Not a fan of the new layout – Messenger Review

I thought it was a fluke when the layout of my app got switched over and I’ve been uninstalling and reinstalling the app to get it back the way it used to be. I understand why the change was made to the gif tab but I hate it. I can’t see if someone is typing while I’m looking for gifs and I don’t get a one line preview of the most recently sent message if I’m scrolled up through the thread or if the stupid full page gif tab is open. I used to be able to tap on it and jump to the newest message while reviewing old texts or read the new message as I’m still scrolling through the gifs. Like a lot of other reviewers I really miss the controls I had over my emojis. One other feature I was a fan of, was coping messages over to another doc for when I was hashing out stories or character stats for games I was running. The flow with the new layout has become unnecessarily cumbersome. Might be time to move to google docs for these interactions. Messenger used to be a good middle ground to combine all my different types of conversations in one place. I guess I’ll have to go back to a combo of iMessenger, discord, and google docs depending on my needs. Facebook Messenger doesn’t really have anything special for me anymore.
Review by Tyrnen on Messenger.