[rtcweb] RTT (was Re: No Plan)

Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at> Fri, 31 May 2013 20:27 UTC

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On 5/30/2013 10:32 PM, Gunnar Hellstrom wrote:
>  I do not understand why modern communication users accept to see a 
> chat state indication of "composing" instead of really seeing what 
> text is composed. 

Perhaps because you haven't done user studies of SMS-style 
compose-and-send vs. real-time text.

I suggest you do that, and then you'll understand the several reasons 
why most users (perhaps interestingly, excluding those users who are 
hearing-impaired) prefer the former.

> With real-time text you get rid of the frustration that "composing" 
> creates.

And you add the sender's frustration of not being able to edit and 
rethink their message before sending it, and the expectation on both the 
sender and the receiver that they remain present for the duration of the 
conversation rather than using it as a completely asynchronous messaging 
modality, to reply when convenient. [this is just a subset of what the 
user studies show, but touches a couple of the most common points]

Matthew Kaufman