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product backlog

akwizgran edited this page 2019-03-12 15:39:36 +00:00

"platforms" theme

• desktop
• ios
• chrome os
• extend headless app
• remain viable on android (wake locks, foreground services, etc)

"feature parity" theme

• delete private messages
• self-destructing messages
• avatars
• audio messages
• multi-device support (equal peers or leader-follower)
• account backups
• account transfers
• improve ui for threaded conversations

"offline" theme

• improve ui for controlling data transports
• improve reliability of bluetooth and wifi transports
• reduce nearby metadata leakage by using ble and wifi direct discovery
• improve ui and protocol for adding contacts in person
• test under simulated blackout conditions
• investigate medium-range transports (e.g. lora, afsk over handheld radios)
• investigate long-range simplex transports (e.g. satellite, afsk over am/fm broadcast)

"mailbox" theme

• architecture and features to be decided

"performance" theme

• reduce battery consumption (partner: tor)
• reduce bandwidth consumption (partner: tor)
• improve database performance
• migrate to native crypto (libsodium)
• scale to bramble groups with thousands of messages

"social" theme

• forum moderation
• edit or delete own posts in private groups, forums and blogs
• make private groups more flexible (e.g. transfer ownership, multiple moderators per group)
• verify identities of contacts when meeting in person
• image attachments for forums, blogs and private groups

"mesh" theme (speculative)

• protocols for advertising, discovering nearby peers
• protocol for syncing with ephemeral peers
• sync encrypted bramble messages via mesh (unicast and multicast)
• proof of concept mesh chatroom app