proverse

Threaded messaging app

realtime server to deliver messages & attachments?

Message components:
Sender

• UserID
• datetime stamp
  Body
• MsgID
• text
• special content like email, web, or physical address
  Context
• MsgID where meaning

Client components:
Composer

• text entry
• attach local media (photo, video, file?)
• special content formatter (email, web…)
  Manager
• active conversations
• tools to adjust focus (1 or 2 or more convos)
• show new message(s)
  Conversation
• active threads
• group messsages based on context

Contextual groupings

• intro/utterance (no context)
• long thought extends previous message (twitter 1/ 2/ 3/)
• reply connects to previous message sent by other (usually answering a question)
• tagged to further discussion on topic (twitter #hashtag)