Closed kauffj closed 3 years ago
Copying what I said in my DM (thanks @kauffj for reaching out), just my personal opinion / recommendations, excluding what is or isn't technically feasible at this moment in time:
Yea so I had created a channel using the 5 LBC you can see in that screenshot. I thought it'd act more like an account, since I didn't really understand any other reason you'd put LBC into it. So I did that, then put 1 in (it doesn't make it clear if there is a minimum either). Went to publish, got that. Restarted my client and it no longer had the account name under the Publish section, so I opted to put 1 LBC in for account creation, 1 in for publishing the initial video, and it worked.
My recommendation would be to separate out channel creation and publishing. Once you're validated (or when / if a validation process stops occurring, during the first time to launch LBRY or click Publish), you'd be prompted (like with a modal dialog / fancy overlay) to create an account before you can even start the upload process.
Furthermore, explain the claims system a bit in the channel and URL setting (during video publication), like why you need to essentially pay LBC (I know you can get it back, although I didn't see anywhere in the UI to do that, nor what happens if you do request to get it back) for the URL.
would this work? https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/pull/527
@MSFTserver I think that explains in a clearer manner in the current UX what the deposit is for, yes, however doesn't resolve the UX issues itself obviously.
yea i wasnt gonna touch the whole UX yet as that is another issue #373 Thomas posted earlier
My recommendation would be to separate out channel creation and publishing.
Also separate editing claims from this ^^ :stuck_out_tongue:
Another small UX related thing would be to change the default deposit from 10 LBC to 1 LBC to be more user friendly.
@JoshStrobl I think we have improved on this experience a little bit but could still certainly improve more. Could you try this again and let us know your thoughts?
quick publish epic
New users who know nothing about LBC are going to be confused about how to use their credits to both claim a channel and make a publish.
See this Twitter thread as an example: https://twitter.com/JoshStrobl/status/904615412712734720