Make text box at bottom of screen REPLY
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Ari Gunzburg
I keep clicking into the text box in the text message and other items to reply - but only leave a private note to myself.
From a UI perspective it is confusing that the single most common action on any conversation is to reply, but when i click into the box that looks like it SHOULD reply, it is only a private note.
Philippe Lehoux
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We improved the message display to show the reply icon at the bottom of each message and reduce the reflex to use the comment/chat box to reply to an SMS or email.
Laura Smith
OH I would hate to see this change. We'd be sending inappropriate comments back to people all the time! We are quite used to that box's function and it is extremely useful for teams!
Jeroen Broerse
2 boxes would be great 🙄
Geoff Ball
You mean the box that says "Write private comment..."?
As a user of Missive on a team, I feel the box's function and placement are ideal, and also that the reply buttons are in appropriate spots. There are also handy keyboard shortcuts to reply to an email. I'm sorry that you don't feel the same but hope you can come to appreciate the purpose of private comments and conversation messages.
Ari Gunzburg
Geoff Ball: I do appreciate private comments and granted when not on a team it is less applicable. In the text messaging interface it is particularly bad, because at least on the mobile app, it is the box that looks like you need to reply in. I am not suggesting getting rid of the "private comment" box, but making an instant reply box closer to the message would seem to make the interface more usable.
PS what is the shortcut for reply? the shortcuts are hard to find.
John Bell
Ari Gunzburg: I agree on the chat, it's the same thing.
Geoff Ball
Ari Gunzburg: For me, reply is
Cmd-R
. On a PC I imagine it's Ctrl-R
. If you're using Gmail shortcuts I think it's just R
. The shortcuts are all in Settings under Shortcuts.I missed your part in the original message about texts and assumed you were talking about emails. I do agree that SMS, WhatsApp, etc. can be a bit confusing when it comes to replies vs. comments.
Ari Gunzburg
PS thanks for all you do the software is #stellar