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January 12, 2012, 04:53:46 AM
Last edit: January 12, 2012, 05:16:39 AM by deepceleron |
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I can see the confusion that a user might have with the term "Address Book". A person's email address book, for example, only has recipients, it doesn't generally contain 100 of your own email addresses. I very specifically am mindful of whether I am looking at the sending or receiving tab; I may have "Theymos" in both my sending and receiving books.
Perhaps in the client, only sending addresses (your contacts, people you send bitcoins to) should be in the main GUI "address book" link; another button in the main toolbar that brings up just receiving addresses would further differentiate them. We just need a better name for such a "My Addresses" button that has a real-world analogy.
Another oddity that lends to confusion is the constanly changing "Your Bitcoin Address" in the main UI. It is incorrect, for one - that is only one of many address you may have, and is likely not one you have used before. If I want to use my previous addresses I will, and I ignore the new one until I have a need. It may be better to remove "Your Bitcoin Address" in the main UI. Instead, in the "My Addresses" area (where you can see all your receiving addresses), have a "create new address" feature that also prompts for a label. This would encourage labels for all addresses, and identification of who sent you coins would be easier by design. When a fresh client is installed, it could pre-label the first address it creates "My First Bitcoin Address".
Instead of Bitcoin auto-creating new addresses when it sees fit, when the new address creation parameters are met, it could prompt you "Reusing Bitcoin addresses reduces anonymity - create a new one now?". An option "Disable New Address Prompts" in settings could disable these prompts.
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