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Timestamp in Message App
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I'm pretty sure you can't buy an app to integrate and replace your native messaging app. Anyway, it's because it treats it as a conversation. It depends on how long since the last message was sent or received.It has been discussed, the only real resolution is that Apple thinks that they know better than the people who want this option.
I meant, a third party app. not buy an app that will integrate timestamp in the native msg app.
So if enough people give apple feedback about timestamping every msg, they may reconsider?
Don't count on it.
I wouldn't really consider it a "fix" when it's not something that's broken, it's just the way timestamps work.
Well, it's actually NOT the way timestamps work. It's how Apple decided to use them...occasionally.
Regards,
Tom
Perhaps, for YOU, they are 'best' that way.
For others, it might be that the 'best' way to do it would be for the time stamp of each and every message would be visible- even with the clutter.
And for me personally what would be 'best' would be having the option.
What's clear is that Apple hasn't implemented it that way, that there have been suggestions to allow it as an option and those suggestions haven't been acted upon by Apple.
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lol. What are you talking about?
timestamps don't clutter anything. Use any other messaging app like whatsapp and you can see how it's done correctly. Apple could simply hide them and reveal on a long press or press if need be.
I don't understand sporadic timestamps either. Does anyone know when Apple does put timestamps on? Every X# of messages? Every X amount of time passed?
There are times that a timestamp for every message is useful to know what time that person exactly has sent it but I know they do have timestamps but I think it works with every hour.
Now that I think of it, when does the app know when to put a timestamp, is there a certain time between the first timestamp where it puts another one?
Now that I think of it, when does the app know when to put a timestamp, is there a certain time between the first timestamp where it puts another one?
The Facebook Messenger app, which recently essentially adopted the look and feel of the Messages app, seems to have been able to pretty much incorporate the best of both worlds--in the conversation view they use "sporadic" timestamps throughout the conversation, but you can always click on any message individually to be taken to just that message specifically with more information related to it, like its exact timestamp, where it was sent from (web, app, etc.), location information, if that was shared (since Facebook Messenger supports it).
Seems like a fairly reasonable, straightforward, and more than likely pretty simple way of going about it.
That said, even simply having a timestamp next to each message in the conversation view wouldn't really clutter things up either.
Seems like a fairly reasonable, straightforward, and more than likely pretty simple way of going about it.
That said, even simply having a timestamp next to each message in the conversation view wouldn't really clutter things up either.
That's Apple for you. I guess it's because they want their app to be clean and stuff. They also treat it as a conversation.
I wish they had a setting for it in the Settings app. That would be a smart option to add it into the OS, if they dont want it to be there by default.
Apple don't do options.
This sort of switch toggles behaviour or viewing of something, but not turning on an off an actual feature like wifi or 3G. It took a lot of complaining on these forums and others to get Apple to put in toggle in settings turning the mute switch into a lock rotation switch or back.
It really is crazy that iOS doesn't have this yet.
If Apple REALLY thinks it's too cluttered, confusing or it provides too many options to the user, they should really think about how they could do it differently.
If Apple REALLY thinks it's too cluttered, confusing or it provides too many options to the user, they should really think about how they could do it differently.
They should update it, they haven't update the message app? except the free messaging to ios devices... They could at do the timestamp update, the quick reply, and sending delay (in case you dont want to send the message anymore) like biteSMS... I miss using biteSMS.
I have 4S on iOS 6 so no jailbreak...
Now i have another question. Why biteSMS is not in the app store? does it violate Apple's app policy or something?
I have 4S on iOS 6 so no jailbreak...
Now i have another question. Why biteSMS is not in the app store? does it violate Apple's app policy or something?
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What is interesting, from what I hear, if you extract the SMS/iMessage from the device every message has a timestamp. The UI only shows it "sporadically".
That's correct, they are actually stored in the system files.
If you're jailbroken (why aren't you? It's 1 click on iOS 5.1.1) BiteSMS adds an option to timestamp every message.
If you're jailbroken (why aren't you? It's 1 click on iOS 5.1.1) BiteSMS adds an option to timestamp every message.
Now I see that part. Actually there is no jailbreak for his 4S. It's tethered for the iPhone 4 and 3GS (new bootrom).