• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Yep.

    Telegram is a decent middle ground. UI/UX matters, I’m not sure how the folks at Signal are completely missing that point.

    The Signal UI is OK, as a competitor to SMS. But it’s terrible compared to Telegram. This matters to non-technical people, it’s how you get them to use it. Plus the seamless connection between devices - that’s crucial. I can chat using whatever device is in front of me.

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      11 months ago

      Just out of curiosity, since I am fine with the Signal UI/UX: what would you say are the top features that make Telegram better?

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        11 months ago

        I’m not OP, but I’ve switched to Telegram a while back because I loved the silent message option. Scheduled are also awesome, and recently added quote part of reply is very neat.
        This is all UX, the UI is sleek but nothing too extraordinary for me.

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          11 months ago

          Telegram has some clumsiness in it’s UX too, which I find annoying (attaching a pic on Android, for example).

          I’m usually pretty indifferent to UI so long as UX makes sense. But even I feel the difference between Signal and Telegram, so much so that I have friends on both and we use Telegram instead of Signal.

          That to me is pretty telling - we know better, we promote Signal to other people, and would still rather use Telegram because of UI/UX.

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        11 months ago

        I’m guessing you’ve never seen Telegram? It looks like a modern messaging system.

        This is a screenshot: https://dribbble.com/shots/12242096-Telegram-Messenger-Free-Download

        While Signal looks like any generic SMS app. Heck, both NextSMS and Textra look as good/better and have more “features” (interface customization).

        As a technical person who cares more about functionality that stuff doesn’t matter much to me, but it’s easy to see how a typical user would perceive them (and honestly, the difference is so great it even affects me).

        Signal looks dated, like SMS, Telegram looks (and behaves) modern.

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          11 months ago

          That doesn’t appear to be a screenshot of Telegram, but of a designer’s portfolio piece example redesign of Telegram.

          It doesn’t look anything like Telegram for Android, though a quick look at real screenshots suggests it’s more similar to Telegram for iOS.