Re: RFS: stripclub - Online Comic Reader/Archiver

[Benjamin Cutler <cutler@cs.colostate.edu>]

Nicolas Kratz wrote:

> Ahem. You DO know that tools like this one are actively damaging online
> comic creators?
>
> Most of them are getting a fair share of their revenue from ad sales,
> which stripclub, komics etc. pp. are bypassing, or merchandise, which
> the user of stripclub will not know about since s/he is never visiting
> the site. This is a recurring theme, last seen on the UF board[0].
>
> I'm not saying that this should not be packaged. There may be users who
> can't get their daily fix otherwise. But I think they should be damn
> well aware what they are doing. If that means plastering a warning
> across a splash/nag screen, amen. The rest of us, please support online
> comics. I for myself want them to stay.
>
> Bye,
> Nick
>
> [0] http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20040407&tid=1118150
>
>  
Point made. While I, personally, don't feel any regret (I've been a 
Premium Keenspot member for two years, have every Sluggy book). I'll be 
sticking a splash screen into the next build saying just that. Perhaps I 
should move the "Per-comic donation links" todo item up in my list. A 
"store" link sounds like a good idea too. One reason I've not done this 
already is my lack of knowledge of any "standard" way to have a Linux 
system spawn a webbrowser with the URL. Coding for specific browsers is 
an option, but is there an easier way?