I downloaded the Windows 64 Bit executable app. The installation process was smooth and easy with no hiccup.
1. Account creation.
The process of account creation was not hard, however, there should be emphasis on making sure users back-up their private keys or seeds right before accessing the account like how other major wallets do it such as asking users to type back some of the words in their seeds just to confirm if they backed them up.
This can help promote good seed back up practices
2. Closing and opening utopia app
When one closes the Utopia window, it still remains running in the background. I think there should be a warning to users that the app will remain running in the background and the icon is active under the system tray Icons
Utopia platform window only opens up normally through the desktop Icon or shortcut if it’s a fresh execution.
Opening Utopia through the icon in the desktop when it’s still active in the background as par the system tray icon results into no window showing up until someone checks and opens through system tray Icon
Suggestion
---> One should be able to open utopia through the desktop icon too even if it's already running in the background, just like it is possible with apps like discord.
3. On logging in
When the platform is fully synced. I noticed that there was still massive data usage. The only way of stopping this was stopping/shutting down the app. This is not suitable for users with low internet data plans.
Why is there massive internet data usage when the network is fully synced?
4. Channels
The channels tab was pretty straight forward. I liked how it was possible to rearrange the channel list based on ratings, age, name, Language, number of guests etc
I still wonder what the use of the uptime column was because it seems all the channels were showing Uptime as None.
5. Idyll browser
A bright idea but not user-friendly
A brief description of the type of addresses the browser supports would be very welcome. You could also have a part where there are suggestions of supported addresses of popular sites already on the utopia p2p network, like search engines.
The browser seems to favor “HTTP” which, according to my understanding, is an outdated protocol instead of “HTTPS”
Like "http://exchanges" instead of "https://exchanges"
6. Umail
Pretty straight forward and clean.
Maybe you should add a few text formatting options such as Bolding, Underlining, italics, centering, etc. and also some options for emojis when creating a new umail message.
7. Contacts
When adding contact, there is an option to scan ucode Images that are only locally stored in the device. You could add an option to scan ucode via the webcam or device camera.
8. Miningbots
I could not test mine since I did not have any dedicated server or VPS
9. Uwallet
It's straight forward for a new user
---> Shop with utopia USD redirects to a list of merchants which are accessed on a browser that is not idyll. In my case, it was Microsoft Edge. This defeats the purpose idyll browser was created for.
---> I used the 5 CRP to create a crypto card and the process was smooth. However, I think more information about the card is necessary. Is it a credit card or debit card. Is it a MasterCard or VISA type of card, What service or countries support its usage, what is the expiry date etc.
Thanks for the opportunity to review Utopia P2P Ecosystem.