The idea of enforcing unique usernames kinda sucks, and so does trying to add people to a contact list by searching for and entering usernames.
This is, of course, how it’s always been done. But need it be?
If you’re bootstrapping off of your existing Twitter/Facebook/Whatever I would assume Oauth could get you the ability to discover friends on the network without ever having a “username” to enter.
If you’re making a new friend on the spot it’s a QR code or Bluetooth or Ultrasonic handshake between the devices?
If you’re making a new friend online I’d rather send them a peergos://<base56>/invite via SMS or Email or whatever other chat program we’re using. Tap and it should app switch right over to a screen showing their contact info with the “Friend” or “Add” button right there.
iOS will convert a webpage link into a preview of the page. I wonder if you could use that functionality to make sharing an invite link via SMS on iOS preview the actual contact page. I don’t know if iOS will let installed third party apps provide a preview bubble for link/protocols they’ve registered to handle.
OT: Shouldn’t the name just be PeerGo? Or really, Peer.
This is, of course, how it’s always been done. But need it be?
If you’re bootstrapping off of your existing Twitter/Facebook/Whatever I would assume Oauth could get you the ability to discover friends on the network without ever having a “username” to enter.
If you’re making a new friend on the spot it’s a QR code or Bluetooth or Ultrasonic handshake between the devices?
If you’re making a new friend online I’d rather send them a peergos://<base56>/invite via SMS or Email or whatever other chat program we’re using. Tap and it should app switch right over to a screen showing their contact info with the “Friend” or “Add” button right there.
iOS will convert a webpage link into a preview of the page. I wonder if you could use that functionality to make sharing an invite link via SMS on iOS preview the actual contact page. I don’t know if iOS will let installed third party apps provide a preview bubble for link/protocols they’ve registered to handle.
OT: Shouldn’t the name just be PeerGo? Or really, Peer.