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They really didn't have to redesign a text box. Please stop reinventing the wheel. I don't need another pop up in my life.
If I had wanted all the extra bull shit that came with these updates I'd have bought an iPhone.
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2024
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Me, using Google Voice for SMS: "Y'all have nice UIs sometimes?"
Damn this sucks. What are they thinking? It's a horrible way to manage a text input
It boggles my mind how people in the US still use SMS.
I use it because it is more convenient than chat apps.
It's built-in and just works. It's also platform independent. I only use it for family though. I use chat apps for friends because they don't have my mobile number.
And SMS isn't WhatsApp which is a great thing. Not that I know anyone except my mother that uses it.
Btw, I'm not in the USA.
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Smart compose is there for me. It looks like this bar will have more icons depending on the context and maybe more in the future.
I think it's an improvement, particularly for folks like my grandfather that have the UI/font scale increased.
On his phone there was basically 1-2 words that would fit in that old text box ...
so his
text
message
preview
looked
like this
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While I agree this is bad, do people still use messages? In my country everyone uses WhatsApp or Telegram.
The only time I open the messages app is to get OTPs or something.
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