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Wire — Great conversations. Built for mobile, tablets, & desktop.
Modern day collaboration meets the most advanced security and superior user experience.
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Adam Kazwell
The UI is stunning, however sometimes I get stuck with how to use it. But hey, I don't understand Snapchat's UI and they seem to be doing ok ;)
Upon signing up, would love to see a welcome message or two - so I could easily get a feel for the service. Right now just waiting for more friends to sign up.
All that said, great visuals and sounds - fingers crossed that more people check it out.
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I'm stuck at the "People You May Know" UI -- I'm clearly not just going to add someone from that. Not sure...what to do next, but all the UI previews I've seen look really promising. Now I guess it's...can Wire become ubiquitous...or at least gain critical mass? I dunno...much higher friction than apps like GroupMe or WhatsApp that fall back on SMS when someone doesn't have it installed.
Slick design but all these messaging apps fail at on-boarding users. Every single one. None of my contacts have the app so who am I going to talk to?
They need to have dummy accounts you can chat with to see how the app works or else the majority of people will install and delete within 5 minutes.
Lots of interesting discussion about the security/encryption going on over at HN, for those interested:
https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
The app is...beautiful. The visual design here is really stunning and I'm super impressed with the attention to detail. That being said, I'm just left scratching my head a bit trying to figure out where this fits into my normal communications flow. Not trying to be negative at all, just genuinely curious.
When I first connected my contacts list, none of my known contacts showed up. So instead the app showed me a handful of random people and prompted me to add them. Is this an app to chat with random people? Or close friends? I wasn't sure.
I'll definitely keep an eye on this one though, it seems like some of the interaction patterns are cool (the color switching feels nice, despite not actually adding functionality).
@brian_lovin had same issues, and they also don't have good "invitation" flow, like facebook connect and etc. (contacts only)
@brian_lovin Hi Brian, looks like you hit the typical issue with new network products - none/not enough of your friends are on it. Wire is definitely not for chatting with random people but with your friends and family. Would be interesting to hear if 7 months have changed something in terms of your tribe being on it.
@dja1o it sure is beautiful, but it's not really usable IMO. My first impression is: super hipster. A couple of things that jump out right away:
1. It's not clear whether someone is online or not
2. The UI is quite buggy if you're not on Yosemite
3. Can't copy+paste an image from the clipboard
4. I'm not really sure what the bottom right button with the user icon does
The only thing I *do* like is the chat transcript is really clear (but could use more visual clues as to who is talking)
As someone who designs and understands the importance of whitespace, this actually has WAY too much whitespace, especially on the user list view.
I think the UI is pretty for sure, but not having anyone on the other end by default, and the feeling of "Now what do I do?" is a quick path to disengaging me with the product. I'd suggest a bot, or "Team Wire" on the other end, by default, to help me see immediate value, and therefore motivates me to want to invite my friends.
I'm frustrated by the fragmentation in the chat space right now but this app is soooo pretty it deserves my vote
As I've said before in other messaging app posts, these things are going to have an incredibly tough time onboarding users and replacing a user's texting app if they don't integrate both SMS and Wire conversations between two people into the same thread.
After doing some research, I'm aware that this is more complex to implement than people think, but if they're going to have any shot at competing against the likes of WhatsApp, they need this advantage. If a small team of indie developers can get it working with the Disa app, I don't see why a startup with resources can't do it.
Man, 20mins in and I love this app! Feels a lot like Slack, but for individuals.
That said I agree with Brian, it's a bit disorienting at first. Give it a few minutes and it begins to make sense though!
No read receipts, hard to tell who's online. The big photos are pretty, but this seems half-baked as a chat app.
I opened the website and then waited and waited for some cool animation or video... And then found out I have to scroll - omg!
/EDIT: Sometimes site shows slideshow and sometimes I get stuck with black background with the phone :-/
@misbahspeaks Ok it was really bad. Pretty but bad. I swiped every which direction, tapped, double tapped and couldn't figure how to get back to the contact list...
Shouldn't the description on this read "Great conversations. Built for mobile, tablets, & OSX?"
I do wish @producthunt would either reject or ask submitter to revise the description when I am led to yet another thing - that I may never get to use.
Any idea how many times I have clicked through from a PH post that could have included in the title "for mobile" or "for iOS," etc. - but didn't, @rrhoover?
@osakasaul good idea to clarify. We'll likely add platform icons to represent which devices its supported on (e.g. iOS, Android, OSX, Web).
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@rrhoover @osakasaul Hi Saul, I didn't include the platforms in the description as it's not quite part of their tagline... and it's not a common pattern on @producthunt.
@rrhoover Okay, yes - icons would be even better. When people Hunt something, they'd declare it web/iOS/dumbphone/Android/all of these. Good call, Ryan.
I like the direction they seem to be going in. The UI is a beauty.
I just wish I had friends to talk to -__-
Lovely app, unfortunately ts downfall is its obscurity, few know it exists. I for one sing its praises to all I know, still with so many options it is hard to get people away from other IM / vdeo clients
Pros:Efficient interface, secure, easy to use
Cons:Not well known, so have to get contacts to join