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What does this add over opening chat.openai.com in Safari? It seems like I could perhaps browse conversation history offline (but I can't tell for sure), and vo

What does this add over opening chat.openai.com in Safari? It seems like I could perhaps browse conversation history offline (but I can't tell for sure), and voice dictation. I've just used it in Safari with no problems, so I want to know if any compelling reasons exist to use the app. I'd guess it includes additional tracking enabled by an app and other undesirable aspects of an app.

trts 3y ago
If all it does is avoid making me re-authenticate several times a week that alone is worth the install for me.
m3kw9 3y ago
Better ui experience: snapper, could use many UI/background features from the sdk that isn’t available from the web app.
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sherbondy 3y ago
Now they can start to compete more directly with things like Siri and soon Google’s Assistant on somewhat more equal footing, though neither OS provides quite the hooks for third party apps to directly subvert them, though maybe this will change with some of the more extreme antitrust provisions in motion in the European Union.
jeffgreco 3y ago
It’s actually less functional than the web interface — plugins and web browsing features are unavailable. But it does do a LOT of haptic.
- blueberrychpstx 3y ago
  Haptic can be turned off via settings
- ianmcgowan 3y ago
  Turned off in 30 seconds, boy is that annoying..
- juliangsf 3y ago
  Haptic should not be on by default for every token of output. About as annoying as the clack of a mechanical typewriter. Counting the minutes until OpenAI make it off by default, and you can turn it on in settings. Each sentence might be enough to know that it's still typing. Currently wastes a lot of energy, and as a reminder that ChatGPT is outputting it's way too distracting.
blueberrychpstx 3y ago
I had chat.openai.com saved to my homepage so here's my finding so far: - snappier - search through conversation history via title search - whisper built in for record -> transcribe workflow (does not work "live" unfortunately) - easier to scroll through history and delete history - long press prompt or response to copy/select text or perform voting/regeneration actions - better text resizing support (via the control center's Aa text resize option) (online resizing text made things way too cluttered) Probably more but all I've found from about 10 minutes of playing around. Definitely better UX from my perspective!
- ramraj07 3y ago
  No tts tho. I’d rather have a conversation.
  - blueberrychpstx 3y ago
    That'd be nice for sure.
- yosito 3y ago
  > whisper built in for record -> transcribe workflow How is this any better that Apple's built in dictation? > easier to ... delete history This is actually the one advantage I see to this app. Deleting history on the desktop is a pain and requires far too many clicks. I can delete history more quickly with the iOS app.
  - adamkochanowicz 3y ago
    Whisper is (highly) more accurate.
    - yosito 3y ago
      iOS dictation always knows exactly what I say and I get the immediate feedback of seeing the text written as I am speaking. With Whisper in the ChatGPT app I can't see anything I say, until after I finish speaking. So I'm really not seeing an advantage yet.

trts 3y ago

If all it does is avoid making me re-authenticate several times a week that alone is worth the install for me.

m3kw9 3y ago

Better ui experience: snapper, could use many UI/background features from the sdk that isn’t available from the web app.

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sherbondy 3y ago

Now they can start to compete more directly with things like Siri and soon Google’s Assistant on somewhat more equal footing, though neither OS provides quite the hooks for third party apps to directly subvert them, though maybe this will change with some of the more extreme antitrust provisions in motion in the European Union.

jeffgreco 3y ago

It’s actually less functional than the web interface — plugins and web browsing features are unavailable. But it does do a LOT of haptic.

blueberrychpstx 3y ago
Haptic can be turned off via settings
ianmcgowan 3y ago
Turned off in 30 seconds, boy is that annoying..
juliangsf 3y ago
Haptic should not be on by default for every token of output. About as annoying as the clack of a mechanical typewriter. Counting the minutes until OpenAI make it off by default, and you can turn it on in settings. Each sentence might be enough to know that it's still typing. Currently wastes a lot of energy, and as a reminder that ChatGPT is outputting it's way too distracting.

blueberrychpstx 3y ago

I had chat.openai.com saved to my homepage so here's my finding so far: - snappier - search through conversation history via title search - whisper built in for record -> transcribe workflow (does not work "live" unfortunately) - easier to scroll through history and delete history - long press prompt or response to copy/select text or perform voting/regeneration actions - better text resizing support (via the control center's Aa text resize option) (online resizing text made things way too cluttered) Probably more but all I've found from about 10 minutes of playing around. Definitely better UX from my perspective!

ramraj07 3y ago
No tts tho. I’d rather have a conversation.
- blueberrychpstx 3y ago
  That'd be nice for sure.
yosito 3y ago
> whisper built in for record -> transcribe workflow How is this any better that Apple's built in dictation? > easier to ... delete history This is actually the one advantage I see to this app. Deleting history on the desktop is a pain and requires far too many clicks. I can delete history more quickly with the iOS app.
- adamkochanowicz 3y ago
  Whisper is (highly) more accurate.
  - yosito 3y ago
    iOS dictation always knows exactly what I say and I get the immediate feedback of seeing the text written as I am speaking. With Whisper in the ChatGPT app I can't see anything I say, until after I finish speaking. So I'm really not seeing an advantage yet.