Lots of open issues with zecwallet such as this
However zecwallet is still the best 3rd party wallet available since lightwallets have privacy leaks by default.
There are zero 3rd party wallets that I would consider both safe and private right now. Sticking with the official CLI for now.
I removed the original text of this post. As it was correctly pointed out, it was sarcastic. I’d rather not use that voice.
I am seriously concerned about privacy leaks in zecwallet, and grateful for people like @sarahjamielewis and @tromer finding and critiquing them! I’m also grateful to @adityapk00 for providing a target to critique!
I vote we plug all the leaks ASAP! 
Are you being sarcastic? Monero had no GUI or hardware wallets for a long time and is stronger today as a result. That time period attracted a number of technical users (some older than your uncle Bob) and those that were willing to learn and become more technical. That community was focused on building something secure and useful, rather than random Windows using investors that just wanted to get rich quick.
It sounds like I have more faith in the Zcash community to learn and grow. Somethings doing things the hard way makes us stronger! Lets promote best practices and stay on the right path
The Zcash community needs to get back to the very basics if we want a solid foundation to build on. How about working on this before funding more insecure wallets?
I agree usability for the masses is important in the long run. Right now fixing the many security and privacy leaks is far more important. Those core features is what gives Zcash value and will ultimately make it useful to the world
@adityapk00 mentioned that there hasn’t been much (detected) demand for multiple z-addresses in zecwallet.
I do want multiple z-addresses, but it’s a lower priority than the 6 issues that new users need addressed IMHO.
Agreed. I’m in the pro multiple z-address camp as well
Yeah, it’s totz a great feature, but I think it’s lower priority than the things New Users want and/or seem to need.
Which is to say… zecwallet needs lots of support!
Here’s an idea Lawson Baker had on a way to encourage shielding your assets:
Basically the idea is to create some pool of funds where if you shield your assets and contribute to the shielded pool, you get a tip or a small reward for it.
Is there a reasonable way to do this at a technical level? I started to think through a impossibility proof why there’s no way you can make an automated faucet for this kind of reward that’s Sybil proof, or more to the point that can’t be jackpotted by shielding and unshielding the same coins repeatedly.
Something in the same spirit but more low-tech is just to offer a reward for demonstrating you know how to send a z2z transaction, gated on once per person. Once per person would be managed by an admin, similar to Gitcoin and the Earn ZEC campaign. Our wallets should play along by not making it too easy to claim this automatically, since the point is to make you use the interface. The wallet devs could count as initial “referrers” though. Any thoughts on it?
Who’s tipping? The zcash foundation?