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Conversations (XMPP Client) is now a UnifiedPush distributor

by karmanyaahm on 1/14/23, 4:42 PM with 30 comments

• by ryukafalz on 1/14/23, 5:36 PM

  This is amazing! I love to see things like this, because push notifications are always a sticking point on mobile devices that aren't tied to Apple or Google. And this looks like it'll make it easier to get started if you already have an XMPP account.

• by aguywithguile on 1/14/23, 6:54 PM

  I've been using this for a day or so since it came out as a replacement for ntfy. It's been really solid so far and means I only have 2 apps that wake my phone up -- conversations (provides notifications for irc and fediverse stuff) and fair email.

  I'm really hoping something comes along to provide email with webpush/unifiedpush notifications.

• by gary_0 on 1/14/23, 6:46 PM

  I'm not a mobile developer (or heavy mobile user). Can someone ELI65?

• by snapplebobapple on 1/15/23, 4:22 AM

  xmpp is great. I just wish the clients were better/more interoperable/more unified on sharing organization information. For example, gajim has these great workspaces where you can group conversations but it's all local to that install of gajim and it doesn't appear to be durable across closing conversations and getting new messages.

  As a messaging protocol it appears to work well, it was relatively easy to get it running (although not as easy as matrix) and slidge is coming along nicely to provide interoperability with other chat platforms.

• by MayeulC on 1/15/23, 4:08 PM

  I also wish it was an UnifiedPush client too!