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Hi all,


I realise it's a contentious question and the previous emails have covered the argument for and against. Here's my two cents, whilst I use my Nexus 4 running UT as my daily device, I keep having to check whatsapp on an alternative device. Having signed up for it on that device ppl don't seem to understand that I won't necessarily get a msg from them now(and clearly don't understand the arrow notification) I appreciate that is not a failing of UT and I agree that native app is preferable and I'd rather use Telegram but whatsapp is the one everyone seems to be using,


Thanks


J






On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 3:02 PM -0800, "Wayne Ward" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





I wish emails had a like button

Wayne

Monday, 22 February 2016 21:20:06 UTC, Bob Summerwill <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> "Why would you want android apps?"
>
> I am using a Jolla Phone as my day-to-day device, and I can vouch from
> first-hand experience that the AlienDalvik Android support on that device
> is utterly invaluable in a practical sense.
>
> Having native applications is obviously best, but Android compatibility is
> a fantastic stopgap solution.   There are a huge number of Android
> applications, and having access even to a subset is a godsend.   It is
> surprising how many Android applications can run without Google Play
> Services.
>
> Jolla Phone works with various Android stores, with Yandex and F-Droid
> being the ones which I use the most.   Having F-Droid on Ubuntu Phone would
> undoubtedly be "A Good Thing".
>
> Having that kind of functionality available on top of a FOSS solution would
> be fabulous.    The SailfishOS ports really suffer for its absence.
>  Ubuntu Phone would really benefit from an equivalent.
>
> If you want to see something amazing, check out "Android as an App" on
> SailfishOS.   That kind of magic should be possible for Ubuntu Phone as
> well, I think.
>
> https://twitter.com/sledgeSim/status/679647138305970177
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I forgot to respond to your second question (and email address).
>>
>> > And if you can run android apps, why would they be bothered to write a
>> native app.
>>
>> Maybe for the same reason why not every organization chooses to
>> implement their apps using Cordova. Because on an attractive platform
>> I want to offer the best available integration possible. Not a
>> mediocre, "working one", which could be sufficient to some suffering
>> user souls though.
>>
>> Attractive. That was my point in mentioning "differentiation". This
>> argument has been discussed on the list before.
>>
>> @Mark Re Tox [2], I think I saw that before. But what (current)
>> user-facing problems does it solve (apart from Edward Snowden's secure
>> messaging, which *is* important, acknowledged)? Will my wife stop
>> bugging me with "can you finally install Wattsup on your damn fone?"
>>
>> Seriously, integrating all those communication features, including
>> generic SIP and XMPP, seamlessly in Ubuntu Phone would be awesome.
>> That would be a very promising way to go, probably.
>>
>> We don't need extra clients if it's really as advertised, "The
>> relationship of The Tox Project to Tox is analogous to the Linux
>> Foundation's relationship to Linux." [3], let's go for integration if
>> it's that good. What we don't need is another messaging client. We
>> already have Telegram. And the contacts for our kids' sports
>> appointments are not on there, unfortunately.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> [2] https://tox.chat/
>> [3] https://tox.chat/about.html (at the bottom of the page)
>>
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