Element Classic

As chat apps go, this one works pretty well, but it still has a few rough edges. Particularly, its handling of encryption keys is rough compared to other apps like Wire and Keybase—Every time a new device is added, everyone needs to go through and re-verify it, which is a hassle and a turn-off for getting my friends to use it. If you don’t re-verify, everyone in every chat you participate in will see a scary warning, and there’s no way to permanently dismiss it.

The app can be way better overall, there is no need of the "home" tab on the bottom when all it does is literally show everything from the other tabs in one tab. Secondly, the UI is so messy, why can't it be a bit more cleaner like discord or other platforms? It just looks so ugly holy sh**. Please do something about it. It really needs to be cleaned up, I don't know who's idea it was to add a "home" tab and use that format for chatting. Please get rid of the bottom tabs and add a sandwich menu to the side like discord. Open source is so amazing, but it's always the UI designers that mess it up. This app has soo much potential!

You know what’s really annoying and I can’t do anything about it but I should???? When rooms are empty and I can’t leave them!! They just appear in my messages or room log but I can’t get rid of them. It’s so absolutely unacceptable at this point. Months go by, update after update, but no one seems to be able to fix this issue. I have like 20 empty rooms that take up my screen that when I try to leave, they say the room doesn’t exist therefore I can’t leave them...........

needs a lot of work. Can’t convince my friends to join because making accounts doesn’t work, searching for friends doesn’t work, and can’t even upload most photos TLDR avoid and stick with closed source They may spy on you but at least it works

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Tried it out. Great at first. Crystal clear calls, then suddenly no call option. Now only video calls. Video meeting calls. Are they still private and part of my chat room? No idea. Not clear within the app. Now video calls starting when i dont click on “call” (not that any of them ever worked after the first call) just ringing forever and being frustrated for well over an hour. Feels super sketchy to be honest. I wont be returning.