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While you are at it looking for the cert and stuff please also double check overall speed of the site, got some mixed results really, opening and trying the download link (checked from 4 different locations whereas it appeared reaaly slow from at least two). Maybe you can beef up server-provider side?

More serious: there are at least 5 HTTP500 timeouts for some font-files referenced + at least one javascript error. Also cross-browser testing shows the site isn't working in older IEs (9 to be specific - of course a pain for sure and really not a biggie in regard of importance but should be taken care of later).

So just a little nit-picking from my end  8) and hope you get those little  itches sorted out to give a real professional impression also in this technical regard.

Thanks for your hard work

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Thank you for your work website makers. Really really niiice!

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It is a huge improvement!

Is the source of the website hosted on GitHub somewhere? The last commit to https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares.org was May 15, 2014, so that can't be it. There are a few typos or minor issues on the website that I would find more convenient to correct myself as I discover them and submit as a pull request. And I assume more will pop up as the website continues to evolve, so collaborative editing would be useful.

I would also like to reiterate that downloading the client binaries from the website is currently insecure. The best way to solve it would be to implement HTTPS on bitshares.org as soon as possible. Until then, a better-than-nothing fix is to point the download links to the binaries hosted on GitHub (protected by HTTPS), get rid of the SHA1 hashes on bitshares.org (because that provides a false sense of security since they can be changed by a MITM attacker of bitshares.org serving its own SHA1 over HTTP), and just tell people to refer to the SHA1 hashes on https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases if they want to verify the binaries downloaded from a source other than GitHub. This is of course not a great solution, because victims visiting a MITM-modified bitshares.org may not pay attention to (or realize the security implications of) the fact that they are downloading the executable via HTTP. I don't want to hear about a user complaining that their money was stolen even though they downloaded THE client from the official "bitshares.org" website, which gives us a bad name.

Exactly my same concerns. Especially #2 -- I will not point anybody at this website until HTTPS is in place.

as i said before - orderd SSL cert over week bafore but have to wait for an approval mail which contains priv key etc.
Domains are hosted via namecheap and approver mail is admin@bitshares.org.

I'Ve to hold down until i get this message! I've also contacted Stan about this … have to wait
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Maybe the create account buttons should be green? Orange is like "Danger" or "Warning", green is like "Go" or "Money".

green  was my initial layout ! yes
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1. Under "Get started", shouldn't the user be told/shown that syncing with the blockchain the 1st time after installing can take a while, so that they are patient and don't give up in frustration? Another picture of what the wallet screen looks like while syncing would be helpful here.

2. What is the source for the BitUSD price info at the top of the welcome page? It seems to be off compared to coinmarketcap.com.
2: its from bitsharesblocks, using the same feed I've prepared for cmc. They're currently just scraping the price off my site but that means they're using the median feed price instead of the actual prices.
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Cool site.
I believe the site would benefit from having a greater focus on the exchange rates.
This will make it look more like an exchange.

The exchange rates (currently very small and at the top) should be larger with indicators and updating every few seconds.

The way that this site updates prices (the constant change and information makes this site exciting to watch):
http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

yup we'll integrate more stats/charts soon ... i want also something add like you can see on https://paymium.com/ - right sidebar for assets ...

Awesome :)

Offline vikram

It is a huge improvement!

Is the source of the website hosted on GitHub somewhere? The last commit to https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares.org was May 15, 2014, so that can't be it. There are a few typos or minor issues on the website that I would find more convenient to correct myself as I discover them and submit as a pull request. And I assume more will pop up as the website continues to evolve, so collaborative editing would be useful.

I would also like to reiterate that downloading the client binaries from the website is currently insecure. The best way to solve it would be to implement HTTPS on bitshares.org as soon as possible. Until then, a better-than-nothing fix is to point the download links to the binaries hosted on GitHub (protected by HTTPS), get rid of the SHA1 hashes on bitshares.org (because that provides a false sense of security since they can be changed by a MITM attacker of bitshares.org serving its own SHA1 over HTTP), and just tell people to refer to the SHA1 hashes on https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/releases if they want to verify the binaries downloaded from a source other than GitHub. This is of course not a great solution, because victims visiting a MITM-modified bitshares.org may not pay attention to (or realize the security implications of) the fact that they are downloading the executable via HTTP. I don't want to hear about a user complaining that their money was stolen even though they downloaded THE client from the official "bitshares.org" website, which gives us a bad name.

Exactly my same concerns. Especially #2 -- I will not point anybody at this website until HTTPS is in place.

Edit: Other than that the new site looks great!
« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 10:52:18 pm by vikram »

Offline pendragon3

1. Under "Get started", shouldn't the user be told/shown that syncing with the blockchain the 1st time after installing can take a while, so that they are patient and don't give up in frustration? Another picture of what the wallet screen looks like while syncing would be helpful here.

2. What is the source for the BitUSD price info at the top of the welcome page? It seems to be off compared to coinmarketcap.com.

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Had the same initial reaction... Great minds....

I vote for a green risk button too - and also green around the "200%" and "300% collateral" points
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Maybe the create account buttons should be green? Orange is like "Danger" or "Warning", green is like "Go" or "Money".

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"What are the risks" should definitely be moved to a slightly more obscure location. Most people are not going to understand how the economics of Bitshares works and will leave thinking "sure it's stable but it's also risky".

done

http://bitshares.org/resources/downloads
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Cool site.
I believe the site would benefit from having a greater focus on the exchange rates.
This will make it look more like an exchange.

The exchange rates (currently very small and at the top) should be larger with indicators and updating every few seconds.

The way that this site updates prices (the constant change and information makes this site exciting to watch):
http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

yup we'll integrate more stats/charts soon ... i want also something add like you can see on https://paymium.com/ - right sidebar for assets ...
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"What are the risks" should definitely be moved to a slightly more obscure location. Most people are not going to understand how the economics of Bitshares works and will leave thinking "sure it's stable but it's also risky".

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