I actually have put a lot of thought into how DarkRoom Air is going to work (it will be superior in some respects, but regrettably inferior in others due to technical limitations of Flex/Flash.

Also, I do have a monetization plan that will result in me funding my efforts, while continuing to give the program away for free. I think under this model rather than preventing usage on OSX, I’m just going to Jesse at Hog Bay a cut of the action. However, I am not giving away any more details than that at this time.

So, given that perspective, I should get off my ass and release an early alpha since I no longer care about DRM.

Thanks for the kick in the butt Kensai.

Then again, there’s not much material advantage to you to be competing with anyone. Not like you’re charging for this. So you can either take this as an argument or ignore me entirely. I’m cool either way, and let me say, this app is pretty cool, warts and all, easily top 3.

Also, I love Darkroom and look forward to trying it as an Air app. I’m constantly shifting between different operating systems on different machines, so it’ll be cool to be able to use Darkroom everywhere.

Maybe I’m missing a point, but what is gained by keeping the inmates from changing the fonts (etc)? Shoot, I’ve tried mine in amber, green and a dark pink … and kept the pink on black as being easy on my old eyes.

When I taught computer apps in adult education, I found that having control over their compute environment aided my students sense of self-confidence because it added to their sense of control. The truly hideous combinations never lasted long because they were at the monitors 2-4 hours at a time. That’s far too long for black text on a bright yellow background. They paid the price, they learned the lesson, they fixed the problem. I never had to say a word.