Re:Simplicity of IRC
by alphager on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:42AM
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> You’re complaining a lot about the UI which is perfectly usable.
Usable is in the eye of the beholder.
Usable as in "I can get a video call going and can send chat messages and files": true.
Usable as in "Easy to use, frustration-free to use, easy to discover functionality": false.
It's an incredible slow application for chat. I don't particularly care if it's just bad programming or an overuse of animations, but it shouldn't feel slow on a beefy computer. Mobile is even worse on a midrange android.
No easy way to quote or forward messages, the stupid distinction between teams channels that have threaded messaging and chat that doesn't, intermittent problems loading images; I could go on for hours.
Usable is in the eye of the beholder.
Usable as in "I can get a video call going and can send chat messages and files": true.
Usable as in "Easy to use, frustration-free to use, easy to discover functionality": false.
It's an incredible slow application for chat. I don't particularly care if it's just bad programming or an overuse of animations, but it shouldn't feel slow on a beefy computer. Mobile is even worse on a midrange android.
No easy way to quote or forward messages, the stupid distinction between teams channels that have threaded messaging and chat that doesn't, intermittent problems loading images; I could go on for hours.