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diff --git a/docs/MISSION.md b/docs/MISSION.md index 74399e747..5e8671943 100644 --- a/docs/MISSION.md +++ b/docs/MISSION.md @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ Conversations is a messenger for the next decade. Based on already established -internet standards that have been around for over ten years Coversations isn’t +internet standards that have been around for over ten years Conversations isn’t trying to replace current commercial messengers. It will simply outlive them. -Commercial, closed source products are coming and going. 15 years ago we had -ICQ which was replaced by Skype. MySpace was replaced by Facebook. WhatsApp and -Hangouts will disapear soon. Internet standards however stick around. People are -still using IRC and e-mail even though these protocols have been around for +Commercial, closed source products are coming and going. 15 years ago we had ICQ +which was replaced by Skype. MySpace was replaced by Facebook. WhatsApp and +Hangouts will disappear soon. Internet standards however stick around. People +are still using IRC and e-mail even though these protocols have been around for decades. Utilizing proven standards doesn’t mean one can not evolve. GMail has revolutionized the way we look at e-mail. Firefox and Chrome have changed the way we use the Web. Conversations will change the way we look at instant -messaging. Being less obstrusive than a telephone call instant messaging has -always played an importent role in modern society. Conversations will show that -instant messaging can be fast, relialbe and private. Conversations will not -force its security and privacey aspects upon the user. For those willing to use encryption -Conversations will make it as uncomplicated as possible. However Conversations -is aware that end-to-end encryption by the very principle isn’t trivial. Instead -of trying the impossible and making encryption easier than comparing a -fingerprint Conversations will try to educate the willing user and explain the -necessary steps and the reasons behind them. Those unwilling to learn about -encryption will still be protected by the design principals of Conversations. -Conversations will simply not share or generate certain information for example -by encouraging the use of federated servers. Conversations will always -utilize the best available standards for encryption and media encoding instead -of reinventing the wheel. However it isn’t afraid to break with behavior patterns -that have been proven ineffctive. +messaging. Being less obtrusive than a telephone call instant messaging has +always played an important role in modern society. Conversations will show that +instant messaging can be fast, reliable and private. Conversations will not +force its security and privacy aspects upon the user. For those willing to use +encryption Conversations will make it as uncomplicated as possible. However +Conversations is aware that end-to-end encryption by the very principle isn’t +trivial. Instead of trying the impossible and making encryption easier than +comparing a fingerprint Conversations will try to educate the willing user and +explain the necessary steps and the reasons behind them. Those unwilling to +learn about encryption will still be protected by the design principals of +Conversations. Conversations will simply not share or generate certain +information for example by encouraging the use of federated servers. +Conversations will always utilize the best available standards for encryption +and media encoding instead of reinventing the wheel. However it isn’t afraid to +break with behavior patterns that have been proven ineffective. |