Dude, I realized that I'm using three #Nostr clients to publish my notes and interact with people: primal (npub12vk…pugg), Snort (npub1sn0…jtws) and Iris. I'm crazy? No! Each of these Nostr clients has its positives and negatives, so, almost intuitively and without realizing it, I end up choosing to use one or the other throughout the day.
Snort and Iris are practically identical in 95% of features and interface, except for some features (5%) and brand. #Primal is different from the other two, however, it doesn't offer as many features available in #Snort / #Iris, which are very useful to me.
Starting with the settings area, let's compare Primal with Snort/Iris. Primal has a shall we say, “poor” area in terms of configuration options, while Snort/Iris offers a variety of possibilities.
Primal has the filter feature on the right side, which allows you to select the trend of content for 1/4/12/24 hours, an excellent feature absent in Snort/Iris (which displays a summary of content that was trending in the last 24 hours, and it doesn't update correctly).
Additionally, in Primal, when you are reading a note on your specific page, on the right side, you can see a list of all the people who have interacted with that post. Excellent resource!
In the notifications area, Snort displays a bar graph that shows all the interactions you have received over 11 days or weekly. Iris/Primal do not have this graphic feature. In Primal, notifications are more visually attractive, as you can see the note and the interaction it received (likes, comments, shares, and zaps).
On the user profile page, Snort/Iris has a more intuitive interface and some features that Primal does not have, such as the bio that displays the information in a more organized way (website and wallet link, both with icons). In Primal, they display notes, reactions, followers, zaps, relays, etc., with numeric data instead of just text like in Snort/Iris. Additionally, the side menu in Snort/Iris is more attractive and has mouseover effects.
On a 21.5" inch monitor, Primal is a laterally more compact website, while Snort/Iris is wider, although it is visually pleasing, it seems that the elements are too spaced out on the screen, while Primal is more compact.
Creating notes in Primal is not as pleasant as in Snort/Iris, as the popup appears at the top of the screen. The preview loads the content automatically and updates in real time as you write the note, making the process a bit slow. In Snort/Iris, when you create a note, a popup appears in the center of the screen and there is a selector to activate the publication preview, which is excellent. Personally, I prefer to create my notes in Snort/Iris.
Another detail when creating notes is in relation to images. Snort/Iris allows you to configure and select the option for hosting note images on Nostrcheck.me, this is an exceptional feature, as you now have an image gallery on Nostrcheck.me.
In the feed, at the top, in the upper area, Snort/Primal have a selector that allows you to select and filter what you want to see, for example: for you, following, trending notes, conversations, followed by friends, follower suggestions, Trending, global, and topical hashtags. Primal has the feature, but it is limited.
Regarding page loading speed and notes content, Primal has been faster than Snort/Iris, although in these last two clients, there are several disconnections throughout the day and timeout errors. Feed/cache is a problem with both services, often the feed appears out of date, even when you reload the page.
In Snort/Iris, your profile description, as well as your nickname, avatar and profile banner, typically reverts to a previous version/cache, if you have already updated this information a few times. This is quite annoying!
The integration with lightning wallets in Snort/Primal works without barriers, while Primal, requests your personal data. This is a negative point for me.
In short, both clients are great. In my opinion, it would be great if developers could perform benchmarking and combine all the excellent features of both clients into a single application. Obviously there will not be unanimity, nor does it need to be. But whoever pays attention to these details will be able to come out ahead, placing an application on the market that can satisfy and serve the majority of users.
I have tried to talk to some developers from these clients, but I believe that, due to their work, they do not have the time available to listen and accept this and other feedback. That's what I prefer to believe!
Who knows, maybe this note will be seen by some of them. I hope that sharing these experiences can add some value to some of these applications.
Thank you for reading this far, and sorry for any grammar or concordance errors.
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