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I dont know how you use matrix but its android and pc client are heavy as hell and buggy, and isnt the desktop apps just electron based? I dont even want to get
by anaganisk 5y ago
I dont know how you use matrix but its android and pc client are heavy as hell and buggy, and isnt the desktop apps just electron based? I dont even want to get started with the resource hog of the matrix server instance.
- kadoban 5y agoI just run it in browser. It runs "fine" for me. It doesn't bother me in terms of speed or resources. I wouldn't give it any kind of glowing recommendation on that front, I just think it's better than Slack. Slack crawls for me more than Matrix does, though to be fair I only use them each on totally separate machines, so it's not a fair test. Raw IRC beats both in resources and responsiveness, but the tradeoffs are well worth it for me to use Matrix personally (to name just one, I consider scrollback to be a required feature, and to get that with IRC requires too much effort/cost).
- foresto 5y agoYes, the desktop version is an Electron app. It's a bit of a pig, but an understandable choice for a small team delivering a truly open e2ee protocol and cross-platform software suite as quickly as they have. I'm willing to tolerate the Electron bloat for now. The good news is that lighter Matrix clients like Nheko exist, and are steadily improving. I expect to switch within a year. https://matrix.org/clients/ https://matrix.org/clients/