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śatosha | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 #gossip 11 still has many features missing but it nailed the foundational thing ... it feels rock solid , enterprise grade desktop app .. not a flimsy smartphone thingie or a lazy web app .. congrats  @Magister Michael Dilger M.Sc. and team ..
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Magister Michael Dilger M.Sc. | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It may feel rock solid but I know better.  So much more to improve that isn't even user visible that plagues me. But it is getting there and if your impression is that it is solid then I'm starting to achieve the thing I care about most. So thanks for saying.
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ssip | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Absolutely  .. 

From "rock solid" I didn't mean it is bug free -  I meant it feels like an enterprise grade app  (in a good way :-)   .. somewhat  like Slack     - I guess partly because the design choices   .. eg not have a barrage of global posts ..  lists to allow focus on specific groups  ..  and best , the ability  to follow privately . .. these choices  indicate the depth of design thinking .. 

Basically what I am saying is when I Gossip ; I feel like reading stuff .. there is no impulsive responding ! .. and also , I want to write long posts  ..complicated ideas . Though editor is still rudimentary, it has the right vibe  ..  It  kinda covers an important white space in nostr world ..cuz most devs are trying to emulate twitter or insta :-)  Here in Gossip, I see someone  trying to level up Microsoft apps .. 

As for features - I suggest having some sort of plugins architecture - saying this cuz nostr possibilities are endless .. else you will need hundreds of contributors   .. and also we need non-nostry  features ..  for example I wish gossip editor had vim key bindings . Obviously I dont expect core devs to make it a priority ... but for vim lovers you can open a window of opportunity ..   

 ..  another one - language tool integration - for spells and grammar  or tabularize  for supporting tables.   Good thing is , most of such plugins already exist  .. as their developers adopt nostr , they should have a legit gate  to bring their work to Gossip's native editor ..