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Needing a client that supports those features seems like a big ask, though. You're right that Conversations is about as good as an XMPP client can be, and it's
by ryukafalz 6y ago
Needing a client that supports those features seems like a big ask, though. You're right that Conversations is about as good as an XMPP client can be, and it's a joy to use... but it's one of very few.
Among other things, my server has message archiving configured for MUCs, but Conversations is the only client I've ever been able to get to sync that history locally. That's something I just don't ever have to worry about with Matrix. (Not that I don't have other complaints with Matrix.)
- mbirth 6y agoHow many different full-featured Matrix clients do you know? And what about lean ones that don’t come in a huge Electron package? Also, Gajim has support for MAM and can sync everything locally. I believe Monal has it, too.
- ryukafalz 6y agoAlso not many, but they all get history syncing down. They have to, it's at the core of the protocol. (And that aside, at least Element is available on just about every platform.) Yes, I've heard that Gajim and Monal support it. I'm running both of them right now; Gajim doesn't appear to be fetching history from the server for the MUC I'm looking at in either the chat or history windows, Monal seems to attempt to but shows a progress spinner indefinitely. Conversations successfully loads history from the server; I can scroll back to well before I got this phone so I know it's not just local.