Big new wallet release including new design features and many other improvements.
This is actually the second release since my last post, so I will include the changes made in the previous version as well. In addition to a lot of bugfixes and behind the scenes improvements, the two major features included are:
Automatic API node selection with fallback to a new node in case of errors
The new look
We recently contacted @etherdesign and asked him to provide some new designs to improve the look and feel of the GUI. He provided us with some great sketches that were quickly implemented in the GUI, notably for Header, the Dashboard, Account pages, the Send dialog and in particular the Deposit/Withdraw page. Below are some screenshots of the new pages:
New welcome page
New transfer form
New deposit/withdraw page
Automatic node selection
We've had a lot of issues with the default Openledger nodes being down or having connection issues. To prevent this from happening, this release includes a new node switching logic that will automatically choose a new node if the connection fails. It also polls all available nodes and stores their latencies, and connects to nodes by preference of their latencies to your location. This should ensure faster and more reliable connections.
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