Nostr Web Client

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I'm serious. We're trying to build something, and so are many others, and would be grateful for the input.

Maybe like a top-ten pet safety peeves note, or something.

nostr:npub1m4ny6hjqzepn4rxknuq94c2gpqzr29ufkkw7ttcxyak7v43n6vvsajc2jl, Here is a quick, mostly non-technical overview of some badic differentiating highlights and indicators for why I stand by my statement that #Amethyst is the best privacy-respecting mobile client we have on #Nostr rn.

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Must be open source: ✅

Privacy-focussed skilled professional developer: PHD computer scientist, Android developer for ~13 years. Also develops in medical field where privacy and security is a must, not an optional bonus.

https://vitorpamplona.com/

https://eyenetra.com/index.html

Clear documentation/onboarding: Amethyst Git description educates about #nostr relay privacy concerns, advocates for Tor and VPN use.

https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst?tab=readme-ov-file#privacy-and-information-permanence

Provides Degoogled version: The official dev recommended way to get Amethyst is from git via Obtanium (not google)

Supports Unified Push: ✅

Orbot/Tor connection option: ✅

Sealed Gift-Wrapped Messages for Private DMs and Small Group Chats (NIP-17)

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/686

Frequent updates: ✅

Encourages competition: ✅

The ability to turn off auto-loading link previews. The recent IP hacker bot likely exploited image previews in DMs to get user IP information.

Future forward development: ✅

* Better privacy for messaging: Sealed gift-wrapped messages for private DMs and small group chats (NIP-17)

* Decentralizing Medical Ecosystems: Developing a medical information app using nostr as a backbone.

https://youtu.be/sFjZ6kIJlCA?si=StLZDK3dKo4bM7CI&t=1539

And much more...

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Ava 1y ago

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Laeserin 1y ago

Thanks, that's a good place for us to start. 👍

Ava 1y ago

Awesome. Some have said they find the Amethyst UI too cluttered. That's not my experience at all, but I respect the FB. IMO it would be cool to have a fast, visually minimal, "focussed" client with all the security and privacy benefits of Amethyst as a baseline, but with a simplified interface

Laeserin 1y ago

It's not too cluttered, he just has too many features implemented that address different user groups. No way to have that not end up with a bunch of menus or workflows, unless you go language prompt.

Probably just needs to be split up into different editions targeting different customer markets, or at least have that be an in-app option, like preset menu collections.

Laeserin 1y ago

Or do a language prompt. 🤷‍♀️

Laeserin 1y ago

I actually really liked that about nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8 DVM from the DMs. It's basically a CLI and once you have the commands down, it's faster and easier than using menus because you don't have to navigate through a visual plane.

You just hit the help, see everything it can do, and pick out what you want. You don't have to go play search-me-find-me with some menu option buried three layers down that doesn't work when you press it.

Why can't I just open the prompt and type "relays --all" or "profile change 'testuser'" or "zaps --default 27" or something?

I was thinking about this, yesterday. Menus are so 1990.

Laeserin 1y ago

I've got him beat on the resume, concerning QA for safety and privacy-critical software systems, by the way. That's been my specialty for nearly 3 decades and still is. Including the medical and pharmaceutical branch, dangerous goods logistics, and powertrain.

I'm not a Ph.D., but that is a mute point, since he didn't write his academic paper on that subject.

I'm impressed by the career he had while I was off making babies, tho, ngl. That's always painful to see.

But I'm not dead, yet.

Laeserin 1y ago

So, probably 21 years of work, in total.

unwired ⚡️ 1y ago

When on iOS?