Built in Ricochet IM support?
asked 2014-09-19 20:05:09 +0200
The author of this anonymising, metadata avoiding software is apparently a UX engineer for Jolla, and both the official Jolla Twitter account and Jolla staff have retweeted Wired's story on Mr. Brooks - Wired story link.
My question is, can we expect native support for it by Jolla, or in Sailfish? Or at least a separate app, I can imagine that if @coderus ported his excellent Mitakuuluu UI, it could prove pretty popular and drive adoption.
If Jolla is gonna support richochet, please do it in the messenger app itself. Just like they did with google talk. No need for separate apps for every im protocol.
StanceVonKofsky ( 2014-09-19 20:34:12 +0200 )editWhilst there's no reason not to support it in the messenger app itself, if there's system wide support for it then anything can be done. Also, given the basic nature of the messenger app and the problems Sailfish has with contact integration and population, I think there's something to be said for the provision of wholly separate Apps ... it's why I (and I assume others) have avoided using Google & Facebook accounts on the device.
midnightoil ( 2014-09-19 20:51:29 +0200 )editI don't know about the problems sailfish has with contact integration and population, i've probably been one of the lucky ones with no problems so far. So i can't comment on that. But i like the basic look of the messenger app, it looks clean and sleek. While i use mitakuuluu everyday, somehow i find the UI not as professional as i would have liked. Now this is fine because the app itself is great but i still would have preferred to have it integrated in the messenger app. Just one app for all your im needs sound great to me, but i realize that UI stuff is highly personal.
StanceVonKofsky ( 2014-09-19 21:04:15 +0200 )editMitakuuluu is certainly much more complex, but then it offers quite a lot of features. If you compare it to any of the official Whatsapp clients, I think speed of use and navigation are much better once you're sufficiently familiar. Also, despite its simplicity, the built in messaging app is one of the applications (Browser being the other) where it will freeze or touch input / calibration is suddenly lost ... I'm not a big fan of it.
midnightoil ( 2014-09-19 21:14:26 +0200 )editRichochet doesn't have video & audio support like Tox right??
ApB ( 2014-09-19 21:57:34 +0200 )edit