Quote from: MrGood on August 20, 2016, 03:06:11 PM

Quote from: Anon136 on August 20, 2016, 02:49:37 PM

Quote from: MooneroShill on August 20, 2016, 01:10:24 PM

We just need the GUI asap.

Now just picture it in your head. A normal(ish) person going on the dark net using moneros awesomely hacker flick inspired interface. Let me put it this way. If normal(ish) guys mother were watching she would think she were watching sword fish. It actually looks and feels like a prop from a movie like that. Which perfectly matches with the sort of thing our guy is actually using it for. The interface so perfectly matches the tone of its main use case (atleast right now). It distinguishes it from bitcoin as the more serious dark net tool that it actually is. When you use the monero interface you dont feel like you are using just another alt coin, and you arent, so in a way this is a good thing.

Yea ok this small barrier deters some marginal prospective users. Of course. But we shouldn't ignore the fact that it probably increases retention of those who do overcome that small hurdle. Even if a great dev supported gui did exist I for one would almost certainly continue using the command line version as long as it was still supported as well.

Just some of my thoughts, interested in yours.

It's a cute theory, but really, emulating hacker movies is not really what Monero is trying to achieve here. We're talking about a $30 million marketcap. The majority of users simply require functionality.

Mr Asuki from the Japanese Yakuza just needs to be in and out without any fuss. He has no experience of command-line.
Madame X is a spanish anarchist. She just needs to be in and out without any fuss. She has no experience of command-line.
Abd al Hakim is a Syrian refugee trying to escape to Pakistan. He just needs to be in and out without any fuss. He has no experience of command-line.
Kang Sok Ju is a North Korean defector trying to make his way to Europe. He just needs to be in and out without any fuss. He has no experience of command-line.
Gus Fring is a Chilean chicken vendor. He just needs to be in and out without any fuss. He has no experience of command-line.

And so it continues...

Farhan Mohamed Jaama a Somalian pirate needs to as easily to use of the wallet since he will need untraceably sell the Japanese Whale fishing boat he will hijack to save the Whale population from extinction. Sadly he has no experience of command-line. So his humanitarian mission was sadly delayed.