Am I the only person who doesn't like bitcoin-qt?

Luke-Jr

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Quote from: MysteryMiner on December 21, 2011, 10:37:36 PM

Quote from: mc_lovin on December 21, 2011, 12:30:37 PM

It's also a bit strange that the filesizes are so drastically different. Did they really re-write the whole thing for a graphical change? Mac OSX 0.4.1 is 4.08MB and 0.5.1 is 13.8MB.

Windows version also doubled in size, yet the Linux version shrunk a little.

Qt apps are bloated, so that's not surprise for me. But the memory consumption are exactly the same or maybe a little bit less for Qt version.

No, Qt apps are not bloated: as he noted, the actual application got smaller. But Windows and Mac omit the standard Qt libraries, so Bitcoin-Qt includes them for convenience.

MysteryMiner

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Quote from: mc_lovin on December 21, 2011, 12:30:37 PM

It's also a bit strange that the filesizes are so drastically different. Did they really re-write the whole thing for a graphical change? Mac OSX 0.4.1 is 4.08MB and 0.5.1 is 13.8MB.

Windows version also doubled in size, yet the Linux version shrunk a little.

Qt apps are bloated, so that's not surprise for me. But the memory consumption are exactly the same or maybe a little bit less for Qt version.

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It's also a bit strange that the filesizes are so drastically different. Did they really re-write the whole thing for a graphical change? Mac OSX 0.4.1 is 4.08MB and 0.5.1 is 13.8MB.

Windows version also doubled in size, yet the Linux version shrunk a little.

Luke-Jr

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I'm fine with this version. And rather than waste more time re-vamping the gui I'd much rather see future work on an "import private key" and other useful features.

(On the other hand when I see how much has been done so quickly on the blockchain.info wallet it makes me wonder if the devs get much time in on the client)

Greed

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I don't like the whitespace on the overview either, but the rest is just fine with me. If anything, I'd like to know if any of my transactions are pending and if they are how many confirmations they need on the overview.

Raoul Duke

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Add me to the list. Bitcoin-qt sucks.

pazor

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i do not like it too !
i prefer version 0.40

grue

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Quote from: Herodes on December 17, 2011, 11:20:41 PM

You complain about free software? I'm sure there's developers waiting around to make you the perfect software if you're willing to pay.. And unless the author of the program sees the complaints, how can he do anything about it?

What about thanking this person for using of his free time to create something for others to use? Ungrateful users, I must say. If you were paying customers, not getting what you paid for, I'd understand, but this...

the interface was fine as it was. the "overview" tab is completely useless; all the information can be seen in the transactions tab. I have no idea why the "export" function is a button. it's not something that everyone uses. Most of the status indicators (connections, blocks) are now replaced with web 2.0-ish icons and i have to hover over them to get the info i want. And to top it all off, the new interface uses up more screen area while providing less information. I know it's "free" software, but it doesn't have to take a step back.

Gabi

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The screenshots are about version 5.0? Shocked

It SUCKS! Luckily i still have my 4.0 here...

Also free software? With all the bounties&co spent, it's not exactly free... And there is a lot of really free software much much better than this

Is it so hard to make a decent gui? Is it so hard to NOT make things worse?

Herodes

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You complain about free software? I'm sure there's developers waiting around to make you the perfect software if you're willing to pay.. And unless the author of the program sees the complaints, how can he do anything about it?

What about thanking this person for using of his free time to create something for others to use? Ungrateful users, I must say. If you were paying customers, not getting what you paid for, I'd understand, but this...

K1773R

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i really dislike it too, looks like some ppl who loves winvista/7 designed it...

MysteryMiner

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The things that are replaced with icons are pain in !@#$. I need to hover my cursor over and wait until popup appears, so I get my information. The new UI is retarded, I installed 0.4.1 over 0.5.0 and it works flawless!

grue

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Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 15, 2011, 02:17:19 PM

Quote from: grue on December 15, 2011, 01:19:43 PM

Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 PM

In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations. When it has less there are different icons, and hovering over it displays the exact number of confirmations. It takes less horizontal space than the confirmations listing in the old GUI.

wouldn't it be better to make the slightly row greyed out? and on mouseover, tell how many confirmations are needed?

Maybe. My point was that in this regard the qt GUI isn't more space-consuming than the old GUI.

qt is saves space by replacing some words with symbols. but it also adds tons of useless icons and makes all the tables bigger. I think we can all agree that with the same amount of screen space, the original bitcoin client can fit more transactions than the qt version. The default window size of the qt client is too big as well.

Meni Rosenfeld

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Quote from: dunand on December 15, 2011, 03:27:22 PM

Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 PM

In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations.

I think the V (check) appear with 120 confirmations not 6.

Only for generation transactions. Eligius pays out with the generation transaction which is why that's what you saw, but for normal transactions it's 6.

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Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 PM

In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations.

I think the V (check) appear with 120 confirmations not 6.

Meni Rosenfeld

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Quote from: grue on December 15, 2011, 01:19:43 PM

Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 PM

In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations. When it has less there are different icons, and hovering over it displays the exact number of confirmations. It takes less horizontal space than the confirmations listing in the old GUI.

wouldn't it be better to make the slightly row greyed out? and on mouseover, tell how many confirmations are needed?

Maybe. My point was that in this regard the qt GUI isn't more space-consuming than the old GUI.

grue

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Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 PM

In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations. When it has less there are different icons, and hovering over it displays the exact number of confirmations. It takes less horizontal space than the confirmations listing in the old GUI.

wouldn't it be better to make the slightly row greyed out? and on mouseover, tell how many confirmations are needed?

Deafboy

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You are not alone!
Fully agree with first 2 screenshots.
I hate the space wasting.

Meni Rosenfeld

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In case you're unaware, the V next to a transaction means it has 6 confirmations. When it has less there are different icons, and hovering over it displays the exact number of confirmations. It takes less horizontal space than the confirmations listing in the old GUI.

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