It needs a lot of work

* Feels quick. At least for now. Let’s see how fast it is when they gather a large user base. Although I find this rather hard as it doesn’t do anything different than what tons of other apps/services are already doing.

* There’s a disparity in the ways you sign up for an account. On your phone you’ll need to use your #. On the computer your asked to sign up with an email.

* Design is minimalistic, clean.

* Viewing videos inside the app doesn’t work as advertised. I tried pasting a YouTube link and all you get is a preview that says it must be opened in your browser. :(

* If and when viewing Youtube videos inside the app gets resolved, it should also support Vimeo and other if any major video hosts.

* No thumbnail previews for pasted URL’s. Skype has this feature and it’s a must. It adds instant visual clarity as to what the content is about.

* You can’t manage your contacts. There’s no way I can see to delete a contact.

* It uses a lot of RAM. More than Skype and other messengers.

* No easy way to type Emojis. You can from the menu, but this is very impractical. Emoji input should be besides the text input field.

* Useless Ping feature. This serves no purpose as far as I can tell. It’s actually annoying. Emoji input should take precedence and replace this thing.

* Although I have notifications enabled whithin my System Preferences, they have yet to show up when I receive a message.

* Notificaitons whithin the app are very, very subtle. They somehow need to be prominent.

* ONE OF THE MOST GLARING OMISSIONS IS THAT YOU CAN’T SENT ANY FILES OTHER THAN PHOTOS. Because of this, I’ve dropped my rating to 2 stars, whenever these issues/omissions get resolved I’ll happily revise my rating and review.

sebasll about Wire • Secure Messenger