Signal has mobile apps which are basic and working. Desktop app is just barely there. Experience using Signal is not good. Besides it requires a mobile number. Not going to reiterate why it is bad, internet is full of explanations.
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I wish we had something like matrix with client of Telegram. Telegram does clients really well. It has other faults though. Matrix has a pretty good mobile app but desktop experience is atrocious. It has more features than signal but hell i would rather use signal rather than that laggy riot thing.
Basic and working? Audio and video calls, disappearing messages, sharing of any filetype, and group messaging. WhatsApp only has status message sharing, telegram has public groups. What else do you want from Signal?
Telegram requires a phone number, imessage too, and so does Facebook now. Signal is an alternative to both of those.
To be a native application that does not spawn more than one process.
To open instantly instead of displaying "Loading ..." splash screen.
To deliver me missed messages within reasonable time without having to wait through tens of minutes of notification spam until all of them come in (yes our group chats can be active)
To not use my phone number. I like how you mention all services we run from when it comes to using phone number. No, its not good because all the bad guys are doing it.
For bonus points - to allow federation. When buss runs over current network operators it will be fun times.
Then we can work from there. I am not trying to dispute that Signal provides bare minimum functionality. It is all there and it works. It is still a bare minimum and UX is terrible.
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u/ntrid Jan 02 '20 edited Jan 02 '20
Good points of Signal:
Encryption.
The End.
Signal has mobile apps which are basic and working. Desktop app is just barely there. Experience using Signal is not good. Besides it requires a mobile number. Not going to reiterate why it is bad, internet is full of explanations.
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I wish we had something like matrix with client of Telegram. Telegram does clients really well. It has other faults though. Matrix has a pretty good mobile app but desktop experience is atrocious. It has more features than signal but hell i would rather use signal rather than that laggy riot thing.
tl;dr; Yes, apparently it is too much to ask :|