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Title: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: gn1 on February 05, 2017, 04:11:43 am

I have been promoting BitShares to the Japanese community for some time, but I have been also receiving complaints from my clients saying that they cannot view the links (it's a link to a specific trading pair in openledger) I have been sending them.

I've consulted them further and found out that many of my clients were stuck because "they thought they can see inside the exchange before creating an account." Since Openledger does not allow one to view inside the exchange without creating an account first, they are stuck at stage zero. I have been telling them that account creation is free, but they still keep telling me that they want to see the exchange first.

When I put myself in their shoes, I'm starting to understand what they are talking about because other exchanges, like Poloniex and Bittrex, is viewable without account creation. Therefore, I am starting to think that there is a need for a "view-only mode for guests".

What do you guys think?

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: yvv on February 05, 2017, 07:18:24 am

If this is really true, it's a bug. Can't check myself though.

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: svk on February 05, 2017, 07:57:55 am

It's true,  send them to bitshares.org/wallet instead,  it only redirects to the create account page when you're at the root, so you can link to a market for example.

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: gn1 on February 05, 2017, 09:22:45 am

I can now see that If I click on the link to https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/market/USD_BTS, I can view the USD vs BTS market without creating an account, but not on https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/market/USD_BTS.

A. Is it possible for https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/market/USD_BTS to behave the same way as https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/market/USD_BTS?

B. Who hosts the bitshares.org domain and the necessary servers to connect to the BitShares network?

C. Are the backup files created on Openledger compatible on bitshares.org and vice versa at any given time? Nevermind on this question. I've tried it myself and found backup file was compatible between these two.

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: fav on February 05, 2017, 09:50:49 am

Quote from: gn1 on February 05, 2017, 09:22:45 am

I can now see that If I click on the link to https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/market/USD_BTS, I can view the USD vs BTS market without creating an account, but not on https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/market/USD_BTS.

A. Is it possible for https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/market/USD_BTS to behave the same way as https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/market/USD_BTS?

B. Who hosts the bitshares.org domain and the necessary servers to connect to the BitShares network?

C. Are the backup files created on Openledger compatible on bitshares.org and vice versa at any given time? Nevermind on this question. I've tried it myself and found backup file was compatible between these two.

ask openledger, it's a company using bitshares. we have little influence there. see https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/board,93.0.html

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: svk on February 05, 2017, 06:28:09 pm

It's certainly possible for them to do it the same way,  it's a one line code change.

Title: Re: Suggestion about DEX usability for guests
Post by: nmywn on February 05, 2017, 08:07:47 pm

To enter exchange without account you must switch into advanced (normal) mode.