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I get what you're saying, but you seem to just be criticising element, not matrix. All of these are temporary problems which can be overcome with more time to h
by dpatterbee 6y ago
I get what you're saying, but you seem to just be criticising element, not matrix. All of these are temporary problems which can be overcome with more time to hone the user experience.
I would love to see another company come along and make another matrix-based chat app to compete with element, hopefully that would result in them both getting better much quicker.
- pimeys 6y agoBeeper seems to be one. Hopefully they allow more people to join their beta soon. https://www.beeperhq.com/ https://www.beeperhq.com/
- anthropodie 6y agoHere's another I haven't tried it but it looks slick https://github.com/syphon-org/syphon https://github.com/syphon-org/syphon
- spurgu 6y agoElement has a sad amount of bugs/inconsistencies, even though they're being fixed/improved all the time. Message formatting issues for example between mobile and desktop clients are things that really put me off using it. I like the protocol, and I love the idea, but it's just nowhere near grandmother (or even mother) level of usability. And it's not nowhere near good enough for someone as anal as me. People in between might not get put off by all the issues though.
- CJefferson 6y agoI hope so too, I'd be happy to suggest another client, if someone could make something as "ruthlessly simple" as the alternatives.
- didibus 6y agoThe thing is criticizing Element is a criticism on Matrix. Interoperable protocols always also make it much harder to build a very usable client for. Even the great email is being "disrupted" with new closed alternatives like Slack, Discord, Teams, etc.