Maybe two different wallet codebases should be maintained. One for the new version with the new features and other for the standard one based on bitcoin. I fear that the new feature rich client will require an installation program to operate and not be just a simple executable like the old version (and bitcoin). It is the reason I have yet to install the newer version of the CSC wallet and have no plans to do so if it requires an application installation.
Why would you not want to use an installer? I think 99% of the users prefer it as its the way they normally install software. Anyway, we could also just create a zip file that contains the extra Qt files and supply that as secondary install method, then you just unzip and run from the directory where you put it. A second codebase is not going to happen, at least i will not maintain that ...... for now the old wallet still works and i suspect that with the new additions i am currently developing it will all still be backwards compatible with the v1.3 wallet as well as we do not touch the blockchain itself, you will just be missing out on all the new v2.0 release features!Also by having an installer for CasinoCoin, is doesn't make it portable right? Because in the old version, it was a standalone executable wallet (no installer) and I could put the same on my USB flash drive, and take it anywhere and it would open on any Windows PC. If the new one could also be like this, I think it would be pretty cool.
That...and not everyone has the ability to install software on their computers.
I put all my QT wallets on OneDrive...that way I have access to all of them when I switch to a new computer....there are soooo many that having to install each one would not be something I would do. I switch computers a lot since I usually get the latest and greatest.
Also, doing an install makes it available to all users on the system. I have different user accounts for personal and business and do not want QT wallets showing up in my business account.
I don't put my wallet.dat files on one drive even though I have two factor...just in case.
Placing QT wallets on OneDrive is a clever idea. About placing the wallet.dat directly into OneDrive is not safe, but you can make it safe by using TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt to make an encrypted file container and place your wallet.dat there. The safest way for encryption would be using a password with at least 60 characters of length (you can use password generator for this) and also a keyfile (any file that could be used as a token to unlock your encrypted file container) for maximum security. I have done this with most of my wallet.dat files and they are safely encrypted on that file container within the cloud storage service (such as OneDrive or Dropbox).