Shall we create a crowd funding campaign for a Loomio app?
Luke Flegg
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I would really love an app for Loomio.
Push notifications, faster & more reliable.
Would a lump of money make this happen or is it already guaranteed for the near future?
Robert Guthrie Thu 24 Oct 2019 11:11PM
Maybe not though. The focus will be on PWA for Android.
iOS will get an app, but I wonder if we'll need it on Google play actually.
Danyl Strype Mon 28 Oct 2019 4:32AM
Fair enough. I think browser apps are more likely to be used than native apps, which is why so much software migrated to the web in the early 2000s. If there's no Loomio apps in the Goggle Prey Store, I'm not going to insist on seeing it in F-Droid ;)
FWIW the downside of a native app on iOS is that AFAIK Apple don't allow copyleft licensed software in their app store, forcing you to put the source code for that app - and potentially for a bunch of core Loomio code - under a pushover license instead of (A)GPL. Maybe better to look at a more nativish web app on iOS too?
Lisandro Gaertner Thu 7 Nov 2019 11:54AM
I would much more prefer a responsive website.
Robert Guthrie Thu 7 Nov 2019 5:58PM
Glad you said so! Are you on Loomio 2? It's responsible, mobile ready web app. It's what we're going to use as the basis of our app distributions.
Lisandro Gaertner Thu 7 Nov 2019 7:52PM
Not yet. I will try it now.
Luke Flegg Fri 13 Mar 2020 2:44PM
What's the latest re: getting push notifications on Loomio?
I've so nearly got several groups to try Loomio (and a couple which did try it) but always is the lack of push notifications that keeps them moving over to Slack or MatterMost. Or even worse, some single thread group chat in an instant messaging app.
In my experience, a lack of push notifications simply makes Loomio disappear under the noise of daily life, for many of the groups I am out have been working in. Of course with push notifications it's possible to have the choice of turning them off, if desired.
Matthew Cropp Fri 13 Mar 2020 7:19PM
Actually just had this same conversation with a co-op committee that uses Loomio, but has been having some trouble with consistent engagement with it, and the lack of push notifications were identified as a major barrier.
david rayner Sat 14 Mar 2020 12:38AM
that is what slack integration is for? to keep the doohickey device users happy?
Luke Flegg Sat 14 Mar 2020 1:06AM
Hey David :) I've never heard the word doohickey in my 34 year life but happy to be told what it means!
Sure, can integrate Slack through an API, but man...I don't know if you have experience of getting normal / diverse groups (including non-techie people) to change to a new tool? It's difficult mate. Without having to connect it via an API to a 2nd app! what about all the people who don't use Slack? Or only want to use Slack?
We just need 1 tool. I deeply feel that's what so much of the world is crying out for.
1 tool that does all the things we need around group decision making in decentralised organisations. That's why there's a time poll feature + a partipation feature. I don't want to rely on everyone also installing Slack.
(thanks though : )
Danyl Strype · Wed 23 Oct 2019 5:20PM
Maybe not the most appropriate place to chuck my mobile-app-related 5 cents in, but can we make sure the Loomio app for Android gets packaged for F-Droid?