The document provides suggestions to improve the Yappy messaging app, including: making Yappy the default messaging app on Android; adding contact name and number suggestions when composing new messages; reducing the contact view size and adding list view options; unifying the look of the Android and web apps to improve branding; and integrating contacts and dialer in the web UI to streamline the experience.

1. Here are a few of my suggestions for improving Yappy.
 Have the option of making Yappy the default messaging app on Android.
o I noticed that after installing Yappy, although it has the option of viewing
messages and also replying, you can’t make it as the default app for
messaging. There’s some confusion here.
 Yappy app does not autosuggest phone numbers or names.
o In Yappy, tapping the new message icon (+) brings the user to New
Conversation. In Send to #, typing a contacts name or number does not give
suggestions from your contacts list.

2.  Contacts view is overly large; space can be better used.
o In the web UI, the each contact is overly large and there is unused space all to
the right. There are no view list options. Google’s new Contacts Preview has
this down pretty well.
 Add shadow under (+) new text icon in Yappy app.
 Web UI does not match Yappy Android app. Unify look so Yappy has better
branding. The current Android app looks fine in my opinion.
 Are there any plans for a Material Design UI? I’m sure this will be huge for Lollipop
users. Many app review sites like to pickup on Material Design UI apps and like to
feature them.
 Feature suggestion for Chrome extension
o Have the Yappy extension find phone numbers on the current webpage and
give the option of texting the number directly from there. This is really useful
for times when someone isn’t in the web UI.
 Yappy web dialer uses poor quality font. I suggest using a more modern font and
removing the image of a Nexus 5 all together. Instead, use a stylized graphic of an
Android phone so it matches the current look of the web UI.
 Integrate Contacts and Phone Dialer in web UI
o The contacts page and phone dialer could best be put together on the same
page (side-by-side). It removes the need for a separate page all-together and
makes the web UI cleaner (also fixes what the blank space next to the
contacts can be currently used for).
o Feature suggestion for Chrome extension: have the option for replying from a
text message with the use of a notification alert (similar to what PushBullet
does with texts)
 Yappy vs. Competitors like MightyText / PushBullet / AirDroid
o Yappy works A LOT better than MightyText. Fewer messages are stuck in
“sending” and plenty of former MightyText users have switched to Yappy
(including me). MightyText is NO competition.
o PushBullet has SMS-to-PC added in as of last year. It’s nowhere as nearly fully
featured as Yappy (no conversation views, no contacts views, etc.), but it
works and Android users don’t mind having it enabled as part of PushBullet.
o AirDroid is a fully featured suite that does Android remote management very
well. I can compare this to the “missing app” for Android that brings features
for Apple’s iPhone and OSX ecosystem to Android users. Texting from a
computer is done just as well as Yappy. Yappy does not have as many
features as AirDroid, but the target user is different.
 Branding and Look
o PushBullet and AirDroid have better branding and their apps match what
users use and see on their desktop. Basically, you know it’s PushBullet and
AirDroid when you see it because they have a unified look across PC and
Android.