UI: Show buyer timeout information about origin-js HOT 7 CLOSED

Minor comment: We should consider a more descriptive name for BUYER_PENDING. Coming back to this after a week a way I can't remember what this means. E.g. are we waiting for a buyer at all? Are we waiting for the buyer to pay?

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I also would like a more descriptive name. We are waiting on the buyer to mark the purchase received.

Got any suggestions?

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I like the awaiting_{event} convention, which might be implied by AWAITING_PAYMENT. This issue makes me realize that design and engineering may not be entirely on the same page regarding the steps involved in a transaction.

At the risk of this being the wrong place for this...

In the current UI, there are six events that affect transaction state, each caused by the action of a sole party, and two of them (5 & 6) being potentionally out of sequence:

1. Create listing (seller)
2. Buy listing (buyer) - presumed to be the equivalent of sending money
3. Fulfill order (seller)
4. Receive order (buyer)
5. Withdraw funds (seller)
6. Provide feedback (buyer)

We don't currently handle disputes as a potential part of the flow, and the seller's feedback (applicable to the buyer) is not currently handled. The current philosophy is that there is a distinction between the contexts of a buyer's review and a seller's review. The buyer is reviewing the listing - not reviewing the seller. And the seller is reviewing the buyer - not the purchase or some other instance.

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So in the long term I'd have the buyer receive the order and give a review at the same time, then the seller would give a review and withdraw simultaneously.

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The reviews for both buyer and seller would be attached to the Purchase. The bridge server would then index those and combine them for seller information on the listing and for information on a user.

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@DanielVF that makes sense if review/feedback is required. That would beg the question what constitutes a valid review. 😬

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Well, the reviews are optional - we're just including them in with the steps that the buyer and seller are already doing. As a first pass, I was thinking 1-5 star and optional text.

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Since we don't currently plan to use a reasonably short buyer timeout, we will skip this for now.

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