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Feel free to ask any questions here! The app has been in testing for a few months now, and in that time it accumulated over 20k members in the G+ tester commun

by moezb 12y ago

Feel free to ask any questions here! The app has been in testing for a few months now, and in that time it accumulated over 20k members in the G+ tester community. Today, it's finally being released for the masses :) Side note, I'm publishing an update in a couple hours to fix some of the crashes that have been showing up in this update

zeeshanm 12y ago
Nicely done - for a moment I thought this app was officially from Google because of the circle icon. :-)
xpose2000 12y ago
I think the screenshots tell most of the story here. It looks pretty incredible and I am willing to try it out. Though my biggest question is how similar this thing is to another one called Textra. Can you talk a little bit about what's going on with both of these apps and why they look identical? Plus Textra already has 1-5 million installs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra&hl=...
- ThePinion 12y ago
  Beta tester from the start here. QKSMS looked the way it does from the start. Two months into QKSMS development Textra released that update. They're both following material design guidelines, but QKSMS definitely had it first.
nathanb 12y ago
What value does QKSMS add that Hangouts does not? "It looks better" is a very valid answer, but honestly after reading the Google Play page, I'm still not sure. From reading the description in the Play Store, here's where I believe QKSMS differs from Hangouts: * More visual customization * Offers a mysterious QKReply feature (screenshot seems to suggest this is a special dialog for replying to incoming messages) * MMS may sometimes be more difficult to set up
tomgg 12y ago
Any plans for an option to switch off all those avatars?
justingood 12y ago
Looks great, but the permissions seem to be a bit heavy-handed. Why does it require access to Wi-Fi and have the ability to add/remove device accounts, for example?

by moezb 12y ago

zeeshanm 12y ago

Nicely done - for a moment I thought this app was officially from Google because of the circle icon. :-)

xpose2000 12y ago

I think the screenshots tell most of the story here. It looks pretty incredible and I am willing to try it out. Though my biggest question is how similar this thing is to another one called Textra. Can you talk a little bit about what's going on with both of these apps and why they look identical? Plus Textra already has 1-5 million installs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra&hl=...

ThePinion 12y ago
Beta tester from the start here. QKSMS looked the way it does from the start. Two months into QKSMS development Textra released that update. They're both following material design guidelines, but QKSMS definitely had it first.

nathanb 12y ago

What value does QKSMS add that Hangouts does not? "It looks better" is a very valid answer, but honestly after reading the Google Play page, I'm still not sure. From reading the description in the Play Store, here's where I believe QKSMS differs from Hangouts: * More visual customization * Offers a mysterious QKReply feature (screenshot seems to suggest this is a special dialog for replying to incoming messages) * MMS may sometimes be more difficult to set up

tomgg 12y ago

Any plans for an option to switch off all those avatars?

justingood 12y ago

Looks great, but the permissions seem to be a bit heavy-handed. Why does it require access to Wi-Fi and have the ability to add/remove device accounts, for example?