wxMac Fundraising Campaign

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN!

Current total, October 19th 2004: $7987

Dear wxWidgets users,

Are you targetting MacOS X, or thinking about doing so? if so, then please donate and help us finish the wxMac (Carbon) port.

You may be aware that the wxMac port has recently undergone a major reorganisation, both in code structure and content, to allow wxWidgets to take full advantage of MacOS innovations. Thanks to the superhuman voluntary efforts of Stefan Csomor and others, wxMac is rapidly stabilising and already showing the advantages of this reorganisation. However, there is still work to do, and the wxMac developers need financial support to continue.

wxWidgets applications look fabulous on MacOS X, and allow you to reach a whole new audience. See, for example, Audacity or DialogBlocks on the Mac. When you first see your application running on the Mac, you'll almost certainly get a rush of adrenalin (I still do), and your users will be pleased with the native look and behaviour. The latest version of the wxMac port allows you to give windows the metal look if required, window updates are smoother than ever, and many bugs have been fixed. Let's help Stefan and others finish the job, so we can all offer our applications on Apple's classy platform.

If we all pitch in with even a modest amount, we can gather enough to make a real difference. I'm starting off the fund for wxMac development with a contribution of £500 and I strongly encourage other users to contribute, as soon as possible. I will maintain the list of donors below.

Please see the detailed information about donating; specify "wxMac" when making your donation. Please also send an email to julian@wxwidgets.org so I can monitor how the fundraising is going and add you to the list of donors. If you wish to pay Stefan directly by bank transfer, cheque or PayPal, see this information.

You may also be able to help by supplying old or new Mac equipment to developers to help get more people involved in wxMac. If you have something to give, please mail julian@wxwidgets.org or the wx-dev mailing list so we can find a suitable recipient.

Other things you can do to help: let me know of industry contacts who may be able to help; let your boss know of the benefits of contributing to wxMac development; let me know what's holding back companies from donating (perhaps donations sometimes don't fit with departmental budgeting?), spread the word about wxMac to other developers; and submit patches and bug reports.

Also, check out the wxWidgets Bounties page where you can advertise for developers to implement a particular feature in exchange for a fee, or implement a feature yourself to claim the bounty.

Thank you very much for your support! Donating to wxMac development is an incredibly efficient, inexpensive and fast way of helping to get your applications running beautifully on MacOS X.

Julian Smart
April 18th, 2004

How the money will be spent

Money donated specifically for wxMac (Carbon) development will go towards tasks that include:

  • Miscellaneous bugs fixes;
  • DC implementation using Quartz 2D;
  • printing improvements;
  • MacOS X help support;
  • wxSocket improvements;
  • documentation.

The most appropriate developers will receive the money. This will not be a lengthy process: the money will be turned into wxMac improvements almost immediately it is received. So you will see tangible improvements very quickly. I will document on this page how the money is being spent.

Please note that we are concentrating on MacOS 10.3 (Panther) and above; earlier versions of MacOS X and MacOS Classic are problematic and cannot easily be supported.

Direct donations to Stefan Csomor

You may prefer to pay Stefan directly:

Advanced Concepts AG
IBAN: CH51 0070 0113 2000 6771 7
Zuericher Kantonalbank
Untertor 30
CH-8401 Winterthur
Switzerland

Please make cheques out to Advanced Concepts AG:

Stefan Csomor
Advanced Concepts AG
Heldweg 10
CH-8475 Ossingen
Switzerland

Donate by PayPal:

If the form doesn't work, please use the PayPal address Csomor (at) advancedconcepts.ch.

Donors

Many thanks are due to the following donors:

  • Mike Schroeder at DonorWare LLC
  • Guru Kathiresan
  • Markus Kuehni
  • Guru Kathiresan
  • James Carroll
  • Andy Robinson
  • Kevin Hock
  • Robert J. Lang
  • Alec Ross
  • Alan Benson
  • Philip Trauring
  • Ryan Wilcox
  • OSAF
  • Marc Albrecht
  • Julian Smart
  • Wade Brainerd
  • Jamie McCarthy
  • Robert Innes
  • Simon Conrad-Armes
  • Dan Levin
  • Lane Roathe
  • Andreas Oppermann
  • James Busser
  • Didier Corbiere