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Again, if visual flair isn't important to you, then fine, it isn't important to you. It's important to me -- I like my stuff to look subjectively "nice" and H

by Frondo 8y ago

Again, if visual flair isn't important to you, then fine, it isn't important to you. It's important to me -- I like my stuff to look subjectively "nice" and Here's Signal: https://imagebin.ca/v/4aAU1ai9CG8D https://imagebin.ca/v/4aAU1ai9CG8D And Telegram: https://imagebin.ca/v/4aAUJhRmj8Jx https://imagebin.ca/v/4aAUJhRmj8Jx Signal is white (and no night mode on IOS), the bubbles are undecorated rounded rectangles, there's no background and no option to set one, no stickers, no option to set disappearing messages on the fly, no indicator of when the person was last online. It looks plain. Telegram has a night mode, options to set background colors, chat messages. It doesn't look plain. As I've said, if you don't care whether something looks plain, then that is absolutely great and entirely up to you. Lots of people don't care about lots of things and there's really nothing wrong with that. I like my apps to look nice (and I can, within broad strokes, define what "looks nice" is) and I know this isn't a unique position I occupy.

zimpenfish 8y ago
> Signal is white (and no night mode on IOS) In Settings, there's a moon in the top right which toggles light/dark modes. This is v2.37.1.0 but the release notes list dark mode as appearing in v2.30.2 which is about 4 months ago.
14 8y ago
Thank you for taking the time to reply. That definitely helps show what you mean. I think for me the biggest issue lately has been I use a night mode and never really noticed signal is missing it though I only use signal with one contact but if I did use it more I think it would have come to my attention. I have always been a kind of minimalist with themes but in the examples you provided I definitely feel the one with trees is easier on my eyes. Thanks again.
- Frondo 8y ago
  You're welcome, and I apologize for being a bit tetchy. And you said it perfectly -- it's easier on the eyes, and I don't think it's one single thing, but several little touches.

by Frondo 8y ago

zimpenfish 8y ago

> Signal is white (and no night mode on IOS) In Settings, there's a moon in the top right which toggles light/dark modes. This is v2.37.1.0 but the release notes list dark mode as appearing in v2.30.2 which is about 4 months ago.

14 8y ago

Thank you for taking the time to reply. That definitely helps show what you mean. I think for me the biggest issue lately has been I use a night mode and never really noticed signal is missing it though I only use signal with one contact but if I did use it more I think it would have come to my attention. I have always been a kind of minimalist with themes but in the examples you provided I definitely feel the one with trees is easier on my eyes. Thanks again.

Frondo 8y ago
You're welcome, and I apologize for being a bit tetchy. And you said it perfectly -- it's easier on the eyes, and I don't think it's one single thing, but several little touches.