[ros-general] Indiegogo Campaign

[Ziliang Guo]

As some of you know the ReactOS Project recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition) to fund development of a Community Edition where backers get a say in priority for software and hardware support. The project has been going strong but we're still a long way from the finish goal.

Backers can choose from a range of rewards from votes for their desired hardware or software to collectables like USB sticks, shirts, and the elusive Hackbunny of yore to even getting your name embedded into the Community Edition. Who knows, depending on how well we do, there might even be cake. So come on by and show your support. Together we can make the dream that is ReactOS a reality.

[m***@twc.com]

Post by Ziliang Guo
As some of you know the ReactOS Project recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition) to fund development of a Community Edition where backers get a say in priority for software and hardware support. The project has been going strong but we're still a long way from the finish goal.
Backers can choose from a range of rewards from votes for their desired hardware or software to collectables like USB sticks, shirts, and the elusive Hackbunny of yore to even getting your name embedded into the Community Edition. Who knows, depending on how well we do, there might even be cake. So come on by and show your support. Together we can make the dream that is ReactOS a reality.

My response on this lousy webmail interface:


That www.indiegogo.com URL was invalid when I just clicked on it.

I am in the TWC (Time Warner Cable) webmail interface because of hard drive going bad, must say preparing and sending email with mpop, msmtp and vi editor is a dream compared to either TWC or YAHOO! Mail webmail interface.

[Geoff Shang]

Post by m***@twc.com

Post by Ziliang Guo
As some of you know the ReactOS Project recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition) to fund development of a Community Edition where backers get a say in priority for software and hardware support. The project has been going strong but we're still a long way from the finish goal.

That www.indiegogo.com URL was invalid when I just clicked on it.

Worked for me.

Geoff.

[Ziliang Guo]

As some of you know the ReactOS Project recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition) to fund development of a Community Edition where backers get a say in priority for software and hardware support. The project has been going strong but we're still a long way from the finish goal.

Backers can choose from a range of rewards from votes for their desired hardware or software to collectables like USB sticks, shirts, and the elusive Hackbunny of yore to even getting your name embedded into the Community Edition. Who knows, depending on how well we do, there might even be cake. So come on by and show your support. Together we can make the dream that is ReactOS a reality.

[m***@twc.com]

Post by Geoff Shang

Post by m***@twc.com

Post by Ziliang Guo
As some of you know the ReactOS Project recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reactos-community-edition) to fund development of a Community Edition where backers get a say in priority for software and hardware support. The project has been going strong but we're still a long way from the finish goal.

That www.indiegogo.com URL was invalid when I just clicked on it.

Worked for me.
Geoff.

I made the URL work indirectly from the webmail interface by copying and pasting with the mouse. Maybe the URL that failed was the webmail-doctored version, which was

http://webmail.twc.com/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.indiegogo.com%252Fprojects%252Freactos-community-edition%2529&hmac=999360109d4c6fecd7d348ed5b9b7b1a

One annoying feature of webmail is messing up the web links.

Tom

[Geoff Shang]

Post by m***@twc.com
I made the URL work indirectly from the webmail interface by copying and pasting with the mouse. Maybe the URL that failed was the webmail-doctored version, which was
http://webmail.twc.com/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.indiegogo.com%252Fprojects%252Freactos-community-edition%2529&hmac=999360109d4c6fecd7d348ed5b9b7b1a

Ergh ugly! I think the '25's are messing it up, they shouldn't be there.

Personally, I would refuse to use an email service that tracked my clicks.
But each to their own.

Geoff.

[m***@twc.com]

Post by Geoff Shang

Post by m***@twc.com
I made the URL work indirectly from the webmail interface by copying and pasting with the mouse. Maybe the URL that failed was the webmail-doctored version, which was
http://webmail.twc.com/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.indiegogo.com%252Fprojects%252Freactos-community-edition%2529&hmac=999360109d4c6fecd7d348ed5b9b7b1a

Ergh ugly! I think the '25's are messing it up, they shouldn't be there.
Personally, I would refuse to use an email service that tracked my clicks.
But each to their own.
Geoff.

Much of the time, I can't even see a cursor in this webmail interface, making it difficult to see where I am.

As webmail and other services doctor web addresses to track users' clicks, there is much room for bugs when it becomes so complicated even the webmaster messes it up.

But I can still use nonweb mail clients such as msmtp (msmtp.sourceforge.net) and mpop (mpop.sourceforge.net) and a text editor such as vi (standard part of Unix and quasi-Unix OSes). That requires an installed OS on hard drive or other bootable readable-writable drive such as USB stick. I believe msmtp and mpop are supposed to be usable even on DOS (such as FreeDOS) and Windows, meaning it should work for ReactOS.

Tom