You have many good suggestions and in the main I have the same opinion. I want to solve real problems and make NFD as easy that a man of the street can use it.
That's why I chose to implement i18n and not anonymization or other hyped stuff to pump a coin. Next ideas are to hide deadline and other stuff for not advanced users.
A complete new simple gui would be really nice.
Our main problem is that we don't have full time developers. Currently lordoliver and I develop for NFD.
Both of us already have another full time job to pay our bills. We also have a girlfriend, family, ... I have a child.
We develop in our spare time. Daily I can spend only 2 or 3 hours for NFD. Most of the time I'm answering questions and discuss ideas in pms.
That's why everything is slowed down.
I would really love to develop full time for NFD, but I'm living in Germany. I would need a salary of at least 7 btc a month to pay my bills. (tax and insurances included)
We are still looking for developer. There are many project ideas:
Development:
hire a full time developer (50 mio NFD + x BTC)
core: add upnp support --> https://code.google.com/p/weupnp/
core: 1-click wrapper for NFD client (3rd party Skerberus or advanced installler for java 499$)
core: Stay involved with CIYAM/AT, CFB/smart contracts
gui/client: Make a secure wallet system contrary to brainwallet
website: website localization (lordoliver)
work in progress:
BOUNTY (10 mio NFD): block explorer upgrade (overseen by MaWo/lordoliver)
client localization (lordoliver, MaWo)
Documentation & Localization
translations to Chinese; Spain, French, German, ...
FAQs, about, & get-started page
Manual/video for GUI including translations to spain, english, chinese
documentation of peer server JSON protocol to make it easier to build new full featured clients
create an offspring fork for NFD
android client incl. faucet system based on unique phone id, adapte NXT one (richwang)
iphone client incl. faucet system based on unique phone id
leasing pool (open source)
anonymisation system as a service (open source)
full automated gateways to other crypto currencies (open source)
top 3 cms and foren software NFD tipbot plugin
games - good games - browser, android, facebook games
gateway NFD/fiat
NFD online wallet and tools. abuelau work - https://wallet.mynxt.info/ " https://github.com/mynxt-info/wallet
API for shops to fiat bridge (Bitpay-type integration)
An NFD "plug and play" widget that could enable a shopper to buy something for NFD with one click
Goods shop for NFD as example (NFD promotion article)
infrastructure:
network statistics with graphs
peerexplorer
auto setup scripts for vps/step-by-step guide to setting up a node.
Marketing & Community (Nxtblg):
setup facebook, twitter (Nxtblg)
setup reddit (CoinKombinat, Nxtblg)
setup faucet
newsletter with hottest news every month, new releases
+ all upcoming ideas from Nxtblg