Utopia reviewPlease find below my thoughts and suggestions for Utopia.
Installation was performed on the following configuration: CPU Ryzen 1800X / 32 GB DDR4 / SSD / Windows 10 Pro.
1. First of all, I noticed that on the
website, on the download page, the 32bit version is not available. It is mentioned there but it can't be accessed. Ironically, just above it there is the 64 bit version and there is stated that it's the recommended version but,
as the 32 bit version can't be selected, then the 64 bit version is not just recommended, but also the only available version.
2. During installation, Windows Defender popped.
3. Within same place as the one from the above picture (meaning at the generation of the private key step),
at the bottom-right of the page there is a meter showing 0 and no explanation about what it means. Just next to it there is network signal meter which, in my case, was showing a very low signal or no signal (I don't know how to interpret it) but, however, I
had connection to Internet in that very moment, therefore the network meter does not seem to work correctly.
4. Alt+F4 does not close the application, but minimizes it to Tray.
5. During the "welcome screens", when reaching the page about Community Support, there is a link:
https:support.u.is.
Clicking on it opens a tab in the user's external browser, not the built-in Idyll Browser.Same thing happens when clicking on "Get Cryptons" and "Shop with Cryptons".
6. Not sure if it's intended, but it seems that
lowest character limit for usernames is 1 character. I managed to create a username named #.
7. I noticed that examplens
posted above that, at some point, CPU usage jumped to 60% while using Utopia. So far, in my case, the app never went above 0.9% of CPU power and, in most times, it consumes between 0.1% and 0.4% of CPU. Perhaps this depends on the PC configuration.
8. I am not sure about this (perhaps I did not look where I was supposed to?) but changing layout from View menu does not make any change. I selected all options from there and I did not see any change.
9. At the login screen, selecting "Remember me" remembers only the user, not also the password.
10. During welcome screen, on the theme selection screen,
the user is informed that there are two pre-installed themes; however, they are four: Light, Dark, Classic Light and Classic Dark.
11. The app is localized in 29 languages, which is impressive. However, I noticed that
some parts are not localized in any languages. These parts are the following:
- "Import account" string from login screen
- "Light", "Dark", "Classic Light" and "Classic Dark" strings from theme selection screen shown during welcome screens
- "Light", "Dark", "Classic Light" and "Classic Dark" strings from View - Switch Theme submenu
- "Backup Private Key" string from "File" menu
- "Verify Transaction" string from uWallet menu
- "Threaded UI render (experimental) string from Tools - Settings submenu
In order to not add all these screenshots here, I uploaded them all on imgur:
https://imgur.com/a/6kpwu1E.
12. Localization-wise, I would recommend you to
perform a thorough check on all languages, using testers native in each localization supported. Using natives is a must, in order to make sure that the translation was not only correctly made but that it is also
idiomatic. By chance, I am a Romanian native and I observed that some parts are not properly translated in Romanian. I uploaded on imgur three examples:
https://imgur.com/a/MHMZE09. However, I did not check the entire app's localization in Romanian. If you are interested in a thorough check, please let me know.
The idea is that, as I observed those errors in Romanian --
at a first glance -- it is possible to (1) have many other similar errors present in Romanian localization and, also (2) to have various translation errors in other languages.
.13. The Games section is a nice addition. I was thinking to suggest you to implement more board games. Maybe backgammon would be a plus.
I will end here this feedback, but I will come back in case I will find any other bug on the website or in case I'll have more suggestions. I hope this helps.