As long as it works the way it is intended, I do not actually care about any UX and/or UI improvements. 
Give me the right anonymity sets, give me excellent coin control, keep me away from toxic waste and I will leave happily-ever-after.

You've beaten me to it. But I've written my own words instead of pasting from the blog     (maybe you should quote it)
The fact the title is "announcement" is a bit tricky imho (pre-ann would have been better).
But the fact the UI "image" is a mock-up should have been the first clue.
And yes, missing the ETA part is.. well, funny

My mistake was not checking the details, including the ETA information (Estimated Time of Arrival) on the Wasabi blog.  :)
Because the information listed in the OP is only partially documented, and I thought the Wasabi 2.0 wallet was already available.

That's the wrong attitude. How would these newly developed technologies' usage scale without a good UI/UX? I believe we wouldn't be using computers like we do today, without the "lame" Apple.


Means mass adoption, which is only possible if transaction-throughput is higher. I believe LN can solve both the higher throughput aspect, and the privacy aspect.

Well, that's exactly what the ETA says.



Who said that?

You should try to read more carefully. No one ever said that ConJoin will lead to faster mass adoption or something along the lines.

OP said:

From their blog:


Both statements are completely true and do not mean that CoinJoin facilitates faster mass adoption..

Please double-check your posts before submitting. Don't talk rubbish.

I have mixed feelings about this: even with the best UX/UI, interface, wallet available there would be still the mixing/tumbling/money laundering stigma regarding using those privacy tools. It's about the narrative, not the marketing gimmicks of a fancy and sleek UI/UX.
I wish those tools were built-in into the protocol from the start: those should have been already a feature and not an option.
It would be interesting to know how do you guys feel about it.

I didn't say that: I'll try to explain myself in a clearer way. It's not about the interface, it's about the tool: no matter how beautiful/usable a tool is if it is seen as a bad thing to conceal the origin of your coins, whatever effort one could make to present the tool nicely, what it actually does it's what matters. And if the nice guys don't like it, there's no UI to beat it.
For the above reasons, I wrote it would have been much better having those tools embedded from the start already.
Was I clear enough now?

Of course, but I guess it's a responsibility for all of us and that should not be demanded to some nicer interface.
Bitcoin investors may not recognise its true power, but the impulse behind this computer-generated wonder is revolutionary: to take the production and control of money away from the government. This has tremendous implications for anybody's wealth preservation.
Again, it's not only like making that technology easy and usable for the masses rather combining that to a meaningful SO WHAT? Why should I use bitcoin? Why bitcoin matters in my life? What am I able to do with that?
I am going OT and I stop here but I believe many share my opinions.

There are some updates for upcoming Wasabi 2.0 wallet and first released version will be Internal Preview with basic features and working only with TestNet network.
This will be released in range between range anywhere between 5 to 14 weeks, and after that Release Candidates will be publish for testing in general public.
Interesting thing they added is dark/light theme switch and much improved interface, as you can check in their video Wasabi Wallet 2.0 In The Finish Line Introduction & Demo:


https://youtu.be/MKg2aMhNqEQ

Wasabi developers released official explanation for latest zkSNACKs Blacklisting Update, and how that is going to affect future of Wasabi wallet.
They admit the mistake of using one default coordinator for their wallet and they are blacklisting it, instead of discontinuing zkSNACKs, claiming they are doing this for survival of privacy on Bitcoion...  
Going anonymous is mission impossible according to them and they think it's a bad idea, but what is surprising to me is they are claiming that Wasabi coinjoins increased multiple times since their announcement (of death with a candle tweeter post).
They still didn't explain how exactly is zkSNACKs Ltd going to blacklist certain unspent transaction outputs if they are not monitoring and collecting user data  
https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/zksnacks-blacklisting-update/

PS
I think their new logo jinxed it.


RIP