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> Spectrum looks similar to a 2011 text message client

This just isn't true. Compare [1] to [2]. Nor does it look like VB, phpBB, etc. from 2011.

[1] https://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/08/30/the-top-6-best-instan...

[2] https://spectrum.chat/sketch?thread=5ee6de28-e347-4c0f-950d-...

> .. a good portion of people already have an account on.

Ah yes, my N accounts for N communities on Slack.

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It has the bubbles around what each person says, which is the style that many of the chat apps in your link have as well.

OK, they are flat bubbles now rather than shiny blobby ones, but it's the "bubble for everything someone says" that makes it look dated.

I hated the "bubbles" look back then and always used themes that just presented text as text, with possible unobtrusive delimiters between people's comments. Like Slack and Discord do.

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