Ripple without native currency is similar to villages.cc... also cross currency path finding there seems quite horrible to me once it would gain traction.

I would rather see a Ripple implementation that lets you use other currencies (e.g. BTC, LTC...) next to XRP as native currencies. As you anyways don't need a lot of XRP in your whole lifetime however I am not too sure if this would really ever pay off.

I somehow understand why so many people here are so much against XRP - I don't get however why so many people don't look beyond that. The price of one BigMac buys you more XRP than you probably need in your lifetime and that's the only single transaction you need XRP for. Compare this to Bitcoin... anyways, I'll continue to work on my project(s), have fun bashing/flaming.