Nice job, genjix!
Here's some quick feedback from me (as a Win XP user):
- I like the size of this GUI. Very nice for casual/mainstream users.
I do have a couple of bug reports & suggestions:
1. Not sure if this is a Windows-only problem, but when launching Electrum for the 1st time after a cold boot, the balance in the lite GUI stays stuck on 0
(not on subsequent runs, though.)
2. The Copy Address button seems to copy a random address if clicked right after launching the app
Do we really need that button anyway? IMHO, it's taking valuable space and doesn't seem that useful to me.
3. Is it critical to use HTTPS to get the exchange rate? The reason I'm asking is that the resulting Windows
stand-alone executable would get significantly bigger if I have to include ssl.py and its dependencies.
It would be around 7+ MB rather than 5.9MB without it. This kind of thing could matter when targeting
the Windows audience.
4. Hopefully the theme/icons/colors are not final as they could be a lot more polished IMHO.
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Looks very nice.
When Electrum responds to bitcoin URI requests, does it show the 'lite' mode ?
When Electrum responds to bitcoin URI requests, does it show the 'lite' mode ?
yes, unless you specify otherwise.
Looks very nice.
When Electrum responds to bitcoin URI requests, does it show the 'lite' mode ?
When Electrum responds to bitcoin URI requests, does it show the 'lite' mode ?
Current version:
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Hi,
Electrum has a new lite-mode GUI. The normal expert-mode is available when clicking the expand button in the bottom right.
I'm interested in feedback people have:
* Entering a number in the amount field will show the conversion amount.
* Clicking the balance label changes the currency between USD/GBP/EUR.
* Click the bottom left button to show the normal 'expert-mode' GUI.
* Address box has text completion for address book entries.
Currently only 1 account exists (top left button) called "Checking". Multiple accounts will be added in the next release.
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Looking for feedback. Lots of design work went into this. My old design notes are pasted below (much of it is on paper). I eventually dropped the system tray concept as it's rapidly falling out of favour in desktops. If you look at the dock concept being adopted by Mac, Windows 7 and Ubuntu, then there is this movement towards having a single place where a program runs. Clicking an app to restore it (from minimised state) or start it up (from closed state) has no big distinction. Electrum with its quick startup times fits this kind of model for users. There should be little functional difference between closing or minimising Electrum to your dock.
Old screenshots:
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Hi,
Electrum has a new lite-mode GUI. The normal expert-mode is available when clicking the expand button in the bottom right.
I'm interested in feedback people have:
* Entering a number in the amount field will show the conversion amount.
* Clicking the balance label changes the currency between USD/GBP/EUR.
* Click the bottom left button to show the normal 'expert-mode' GUI.
* Address box has text completion for address book entries.
Currently only 1 account exists (top left button) called "Checking". Multiple accounts will be added in the next release.
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Looking for feedback. Lots of design work went into this. My old design notes are pasted below (much of it is on paper). I eventually dropped the system tray concept as it's rapidly falling out of favour in desktops. If you look at the dock concept being adopted by Mac, Windows 7 and Ubuntu, then there is this movement towards having a single place where a program runs. Clicking an app to restore it (from minimised state) or start it up (from closed state) has no big distinction. Electrum with its quick startup times fits this kind of model for users. There should be little functional difference between closing or minimising Electrum to your dock.
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Hi,
We met at the metalab hackerspace where I was discussing plans for a
Bitcoin UI.
Based on the design notes of that session, I have gone and written a
mockup in Qt.
My guess for users is that they typically send more frequently than they
receive. You maybe purchase a number of Bitcoins in bulk from an exchange
and then spend them on smaller sites/donations.
Rated in order of importance:
- Send bitcoins
- Check balance
- Get your address to receive donations
- Manage your addresses (not very important)
Based on this, we have functionality which is important and then less
important. Each one of these 'actions' is highly separate from the others
and so it makes sense to split them into separate dialogs:
http://i46.tinypic.com/jj1v2x.png
Main / most important action here = Send
Send - send bitcoins and quick glance of the user's balance:
http://i45.tinypic.com/168y2ir.png
I made two mockups here. I'm just unsure how to nicely show the balance
without it looking forced or out of place. Also I feel like the balance
should maybe get more emphasis to encourage the behaviour of the user to
use this as a place to check their balance. Maybe it is not obvious to the
first time user that this is a place they can check their balance?
"Copy Address" opens no dialogs. It silently copies your bitcoin address
to your clipboard.
"History" shows the list of transactions like:
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/d/df/Spesmilo_esperanto.png
(old app I made)
"Settings" is the usual things.
Now it is possible to have multiple "accounts" (wallets in bitcoin speak)
for people to logically separate their funds. I was thinking to either
make a new entry on the right click system tray menu called "Manage
Accounts" or throw it inside Settings. I'm erring towards the latter right
now.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
We met at the metalab hackerspace where I was discussing plans for a
Bitcoin UI.
Based on the design notes of that session, I have gone and written a
mockup in Qt.
My guess for users is that they typically send more frequently than they
receive. You maybe purchase a number of Bitcoins in bulk from an exchange
and then spend them on smaller sites/donations.
Rated in order of importance:
- Send bitcoins
- Check balance
- Get your address to receive donations
- Manage your addresses (not very important)
Based on this, we have functionality which is important and then less
important. Each one of these 'actions' is highly separate from the others
and so it makes sense to split them into separate dialogs:
http://i46.tinypic.com/jj1v2x.png
Main / most important action here = Send
Send - send bitcoins and quick glance of the user's balance:
http://i45.tinypic.com/168y2ir.png
I made two mockups here. I'm just unsure how to nicely show the balance
without it looking forced or out of place. Also I feel like the balance
should maybe get more emphasis to encourage the behaviour of the user to
use this as a place to check their balance. Maybe it is not obvious to the
first time user that this is a place they can check their balance?
"Copy Address" opens no dialogs. It silently copies your bitcoin address
to your clipboard.
"History" shows the list of transactions like:
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/d/df/Spesmilo_esperanto.png
(old app I made)
"Settings" is the usual things.
Now it is possible to have multiple "accounts" (wallets in bitcoin speak)
for people to logically separate their funds. I was thinking to either
make a new entry on the right click system tray menu called "Manage
Accounts" or throw it inside Settings. I'm erring towards the latter right
now.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Old screenshots:
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