John Neffenger
@jgneff

With your support, I will be able to spend more time designing, building, and maintaining open-source software. Listed below are some of the free software projects and free cultural works I hope to complete.

VOLANO™ Chat Server

• Manage contributions to the open-source VOLANO chat server.
• Switch the build automation from Apache Ant and GNU Make to Gradle.
• Refactor the VOLANO chat server for the latest Java Development Kit (JDK).
• Develop a new client for the modern Web to replace the existing Java applets.
• Publish the VOLANO chat server for Linux as an app in the Snap Store.
• Create a Web administrator interface for managing the VOLANO chat server.

Electronic Ink

• Post articles about running Ubuntu and writing cross-platform apps for e-paper.
• Write a book on programming electronic ink, published under a CC BY-SA license.
• Create open-source themes in monochrome and grayscale for JavaFX on e-paper.
• Develop useful open-source apps for e-paper and publish them in the Snap Store.
• Port the Java Swing framework to e-paper displays for access to native features.
• Investigate porting Flutter and Qt for Python to devices with e-paper displays.

Bug Fixes

• Fix the bugs I found in JavaFX while adding support for e-paper displays.
• Solve the problems I found attaching the Javadoc and Sources in NetBeans.