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  • Improvement Point

    Could you improve the ‘jump to the first unread’ functionality in terms of performance when connecting to freenode? It really makes me confused if I hit the bottom from time to time.
  • UI/UX Needs Improvement

    I love the concept and hope this app grows, but it is not intuitive and makes it difficult for people to setup and use—both mobile & desktop.

    Here are a few:

    1. Favorites is unnecessary. You can add / see / modify them in Home.

    2. People & Rooms can be lumped under a new category of ‘Discover’, ‘Search’, ‘Explore’, ‘Find’ or something along those lines. Rooms & Conversations subsections only need to be in Home.

    3. Communities could be one of the best features in this app, but it needs significant attention.

    3a. The entirety of Communities area, incl existing subsections needs an ability to edit / add. You cannot modify a community’s name, img or anything. You can’t create rooms in the room subsection, etc. Major drawback.

    3b. All of the current subtabs are unnecessary. Something like the following is preferred.

    Communities
    > CommunityC
    > CommunityD
    >> Rooms
    >>> Room1
    >>>> People
    >>>> Images/Videos
    >>>> Docs/Files
    >>> Room2
    >>> Room3
    >> Messages (Private)
    >> Directory (could be superfluous)

    + a function to cluster & arrange rooms

    There are more, but I’ve typed up alot already. Hope to see some improvements. Cheers.
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  • Good app !! little problem

    Very nice app! but there is one problem, on iphone group chat notification doesn't have sound, fix it please.
  • Secure awesomeness

    Perfect voice & video chat, offline messages, secure 1 to 1, optionally secure rooms. Sign up without giving up your phone or email. Near perfection.

    Only problem could be the matrix.org home server, but just use another (like nerdsin.space) instead.
  • Stable with most of the features required

    The app works really well and is stable enough for everyday use. I’ve been using it for one year with no issue.
    It has all the features you’d expect from a messaging app.
  • Certain features don’t work on app

    Certain features like /rainbow doesn’t work on the app but works on the mobile browser
  • Decent app- and the best compromise!

    My friends use this to chat and video call, and it has issues and bugs sure, but for video calls we have no other option that works as well overall for everyone. And of course, having private conversations safe from adtech is wonderful.

    Recommended.
  • Excellent!

    Open source client.
    Open source server.
    Federated.
    Looks good, runs well.
    Lots of features.
    Customisable.
    What more could you want?
  • I give it 5 stars

    So far seems to do what it say on the tin
  • Love the app

    I love the app but something is wrong with the notification system. I don’t get notifications for calls and texts anymore. Please fix that part. I’m using an Iphone X. Overall I love the app.

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