[andai]

Serious question: why did they get rid of fonts and colors? And most IM apps still don't have handwriting. I had entire relationships built around sending back and forth silly drawings in handwriting.

I feel like the quality of instant messaging software peaked in the early 2000s, and 15 years later we still haven't achieved the same level, or even close?

[ImprovedSilence]

Good question. The cynic in me wants to say it's because chat apps can't mine "creative expression" like they can plain text . Or maybe just single-minded UI design thinking that under no circumstances should anyone use pink comic sans.... Either way, what you're describing really strikes home to me. I miss the internet that was full of colorful dialog, encouraged creative expression, and was full of interesting offbeat websites willing to inspire the imagination. These days even most of hacker news is atlantic or bloomberg articles, and I can't find any good design/image blogs that just curate good shit anymore (ffffound anyone?)....