Why are social media apps so anti-edit button?
It seems something everyone wants. Is their something I'm missing / don't understand about it?
Dammit, that’s THINK about it… #EditButton
Microsoft teams chat is good, but it could use some improvements
My favorite messaging app: microsoft teams chat
It's my preferred messaging app for the following reasons:
1. Non-Google Login
On Android, using a chat system independent of Google enhances privacy and security. Logging into Google Chat automatically connects the account to all other Google apps, creating cybersecurity risks. Teams Chat avoids this issue, giving users more control.
Google should offer an option to log in to Google Chat without affecting other apps.
2. Comprehensive Edit Button
Teams Chat allows users to edit any message—text, photos, or files—at any time, ensuring complete control over their digital footprint.
Google Chat, while offering anytime text edits, only allows photos to be removed, not reattached. Teams’ flexibility ensures better content management.
Why Not Telegram?
Telegram limits message edits to 48 hours in private chats, while Teams allows unlimited edits. Additionally, Microsoft, as a U.S.-based company with a proven 40-year track record, feels more trustworthy for communication with family and friends.
Feature Requests for Teams Chat
1. Improved Voice Messaging:
I switched from Google Chat to Teams partly because Google lacked voice messaging. Though Google recently added it, managing multiple Google accounts remains cumbersome. Android’s "Private Space" is a step forward but only works in the default user profile.
Microsoft teams chat needs to tweak their voice message button though so that we can tap once to record and tap once to stop. The "hold to record" button is so finicky that it doesn't work. I press and hold and it release itself cutting voice messages to just a few seconds. Google Chat got voice messages right when they recently added voice messages for all users. You can tap once to record (no holding and pressing required) and tap once to stop, and we get a nice transcript as well. It'd be nice for privacy if the voice messages played out of the earpiece by default, instead of the speaker, for both Google Chat and Teams Chat.
Google Chat feature requests:
Allow app-specific logins (give us the option to not auto populate all other Google apps with a checkbox to not do so upon login)
An *option* to enter passwords for account switching. The current way is ok for some, but many want improved security with regards to the account switcher.
Enable private spaces in secondary user accounts. While private space works on the default user, for those of us with a 2-user setup still can't use private space in our alt user space.
Microsoft Teams Chat remains the best fit for my needs—prioritizing privacy, security, and flexibility, but I hope they, and Google, make improvements to better compete with each other to give users the best options for communication, cloud access, comprehensive edit buttons, voice messages, and privacy.
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I'm not sure if it's user error or Mastodon has a bug that breaks threads occasionally when you are several toots into building one.
That would be nice @Mastodon UI improvement: within the #EditButton functionality, if I could paste the URL of one of my earlier toots, it could then latch back onto the earlier toot to pick-up threading without having to erase and re-compose it!
IDEA - given that Mastodon's API gives access to edit history, a single-function website that just does edit-history highlighting would be a neat project!
You just paste in the URL for the post, and it highlights differences.
That would be neat.
Now that I've explored the #EditHistory for toots, it's clear that seeing the difference between two versions is pretty tough.
I found a toot where the OP had corrected a tiny typo, and I had to screen shot both versions, put them side-by-side and eyeball them for a couple of minutes.
It would be great if history view highlighted the changes more clearly.
… and here's the original version, before four edits that successively diminished the selling of seashells
Hmm, only seeing one entry under the asterisk hover-over. I thought it was supposed to show me the whole history of the toot's edits?
Has anyone successfully inspected edit history of a toot?
Just realized, while I'm a big fan of our ability to edit toots, I've never attempted to view the edit history.
Doing that now, I'm not clear if it's showing it to me. Will attempt with this toot. Edits coming to the space below…
The next line gets edited copiously:
It's unclear if she has ever handled a crustacean or visited the coastal region.
Just me over here fixing typos in random posts each time someone likes or boosts a toot, bringing them to my attention.
They really burn a hole in your forehead sitting there staring at you.
'Reddit share price dumps to opening levels following euphoria"
draft - the inability to change your username once in a while feels like such a rookie thing. if they're trying to improve, I think that's just one place among many areas they could try to improve. Give users the option to edit their user name, like Twitter and all the other sites do. Also, maybe give people the ability to edit titles of posts. Also, maybe, give users the ability to have a few profiles linked under one account.
https://www.neowin.net/news/reddit-share-price-dumps-to-opening-levels-following-euphoria/
I think I've set some sort of record for typos in a post today. I'll stop editing, I promise.
*fingers crossed behind back*
i have finally won the war against my #1 enemies: YOU'RE & YOUR.
Wah - apparently you can't adjust the grammar in your mastodon poll or it wipes out all the results. :(
I suppose it makes sense, or one could change the poll answers and skew the data.
Anyway - re-click if you had entered something in that poll. Sorry about that – but now I know. :)
I'm pretty sure autocorrect typos will still get you dismissed from the Federation. #StarTrek #EditButton
I thought I'd mostly use Mastodon's edit feature to fix typos, and I do a lot of that. What I didn't realise is how often I'd make compulsive minor tweaks to posts in order to make them funnier.
Given how much I depend on the #editButton, Mastodon should really change the 'Publish' button to be a "share my draft" button instead.