add Donate button to About dialog

[ronso0]

https://mixxx.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/247619-UI-.26.20UX.20design/topic/add.20Donate.20button.20to.20Help.20menu.3F

• add /donate relay at mixxx.org? so we can change the donate method/link without having to change anything else
• nice icons

[daschuer]

Thank you for picking it up.
The heart is already a nice icon.
If we have alternatives, we may randomize them to draw attention if a user opens the window a second time. Just an idea.

The other idea is: do we want to modify the button text or a lable an online source to point out donation targets or anything else?

[Holzhaus]

Suggested change

	#define MIXXX_DONATE_URL \
	"https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/" \
	"webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QSFMYWN2B3JD2"
	#define MIXXX_DONATE_URL "https://mixxx.org/donate"

after mixxxdj/website#238 has been merged

[ronso0]

thanks!

[esbrandt]

Unless Mixxx is transformed into a legal entity, accepting donations raises more questions than answers. It is a gray area at least.

[Holzhaus]

Mixxx always took donations, I can even see a donation button on our website in 2008 when I use the Wayback Machine. I do agree that we should think about founding an e.V. or joining the SFC, but I don't think this should hold back this PR.

Maybe you want to share your thoughts on these Zulip threads:

• https://mixxx.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/109121-core-team/topic/Conservancy
• https://mixxx.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/109121-core-team/topic/Mixxx.20e.2EV.2E

[ronso0]

If we have alternatives, we may randomize them to draw attention if a user opens the window a second time. Just an idea.

yeah, this might help. if someone wants look into that, fine.
alternative: pick up the rainbow from the Mixxx logo

just the outline:

For now the plain monochrome heart is fine IMO. Like the preferences icons it appears in black or white, depending on the OS theme.

[ronso0]

Ready?

[daschuer]

LGTM, Thank you.

If you add the rainbow icon, I can contribute the lines showing it by a chance of 1/8 or such.

@Holzhaus merge?

[daschuer]

No, there is a pending comment ...

[Holzhaus]

The build failed due to some sccache error, I restarted it.

[ronso0]

If you add the rainbow icon, I can contribute the lines showing it by a chance of 1/8 or such.

@daschuer Go ahead, the rainbow icon is in place.

[ronso0]

If you add the rainbow icon, I can contribute the lines showing it by a chance of 1/8 or such.

@daschuer Go ahead, the rainbow icon is in place.

or we just merge this, and you apply that in a follow-up. I don't mind

[ronso0]

The other idea is: do we want to modify the button text or a lable an online source to point out donation targets or anything else?

To indicate we're using PayPal? Or what do you want to point out?

[Holzhaus]

Or do you mean other projects (e. g. our dependencies)?

By the way, should we add a tab that lists those dependencies? Would be a nice gesture to mention and add links to them I think.

[ronso0]

all dependencies? group all libqt*, also include the static libs like xwax?

[Holzhaus]

Just a list like:

• Qt
• xwax
• KeyFinder
• SoubdTouch
• Rubberband
• modplug
• Chromaprint
• FLAC
• OGG
• Vorbis
• LAME
• FFTW
• Ebur128
• PortAudio
• PortMidi
• SndFile
• TagLib
• MP4
• FFMPEG
• HSS1394
• libshout-idjc
• SQLite
• Opus
• MAD
• ID3Tag
• WavPack
• LibUSB
• HIDAPI
• lilv

Plus links to their websites

[ronso0]

Do you imagine a second tab in About? with a 2-colum list

[daschuer]

The other idea is: do we want to modify the button text or a lable an online source to point out donation targets or anything else?

To indicate we're using PayPal? Or what do you want to point out?

The idea was something like "$ 546 left to .." but scratch that idea. Such a lookup may violate users privacy.

We can integrate it into an update announcer later on if we feel there is a need.