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Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by kelnos »

mvdtnz wrote: post #36
microtonal wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's doubly disappointing because just 4 days ago the project wrote [1], on using AI for the new Messaging app: Why? Using an LLM as an additional reviewer seems like a good use of LLMs? Personally I have found LLMs very useful for that and they catch issues that other experienced programmers do not always find. It’s not like they are vibecoding a messages app.

What do you mean "why"? For the exact reason he stated in his first paragraph - a serious regression impacting his workflow.

... which seems to have nothing to do with using an LLM to do extra review.

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Post by chaosharmonic »

varispeed wrote: post #103
drnick1 wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest the specs of the Fairphone are middling and the device is rather expensive for what you get. The Pixels are a much better value, especially with a series. If you want something truly high end, wait for the Motorola with official GOS support.

Without support of alternative OS Fairphone is basically a landfill. Why would anyone buy this apart from novelty factor.

I mean, aside from /e/OS as a first-party option, there are also official Lineage builds[1]. And they're at least a target for PostmarketOS[2], even if that wiki doesn't actually describe something daily-driveable yet.

[1] https://forum.fairphone.com/t/official-lineageos-23-for-the-...

[2] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairp...

Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by HybridStatAnim8 »

mrd3v0 wrote: post #46

I wish they prioritised the call app. It is beyond appalling. You can't even determine when a call happened, beyond the generic low fidelity "[time] ago". It also almost feels like tapping anything makes me accidentally call people. Abhorrent UI/UX to be completely honest.

Good news! GrapheneOS has ported Messaging to kotlin, jetpack compose, and material you. The same is planned for the Contacts app, Dialer app, and more. Dont quote me but it seems Contacts and Dialer are up next after Messaging.

Also, GrapheneOS has very recently released automatic call recording for the Dialer.

Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by HybridStatAnim8 »

subscribed wrote: post #52
mrd3v0 wrote: post #46

I wish they prioritised the call app. It is beyond appalling. You can't even determine when a call happened, beyond the generic low fidelity "[time] ago". It also almost feels like tapping anything makes me accidentally call people. Abhorrent UI/UX to be completely honest.

What? :) You mean the perfectly functional (if barebones) AOSP call app? :)

It will get ported to kotlin, material 3, and jetpack compose, just like Messaging.

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Post by HybridStatAnim8 »

beepbooptheory wrote: post #102

The biggest issue I have with the degoogled Androids is no RCS chats out of the box. At least for me, it stinks these days to not have it, and you're forced to do sneaky things to get it.

GrapheneOS wants to eventually support RCS in the default chat app. It may take a lot of time for it to work without google components/google services but it is the eventual plan.

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Post by HybridStatAnim8 »

mmooss wrote: post #5

With a seemingly insurmountable workload - maintain an actually secure OS fork - for a small team, I wonder how GrapheneOS prioritizes things like messaging apps? I'm not saying it's wrong at all; I am just interested in the thinking inside a project like that. I can imagine many reasons to devote resources to it: * A platform is only as good as its apps. If they want to grow GOS in the general public, it requires a…

GrapheneOS has made a big push to hire a bunch of experienced, talented app devs, and they have been slowly chipping away at Messaging for a few months. They now have the resources to take on the AOSP apps and resume with the GrapheneOS apps. The rest of the AOSP apps are also planned to be overhauled.

They also plan to eventually support RCS in the Messaging app.

Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by HybridStatAnim8 »

andrepd wrote: post #63

Seeing "Material 3/Material You" is a negative point for me, not a positive. It's almost comical just how atrocious the UI is. Yes let's make all phones 20% huge-er and all whitespace 40% wider, said no sane person ever.

At least it is now consistent with the rest of the OSs UI.
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