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Registration step is huge and annoying. I had to add my friends in ICQ, then MSN, then Facebook, then Skype, then Google+ (well no, not this one ...). I use Wh

Registration step is huge and annoying. I had to add my friends in ICQ, then MSN, then Facebook, then Skype, then Google+ (well no, not this one ...). I use Whatsapp once per month and I'm not even sure what it does or how it does it. I just know I can send group messages to everyone in my contact list who have it and it WORKS.

shmerl 14y ago
"Huge and annoying" one time deal, which later allows you changing your password and also allows you choosing the ID of your liking, so you'd appear to your contacts with some recognizable name, and not as some numeric #########@whatsapp.com When you sign up for e-mail, do you think it's normal to skip the registration step and to give you some random ID and password? Why is IM any different? Also, do you think it's normal for your e-mail ID to be tied to one device, or you'd expect to be able to access and read / send it from multiple devices / computers? Why should IM be any different? That's what XMPP is about. Whatsapp tries to create a crippled service instead, but somehow manages to wrap it as a "convenience".