"Optimizing" the wallet is pretty vague. When you say optimize the wallet, what are you looking for in a wallet update?
Our primary concern with the code is that it provides a stable blockchain for us to build day to day services on. The change to multi-algo greatly improved this over our previous code. So as far as the blockchain workings are concerned, we're in a much better place now. The GUI is another story though. We've talked extensively as a group about changing the GUI, and BioMike has some decent plans on doing it, but they are somewhat secondary to our primary goals at this time. I also proposed that we get rid of QT altogether at some point in an alternative wallet.
All that said though, you need to be clear on what you want. Is optimizing changing the GUI? Is it changing the blockchain specs? Are you wanting the wallet to just give you AUR every time you open it? Looking at your discussion in the DGB thread, are you just looking for an Electrum wallet for AUR?
What is it that you want to see?
-Fuse
Seriously...?
But okay, on topic:
The Digibyte wallet is a crappy one. If you don't know what I mean by that, it might prove kinda difficult to explain, since Auroracoin is using the same core.
So. I'm not having all my wallets opened like 24/7. And most likely, average users won't either. What I was facing with the Digibyte wallet, is that it took quite some time to load. And once loaded, it took another good deal of time hauling all the blocks in, the synchronizing. So, I had to wait, wait, wait some, and wait some more, before I could see what my
actual balance was, let alone before I could do anything
useful with it. Not to mention the wallet crashes it did lately whilst synchronizing.
If you know what I am talking about, keep reading. If not, kindly someone else from the dev team to pop in please.
Now, before the multi-algo switch the Auroracoin wallet was nice. Loaded average quickly, synchronized nicely, no problems.
Though currently, my experience with the Auroracoin wallet is becoming similar with that of the Digibyte: Long load and synchronizing times. Except for the crashes, I haven't encountered them yet.
So with "optimizing", I mean anything that has overlap in the "speed" / "time" / "waiting" / etc area. I wasn't talking tech savy stuff, but usability. The changeover to multi-algo may have provided a more stable blockchain, but at the cost of having turtle wallet in return.
So in answer to your questions, yes, something like light wallets. Multibit, Electrum, that kinda stuff (but no web wallets). Or, just a better 'optimized' version of the current wallet; less turtle, more speed. 'Optimized', as from a users experience view: Having access to your funds
quickly and being able to execute transactions in a
fairly manner of time, instead of waiting, and waiting, more waiting, and zzzzzzzz....