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Matrix is great for bridging[0] between different chat applications. Personally I use it a lot to bridge to IRC, which is a great alternative to the older metho

Matrix is great for bridging[0] between different chat applications. Personally I use it a lot to bridge to IRC, which is a great alternative to the older method of setting up a server for use with an IRC bouncer. Since there's various Matrix clients for mobile (I use Element), you can chat on IRC from anywhere. If this gets more people into IRC I'm all for it because it's one of my favorite places on the internet for discussing and learning things. There's a comprehensive tutorial[1] on how to connect to Freenode via Matrix. Gitter ⇔ Matrix bridge is pretty good too, since Gitter is pretty horrendous on web and especially mobile. [0] https://matrix.org/bridges/ https://matrix.org/bridges/ [1] https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/wiki/Guide:-How-to-use-Matrix-to-participate-in-IRC-rooms https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/wiki/Gui...

Vinnl 6y ago
As someone who's in a Gitter room with a couple of people using the Matrix bridge: it works, but I wouldn't call it great. Messages by Matrix uses look like messages by the same user ("Matrixbot" or something like that), which simply prefixes its messages by `<username>`. @mentioning people no longer autocompletes, and you often see Matrix users trying to do it as well but inadvertently using someone's display name rather than their actual handle, thus not resulting in a notification. And when a Matrix users tries to edit their message, the edited message just gets sent again in addition to the non-edited one which is still there.
- Arathorn 6y ago
  we’re working with the gitter folks to do a much better job of bridging in the nearish future :)
  - Vinnl 6y ago
    Good to hear :)
gsich 6y ago
Bridges suck. You need some end-end monitoring. Most don't. So you never know if your message will reach everyone else, making bridges very shitty to use.

Vinnl 6y ago

As someone who's in a Gitter room with a couple of people using the Matrix bridge: it works, but I wouldn't call it great. Messages by Matrix uses look like messages by the same user ("Matrixbot" or something like that), which simply prefixes its messages by `<username>`. @mentioning people no longer autocompletes, and you often see Matrix users trying to do it as well but inadvertently using someone's display name rather than their actual handle, thus not resulting in a notification. And when a Matrix users tries to edit their message, the edited message just gets sent again in addition to the non-edited one which is still there.

Arathorn 6y ago
we’re working with the gitter folks to do a much better job of bridging in the nearish future :)
- Vinnl 6y ago
  Good to hear :)

gsich 6y ago

Bridges suck. You need some end-end monitoring. Most don't. So you never know if your message will reach everyone else, making bridges very shitty to use.