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XMPP (like many other similar protocols) is failing not because it's "not moving fast enough", but because open standards are required to make a commitment to s

by hmans 11y ago

XMPP (like many other similar protocols) is failing not because it's "not moving fast enough", but because open standards are required to make a commitment to simplicity (in order to be inclusive towards as many devices as possibility) which, in many cases, directly opposes the requirements of a business (ie. having unique features.) In the end, it's quite simple: federation and simplicity work _against_ many business cases. This is why this stuff is being dropped by the big players in favor of proprietary solutions left, right and center.

joshstrange 11y ago
Push notifications, message syncing, read receipts, offline sending (as in I'm offline, you send a message, I get it when I log in), encrypted chat, mobile clients, desktop clients, chat room support, direct message support. These are the things I need out of chat and while XMPP had extensions for some of those things finding server software and client that supported it reliably was near impossible.