I actually put enough time into writing my (free) apps that I couldn't make more even if I was paid (I guess there is the whole giving up the day job thing which I[m not interested in)

To get an idea, check my signature. Only one of those was a port of a regular Linux app but it involved an almost complete re-write. I also have two more in the works and 2 more planned.

Good words. I do mine both for niches and for fun.

I can't stress enough that people helping on threads is a big help as it lets me focus on development. A step above that would be turning posts into bug reports.

• I found tracking everyone's feature requests on the forum took too much time away from development so I gave up and only work off of bugzilla (but still do user support through the forum).
• I also don't want to take the time to file bugs for everything
• Some people just don't want to file bugs for various reasons (not wanting to create Yet Another Account is one)