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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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iTerm is OSX' killer app. Couldn't find anything similar on Windows. I used MobaXTerm which is ok but never feels as polished and slick as iTerm. Especially iTerm's own fullscreen mode which allows to quickly alt-tab is great.

Cmder (which is Conemu + extras) is my go-to terminal app for Windows, and I know a lot of other folks like it.

http://cmder.net/

iTerm is definitely hard to beat, though.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

putty is the defacto standard Windows SSH terminal. (Though that's not what iterm is.)

putty needs some serious UI love. It doesn't look like the UI has been updated in over 10 years. I use MSYS which comes with mingw and works for my purposes.

It worries me slightly that I can still remember the URL for PuTTY - I'm not even sure I've used Windows once in the last 5 years in a context where I would have needed it!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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I just donated but do you ever consider charging? I think most here would pay. iTerm2 really is the best option and provides a lot of value to developers who make money using it.

Accepting donations is about as far as I'd go with trying to monetize free software. If I were looking for a lifestyle business I might take a try at selling support for it or selling some kind of related SaaS.

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One of the best mac apps in existence but holy jeebus is the naming a mess: - It's called iTerm2 Version 3 now, rather than iTerm3 - It's called iTerm2 Version 3 now, but the actual app version is 2.9

The app's name is iTerm2. Version numbers have to increase lexicographically, so the version 3 beta is called 2.9. I'm open to suggestions :)

In SemVer [1], it's prescribed that the first number is for breaking changes, the second number for new features, and the third number for fixes. So this would be v3.0.0.

It also allows you to add a suffix though for beta-type versions, so the beta would be v3.0.0-beta, or v3.0.0-rc1, etc.

[1] http://semver.org/

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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(author here). I pushed out a promotion today to let users know about the new version before auto-updating everyone. It breaks backward compatibility with applescript, so it'll be a rough upgrade for some folks. I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to make this less painful. My first experiment with in-app advertising (promoting the beta version through a popup dialog) has gone well, with a 31% click-through rate, an…

George, longtime iTerm 2 user here - thanks for all your hard work; I can't count how many hours of productivity I've saved by using iTerm. I've given a donation in the past - and anyone else interested can see the big donate button on the site.

On donations, it's kind of ridiculous that the PayPal mobile checkout doesn't support 2FA: Your Security Key can't be used to log in here. But, you can still complete your purchase with PayPal by checking out on your computer.

It also looks like it was designed in 2004 and never touched again. This same issue affects the Cydia store, and the only workaround there is to disable 2FA.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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(author here). I pushed out a promotion today to let users know about the new version before auto-updating everyone. It breaks backward compatibility with applescript, so it'll be a rough upgrade for some folks. I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to make this less painful. My first experiment with in-app advertising (promoting the beta version through a popup dialog) has gone well, with a 31% click-through rate, an…

iTerm 2 is great software. Can't wait to try version 3.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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I have used iterm for a long time and I would like to donate to your project. I make all my donations with Patreon, would be great if you could add support for that, if it's not too much trouble. https://www.patreon.com/

Any other open source projects using it? Curious how they set the rewards and objectives.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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(author here). I pushed out a promotion today to let users know about the new version before auto-updating everyone. It breaks backward compatibility with applescript, so it'll be a rough upgrade for some folks. I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to make this less painful. My first experiment with in-app advertising (promoting the beta version through a popup dialog) has gone well, with a 31% click-through rate, an…

I'm a 25%er! Thanks for the great work!
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