Nostr Web Client

For all the Nostr developers out there I challenge you to use your apps in manual approve mode ( no automatic signing ) with a signer like alby or amber. I'm willing to bet it will be almost unusable

I would say at least half of the apps I've seen built on Nostr just don't work unless you give the app full control over your key, by either pasting the nsec or giving it automatic signing privlages.

This is bad UX and shows that the app does not respect the user at all. What's the point of having cryptographic signatures if I can only uses them in "sign everything" mode?

I will zap you 10k SATs if you post a screenshare in the next day or so of how well the app works or doesn't work with manual signing

SondreB 7mo ago 💬 2

This is correct, with Blockcore Notes (that I developed) it rarely asked for signing. For Nostria, I'm very much focused on limiting the amount of signing requests. Once you have provided the public key, that is enough. Only if you completely sign out, it should be requested again.

Primal asks for my pubkey all the time, signs empty settings, etc. I created an GitHub issue for it, hopefully they can improve it.

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Hofer99 7mo ago 💬 1

Sign in with a nostr:nprofile1qqs09jtvjlmyrxjn37zv70a89csegcz7rpyqjmnw29cveedhv7vagqqpp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvs4hl7w6 would be pretty dope.

SondreB 7mo ago

I'm also looking into signing using XTAG 424 DNA NFC tags/cards. They support on-board secp256k1 signing. Might be possible to get working using Android.