Kirill Gromov

Setting up a renewal payment does not force the developer to maintain their product for their entire life, the developer may have other problems, employment. 

Setting up a renewal payment does not force the developer to maintain their product for their entire life, the developer may have other problems, employment. 

Setting up a renewal payment does not force the developer to maintain their product for their entire life, the developer may have other problems, employment. 

Will code hooks disappear?

I do not understand some of the app developers.
We depend on their work, and they need to communicate with us if they are going to be away for a while...
We are running live sites and this information is very crucial for us.
If we know they are going to be away, we will hold the upgrades until they come back...
Anyway... just a few words...

Over time, does IPS migrate to pure JS or something else?

Small tweak to not load JS and CSS for guests as they don't have access to the Messenger anyway.
Hook cssFiles.php:
\IPS\Output::i()->cssFiles = array_merge( \IPS\Output::i()->cssFiles, \IPS\Theme::i()->css( 'livemessenger.css', 'livemessenger', 'front' ) ); to
if ( \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id ) { \IPS\Output::i()->cssFiles = array_merge( \IPS\Output::i()->cssFiles, \IPS\Theme::i()->css( 'livemessenger.css', 'livemessenger', 'front' ) ); } and
\IPS\Output::i()->jsFiles = array_merge( \IPS\Output::i()->jsFiles, \IPS\Output::i()->js( 'front_livemessenger.js', 'livemessenger', 'front' ) ); to 
if ( \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id ) { \IPS\Output::i()->jsFiles = array_merge( \IPS\Output::i()->jsFiles, \IPS\Output::i()->js( 'front_livemessenger.js', 'livemessenger', 'front' ) ); }

I will make some design changes and come back with a new version.

This is a very old bug in Core: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/433280-error-with-furl-changes/
In this topic you will find a way to workaround. FTP needed. The problem is that you will have to do it every time a new version is released.

Hello, yes, sure, please send your details.

Yes but during 5’s lifecycle we will be removing it and using native. Any new front end functionality is mostly native. 

Idea: Hide the bar if the user has no messages.

Cool topic, I will express my humble opinion, if possible. 
1) I think a very small number of applications pay off (only a part, of which more than a hundred are bought), so I treat development as a way self-education and have fun. It's definitely not profitable! Big developers stay here because of third-party orders, no more, I think.
2) I think the marketplace is not very important for the IPS, since third-party developers have repeatedly approached with possible improvements, but the staff are kindly silent. One, two and many more..

This makes me sad.  I remember visiting the Marketplace to see the new and exciting offerings.  Now those are rare.
I use several mods to make my site what I want.  Regardless of the "community" direction IPS is taking for its high-paying corporate customers, I still use the software almost exclusively as a forum.

Couldn’t agree more.
I'm evaluating whether it's worth keeping development when IPS5 is released. I'm probably one of the top earners due to the insane number of resources available but It's not worth it anymore. So much hassle for so little return. It definitely used to be better. In my specific case, while I have a lot to deal with/support, it's not a lack of support or new stuff. It is just what the marketplace became… and that’s it.

This is a really nifty app! I love it! Some feedback:
Messages submitted through this app bypass the "merge concurrent posts" setting. Unclear if this is by design or intentional but it's inconsistent with how the built-in messenger works. Being able to separately set the messenger to "bar mode" on desktop and "bubble mode" on mobile would be appreciated. I like the "bar" style better in desktop mode and "bubble" style more on mobile. An easy way to insert line or paragraph breaks into a message would be fantastic. I recommend using shift+enter for this - that will be consistent with most chat programs.

Sure... if you pay me the 200 purchases it had in between.

Well, my main goal is to trigger an alarm about the decline in the support offered by IPS and wonder if any other members have the same issues.
If I, who stayed with IPS for 14 years, get ignored, I can't imagine what would happen to new members. Or maybe only we, the old members, or me, get ignored. Who knows.
Mate. I've seen your replies to other topics. You primarily offer advanced support here in the topics rather than asking questions. Sorry but the truth is that we are not in the same boat here.
Glad to find this situation amusing you. Most probably because you're not in my shoes. What I find not funny is that IPS staff said that I do not receive emails, and that's it; case closed, leaving me hanging. 
But I receive emails with invoices that need to be paid.

Anyway. I've raised the alarm now the ball is in the IPS yard. If they continue to ignore the situation again, I will get my answer and act accordingly.

Hello, @balazsp, you can use something like this:
Create a new Pages block with html and add this:
<a class='ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important ipsButton_fullWidth' href='#' data-ipsDialog data-ipsDialog-url='/index.php?app=avatarhub&module=hub&controller=front&do=styleAvatar'>Select Avatar</a> Should work

Hello, @balazsp, you can use something like this:
Create a new Pages block with html and add this:
<a class='ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important ipsButton_fullWidth' href='#' data-ipsDialog data-ipsDialog-url='/index.php?app=avatarhub&module=hub&controller=front&do=styleAvatar'>Select Avatar</a> Should work

Hello, @balazsp, you can use something like this:
Create a new Pages block with html and add this:
<a class='ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important ipsButton_fullWidth' href='#' data-ipsDialog data-ipsDialog-url='/index.php?app=avatarhub&module=hub&controller=front&do=styleAvatar'>Select Avatar</a> Should work

That article is not a help article.  It's a link to the 3rd party developer (not IPS) that is selling an extra integration outside of the default ones provided by IPS.  

Kirill is one of several 3rd party developers who build additional solutions on top of what is possible in the "out of the box" software application.  And as you can see in that same link, there is a cost for that gateway.  
Also...  the first link you provided:
https://invisiondevs.com/docs/commerce/gateways/squareup-payment-gateway-r2/
That is not an IPS site.  It's Kirrill's website.  So you're again linking to him instead of something owned by IPS.  
Support for that resource would be provided by @Kirill Gromov (who is awesome by the way).  In fact, I've actually purchased that gateway myself.  It's a fantastic resource and I highly recommend it.  The only thing it does not support is subscriptions as the API needed to support it is not completely in place yet on the Square side.  But for one-time purchases, it does its job flawlessly.  
IPS itself does not offer or support 3rd party resources.  You would work with whomever is offering that resource for service/support.  

Thanks, I'm looking to find the cause of this problem, but I can't reproduce it yet.

Support topic for the app
 

I can confirm the problem.