by julietteeb on 7/3/23, 8:38 AM with 46 comments
by dolmen on 7/3/23, 2:06 PM
by solarkraft on 7/3/23, 1:49 PM
Matrix is annoyingly hard to get into, IMO. It has gotten better in the last years, but it isn't exactly good yet. It hurts because I want it to be good so that everyone can switch.
I plan to talk about this with the Element developers at CCCamp.
by rwxer on 7/3/23, 1:50 PM
Earlier it was necessary to set up an IRC bouncer if you needed a persistent connection to the IRC server. But now you can just create an account on Matrix and join a Libera IRC channel from Matrix. The Matrix bridge functions like an IRC gateway on Matrix. It's a great way to stay logged into the IRC channels and ensure that you don't miss any messages when you are away.
by aaviator42 on 7/3/23, 3:14 PM
by the_gipsy on 7/3/23, 1:40 PM
I am also spending some time hacking around some terminal matrix client. I don't have to worry about some corporation pulling the rug.
by palata on 7/3/23, 11:43 PM
Moving back to IRC, I realised how heavy Matrix seems to be.
I understand IRC is very old and lacking a few features, but Matrix seems like a completely overkill solution. It seems so complex that the only way to write a third-party client is by using the official libs, and even that seems so hard that they keep suggesting that Element is the only good alternative (while acknowledging that it still has pretty big UX issues, after all those years).
Also I remember reading from one of the leads that performance was not their main concern. They would rather work on academic features than make sure the protocol is very efficient. That's a problem for me.
At this point I am not sure if Matrix can succeed...
by plantroon on 7/13/23, 7:37 AM
by preya2k on 7/3/23, 1:58 PM
Example: About a year ago, "Threads" went out of Beta and the feature is pretty much still unusable, because Notifications get stuck all the time. Even though there was a lot of progress to fix this – it's still not up to par with other Messengers.
by Fabeltjeskrant on 7/8/23, 5:42 PM
by dolmen on 7/3/23, 2:04 PM