Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

I'm not sure what you mean by portable.

By portable I mean an app that works out of one folder, that can be moved from one computer in a working state to a portable media, and work off of that media, then be transported to another media or computer and works again just fine.

Currently Armory has its default installation location (in my case) set to C:\Program Files (x86) and on top of that bitcoin-qt installation is set to C:\Program Files AND on top of that it stores all it's data in TWO folders in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming Bitcoin and Armory

All of these I have moved and got it working but is pain in the ass.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

If you want to use Armory on partitions that aren't always available to your system or move the entire Core + DB around, you should be manually running BitcoinQt instead of using auto managed bitcoind. That's a default setting, easy to use, press one button and let it do its thing option made available to our users.

Are you talking about this:
https://bitcoinarmory.com/troubleshooting/#q5

Because this is what I do to set up Armory & bitcoin-qt and I really wish it wasn't a 13 step process that takes moving gigabytes of data around and putting arguments in shortcuts.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

You can't expect to use a custom setup and have it convenient at the same time.

But if you make the customization part easy it can be more convenient, I have a degree in computer science I'm not new to computers I know that if a person wants something to work for them they have to put some work in too, I just think the process could be easier is all I'm saying.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

If you're going to run any process against files on removable media, you should respect the remove procedure provided by your OS

I do that when ever I can. However, in my case the usb cable that connects extHDD to the computer is Chinese tier technology and a bit wobbly and has been known to just disconnect itself when the desk is bumped.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

Blaming that on us is uncalled for. If you run your car into a wall, are you going to blame the manufacturer because it doesn't run anymore?

Don't get me wrong I'm not playing the blame game here, it was completely my fault. I'm just saying it was a bit shit that I had to start from scratch when something went wrong.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

That's called web wallets, and it isn't secure at all.

Fuck web wallets, I wouldn't store more than a few dollars on those, they're a good way to get your money GOXed.

Quote from: goatpig on March 07, 2015, 06:23:40 PM

Works in 0.93 afaik

I hope so.

Another suggestion I have is changing the way the UI displays what it's doing. This "Initialising Bitcoin Engine" with an empty progress bar and a six stage spinning icon* isn't great IMO, more detail into what it's doing and maybe an ETA, something to show me that it hasn't just given up and stopped.

*I'm putting Armory on a VM and I'm currently looking at that, and the spinning icon has actually stopped spinning and I'm pretty sure it's stopped writing data (or reading, who knows what it's doing) as well.

Anyway, I'll stop there before I write any more.
I really hope Armory becomes more versatile and reliable in the future, it really is the better of the BTC wallets!