There is giphy integration, and how it works is described here. https://keybase.io/docs/chat/linkpreviews . Similarly we'll be launching a location-sharing (including realtime) feature soon, working on a similar model.
Ah spell-check in the desktop app. We explored one library and weren't happy. We're visiting option soon, but yeah, privacy is critical.
Wonderful. Giphy integration works now. Thanks for the tip on link previews! The TCP tunnel to Keybase.com for giphy requests specifically is so delightful.
NB for others: may leak metadata so use with that in mind. One can also just whitelist the giphy domain only.
1) Works surprisingly well
2) Search was previously an issue but now fixed
3) Having a shared drive is great
4) Not having a spell check or giphy integration is awful. I get why because the non-local ones leak data. But it’s still terrible.
Will stick with Keybase.