Jan Vlug1d ago

Hey @signalapp, would it be possible to implement taking photos from within the #Signal #Desktop app?

See this feature request:
https://community.signalusers.org/t/feature-request-take-photo-in-signal-desktop/44829

I use the #Librem5 as my daily #phone with #Signal. Quickly making and sending a #photo from within Signal Desktop is really something I miss.

#SignalApp #MobileLinux #SignalDesktop #Desktop #MobileLinux

Feature request: Take photo in Signal Desktop

I’m using Signal Desktop on my Librem 5 Linux phone. I would be great if I could use the cameras of the phone to take photos directly in Signal, just as on the Android and iOS app. I guess access to the camera is already possible, because you can use Signal Desktop for video calling.

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Show threadCédric Bellegarde
@janvlug @signalapp How do you use it ? I have a fork for mobile phone (PMOS/Droidian) but maybe there is another fork ?
May 20 at 12:28pmWeb
Show threadJan Vlug1d ago

@gnumdk @signalapp

I use the Signal desktop #flatpak. The flatpaks are unofficial though.

There is also officially Signal Desktop as #appimage (maybe still in beta), but I'm not a big fan of appimages.

Show threadSilmathoron ⁂1d ago
@janvlug @gnumdk it still blows my mind that @signalapp doesn't see an unofficial flatpak with almost 30k downloads per month as a priority...
Show threadJan Vlug1d ago

@silmathoron @gnumdk @signalapp

Ah, I forgot about the statistics of Flathub.

And this is without the aarch64 flatpak installs, because these are not available on Flathub.

Also 1,628,664 total installs from Flathub.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.signal.Signal

Show threadCédric Bellegarde14h ago
@janvlug @signalapp On a phone, how is it possible? Without my fork, Signal Desktop is not usable on a phone 🤔
Show threadJan Vlug8h ago

@gnumdk @signalapp

I use signal desktop daily on my #Librem5 phone. Actually, it is my main chat app. The Librem 5 is a pure #Linux phone running #PureOS.

I use this version (flatpak for aarch64):
https://signalflatpak.github.io/signal/

Signal Desktop Flatpak for arm64 + x86_64