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Hi! I use Matrix a lot, but a privacy-sensitive group of my friends recently switched to Keybase largely due to the per-room/per-message retention policies. Thi

Hi! I use Matrix a lot, but a privacy-sensitive group of my friends recently switched to Keybase largely due to the per-room/per-message retention policies. This might be a good opportunity to convince them to jump ship, and I know something similar has been in the works for Matrix, but do you know where it is on the list of priorities? (Congrats on the cross-signing release though, it's been a long time coming and it's been working really well!)

Arathorn 6y ago
We've had per-room/per-message retention policies in Matrix for months now (although Riot hasn't exposed UX to configure them yet, as we were drowning in cross-signing work). https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/message_retention_policies.md https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/messa... has the details.
- ryukafalz 6y ago
  Hmm, that document seems to indicate they're disabled by default in synapse though? >Note that over every server in the room, only the ones with support for message retention policies will actually remove expired events. This support is currently not enabled by default in Synapse.
  - Arathorn 6y ago
    True - we did a slow roll-out whilst testing. It should be okay to turn on everywhere now :)
Semaphor 6y ago
Hijacking this: Does anyone know if there’s a Matrix client (out or in dev) that has the UI/UX of old 1on1 messengers (ICQ, MSN) and not chatrooms (IRC, Slack)? Specifically not the weird list of bubbles on the side, but instead a list of accounts/rooms and a window per chat.
- Arathorn 6y ago
  I guess Pidgin has that UI, although its Matrix support is alpha sadly. Not aware of anyone else who's done that sort of UI yet, but it's only a matter of time.
- rakoo 6y ago
  I'm not sure I understand, because neither IRC nor Slack have the bubbles thing, that's something you'll see in Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp. Also, Riot doesn't have those bubbles, and has the list of accounts/rooms on the side. However I'm not aware of any client that opens conversations in different windows.

Arathorn 6y ago

We've had per-room/per-message retention policies in Matrix for months now (although Riot hasn't exposed UX to configure them yet, as we were drowning in cross-signing work). https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/message_retention_policies.md https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/messa... has the details.

ryukafalz 6y ago
Hmm, that document seems to indicate they're disabled by default in synapse though? >Note that over every server in the room, only the ones with support for message retention policies will actually remove expired events. This support is currently not enabled by default in Synapse.
- Arathorn 6y ago
  True - we did a slow roll-out whilst testing. It should be okay to turn on everywhere now :)

Semaphor 6y ago

Hijacking this: Does anyone know if there’s a Matrix client (out or in dev) that has the UI/UX of old 1on1 messengers (ICQ, MSN) and not chatrooms (IRC, Slack)? Specifically not the weird list of bubbles on the side, but instead a list of accounts/rooms and a window per chat.

Arathorn 6y ago
I guess Pidgin has that UI, although its Matrix support is alpha sadly. Not aware of anyone else who's done that sort of UI yet, but it's only a matter of time.
rakoo 6y ago
I'm not sure I understand, because neither IRC nor Slack have the bubbles thing, that's something you'll see in Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp. Also, Riot doesn't have those bubbles, and has the list of accounts/rooms on the side. However I'm not aware of any client that opens conversations in different windows.