How obtrusive are the popups? Are you on iPhone or Android? The pin verify popup is like 20% of the screen at the bottom for me. And it's nearly the same color as the background, so I sometimes don't even notice it. Or at least, I finally see it and think "how long has that been there?"

I agree that some things can probably be scaled back. But wouldn't it be an even worse experience if someone forgot their pin, and thus was unable to access their data?

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 18 hours ago

Android and desktop. I'm no UX designer, so I don't know what the ideal is, but when I'm using the software with a purpose, anything that gets in the way of that purpose is (at best) an annoyance. I'm probably wrong, but I think I'd prefer a passive notification to verify pin / donate / whatever that triggers after/as I leave Signal for something else -- a indicator I'm done with my purpose (albeit flawed; maybe I just need to copy info from FF or whatever.)