Now that I have written a secure, #E2Ee #messenger for #iOS, #Android, #macOS & #Windows (using #Flutter) myself, I have, IMO, finally “earned” the right to complain about other messengers’ UX, UI, technology, and the dev’s attitude.

I am using:

- Actively: Apple Messages, WhatsApp (ughh), Signal
- Passively (i.e. just have an account there to check UI/UX + performance): Telegram
- Used: Threema

The results so far:

- Best in UI/UX: #Telegram
- Best in Security: #Signal(?)
- Best in Business: #Threema (Ginlo Business)
- Best in Reach: #WhatsApp
- Best in Features: #Messages
- Best in Privacy: Messages
- Best in Performance: Telegram

- Worst in UI/UX: WhatsApp
- Worst in Security: Telegram
- Worst in Business: WhatsApp
- Worst in Privacy: Telegram/WhatsApp
- Worst in Reach: Threema
- Worst in Developer Attitude: WhatsApp, Telegram, Threema, Signal, (no idea about Messages)

No, I am not going to elaborate, because these are just my own, subjective experiences/judgement.

For #Ginlo_II / #Cicero, I took inspiration from Telegram (UI/UX), features (Messages), Business (Threema + Ginlo Business), Security (Signal), Performance (Telegram).

No, I have not beaten Signal in Security and Telegram in performance (that one is unbeatable because they have no encryption, which saves you tons of performance issues), but I have definitely beaten WhatsApp in everything except reach (I am just starting) and also beaten every messenger out there in terms of PRIVACY.

And I am also hoping to one day beat all of them in terms of developer attitude…

We’ll be launching our client as soon as the CEO decides so. I am hoping for end of October, but you never know.

Since I moved to a new instance (my own), a new #introduction is needed.

You can find my pinned intro here: https://tau-ceti.space/@imdat/109863682522438461

But…

… I joined Fedi some time last autumn. Since then, I probably learned more about myself than at any time before, mainly thanks to wonderful people, my #NewFriends and some, in the meantime, #OldFriends here.

I am a:
- ✅ #Neurodivergent,
- ✅ #OC (OCD) - and probably a lot more,
- ✅ #ActuallyAutistic,
- ✅ #Trans
- ✅ #GenderFluid
- ✅ #NonBinary (#Enby), who is
- ✅ #Polyam (I can love more than one person at the same time),
- ✅ #Trixic (attracted to women - for relationship),
- ✅ #Enbian (attracted to non-binary persons - for relationship),
- 🙅🏻 not into cis men (would I ever make an exception for @endali ??🤔 😂)
- ✅ partner of #LoveOfMyLife and
- ✅ parent of #MyAdoredDaughter.

I am
- ✅ #OmniSexual, i.e. I am sexually attracted to whoever I am attracted to - regardless of gender or genitalia - but extremely choosey.

I am also a
- ✅ #Software #Engineer #ByHeart, #BySoul, and #ByFingers. I mostly do
- ✅ #SoftwareArcheology & #SoftwareModernization. I love
- ✅ #Cooking,
- ✅ #Musings,
- ✅ #ChitChatting with my #TransSiblings of every gender or non-gender (as they please; the more the better). Most of the time, you can just
- ✅ #IgnoreMe,
- ✅ #LoveMe,
- ✅ #TalkShitWithMe as long as it is full of #Intelligence, #Wit, #Humor and you have a mastery of #Languages. I love
- ✅ #Cats
- ✅ #Dogs
- ✅ #Animals & #Trees & #Nature & #Beauty & #BeautyInPeople (the list is too long…)

In my toots expect:
- ✅ #TransRights
- ✅ #Politics
- ✅ #WorkTopics (Software)
- ✅ #Ginlo, #Ginlo_II, #Cicero
- ✅ #CatImages
- ✅ #DogImages
- ✅ #BeautifulImages
- ✅ #CrazyDreams
- ✅ #FragMyBrain
- ✅ #HeatedDiscussions (but respectful & lovely)
- ✅ #CrazyStories,
- ✅ #Language|s, languages, languages,
- ✅ Stories about my adored daughter,
- ✅ Stories about love of my life,
- ✅ Stories about love, beauty, magic.

Lastly, I hate self-declared authority - no, any authority that doesn't derive its authority from the people who gave them that authority in the first place!

Hello, again!