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by Siimteller 2932 days ago
Hi, curious about the "not perfect" part (I work at Wire) - what stuff would be prio for you to improve?
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Hi! Okay sure, I will tell you! I am rooting for you guys.

1. Presence/active device detection. Often I am sitting right at my computer actively chatting with somebody, and yet my phone sitting on the desk right next to it is blowing up with notifications of the same messages I am replying to.

2. Too many features. I am constantly accidentally activating features like snapchat-style disappearing messages and weird alien voice effects. Cool if you have them enabled by default but I would like settings to turn OFF the many features that I literally never use (particularly on mobile where there are both small screens and more features, hence more icons).

3. 10-device limit. I know it sounds crazy but I have 2 phones and a few tablets and computers at work and home and I often have to delete a device to use the one I am at now. (20 devices would work for me; even 15 probably would.)

4. Initial log in / start up performance. I know it's hard with the huge photos and encryption. But sometimes i get a notification on my watch that my wife just said XXXXX and I want to respond RIGHT NOW on my computer. But it takes like 8 seconds on an iMac Pro to get to the active/ready state after booting the app. (I tend to just leave it open for this reason, but sometimes have to reboot or whatever and it is not). I would prefer it started up and let me send IMMEDIATELY even if I had to wait for it to load/decrypt the chat histories.

Those are the main ones off the top of my head. It is a great product, though, and I appreciate your efforts!