There is a single private key log in to ALL of them and they interoperate without requiring partnerships by way of sharing protocols and token specifications. It's quite unlike traditional banking verticals where each is siloed and never let the user share data or make it portable. (think 2-3 day processing times, shitty PDF exports and incompatible data exports).
I manage 3 nodes in brooklyn and the speeds are ~150mbps. It's so reliable that no spot has a backup connection so it is acting just as that - an ISP. I don't see how the ambition is a discredit to techies (lol).
The UX for interacting with Ethereum apps is slowly improving. The most interesting work going on in this space has to to with getting web3 available on mobile devices which is starting to make dApps useful on the go. This might lead to many more micropayment apps being developed. Best practices right now are centered around using your phone to scan QR codes to quickly add payment addresses.
Additionally, all these web3 providers who are developing browser based solutions are trying to provide a psuedo app store to make their platforms more useful.
Browsers now have the native Web Crypto API which makes doing fully P2P end to end encrypted decentralized applications possible.
For instance, here is a demo of a social network dApp I built that is running a distributed correctness test across many real world devices that are updating character-by-character in realtime: https://youtu.be/C3akdQJs55E (fully P2P and encrypted!)
I know blockstack has been pushing this but they still require their own browser. Meanwhile you can build apps like above as easily as 40 lines of code and a few minutes, check out this interactive coding tutorial: https://scrimba.com/c/c2gBgt4
False, it is fully peer to peer. The browser, even with WebRTC, can't do full P2P, but that isn't gun's fault, because if you run a NodeJS peer it can and will be fully P2P. And you can you mix these together.
You're right that it's not gun's fault you can't do direct p2p in a browser, I guess my point is that this is one reason why people keep making browser forks and plugins
Ahhh, thanks for clarifying. Good point. Yes, that is true, but my concern is if we tie the dApp to strongly to these forks or plugins we also can only grow the user base as fast as users who are willing to install and use these alternatives - which I believe just shoots our own growth in the foot.
Instead, if we make it work out of the browser by default, then we can get much better user adoption and then optionally ask users to opt into more secure and reliable alternatives after they have already built trust with us and been won over. Does that make sense? Thoughts?
Yes exactly, instead of being wrapped up in the John Deer corp. the money is being used to lower prices for society and do a better job of making food accessible to the people.
Tons of problems yes, but in 6 months this will be all but forgotten. It will become a part of internet lore. Reddit is not dead, reddit will live on and evolve slowly as its community changes and adapts.
I'm a designer on windows 10 and I wanted to comment on your last thought. Take it with a grain of salt but these types of ideas are what we are working on every day consistently attempting to improve or refine. The following are my own thoughts:
I agree that the desktop interface is stagnating - but the WIMP methodology is still bar none for discoverability and learnability, and if you're a company making money from the enterprise market, you will always be torn between desiring and pushing innovation and maintaining consistency.
However one thing I think we are doing now that is very interesting is attempting to reconcile the world of WIMP (desktop) with the FIM paradigm (finger icon menu - I made this up - ie mobile). Despite their similarities there is a HUGE challenge to meet the user's expectations when you are not fixed in one model.
There are a few different points of view I see in the industry - one is that people will get better at the touch language and our interfaces will evolve to support complex touch interactions. And some who think that we have achieved the optimal method for efficient interaction and and the optimal method for mobile quick interaction and that the two worlds should be separate. And still others who believe the best interaction method is still out there (gestures, voice, pen, natural language, ai etc.)
The view of windows 10 is that these two interaction paradigms or mental models support two semi formed methods of computing that are continually converging. The attempt is to create a UI that is adaptive to the users goal and should support: WIMP, FIM or a crossover between the two. The closest analogy is definitely responsive web design.
There are huge drawbacks to this such as complexity, and current user expectations. But also huge benefits such as computing that is less tied to a device or input method, and lets you choose the best tool for your task at hand.
I think it will be very interesting to see how the market reacts to this convergence, and if microsoft is able to communicate real user benefits from this type of experience. So far, it seems like simplicity is key.
As a tech geek and designer, I'm excited for the next 5-10 years of interaction design. I think a lot will change with new tech (AR/VR + natural language + ai) and the continual evolution of our existing UIs. I don't expect many major shift within already established interaction paradigms, but shifts that will influence them from outside technology.
edit: there are so many facets to this that I couldn't capture them all - but I wanted to comment on the card metaphor. To me it's a symptom of designers and devs looking for a metaphor that is able to cross between devices, screens and surfaces and escape the boundaries of the WIMP methodology. The fact that these types of metaphors are arising naturally in the world of software is a signal that the zerox/parc metaphor approach is still the best for mass market adoption. And seem to be the most well adopted to the environment we have created.
That was a lot of fun. He mentioned he would be streaming again soon and even solicited problems to work on. So if you have something really hard to solve now's your chance!
They are setting the stage for announcing the launch of their google now compete which they will sell as more secure and private (no selling your info for ads!) [0]
I agree.
Don't mean to be cynical but every public speech given by Tim Cook (and everyone else of high profile) is about setting the stage for something. Aka posturing. They have too much money, control, brand, power at stake.
And this isn't much different from Google blasting Apple for selling products assembled in sweatshops (not that google does that)...
I agree. Don't mean to be cynical but every public speech given by Tim Cook (and everyone else of high profile) is about setting the stage for something.
Apple is in the fortunate position that most of their profits come from hardware. With Snowden's publications, the security/privacy advantage is practically thrown in their lap. So, why not run with it? We customers only benefit (not only Apple customers, because this will put pressure on others).
As a side node, given Cook's sexual orientation, I am sure that this is an important issue for him personally as well. There are many countries where you can't be gay openly (yet), and digital privacy is a tiny part of the puzzle of protecting people in countries with less liberal laws.
Another way of looking at it is that they've built their business model this way and they're making the case why it's better for their customers and the right thing to do. Volvo likes to advertise the safety engineering of its cars. Is that cynical?
I'm not sure it'd be possible to make a good competitor to Now without tracking what someone does all around the web. That's sort of the point of it - the more it knows the better it works.
The most useful things I get from Now are travel info (mostly comes from email/calendar), sports scores (I have to set these up manually), flights details (again from email), deliveries (again email). So they can do quite a lot with just email and calendar access. If you use iCloud they already have these things and don't sell ads against them so you can get some of the functionality (imo the best parts) without tracking. What parts of Now do you think they couldn't do without heavy tracking?
They clearly couldn't do "new posts from sites you read" and "people who read the sites you read liked this article", which are very nice Now features. I suspect they'd struggle to do "recommended restaurants/museums/etc. near your current location" - Now seems to have figured out my restaurant price range (for example), and I can only assume that was through tracking.
