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122 points kcon | 9 comments | 14 Apr 25 02:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.666s | source | bottom

Nissan's official mobile app for their LEAF electric car doesn't have a widget for quickly checking the car's battery charge status on your phone's home screen, so for a fun side project I decided to make my own using free tools like GitHub Actions, Appium, Tailscale, and Apple Shortcuts.
1. wizerno ◴[14 Apr 25 05:01 UTC] No.43678208[source]▶
Does anyone else miss the functionality of the Android WhatsApp widget [1] on iOS? Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature. The iOS notification 'peek' is a clumsy substitute.

Is this a fundamental limitation of iOS widgets/APIs, or just something WhatsApp hasn't implemented? Curious if others have found better ways to handle this on iPhone.

[1] https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-the-WhatsApp-wid...

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2. nikanj ◴[14 Apr 25 07:32 UTC] No.43678939[source]▶
It is implemented in the app itself. WhatsApp > Settings > Privacy and turn off Read receipt.
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3. russum ◴[14 Apr 25 08:22 UTC] No.43679207[source]▶
Long-pressing the chat in your thread list gives you a quick preview seemingly without sending read receipts.
4. createaccount99 ◴[14 Apr 25 08:45 UTC] No.43679314[source]▶
> Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature.

More like an unfair anti-feature

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5. mort96 ◴[14 Apr 25 10:28 UTC] No.43679815[source]▶
Hm? Should I as the user not be able to decide what I send or don't send?
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6. bayindirh ◴[14 Apr 25 11:31 UTC] No.43680166[source]▶
The use case is slightly different. I prefer to send read receipts, but I also like to peek at messages without sending them and removing unread counts because I want to add the message to my mental queue, but don't want the false impression that I didn't bother to answer the said message.
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7. nikanj ◴[15 Apr 25 06:33 UTC] No.43689630{3}[source]▶
Ah, you want to read messages without letting the recipient know you've read the message, while still having read receipts enabled. I'm not surprised WhatsApp does not support this one, I think they want their users to be able to trust the read receipt indicators
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8. bayindirh ◴[15 Apr 25 07:16 UTC] No.43689889{4}[source]▶
Actually it supports that, via notifications and peek. The intent is not nefarious, as I said before. I don't want the person who sent me the message think that I read their message and just tossed to a virtual bin.

I just did it yesterday. Somebody sent me a message, and I read it via notification, but they don't have the receipt yet. I'll write their answer with a fresh mind, and send the answer they deserve.

I don't think valuing the person on the other end of the line is a bad thing.

9. createaccount99 ◴[16 Apr 25 15:42 UTC] No.43706847{3}[source]▶
You can disable read receipts in the settings, but then you won't see their read receipts. This is fair.