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You guys should build it if you think it is worth building, why do you need backing for software keyboard ?! I am not backing this and it is getting ridiculous

You guys should build it if you think it is worth building, why do you need backing for software keyboard ?! I am not backing this and it is getting ridiculous. And video, there should be Bootstrap for Kickstarter videos, a template you can just add to. I would be happy to try this out when it comes out. I expect it will not work for me as I am bilingual and those keyboards only work well for english. But good luck, don't spend all the money at one place.

webignition 14y ago
why do you need backing for software keyboard ?! It takes time to make software. Backing gives you the money to dedicate time.
- axx 14y ago
  i can imagine it takes time to build something like this, but there are a lot of people building cool stuff without the money (open source is all about it). In my opinion there is no reason why they couldn't start with a first beta for android (payed app) and interrate from there. If more people like it, they'll buy it. Kickstarter/etc. is just marketing, i hate the development of this "strategy" for software.
  - bergie 14y ago
    Again, building software takes time and money. Much of open source has been "subsidized" by people either working on getting a degree, or by their employer when they build and release something that solves a problem for the company. Kickstarters and other similar crowdfunding platforms are a great way to gauge interest in a concept before starting to build it. If thousands of people are willing to pay for it before it exists, then even more are likely to pay for the finished application.
- cpeterso 14y ago
  The video says they have been working on Minuum for two years. What have they been doing? They clearly have usable prototypes, as seen in the video.
ewolf 14y ago
I just skimmed through the project description, but it seems like they're hiring a developer and don't code it themselves. If you're hiring somebody to build this with great attention to details, I can imagine those 100k being quite reasonable. Consider internationalisation as well (perhaps not for Chinese, but to different languages with Latin writing).
yock 14y ago
If you think that software is something you build in your spare time between your full-time job, feeding your kids, and sleeping, then by all means maintain this opinion. I think the point of a financing campaign is so that the developer has the freedom to take this on as their full time job. Seems reasonable to me.
- desireco42 14y ago
  I have 3 kids, I have projects I don't have enough time to develop, I think that is normal. Honestly, and I really wish you all best, but I think this is abuse of what kickstarter and indiegogo were for.
  - lukifer 14y ago
    Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. Not only do KickStarter and IndieGogo have countless other software-only projects, they have many other projects with few costs other than the creators' time, like digital comic books and music. If you feel that's not worthy of backing, fine, but I'd hardly call it "abuse".
    - yock 14y ago
      Not to be unfair, but my point at least was that it isn't okay. This is what a large chunk of us do for a living. What difference does it make by whom or by what mechanism our work is compensated?

webignition 14y ago

why do you need backing for software keyboard ?! It takes time to make software. Backing gives you the money to dedicate time.

axx 14y ago
i can imagine it takes time to build something like this, but there are a lot of people building cool stuff without the money (open source is all about it). In my opinion there is no reason why they couldn't start with a first beta for android (payed app) and interrate from there. If more people like it, they'll buy it. Kickstarter/etc. is just marketing, i hate the development of this "strategy" for software.
- bergie 14y ago
  Again, building software takes time and money. Much of open source has been "subsidized" by people either working on getting a degree, or by their employer when they build and release something that solves a problem for the company. Kickstarters and other similar crowdfunding platforms are a great way to gauge interest in a concept before starting to build it. If thousands of people are willing to pay for it before it exists, then even more are likely to pay for the finished application.
cpeterso 14y ago
The video says they have been working on Minuum for two years. What have they been doing? They clearly have usable prototypes, as seen in the video.

ewolf 14y ago

I just skimmed through the project description, but it seems like they're hiring a developer and don't code it themselves. If you're hiring somebody to build this with great attention to details, I can imagine those 100k being quite reasonable. Consider internationalisation as well (perhaps not for Chinese, but to different languages with Latin writing).

yock 14y ago

If you think that software is something you build in your spare time between your full-time job, feeding your kids, and sleeping, then by all means maintain this opinion. I think the point of a financing campaign is so that the developer has the freedom to take this on as their full time job. Seems reasonable to me.

desireco42 14y ago
I have 3 kids, I have projects I don't have enough time to develop, I think that is normal. Honestly, and I really wish you all best, but I think this is abuse of what kickstarter and indiegogo were for.
- lukifer 14y ago
  Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. Not only do KickStarter and IndieGogo have countless other software-only projects, they have many other projects with few costs other than the creators' time, like digital comic books and music. If you feel that's not worthy of backing, fine, but I'd hardly call it "abuse".
  - yock 14y ago
    Not to be unfair, but my point at least was that it isn't okay. This is what a large chunk of us do for a living. What difference does it make by whom or by what mechanism our work is compensated?