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There is just no single universally and actually used IM ecosystem and with the expression of unchecked capitalism Web 2.0 has become (see what happened to XMPP
by guenthert 4y ago
There is just no single universally and actually used IM ecosystem and with the expression of unchecked capitalism Web 2.0 has become (see what happened to XMPP), there is no chance there will be one. Besides that the asynchronous nature of e-mail is a highly desirable feature for everyone who has actually things to do.
e-mail is here to stay.
- hammyhavoc 4y ago60m publicly addressable users on Matrix protocol, not even including EU gov, healthcare, military, emergency services. Nobody is saying email is going anywhere.
- aendruk 4y ago> the asynchronous nature of e-mail is a highly desirable feature This is a good point and makes me wonder whether e.g. Matrix should incorporate something like a “prefers async” field that could be used by clients to treat messages more like mail.
- Arathorn 4y agoThis is an excellent idea - on a per-conversation granularity at least you could declare whether the intent of the conversation is sync or async, distinguishing IM from mail or forums.