[Dev] The challenge

[Frederik Gron Schack]

Hi,
I've started to like Tox a lot, I think this is really what is needed in this increasingly messy world, with government clamping down on everything that is freedom.
If Tox could just be lifted a notch, I think there is a lot of potential users out there, who are concerned, scared and irritated enough, to try out alternatives.
I think for example aTox is already very userfriendly, but people without interest in technology would stumble over a few things.
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They don't know that they have to long press the Tox ID to show the QR code. This needs to be a separate "Show your ID as QR Code" button.
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They don't know what to do when they receive a Tox ID, this could be explained in a couple of onboarding screens.
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They don't know that they can just send the Tox ID to somebody and that somebody might not know what to do with it. The obvious would be to add an "invite" button, that basically shares a standard text with the Tox ID and a list of links to different clients.
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They don't understand that battery management has anything to do with receiving messages. So, there needs to be a wizard to guide them through to disable battery optimization and background activity.
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People might not understand why to use the Tox network at all, that it's a way to connect without servers that can be compromised, closed down or hacked. This could be included in the onboarding
I think the aTox app is already good, it's more reliable than Session, Element, XMPP and many other privacy messengers, it just needs some makeup.
I would wish for somebody to take up this challenge, that is mostly about upping the UI a bit.
Best regards,
Frederik

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