Components
Signal is a private chat app.
This is an open source application.
Users can exchange messages with other contacts as if they were exchanging messages through a regular phone number.
This application is so easy to use anyone.
Here are some features owned by this application, namely:
backup messages and restore
create a group of messages
can share messages in the form of text, images, audio, video and equipped with the location sender feature.
Link Github : source
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Proposal
But even so, this application is still lacking some features that I think need to be owned by a chat application.
for that, I suggest to add some complementary features like:
- Last seen
- Change the number
- Search
- Add Shortcuts
- Wallpaper
What is the last seen feature?
this is a feature to make it easier for message senders to know our availability when someone wants to send a message.
What is the number change feature?
this is a feature so that users can swap the phone number when a time the user no longer use the same mobile number as the contact.
because this is an application exchanging messages that use the phone number as ID, so this feature includes one that should not be eliminated.
What is a search feature?
this is a feature that is used to search for important messages in chat. so as not to be troublesome to the user when looking to resume important chats but have been covered by other chats.
What is the added feature shortcut?
this is a feature to allow users to go directly to the desired contact chats because the chat has been added as a menu on the screen outside the application itself
What is wallpaper feature?
this is a feature to change the chat display screen. kana of course an application exchanging messages like this will feel boring if not enhanced by the screen that can be changed with the user's heart.
Mockups / Examples
this is the display before and after the addition of the last seen feature
this is the display before and after the addition of the change number feature.
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This is the display befoe and after the addition of the search, add shortcuts and wallpaper feature.
Benefits
What is the last seen feature?
this is a feature to make it easier for message senders to know our availability when someone wants to send a message.
What is the number change feature?
this is a feature so that users can swap the phone number when a time the user no longer use the same mobile number as the contact.
because this is an application exchanging messages that use the phone number as ID, so this feature includes one that should not be eliminated.
What is a search feature?
this is a feature that is used to search for important messages in chat. so as not to be troublesome to the user when looking to resume important chats but have been covered by other chats.
What is the added feature shortcut?
this is a feature to allow users to go directly to the desired contact chats because the chat has been added as a menu on the screen outside the application itself
What is wallpaper feature?
this is a feature to change the chat display screen. kana of course an application exchanging messages like this will feel boring if not enhanced by the screen that can be changed with the user's heart.
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