BrianNowhere, please put together a proposal to help Nxt find Java coders and submit it to the appropriate committee.
For the record, I did reach out to several Tech-Dev members offering my services and quoting rates.
No reply, so I am assuming no interest.
No biggie. I was starting to have second thoughts about the offer anyway. I'm no longer convinced that Nxt will not turn out be
a dystopian wasteland of confusion, chaos and ridiculous fees at every turn. I'm not seeing the advantages of using Nxt over just sticking with a trusted centralized exchange.
I haven't even really gotten into my complete opposition to the idea of charging a fee for merely
placing a buy or sell order, not for executing an order but just putting out your reel. In my opinion, this is going to be make or break for many considering using the AE.
No one else seems to think it will be a problem.
To the person who said I mention Ripple too much, I only do that because Ripple is Nxt's direct competitor and Nxt and Ripple are
very very much alike. I'd prefer Nxt to come out on top, but from where I sit, Ripple doesn't have a lot of the problems I see with forging, fees and scalability, coupled with the fact that Ripple's transactions are so much faster. Ripple does have a community as well and even has a libertarian following. Check out Xrptalk.org or OpenXrp.org they have plenty of entusiastic supporters.
Considering how very much like Ripple Nxt is, I think it's pertinent. I have tried to offer solutions to at least get the thought process going but the developers are dismissive. I get the feeling of being talked down to whenever I bring up concerns and get the sense the feedback is not desired unless it consists of mindless praise and enthusiasm. I'm getting the feeling that anyone who is not a developer is viewed as an annoyance, especially anyone who has invested for speculative reasons, which is probably about 85% of Nxt holders.
Developers seem to have issues with speculators, who I believe they need dearly and are dismissive of at their peril. That's their right.
For the rest of us we'll vote with our feet, our wallets and our energy.