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That doesn't feel simple. I installed Signal.
by sprkwd 6y ago
That doesn't feel simple. I installed Signal.
- pmlnr 6y ago> That doesn't feel simple. What doesn't feel simple from the user perspective? Get https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.blabber.messenger https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.blabber.mes... , start it, follow the screen. Or https://gajim.org/download/ https://gajim.org/download/ for desktop, register on first run. Or https://siskin.im/ https://siskin.im/ for iOS, register on first run. If that's not simple enough, we need to nuke the whole smartphone scene. + the steps above were _my_ steps, the steps of an XMPP server provider, not the steps of a user.
- justusthane 6y agoYes, Signal is good, but the parent said that one of their criteria was "need to be possible to run on desktop without any mobile need". Signal doesn't meet that.
- vinay427 6y agoSignal's desktop client, unlike WhatsApp and Telegram, at least supports E2E encrypted conversations while a phone is disconnected or off. You only need access to a phone when it falls out of sync which is increasingly rare. That's a huge plus in my book, and after drastic improvements over the last few years the desktop client now seems rather stable in my experience.
- TheJoYo 6y agoSignal is the bare minimum and can run along side Element and ActivityPub just fine. If you want to avoid Google Play-Services then Element and ActivityPub are much easier to use.