Feathercoin - New Features - What Would You Add?
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[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“4205” timestamp=“1368809707”]
I couldn’t agree more, that why I was requesting some type of feedback to the client. It needs to be consumer friendly… where would you start?
[/quote][b]For new users to crypto-coins … [/b]
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[*]big buttons w/explanatory icons + tooltips onmouseover.
[*]plenty of reassurances of what’s safe and what isn’t safe to do.
[*]time estimates (even if wrong) on transactions (n00bs get worried easily and cry “scam” on forums before anything has had time to happen)
[*]a clear explanation of fees and how they may be affected on any given transaction and why
[*]a link to feathercoin.com instead of text on the [b]About[/b] drop down
[*]possibly some kind of headsup that when they load the (any) client, they may notice some unusual activity (port scanning) and that it’s normal, but they should make sure they are properly secured (firewall atl) for teh internets?
[*]tooltips in mining section
[*]tooltips, tooltips, more tooltips
[*]perhaps a progress indicator on overview tab for unconfirmed transactions?
[*]instead of saying “Out of Sync”, how about “Synching” or “Synching with Network”. This should makes n00bs feel more comfortable than what appears to be some sort of error message in red. Possibly change the text to Green so they know it’s doing what it should, not “Oh Shit Red Text out of Sync! Start forum thread now!” [/list][b]For teens …[/b]
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[*]SKINS ;)
[/list][b]For geeks …[/b]
[list][*]properly align the text Copyright © 2011-2012 Feathercoin Developers (and the rest) on About menu item
[*]and for cool factor 5 - a line graph on overview tab (bottom left?) which displays your balance history (ftw!)
[*]HELP > DEBUG > INFORMATION - change “Bitcoin”?
[*]have Transactions tab show the balance (like a ledger)
[*]give ability to change label from transaction tab
[*]make labels (on transaction tab) independent to each transaction (if possible), not assigned to the address. this allows people who use the same address for payments from multiple sources (mistake) to more easily identify who the transaction is from.
[*]show wallets balance somewhere in the client so it can be seen from any tab; currently only shown on Overview and Send tabs (like MultiBit)
[*]show exchange info (like MultiBit)
[*]speed up initial sync (like MultiBit - if possible)
[*]show $USD equiv when sending (like MB)
[*]perhaps a memo field or additional field of some sort in the address book to allow other information (contact info, email, purpose, etc)
[/list]Others …
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That reminds me. The command line client allows accounts to have more than one address. The GUI client does not. The whole design so far looks like a quick and dirty job. I think we can improve it.
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I originally posted my idea in the forum below.
[url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=512.0]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=512.0[/url]Essentially, an url donation link that can be automatically opened in ftc wallet. Think of something like clicking on a magnet url opens up a bittorrent client. Click on an FTC url opens up ftc wallet to send(donate) to someone.
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you just need to have the software listen for the request. but browsers just open links. the software needs to do convert the link to a request.
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[quote name=“zerodrama” post=“4263” timestamp=“1368838677”]
That reminds me. The command line client allows accounts to have more than one address. The GUI client does not. The whole design so far looks like a quick and dirty job. I think we can improve it.
[/quote]nah, it does. I used the gui to create many addresses. -
The wallet has multiple accounts, with multiple addresses each. The GUI doesn’t show this.
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Maybe you should focus more on mining profitablity than design of wallet. I just bought 200FT on e-bay for 30USD so for me it have no meaning to mine them…I am mining litecoins instead. You should consider this: without miners your fancy currency will die!! And I definitely do not want FTC to die :'(
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[quote name=“mirrax” post=“4390” timestamp=“1368958974”]
Maybe you should focus more on mining profitablity…
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[quote name=“mirrax” post=“4390” timestamp=“1368958974”]
Maybe you should focus more on mining profitablity than design of wallet. I just bought 200FT on e-bay for 30USD so for me it have no meaning to mine them…I am mining litecoins instead. You should consider this: without miners your fancy currency will die!! And I definitely do not want FTC to die :'(
[/quote]Yes, we’re going to invade Scotland and force them to pay more for our coins.
The value of the coins comes from people using them. If the wallet doesn’t have features that make people’s usage more productive then they won’t use the coins even if it more profitable. This is why all the coins crashed. Everybody seems to want easy money without the work.
The coin isn’t dying. It was necessary to wait to make sure enough people changed over.
Also:
Without coins, there’s no users.
Without users, there’s no value.
Without value, there’s no pools.
Without pools, there’s no coins.That’s how it works.
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actually there is no reasonable usage of any cryptocoins yet…thats why 90% of people involved in coins just do it (mine or buy them) for speculative puropses. Thats how it works from my point of view :(
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Please stay on topic everyone. There are plenty of profitability posts scattered throughout the forum.
New Features - What Would You Add?
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[quote name=“mirrax” post=“4413” timestamp=“1368976797”]
actually there is no reasonable usage of any cryptocoins yet…thats why 90% of people involved in coins just do it (mine or buy them) for speculative puropses. Thats how it works from my point of view :(
[/quote]You don’t need a website to use coins. You just need to use them. It’s a question of just doing it. We’re all just used to the “modern conveniences” that we think the grocery store is more important than the vendor and buyer.
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[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“4419” timestamp=“1368981594”]
Please stay on topic everyone. There are plenty of profitability posts scattered throughout the forum.New Features - What Would You Add?
[/quote]Well, could we have a laboratory forum to throw code samples and discuss future of crypto. Feathercoin is just the brand name for this community’as potential. The success of the coin will not come from the magical wizardry of the invisible hand of the passive market. It’s going to come from our reputation as a respensive and innovative community.
Firefox exists not just because it’s a good browser, but because Mozilla has the innovators who also created Popcorn, Jetpack, Drumbeat.
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I think it’d be convenient to have some sort of optional user tag. For example if my address label was [Aysyr], if someone was to send me some FTC, when they put in my address in their client, it would resolve that address to [Aysyr] and show it on their end. That way, it’ll let you know you’re sending it to the right person. I know even if I get the address right, I still sometimes get paranoid it’s not going where it’s supposed to be lol. This way it’ll take off some of that uncertainty.
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[quote name=“aysyr” post=“4466” timestamp=“1369025134”]
I think it’d be convenient to have some sort of optional user tag. For example if my address label was [Aysyr], if someone was to send me some FTC, when they put in my address in their client, it would resolve that address to [Aysyr] and show it on their end. That way, it’ll let you know you’re sending it to the right person. I know even if I get the address right, I still sometimes get paranoid it’s not going where it’s supposed to be lol. This way it’ll take off some of that uncertainty.
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That would actually be reasonably easy to set up copying DNS essentially.
Just have a network of servers with the database that can be queried or written to from the clients, with suitable checks in place obviously.
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here is my 0.02FTC worth of an idea that no one has done yet with any client.
This is regarding the install and setup of client. A new option to allow you to install anywhere not just in C/ drive for the program but also the app/data folder and you can install this anywhere you want including a pen drive. This will give you more security over it so you can stick on your pen drive anywhere you go and plug in update blocks and network or take somewhere with you or have it as a easy mobile wallet :)
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great idea crazy earner i’ll +1 that…
and to add to that, its not just about wallet features. its mainstream efforts too. need to make it super easy for the silver surfers (granny generation)
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[*]Vanity address generation.
[*]Merging of pooled mining and wallet. Just bring in CGMiner’s code. Move the settings to a dedicated preferences page. And while your merging mining, make it one button to hit a p2pool: type in the address of the p2pool and port, and press the start button. No more worrying about copying and pasting addresses around to make mining work.
[*]Web based wallets, Blockchain.org style.
[*]Coin mixers/tumblers to remove taint from the transaction log.
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I would separate mining from transactions. Let it be simple enough and make sure it’s focused on preventing wallet theft.
Let the miners download a proper interface for mining. Otherwise you’ll have critical bugs in one context preventing improvements in the other.
Now maybe we should do a nice interface for mining. That’s a different thing.
