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Maybe "Matrix" is not the ideal name for it then. ActivityPub, HTTP, XMPP, etc sound like technical things. If you land on a page talking about the "XMPP speci
by dale_glass 3y ago
Maybe "Matrix" is not the ideal name for it then.
ActivityPub, HTTP, XMPP, etc sound like technical things. If you land on a page talking about the "XMPP specification" then you quickly get the idea that it's not where you want to be as an end user.
"Matrix" does sound a lot like the name of an end-user relevant product of some sort, and a client sending users to matrix.org compounds the issue.
There's a reason why big companies have brand guidelines. They have people on staff that understand that people are confused quite easily and don't want to figure out where "Matrix", "Element" and "Element X" stand in relation to each other.
- danpalmer 3y agoI wouldn't read anything into a name. For a start that's very language specific, but also there are plenty of non-user facing technologies with non-technical sounding names, and vice-versa. The client I use doesn't send users to matrix.org, and I would assume that's by choice. Why do users need to know? Matrix.org is clearly a hub for the spec, documentation, GitHub links, developer community.
- cvwright 3y agoYeah it’s unfortunate that they picked the “cool” name for the protocol, not the product. I keep saying that they should make a Matrix branded client that lets you easily donate to the foundation (like Signal does) and creates accounts only on matrix.org. Unfortunately that doesn’t really work with the ethos of the project.