Also, I looked at how dates are written in a screenshot and thought that "2 days ago" would be so much better than "Tuesday". Because you do not have to compute in your head how many days ago Tuesday was.
Signal does that and I hate it when it happens.
- Screenshots don't age well: you need to know the screenshot time and do math
- They need to be maintained, which means the screen keeps updating even if nothing else is happening
It is silly to mix the two. I usually display the relative time and offer a timestamp on hover or if there's space, show both.
Anyway, I tried this application and it seems to mix different styles depending on how long ago you got the text: "yesterday", "Friday", "18 Oct 2026".