Slow? What aspect? What are expectations and actual experience? I perceive it as blazing fast but a little bit due to knowing how decentralised it actually is and still feels so fast!
Buggy how? Client issues.. Or actual nostr protocol issues?
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Client fragmentation and lack of “killer” UX holds it back. Not to say that makes it a death sentence — it just needs work. I’ve spent years putting customers first, and it’s what I think leads to success in every arena. Just like the cypherpunks during my time, developers now *sometimes* tend to be shortsighted in thinking about the end-user.
That’s exactly why I’m here to soak up eveyrtbung I can
We’re now starting to get help from visionary IC designers like nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac and nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q
We’re about to experience an orders of magnitude improvement in usability and customer-centric experiences
It’s just really early and we’re still exploring the nature of the protocol
That is to say that I fully agree with your statement
Perhaps really ponder what he means by “client fragmentation” being a problem.
Indeed! This lack of “killer” UX is the opportunity now. And it’ll probably just take one app to get it right for the rest to swiftly implement and improve upon it.
"Client fragmentation" is a feature not a bug of Nostr 💪
UX isn't there compared to polished centralised decades old services but I'm excited seeing improvements when more ux people join in. So far it's been a lot of technical people that focused on rich and innovative functionality only. (one click zaps are pure magic).
Shout out to #Amethyst and nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z, the ux is amazing!
I absolutely agree that an improvement in the user experience is the next big step to valorize the great work done till now at the dev/tech level. But I think that client fragmentation is not a problem; actually, it's an opportunity that needs to be exploited by embracing a new UX paradigm; this can flourish the richness of interoperable "micro apps" that are possible with nostr.
Putting customer first depends on who is your customer and what do they want. People don't come here to "Tweet", they come for sovereignty, censorship-resistance, zaps and fun... And to watch this space grow.
We are not building a "Twitter, but...". We're building another way to interact with data, relationships, ... That's the product. Is it for everyone? No, but the few of us who value this are great customers of this service.