It's another working way, it just need more time to spread and get used by people.
The bad thing of this is that Bitcoin is only an asset and a payment system, their are strictly connected.
So satoshi can be an easy target by institution and/or his own human weaknesses.

Ripple is different because of the consensus system and XRP aren't in anyway suggested as asset.
If you use them as a temporary payment system, it will be good. If you use them as asset, you are going to take a risk.
Anyway you have to remember that OpenCoin won't be able to create more XRP.
The network will be able to change the decimals by consensus.

By now I can't see bad things about the Ripple system, if there are you need to convince me more

I see no problem on this, they have an idea (it seems a good idea) and they are investing their time and their actual money to develop it.
It's good that they will get something back for their investment.

Let's only point if the network will be center-powered-less
As it seems, it's going to be. By now I just see jealous people.

To be a secure, indestructible, decentralized network, it must be open source. (so that other will make their own servers/clients)
A decentralized network is also needed to make them safe from legal actions against them.
They must be able to close the OpenCoin inc the next day of a legal attack, but they will maintain their XRP. (and they will have the found to continue develop the network/client/server privately)
All these things are needed to make the project working and then ... an open possibilities that XRP will get value in the future.
So you can be sure that they will release the source code of everything, it can't be otherwise. They need to do it.

If you are afraid of OpenCoin actions, just don't use them (XRP) as asset.
Use them just as their primary function, they are against spam.
You need few XRP to use all the exchange functions of the Ripple network.

I was thinking about something like this as chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptocat/gonbigodpnfghidmnphnadhepmbabhij
And working in backround, as this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chat-for-google/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd

I was obviously referring to the MIA status

He (or someone that works for him) has tweeted this 20 hours ago:
https://twitter.com/blockchain/status/306817149459107840

Now I hope that someone will port it as Chrome and Android app

@Atheros
Are you going to make a wikipedia page about your project? I think you should

There are already three sources that talk about it:
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitmessage-a-model-for-a-new-web-2-0/
https://citizenweb.is/news/2013/02/bitmessage-encrypted-messaging-bitcoin-style/
http://bitslog.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/bitmessage-completely-broken-crypto/

You can still upload files on filehosting and sharing the link, I think it's better than moving them on the entire Bitmessage network.
Anyway, you can use base32.

0.2.6

• New Feature: Pseudo-mailing-lists (available by right-clicking one of your addresses)
• New Feature: Portable Mode (available in the settings)
• Added missing context menu on the blacklist tab

Faster than the dev

0.2.6
New Feature: Pseudo-mailing-lists (available by right-clicking one of your addresses)
New Feature: Portable Mode (available in the settings)
Added missing context menu on the blacklist tab

Nuova versione di quest'ottimo wallet per android

Bitcoinstore.com now link to this: http://bitcoinstore-beta.pagodabox.com

Per ora no, ma si sta pensando a qualche soluzione, non è detto però che arriverà nel prossimo futuro.

No, è un alternativa all'email. E' un sistema di messaggistica a se stante. Protocollo diverso.

Chiunque votate, continuate a diffondere tecnologie che decentralizzino il potere, il resto verrà da se

Aggiornamento a 0.2.5
Bugfix-only release: Program improperly handles other nodes claiming to be in stream 0 (issue appeared when implementing IPv6). UI Freezes.