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The problem with XMPP is that it set Google's IM products back by a decade in terms of features. Google IMs still blow chunks. It may now be possible to make a
by microcolonel 7y ago
The problem with XMPP is that it set Google's IM products back by a decade in terms of features. Google IMs still blow chunks.
It may now be possible to make an okay XMPP experience, but proprietary/custom protocols continue to be simpler to implement, better-performing, and less hassle overall.
We need something completely unlike XMPP if we want good federated IM to become a thing; something that isn't a bloated, exotic, "extensible", "well-formed", streaming XML protocol.
- echelon 7y agoWhile I agree with your characterization of XMPP, it can still function as a gateway into richer platforms. There's no reason to turn off the lights. Chat hasn't changed that much in 40 years. That said, if Google wants to earn some much-needed goodwill, it could work on a new federated chat protocol. Something binary and concise that handles all of the modern emoji, stickers, outbound call initiation, bots, polls, etc. And if you could use it to build all of {Slack, Messenger, Telegram, IRC, Hangouts} on top of it, that would be amazing. Especially if it were federated and had a reference implementation. Commoditize your compliments, right? Anyone at Google looking for a project for promotion?