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Wire - Great conversations. Built for mobile, tablets, & desktop.

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The iOS and Mac apps are beautiful!
it sure is beautiful, but it's not really usable IMO. My first impression is: super hipster. A couple of things that jump out right away: 1. It's not clear whether someone is online or not 2. The UI is quite buggy if you're not on Yosemite 3. Can't copy+paste an image from the clipboard 4. I'm not really sure what the bottom right button with the user icon does The only thing I *do* like is the chat transcript is really clear (but could use more visual clues as to who is talking) As someone who designs and understands the importance of whitespace, this actually has WAY too much whitespace, especially on the user list view.
Mike, give it another chance. The app has changed tons since it came out.
As is the Windows and Android app.
Beautiful design. That said, I am finding it a bit hard to see where it fits in among existing messaging apps?
The app is...beautiful. The visual design here is really stunning and I'm super impressed with the attention to detail. That being said, I'm just left scratching my head a bit trying to figure out where this fits into my normal communications flow. Not trying to be negative at all, just genuinely curious. When I first connected my contacts list, none of my known contacts showed up. So instead the app showed me a handful of random people and prompted me to add them. Is this an app to chat with random people? Or close friends? I wasn't sure. I'll definitely keep an eye on this one though, it seems like some of the interaction patterns are cool (the color switching feels nice, despite not actually adding functionality).
Hi Brian, looks like you hit the typical issue with new network products - none/not enough of your friends are on it. Wire is definitely not for chatting with random people but with your friends and family. Would be interesting to hear if 7 months have changed something in terms of your tribe being on it.
I opened the website and then waited and waited for some cool animation or video... And then found out I have to scroll - omg! /EDIT: Sometimes site shows slideshow and sometimes I get stuck with black background with the phone :-/
Beautiful design, complex UX.
Brutal UX.
You can say that in other words.
Ok it was really bad. Pretty but bad. I swiped every which direction, tapped, double tapped and couldn't figure how to get back to the contact list...
Slick design but all these messaging apps fail at on-boarding users. Every single one. None of my contacts have the app so who am I going to talk to? They need to have dummy accounts you can chat with to see how the app works or else the majority of people will install and delete within 5 minutes.
Shouldn't the description on this read "Great conversations. Built for mobile, tablets, & OSX?" I do wish would either reject or ask submitter to revise the description when I am led to yet another thing - that I may never get to use. Any idea how many times I have clicked through from a PH post that could have included in the title "for mobile" or "for iOS," etc. - but didn't, ?
good idea to clarify. We'll likely add platform icons to represent which devices its supported on (e.g. iOS, Android, OSX, Web).
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Hi Saul, I didn't include the platforms in the description as it's not quite part of their tagline... and it's not a common pattern on .
Okay, yes - icons would be even better. When people Hunt something, they'd declare it web/iOS/dumbphone/Android/all of these. Good call, Ryan.
I'm frustrated by the fragmentation in the chat space right now but this app is soooo pretty it deserves my vote
Cute. not impressed. i would not bet it will fly as is (even a bit confusing)
Man, 20mins in and I love this app! Feels a lot like Slack, but for individuals. That said I agree with Brian, it's a bit disorienting at first. Give it a few minutes and it begins to make sense though!
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