or other legal entity model) ASAP.

Count me in! I can do both Italian and Polish.

I'd add these:

• a weather forecast app
• an RSS/News app
• a navigation app

@Mitu I very much agree with this. Community designs are a great source of inspiration, but we need to be very strict on the design language.

after reading through this thread I'm left wondering: has this community ever considered becoming a cooperative?

There's a series of advantages in becoming a cooperative that could potentially be worth the slightly higher effort, like:

• A transparent and democratic governance model
• Member funding
• Access to micro-loans and/or donations
• Fiscal advantages (at least in some EU countries)

Are there any discussions around this?

Thanks

Hi,

we need to be very clear on the terms when talking about UX matters.

• Pencil is a wireframing/flowcharting tool (which I know very well and often use instead of Balsamiq).
• Fluid UI is more of a "low-fi prototype demo" service.

The two are not interchangeable nor synonimous.

@Nic264 I used to work on the core apps project and still have the Balsamiq credentials stored somewhere. The tool is pretty slick (though a little slow at times) and allows for both wireframing and live-testing.

Greetings everyone,

my name is Michele and I am a professional UX/UI designer with strong data analysis skills and a solid knowledge of front-end markup + coding (the usual HTML/JS/CSS mix). I can do wireframes, prototypes, run and debrief user testing sessions and focus groups and I'm an Ubuntu user since Dapper Drake