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Signal has a terrible terrible ux - most people don’t care as much as the HN-er when it comes to security - they want a chat app that just works and is feature
by jjcon 6y ago
Signal has a terrible terrible ux - most people don’t care as much as the HN-er when it comes to security - they want a chat app that just works and is feature rich
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- godelski 6y agoWhat features are Signal missing? I think there's this weird dichotomy where people are complaining about a terrible UX and others not understanding what the issues are (me for one). Only features I've wanted have rolled out in the last few months or are about to roll out (>5 group calling and usernames).
- xenator 6y agoMissing features: - your friends doesn't use it - there is no public channels you like - there is no bots you use every day - your code have no integration with messenger API
- kelnos 6y agoI really don't get what people mean when they say this. To me, Signal is pretty indistinguishable from WhatsApp, FB Messenger, even the default SMS app. What about the UX specifically bothers you?
- sofixa 6y ago> Signal is pretty indistinguishable from WhatsApp, FB Messenger, even the default SMS app. What about the UX specifically bothers you? That's part of the problem, all those you listed have poor to terrible UX and are just not great chat clients, Telegram is just better - in terms of speed ( compared to FB Messenger), features such as location sharing("where are you?", "Next to Restaurant XX " or "On the corner of A and B street" sucks, you can just share precise location via Telegram - a friend even sent me the location of a beautiful lake while on vacation because i was going in the area soon after), polls ( great for groups), message editing, search, stickers, gif integration, bots. I've used FB Messenger and Whatsapp extensively and Telegram is absolutely much better than both of them.