TLDR: the "mint as NFT" option is way too obscured visually. Here is my experience:
I am uploading a video and am intending to make it into an NFT (this is already my mission here and specifically why I am uploading this particular video). I get this helpful pop up:
I then press "Ok, got it!"
This is now what I see:
I can't find any obvious way to mint an NFT--so I search around the screen and I try the following:
clicking the video-- this opens it as a player
I try clicking the blue pencil icon--this opens up the editor, but there is still no option/mention of NFTs
I then scan the left sidebar--but there is still no NFT option
I click around a few other sections like Channel/Uploads and still can't find anything
I finally realize that there is a 3 dot menu next to the video, which I click and then finally see the "mint as NFT" option
The core problem here is:
No mention of NFTs visually anywhere in the studio, as a creator I expect to see this somewhere since Joystream has NFTs
The editor doesn't feature a "mint as NFT" option--this would be the most logical place I would expect to find it
The 3 dot menu isn't visible unless a user does a mouseover--I do not know if mobile users even can see this?
Solutions
I would suggest some combination of the following:
Add an NFT button under the blue pencil icon--maybe it defaults to grey if the video isn't an NFT?
Add an NFT sidebar button, such that there is always NFT visually displayed at all times
Add an NFT tab or something within the editor
Make the 3 dot menu more prominent by default? On YT it is always visible when viewing anyone's channel (but not on the homepage--but not within their studio offering in which case you have to hover over,. but it does show multiple buttons when mouseover'd)
Problem
TLDR: the "mint as NFT" option is way too obscured visually. Here is my experience:
I am uploading a video and am intending to make it into an NFT (this is already my mission here and specifically why I am uploading this particular video). I get this helpful pop up:
I then press
"Ok, got it!"This is now what I see:
I can't find any obvious way to mint an NFT--so I search around the screen and I try the following:
clicking the video-- this opens it as a player
I try clicking the
blue pencil icon--this opens up the editor, but there is still no option/mention of NFTsI then scan the left sidebar--but there is still no NFT option
I click around a few other sections like Channel/Uploads and still can't find anything
I finally realize that there is a
3 dot menunext to the video, which I click and then finally see the "mint as NFT" optionThe core problem here is:
3 dot menuisn't visible unless a user does a mouseover--I do not know if mobile users even can see this?Solutions
I would suggest some combination of the following:
NFTbutton under theblue pencil icon--maybe it defaults to grey if the video isn't an NFT?NFTsidebar button, such that there is alwaysNFTvisually displayed at all timesNFTtab or something within the editor3 dot menumore prominent by default? On YT it is always visible when viewing anyone's channel (but not on the homepage--but not within their studio offering in which case you have to hover over,. but it does show multiple buttons when mouseover'd)