Do you still not know Signal is available?

Lakotaubp

UBports News Channel, [10.01.18 23:47]
Did you know that Signal is available as a native Ubuntu Touch app?

Today an update was released for Signal which now has a passphrase-secured message storage which you can activate under the preferences.

Enjoy and thanks to Aaron Kimmig for the hard work on this.

https://open.uappexplorer.com/app/textsecure.nanuc

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https://t.me/ubports_news/85

hummlbach

But it still does not have notifications right? What unfortunately renders it virtually useless for me. Okay if you're a Hollywood director or good at polling...

Lakotaubp

@hummlbach Not sure latest version 0.3.24 (Apr 22 2018) says starting a new chat was fixed in 0.3.23 details says push, but can't swear to it as I don't use it sorry.

Pulsar33

Hello
Despite my google searchs, I can't make me sure that Signal allows real Video Calls (like Skype), wathever is the OS, and indeed mainly with UBports. Have you certainty about that, please ?
Good evening
Pulsar33

advocatux

@pulsar33 AFAIK Signal doesn't support video calls yet.

There are two webapps at least that work perfectly fine if you need to make video calls:

https://open-store.io/app/appearin.milkor
https://open-store.io/app/hublin.costales

Pulsar33

@advocatux : Hello
Thanks once more for your suggestions. I'll have an eye to these web apps ...
Have a nice day
Pulsar33

Bastos

Yes. Thank you very much Aaron Kimmig for providing Signal to UT and for consequent improvement. This is really great!

But also for me it is hard to rely on Signal and/ or matrix as long as there are no notifications

PhoenixLandPirat

@pulsar33 the umatrix app from marius (The main hasn't merged it yet) has video call support.

Pulsar33

@phoenixlandpirat @advocatux : Hello
Thanks for your suggestions.
Finally, I simply use gruveo.com in the web browser. This is enough for my needs (simple video calls from time to time) and doesn't require to install anything. It works nicely with my WiFi acces point.
Nice week-end to all
Pulsar33

kalle.kruse

@pulsar33 Have you tried https://meet.jit.si ? Based on free software.

flohack

@hummlbach Still we got no answer from OpenWhisper. They are not really willing to cooperate with us, it seems.

GT

@kalle-kruse : Does meet.jit.si work in your UBPorts web browser? I get the error message that this browser is not supported.

A Former User

@gt It loaded on my N5, but when I typed something in the box, it went to another page which said that I needed "the Jitsi Meet mobile app to join this meeting" on my phone.

kalle.kruse

@3arn0wl @GT Same here - sorry for raising false hopes

hummlbach

@Flohack thanks for the information

flohack

You might try appear.in, that should work on the phone for video conference calls.

zamakli

Actually there IS a way: text messages are “SMS” in the GSM (“3GSM” organization) real wording. And Apple made it compatible within Apple “Messages”: you can get and send your SMS if you’re connected via any other IP (Internet) way: ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, etc. Photomath TextNow Bluestacks

mawil1013

@lakota I'm concerned about Signal as I've seemingly had problems were the message were apparently not sent or popped up on my wife's phone hours after being sent. This was while using Android version. Has anyone noticed the same situation?

flohack

@mawil1013 Yes some people reported apparently that notifications having a hard time currently with Signal. But maybe only temporary

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