Frontcannon Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 He has a point. I just surfed the site with AdBlockPlus off and I was really surprised by the amount of ads and all the BIG download buttons. Though all the "slimy stuff"... meh. Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 He has a point. It's one thing to say "I don't like ads." It's another thing entirely to make a moral judgment and libel a website that employs them. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 WTH does "Free stuff has no value" mean? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 It means he's an ignoramus who spits on the kindness of others. He takes full advantage of others' generosity, but would never dream of showing any in return. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatare Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I always thought the adds were from forumer. Quote My blog http://www.alfredoalvarez.com/blog My pictures http://avatare.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Forumer does not have the power to put ads anywhere but the forum. The website is controlled by Rick. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 WTH does "Free stuff has no value" mean? Gee, that means all of us! Because our parents didn't pay for us, we're worthless. *sigh* Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 WTH does "Free stuff has no value" mean? Gee, that means all of us! Because our parents didn't pay for us, we're worthless. *sigh* My parents have been paying for me for 19 years. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 http://community.tigranetworks.co.uk/blogs/tim_long/archive/2010/03/02/slimy-free-software.aspxWow. What a jerk. I made a long and fairly critical comment. Let's see if he lets it past his "moderation." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Well he certainly didn't publish my 2nd comment. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I responded. Just in case it doesn't get approved: Hidden Content: Hello, Tim Long. First, an introduction: my name is Mike Ryan and I often consider myself an emerging web and logo designer. While that is not qualification enough to formulate a professional response to your article I hope that the fact I run and operate a website dedicated to the visual image of Paint.NET (http://www.spreadpaint.net) is enough to describe what makes Paint.NET special as a free program.Fist of all, free software is for free people. Paint.NET is published as free and therefore as a free person you have the privilege of choice; you can either download and install the software or not. Regardless, it is you the user who has the responsibility to understand that the software required work, effort, and strength to create, publish and create a name for said software. So, Paint.NET required the work and effort of Rick Brewster as well as the other members of the early development party. How much work? We can only imagine based on the quality of the product. In Paint.NET's defense, I strongly believe that the software is of high quality and that Rick Brewster consistently makes well informed, educated decisions about the continuation of development. And for that, I as a free person should be given the right to donate to him and / or to see the advertisements on the Paint.NET homepage. If I don't want to donate, I won't. If I don't want too see the ads, there's an AdBlocker for that. But where free software like Paint.NET shines is that - because of the quality - it creates a community of highly diverse individuals. The Paint.NET community (http://paintdotnet.forumer.com) continues to exceed the expectations of many members. We, the community, always manage to push the envelope when it comes to new Paint.NET methods, tutorial publication, troubleshooting, plugin development, or in my case website creation. The community creates value for Paint.NET. Rick Brewster provides the choice. You ask Rick Brewster to be honest if it is free or not, but that isn't his choice to make. Do YOU think the software is free or not? Do you believe it is worth a money value? A time value? A work value? If so, then the options are there: Donate, see the ads, write tutorials, provide troubleshooting, develop plugins, whatever. Either way, everybody wins. - Mike Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 On second thought, I wish I hadn't posted anything at all. I decided to read some of his other blog posts and the most recent one (http://community.tigranetworks.co.uk/bl ... iracy.aspx) is some of the best comedy I've read in a while. You know the Moore's Law? Tim Long says its fiction, so I guess it is. Them chronons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Well that particular post is probably just tongue-in-cheek. Hopefully. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/02/make-you ... hemes.html Pretty cool, seeing it about everywhere nowadays! I'll have to convince my school that the IT dept. should install it on the computers. Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Just spotted Paint.NET in my book, "Creating a Web Site", made by Missing Manuals on p. 189. It is quite a good book, and I got jumpy when I saw this. Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0(-.-)0 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 In your face, GIMP! Quote - Any thoughts? - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hehe. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Link to the article itself? Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-windows7-vista-64-bit-software.htm Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Vase-with-Paint.Net-Using-the-Point-Warp-Plugin Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Lifehacker Pack 2010 - Our list of essential Windows downloads http://lifehacker.com/5548767/lifehacker-pack-2010-our-list-of-essential-windows-downloads "When you need to crop, cut, or otherwise edit an image, Windows' built-in Paint isn't quite enough, while a full-fledged Photoshop or GIMP installation is probably too much. Paint.NET is just about perfect for the graphic design needs of a non-graphic-designer." Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 "The Skeleton Crew: Awesome Free Design Software" http://davidwebb.blogspot.com/2010/06/awesome-free-design-software.html Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Found another! http://www.monkeymatt.com/projects/freesoftware.php Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2010/06/10/10-free-blogging-tools-i-cant-live-without/ Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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