I’ve been spending more time using the Namadillo Governance UI lately and wanted to share a couple suggestions that might make things a bit smoother and more transparent, especially for folks who want to give and get quick context when voting.
Optional Comment Field for Votes
It’d be nice to have a simple comment box in the voting flow where users can optionally add a short note about why they voted Yay, Nay, or Abstain. Not meant to replace the forum - just a lightweight way to tie some reasoning directly to a vote.
There are a couple ways I believe this could work. One option is to take inspiration from Snapshot, a DAO gov tool i’m sure most of you familiar with. Snapshot has an optional plugin called “Comment Box”, which lets voters include a short note alongside their vote that gets published offchain. The front-end then just displays that comment with the vote. It’s simple, flexible, and doesn’t require much overhead, but it does rely on some outside infra and those comments aren’t part of the onchain record.
The other route would be to use Namada’s built-in memo field. Since memos are part of the vote transaction itself, any comment would live onchain and be permanently tied to that vote. That means no extra backend is needed, and everything’s fully verifiable. The tradeoff is that memos are short, can’t be edited, and do slightly increase the transaction load.
Both options have +/- depending on whether the priority is flexibility or permanence, but either would make it easier to understand not just how people are voting, but why.
Show Quorum in Units, Not Just Percentages
Another small tweak - it’d be helpful to show quorum not just as a percentage, but also as a raw amount of NAM. Makes it a bit easier to see how close something is to passing at a glance without having to do the math.
Curious what others think 