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> Apple’s iMessage and SMS tool is an essential app for communication for me and, I suspect, the vast majority of Apple users. For the majority American Apple
by grishka 2y ago
> Apple’s iMessage and SMS tool is an essential app for communication for me and, I suspect, the vast majority of Apple users.
For the majority American Apple users, sure. But I myself hardly ever remember that this app exists.
The thing that drove me nuts in particular in Sonoma though, is their "improved" text fields. Where it would show the stupid little popup with the active keyboard layout icon next to the cursor. Clearly made by someone who doesn't actually need to use multiple keyboard layouts (gosh do I envy those people). But at least I could disable it with a defaults write command.
Oh and Mail, yes, it would sometimes stubbornly refuse to load new messages, or delay them by minutes. It worked fine the previous 10 years. It would've been free to just leave it alone.
- rpastuszak 2y ago> Oh and Mail, yes, it would sometimes stubbornly refuse to load new messages, or delay them by minutes. It worked fine the previous 10 years. It would've been free to just leave it alone. Oh man, Mail is almost comically bad, to the point that I occasionally miss messages from people since they're drowned in crap. A native version of Google Inbox that is not Google-owned would be enough for me. (or whatever version/implementation that integrates nicely with my devices)
- latexr 2y ago> But I myself hardly ever remember that this app exists. As a counterpoint, I myself use it everyday. I’m not American and most people I know don’t have iMessage. I still prefer it to using SMS from the phone. And yes, I do agree with the author that the app is buggy.
- grishka 2y agoWell, I use an Android phone :D But I also never chat over SMS with actual people. It's just not done any more by anyone I know. The last time I sent an SMS was probably several years ago. It's 99.9% various confirmation codes and other notifications for me.