On 01/12/2013 06:44 AM, Michael Rogers wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Have you looked at Retroshare? I think it implements pretty much > everything you've described (IM-style contact list, pasting public > keys to add contacts, DHT for peer discovery, file sharing and blog > publishing over a P2P trust network). > > http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
Hi, Michael. You're right, it does implement pretty much everything I was talking about, though its UI is a mess. As others have said, pasting or otherwise having to get one's hands dirty with the key is pretty much a nonstarter. Also, it's a little annoying that you can't do anything with it at all before getting your friends involved, unless I just need to wait longer before forums and chat lobbies start to show up. The main things I would change would be: 1. Use Ed25519 keys, and have them always be URIs. They should not ever be visible to the user except when it's unavoidable, like sending contact info via email. 2. Hide any settings or stats related to the network. People should either be connected or not. 3. Use a modern UI paradigm not decended from the old all-in-one internet browsers like Netcruiser and AOL.
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