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I'm glad to see the app is actively being worked on, even if the changes aren't ones I care about personally. Here's my wishlist for Signal: - Edit previously

by m12k 4y ago

I'm glad to see the app is actively being worked on, even if the changes aren't ones I care about personally. Here's my wishlist for Signal: - Edit previously sent messages like Telegram, Discord and Slack lets you do. I'm so damn tired of a big ugly "This message was deleted" if I try to fix a typo/DYAC - A better way to sync up clients, so when I log in on a computer and verify with my phone, it lets me sync over some or all of my message history. - A way to set the expiry time for your sessions. I appreciate that they want you to not stay logged in forever if you lose or forget a computer, but I'm so damn tired of having to re-log in on my desktop pretty much every time I try to use Signal there. - Faster message import when starting desktop clients. Or smarter import - e.g. prioritize the top of the chats list and throw the rest on a background queue instead of hanging the UI until it's done. None of these are huge, but they combine to make it just feel more annoying to use Signal than their competitors. I really like Signal in principle, but I wish I didn't need to give up UX and QoL-nicenesses that I've gotten used to from other apps in order to use it.

kiwijamo 4y ago
Curious about the session expiry. I can't remember the last time I had to re-login. Do you only use the Desktop client occasionally?
- bravetraveler 4y ago
  Ditto, on at least month three to six of the same login here
  - Baeocystin 4y ago
    Not the OP, but I have to re-sync (and thus lose my existing chat history) on various machines often enough that I know exactly what OP is talking about, and these are on machines that I use at least once a month, so they don't go that long without checking in. It's annoying.
    - codethief 4y ago
      > machines that I use at least once a month Linked devices expire after 30 days, so you might be right at the edge: https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/t6i2ez/when_do_linked_devices_expire/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/t6i2ez/when_do_link...
- m12k 4y ago
  I use it daily on the M1 Air that I work on, and probably 1-3 times a month on my desktop gaming PC. I never need to re-login on my Mac, and on my PC it feels like 50/50 odds whether I'll have to log in again or not - it's infuriating.
Baeocystin 4y ago
I agree with everything you've said. I'd add that I'd like to be able to sync more than 5 devices, too.
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aeturnum 4y ago
Very much agree on the edits as long as history is preserved. Same for the clients - it would be nice to be able to send history from client to client (or even just have cross-client backup loading). Personally, I would like a long press / long click option to switch to "send and enable disappearing messages." It's a small thing, but it would make it easier to move back and forth between archived and unarchived conversations.
anigbrowl 4y ago
Ability to export my conversations is a very basic feature that's lacking; I have years of conversation with my wife that I'd like to preserve but no way to do it within Signal. (I could back up the SQLite database at the OS level but that immediately starts to get complex). Also no text formatting, how come I can't just use markdown in 2022?

by m12k 4y ago

kiwijamo 4y ago

Curious about the session expiry. I can't remember the last time I had to re-login. Do you only use the Desktop client occasionally?

bravetraveler 4y ago
Ditto, on at least month three to six of the same login here
- Baeocystin 4y ago
  Not the OP, but I have to re-sync (and thus lose my existing chat history) on various machines often enough that I know exactly what OP is talking about, and these are on machines that I use at least once a month, so they don't go that long without checking in. It's annoying.
  - codethief 4y ago
    > machines that I use at least once a month Linked devices expire after 30 days, so you might be right at the edge: https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/t6i2ez/when_do_linked_devices_expire/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/t6i2ez/when_do_link...
m12k 4y ago
I use it daily on the M1 Air that I work on, and probably 1-3 times a month on my desktop gaming PC. I never need to re-login on my Mac, and on my PC it feels like 50/50 odds whether I'll have to log in again or not - it's infuriating.

Baeocystin 4y ago

I agree with everything you've said. I'd add that I'd like to be able to sync more than 5 devices, too.

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aeturnum 4y ago

Very much agree on the edits as long as history is preserved. Same for the clients - it would be nice to be able to send history from client to client (or even just have cross-client backup loading). Personally, I would like a long press / long click option to switch to "send and enable disappearing messages." It's a small thing, but it would make it easier to move back and forth between archived and unarchived conversations.

anigbrowl 4y ago

Ability to export my conversations is a very basic feature that's lacking; I have years of conversation with my wife that I'd like to preserve but no way to do it within Signal. (I could back up the SQLite database at the OS level but that immediately starts to get complex). Also no text formatting, how come I can't just use markdown in 2022?