Finally there is a Steem application that pays tribute to the most amazing people in the world: surfers!
I'm kidding.
Obviously Surfer 1.0.0 - the new Steem desktop client - is made for everybody. And honestly, after only 10 minutes using it I can say: Everybody should use it!
It was in the Smart Media Token Telegram chat - thanks for the invitation @ned! - where @free999enigma linked @good-karma's Surfer release. Now after installing and testing the application on my computer, I'm really blown away by the amazing set of new features it provides.
By the way: This article was edited and published via eSteem Surfer 1.0.0.
Here's a surfer's approval of Surfer 1.0.0!
Surfing the blockchain
As most of you might know, surfing is my favourite activity.
The fact that I can now surf the Steem blockchain is really cool!
Surfer 1.0.0 is a fantastic combination of blogging interface and dashboard. Besides the regular tools to browse through content, it enables us to recall a lot of additional data from the blockchain.
Here are some of my favourite tools and gimmicks:
Activity dashboard - Now we can finally track who's started to follow and who's mentioned us!
Favorite users list - Now we can create our personal list of favorite steemians, which is a great adding to the content feed!
Currency calculator - Now we can display payouts in our favorite currency, how cool's that!
Split screen - Having the preview of your article displayed next to the editor (and not below) is brilliant and makes editing much easier and more efficient!
Last but not least, we can finally save draft versions of our blog posts - what a revolution!
As you can see there's a lot of new features and gimmicks that make surfing on Steem even more entertaining and efficient
To me the combination of functional data recall and playful display options, is the greatest benefit of Surfer 1.0.0.
I needed to deactivate my antivirus software for a moment in order to install the *.exe. But then everything was smooth and easy. Everybody who has used Steemit.com or busy.org for a while will intuitively understand Surfer 1.0.0.
I'm happy with the version, and as requested by @good-karma here are a few things I'd love to see in one of the following releases.
Wish list for additional features:
- URL: I think many people work with the URL when using Steem - e.g. when jumping from one user profile to another. It'd be great to display it as an additional way to navigate.
- User tagging: It'd be great to open a dropdown with the names of all the users one is following when typing the '@' sign into the editor.
- It'd be great to have more features in the editor such as: image upload and editing in HTML.
@good-karma: Your first release is already A++, so we may only imagine how amazing the updates will be!
Thanks for making Steem even more attractive to content creators and curators!
And now everybody download the desktop client and go trying it! You can find the link in the official announcement.
Surf on!
Much love,
Marly -
PS: Don't forget to join the eSteem discord server https://discord.gg/9cdhjc7