I don't want to be hard (nor I have the right to) but these aren't flattering words...
a) Scraps won't sell
Think about it, half of your users don't know how to make good use of scrap frames, some of your users don't even undestand how they work! Scrap frames are the kind of thing that you have to LEARN to love the hard way! Blocked they aren't going sell any good.
b) Scraps aren't even finished testing
Since you said:
"Soon these files will be automatically registered to open with x2." and
"In the future there may be a command to automatically (attempt to) repair missing items from cida files." im sure they still need testing don't you think?
c) Scrapless x2 is no match for other FM
Even 2x can be a major competition for x2 in its current state not to mention other shell-integrated FM out there.
Besides, im sort of a firefox evangelist and it is unbelivably hard to convince others of using a powerfull eternaly free web browser... and ppl know what a browser is! Even medium to advanced users ignore about alternative FM. Those who care about alt FM either already own one or use freebies only (broke hackers come to mind).
Chances are that all your customers are going to be also apha testers, the same alpha testers that are willing to donate, the same alpha testers that you offered
"freebies or substantial discounts...", who are BTW you most powerfull marketing force.
Also, crippling will kill some of the most beautiful things in x2 (will it still run from a floppy?)
Whats worse for you is that crippling will send your donation page to obivion and in a couple years you'll probably realize that your most popular product is an
outdated unsupported alpha debug build of x2.
While I don't recomend you crippling it at all, if you wanna sell it that bad then block something else, something that isn't so unique to x2 as scraps but of course something that doesn't render x2 unusable, like the ftp features or that broken thumbnail view of yours (im not sure, does it still display a nothumb icon? as a freebie its allright but as comercial software thats a major flaw man, graphic savy users aren't kind to programmers y'know?)
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I dunno, I feel like no one is going to agree with me...
Please don't think this is an elaborate "I'm cheap i don't want to pay" i tried to write something that could actually help you, my inner self was muttering something like "propietary code s_cks anyway" please don't listen to him....
