The proposed donate button is very elaborate. To be remotely accessible to the visually handicapped it would in fact have to be the size of the page, not just included on the page.
I would concur with Tim and Slávek, but would add the following as an off-this-thread comment.
All the recent talk about donations has actually scared me off donating right now. The discussion had made me feel that it was again time that I managed to give something. Not that I was going to give a lot, I'm afraid that I never have, but I was going to give something.
But I now know that a) donating is not anonymous and b) that what I would call large amounts are the minimum anyone is interested in. "Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a mighty ocean and a beauteous land" would appear *not* to be the order of the day. So, as of this moment, I have backed away from giving anything. I would quite simply be too embarrassed.
With regards to a.), how would you propose anonymous donations be implemented? Most financial transactions (at least in the US) are traceable unless you use cash, and even then generally one at least sees the person using the cash. I don't understand your objection here?
With respect to b.), I disagree. Small donations are much appreciated! However, bear in mind that if only a couple people are donating (true story for the past few months!), and those amounts are small, I have to fund the entire TDE infrastructure out of my own pocket for those months (once the previous donations are used up by paying related bills of course). I am not complaining here, I am simply trying to allay your fears that TDE is some sort of scam. Every now and again I try to remind people that while TDE *is* free software, developing it is quite expensive. Even KDE has (corporate?) backers paying some of its development bills...
I'm sure that I shall get over it. But the occasional passer-by may not, and a small, possibly several small, even very small, donations may be lost to TDE. In addition, and arguably worse, I feel that that it would also entail a loss of goodwill. "Don't go near TDE. It's just a scam. All they are interested in is parting you from your money."
How would you propose I rectify this bad image of TDE?
Thanks!
Tim