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wreckedcarzz:
Yes, it would probably be a lot easier with a simple Payware-button and $49.95 for each of mouser's programs...  :-\
-TucknDar (January 31, 2010, 03:44 AM)
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At that price it would still be well worth it, though

leetj:
this free program process tamer I thought was good?? until I came here, just to jump threw hoops, is just waste of bloody time!

wreckedcarzz:
this free program process tamer I thought was good?? until I came here, just to jump threw hoops, is just waste of bloody time!-leetj (December 25, 2010, 05:29 AM)
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Please explain how this is a waste of time to get high-quality software for absolutely FREE (you don't have to donate):

1) login to the forum
2) go to they Software Keys page, here https://www.donationcoder.com/Keys/index.php (also accessible via Downloads, left side of the page, right next to the big padlock)
3) copy the key for the application you downloaded (find app, highlight text, right click highlighted text, Copy)
4) right click the application's icon in your taskbar notification area, next to the clock
5) click Enter License Key (or something to that effect)
6) click Paste From Clipboard
7) click OK
Done!

If you had gone out and purchased a commercial app for say, $29.99, you would do the EXACT SAME PROCESS but instead of having to do steps 1 & 2, you would get an email with your key, effectively making those steps theoretically...

1) open email application or login to webmail
2) locate email with key, and key within email message

So please, elaborate on how taking, at most, 2 minutes of time, is any more inconvenient than a similar commercial application. Mouser (the DC administrator and coder of Process Tamer, along with most apps found on the Downloads page) works hard to make this process as simple as possible, even keeping his applications free with optional donation, and you surely won't find anything comparable, from a nice and friendly developer, whom actually cares about feedback and end-user experience, anywhere else.

I do apologize about the rant, but this simple post annoyed me enough to type all this out on my cell phone. It angers me that people expect so much for nothing, and then when they get stuck, don't ask for help and simply try to take something they didn't understand or want to put effort into and make it someone elses fault. Ask for help, that's what we on the forum are here for! Please don't go off because you didn't understand something and did not seek assistance.

mouser:
The only thing to add to what wreckedcarzz has said is that:

I know it can be frustrating to have to do the extra stuff, and I know we need to do a better job of making things easier to understand.

This is an imperfect site.  We are trying our best to navigate a path to survival that is not simple.  It involves raising enough money directly from our users to be a long term sustainable project while keeping all of our software freely available to everyone, who can choose whether or not to donate, and how much.

While many other sites have embraced the idea of creating free content and focusing on trying to drive traffic to make money on serving ads, we have decided instead to be an experiment in direct funding by users.  [see the article I wrote about DonationCoder here].

Some of the steps we've taken to follow through with this idea (the free license keys) make life more complicated for new users who aren't yet familiar with the site and the ideas, and cause frustration.

But I think on the flip side of this, it has created within our community a closer bond of shared participation -- and that's a big part of why we encourage people to sign up at the forum -- we really enjoy being a family here and feeling like we are all in this together.

Darwin:
[Sigh] I think the issue has more to do with being asked to do anything, wreckedcarzz... Similar complaints are made in this forum thread at least once a year and at least once a year someone, like yourself, patiently expalins the process. My impression reading the post you're responding to and others through the years is that the posters are mad at being expected to do anything at all. I infer that these are people who absolutely will not pay for software, pirating shareware when they can (dealing with a cracks and hacks and keygens - now THERE'S a PITA, not to mention the legality!), and scouring the internet for what they feel is truly FREE software.

Essentially, their software "world-view" goes like this: coder works his or her butt off to write and maintain software and does the legwork to either pay to host the application or find hosting for free while they (the end-user) downloads and uses the application.

EDIT: clarity

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