OpenBazaar Opened , your first impressions ?

[OmegaStarScream]

OpenBazaar Leads Nominations for 2016 Blockchain Awards : http://www.coindesk.com/2016-blockchain-awards-finalist-voting/

[defined]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

[jak1]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar should not be blamed for not being mature on all fronts. All the projects in the begining has flaws and we need to fix them .
So thats not a big deal unless the bug is left unattended.

[MFahad]

Overall Look and feel for Open Bazzar is great. I tried it myself and found it to be very user friendly and easy to Use.
Hats off to the ones who developed them

[greghansel89]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar should not be blamed for not being mature on all fronts. All the projects in the begining has flaws and we need to fix them .
So thats not a big deal unless the bug is left unattended.

I totally agree there will be bugs in first release that is why we users need to contribute about the project so that it can grow more and be efficient enough to get our need in the site.

[sidhujag]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

That pretty bad

[miner_btc]

The UI is nice but overall the software is still pretty buggy. I don't think it will supplant ebay until it can run in a browser. Also the fact that it's really difficult to move to a VPS after installing locally is also kind of a drag. Growing pains, I guess. I do see the potential but I feel like I am running an early beta of the software.

[thejaytiesto]

The UI is nice but overall the software is still pretty buggy. I don't think it will supplant ebay until it can run in a browser. Also the fact that it's really difficult to move to a VPS after installing locally is also kind of a drag. Growing pains, I guess. I do see the potential but I feel like I am running an early beta of the software.

Yeah, it's no real competition against eBay, and even if they manage to run the software all integrated in the browser as a webpage, it will not be a real competitor against ebay anyway. Most people still don't see usage in Bitcoin because they have to buy it first with fiat, so it's pretty stupid to buy with fiat the Bitcoin, then buy whatever you want to buy. Why would you do that if you can buy it directly with fiat?
Until people start getting paid in Bitcoin directly, most people will not use Bitcoin as a currency but instead as a better gold.

[Comodore]

Beating eBay? No way. Even if you have better script, support, etc you won't beat eBay. You'd need like $ 20K in SEO to beat them.

Idiots making predictions, lol

[CasioK]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar should not be blamed for not being mature on all fronts. All the projects in the begining has flaws and we need to fix them .
So thats not a big deal unless the bug is left unattended.

I totally agree there will be bugs in first release that is why we users need to contribute about the project so that it can grow more and be efficient enough to get our need in the site.

Pretty sure the community will be helping the devs with the current bugs. Open Bazaar looks like it would be a success with peer to peer transactions so I don't think the community will keep quiet about this one.

[btvGainer]

Beating eBay? No way. Even if you have better script, support, etc you won't beat eBay. You'd need like $ 20K in SEO to beat them.

Idiots making predictions, lol

If it can offer more products at dismounted price than ebay,it can beat ebay.Many other ecommerce websites are already giving ebay a hard time with their efficient fast delivery,easy return policy,heavy discounts etc

[Velkro]

https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-is-open-for-business/

For me personally its a little bit too "raw". I wouldn't seriously consider buying anything from it, since search engine is bad, user interface is non-existent etc.
Im counting it will improve a lot to current standards.

[TippingPoint]

It works.  With no central server.

what it needs:

• Hidden IP addresses, using Tor or I2P, essential for success
• Workable trust system, possibly essential for success, unless there is enormous demand for the product
• Useful search engine, standardized category tags would make it bearable, the current method requires that both the buyer and seller be able to spell

[whored]

It works.  With no central server.

what it needs:

• Hidden IP addresses, using Tor or I2P, essential for success

...

OB server needs UDP which is not supported by tor. Best way to go would be to have some anonymously rented machine, and connect to it via tor. client/server connection via tor, server/ob-network via clearnet.

TL;DR: would need to trash codebase & start from scratch [/list]

[TippingPoint]

The recent work has been with I2P.

Another tool which looks more promising is I2P, something which we’ve begun to investigate more closely. I2P already uses UDP.

https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/470uvo/i2p_and_openbazaar_help_me_make_the_combination/

[albert11]

Pros : good marketing, good logo, simple UI , chat

Cons : user experience, discover page / search bar returns very little result, no filter, no category


Also had some connectivity issues, sometimes my server would completely disconnect, unable to find any listings/page or url query ( not a filter issue)

Overall i think openbazaar has a lot of potential, originality and uniqueness but needs to be more stable and user friendly for the average joe.

[alani123]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar should not be blamed for not being mature on all fronts. All the projects in the begining has flaws and we need to fix them .
So thats not a big deal unless the bug is left unattended.

I totally agree there will be bugs in first release that is why we users need to contribute about the project so that it can grow more and be efficient enough to get our need in the site.

Thing is, in open source, the developers need to accept valid contributions and give proper credit to contributors. The link I posted is evidence that they aren't even doing that for the smallest things like spellchecking.

[AGD]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar should not be blamed for not being mature on all fronts. All the projects in the begining has flaws and we need to fix them .
So thats not a big deal unless the bug is left unattended.

I totally agree there will be bugs in first release that is why we users need to contribute about the project so that it can grow more and be efficient enough to get our need in the site.

Thing is, in open source, the developers need to accept valid contributions and give proper credit to contributors. The link I posted is evidence that they aren't even doing that for the smallest things like spellchecking.

They will hopefully learn from that, too.

[Grix]

After trying it for a week or two I think the concept is good but that it is not quite ready.

Biggest complaints:

1. The need for the program to stay open for people to access your store. This is a big hurdle, paying for and setting up a VPS is a PITA. Specialized hosting services will become available for cheap eventually I suppose, but that kind of defeats the purpose in a way too.

2. I don't like the window UI at all. It might look ok for a Mac user, but for me it took far too long to even figure out that the weird red, yellow and green dots were the buttons to manipulate the window, and even now that I have used them a lot I still think they are awful, way too small and placed strangely. On the client for Windows I would want and expect the standard Windows GUI.
It is also highly annoying that the window can not minimize to system tray rather than task bar.

3. It's very buggy. The most breaking bug is that I find that sometimes the server seem to shut down without warning even when the window is open, and I don't notice it until hours later when I try to refresh randomly. But there are also plenty of smaller bugs, like some messages refuse to go away when I click "clear conversation", and at first it was impossible to type the symbol @ on some keyboards (this is fixed now).

[naidray]

Openbazaar's open source delelopment looks like a joke, so bad the people at /r/buttcoin are making fun of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/4f18b5/openbizarre_developer_gets_very_sad_locks_grammar/

For a new project you should not blame them for not being mature on all fronts. Maybe an open source developer wants to improve on this

'Somebody should fork OpenBazaar to create OpenBazaar Classic so the initial euphoria can be sustained.'
LOL

OpenBazaar is a great initiative and project for buying with bitcoin.
Since its a new project we can expect some delays or misconfgurations but that is not to be discouraged them but we can expect full swing overall improvement very soon.