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I count myself as a huge fan of matrix - both the protocol as well as the federation concept - and even i feel that bridges are a compromise...but i don't blame

I count myself as a huge fan of matrix - both the protocol as well as the federation concept - and even i feel that bridges are a compromise...but i don't blame the matrix folks. In fact, bridges are the best compromise that i can think of in an ecosystem of outwardly hostile (or at least not cooperative) other chat services. If many chat systems used a singular messaging protocol - much like email uses the same underlying protocols - then i would imagine different systems and client/apps could differentiate on features, performance, price, stability, etc...Not so different from email providers might compete today. In other words, i don't think anyone *wants* bridges...its merely an artifact of others not cooperating. If more systems like rocket chat came out and began to leverage a universal protocol, then everyone wins - the app owners/designers, the app users, etc.

progval 4y ago
> i don't think anyone wants bridges...its merely an artifact of others not cooperating Matrix itself does not cooperate with others. They could have avoided XMPP bridging by building on top of XMPP instead of creating their own protocol.
- Arathorn 4y ago
  This is so tedious - it’s like having subversion users pop up every time someone mentions git and bemoaning how git should have just been built on svn. Or BSD fans complaining bitterly about Linus wasting time writing his own kernel when he could have just used 4.3BSD or Minix or whatever. If the same amount of effort went into improving XMPP as goes into complaining about Matrix, then XMPP would be in a much better state.
  - progval 4y ago
    I was replying to someone who said everyone should switch to Matrix, and calling "uncooperative" anyone who doesn't, as if Matrix was somehow objectively superior to every other IM protocol. I agree it is better than most (maybe even XMPP), but this is a subjective matter, and protocols who don't switch to Matrix like Gitter or Rocket.Chat did do not deserve to be called uncooperative. > If the same amount of effort went into improving XMPP as goes into complaining about Matrix, then XMPP would be in a much better state. It goes both ways. I don't know about XMPP, but IRC would be in a better state if people who complain about IRC would spend as much effort checking out newer IRC software (which already exists!) instead of using legacy stuff, then throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
    - mxuribe 4y ago
      To clarify, my comment about non-cooperative chat systems was in reference to MS Teams, Slack, etc. I didn't bring up XMPP. XMPP *might have* been an ok universal protocol to standardize on, but many players (like Google et al) took things in a non-cooperative direction. Thereby somewhat killing its benefit of federation. Also, as much of a fan boy that i am about matrix, i acknowledge it may not be the most perfect, but i feel it is pretty damn awesome from a technology perspective...But even more awesome, are the people and community behind it who - more than any other effort that i'm familar with - actually listen to the rest of the members of the community, and try to find some accord for what is best for all. Finally, i could be wrong, but some of the founders of the matrix protocol (and community) actually loved and came from the IRC world. Obviously, you have a right to your own opinion. :-)
      - Freie_Messenger 4y ago
        Yes - here is a comparison XMPP<->Matrix: https://www.freie-messenger.de/en/systemvergleich/xmpp-matrix https://www.freie-messenger.de/en/systemvergleich/xmpp-matri...

progval 4y ago

> i don't think anyone wants bridges...its merely an artifact of others not cooperating Matrix itself does not cooperate with others. They could have avoided XMPP bridging by building on top of XMPP instead of creating their own protocol.

Arathorn 4y ago
This is so tedious - it’s like having subversion users pop up every time someone mentions git and bemoaning how git should have just been built on svn. Or BSD fans complaining bitterly about Linus wasting time writing his own kernel when he could have just used 4.3BSD or Minix or whatever. If the same amount of effort went into improving XMPP as goes into complaining about Matrix, then XMPP would be in a much better state.
- progval 4y ago
  I was replying to someone who said everyone should switch to Matrix, and calling "uncooperative" anyone who doesn't, as if Matrix was somehow objectively superior to every other IM protocol. I agree it is better than most (maybe even XMPP), but this is a subjective matter, and protocols who don't switch to Matrix like Gitter or Rocket.Chat did do not deserve to be called uncooperative. > If the same amount of effort went into improving XMPP as goes into complaining about Matrix, then XMPP would be in a much better state. It goes both ways. I don't know about XMPP, but IRC would be in a better state if people who complain about IRC would spend as much effort checking out newer IRC software (which already exists!) instead of using legacy stuff, then throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
  - mxuribe 4y ago
    To clarify, my comment about non-cooperative chat systems was in reference to MS Teams, Slack, etc. I didn't bring up XMPP. XMPP *might have* been an ok universal protocol to standardize on, but many players (like Google et al) took things in a non-cooperative direction. Thereby somewhat killing its benefit of federation. Also, as much of a fan boy that i am about matrix, i acknowledge it may not be the most perfect, but i feel it is pretty damn awesome from a technology perspective...But even more awesome, are the people and community behind it who - more than any other effort that i'm familar with - actually listen to the rest of the members of the community, and try to find some accord for what is best for all. Finally, i could be wrong, but some of the founders of the matrix protocol (and community) actually loved and came from the IRC world. Obviously, you have a right to your own opinion. :-)
    - Freie_Messenger 4y ago
      Yes - here is a comparison XMPP<->Matrix: https://www.freie-messenger.de/en/systemvergleich/xmpp-matrix https://www.freie-messenger.de/en/systemvergleich/xmpp-matri...