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I just had another look at Element X for iOS and the progress is significant! The login flow is so much improved (QR code login is EXACTLY how to do it) and all

I just had another look at Element X for iOS and the progress is significant! The login flow is so much improved (QR code login is EXACTLY how to do it) and all the chats were magically just there (no loading screen AT ALL?!?!). I’m not sure I’m not dreaming right now, even with sliding sync it used to take so long to load the room list or individual rooms. I really like that you can verify using the recovery key (I thought we agreed on “security key” for a while, but I do like this name better), as that’s all I had on hand. Huuuuge props for all the details that are just right now. So much more user guidance than I’m used to (it told me to re-login to upgrade protocols and that I can’t send messages because one of my devices isn’t verified - the latter was a bit confusing). It’s not quite on the level of the offerings I mentioned before, but it’s honestly much closer than I thought it’d come in the medium term. That’s great stuff, I’m impressed (... now we need similarly good clients for other platforms ...)!

Arathorn 2y ago
Thanks for the positive feedback :) There's still a lot of polish (and features) planned out for Element X, so it should only get better! > I thought we agreed on “security key” for a while, but I do like this name better Yes, sorry for flipflopping on this. On the plus side, we've finally locked down encryption terminology and are going to get it in the spec to ensure that UX is consistent between clients: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/andybalaam/crypto-terminology/proposals/4161-crypto-terminology.md https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/and... In terms of clients for other platforms - it's worth noting that GNOME Fractal uses matrix-rust-sdk and so benefits from all the work that goes into Element X on the rust-sdk side, and so is shaping up increasingly well :)

Arathorn 2y ago

Thanks for the positive feedback :) There's still a lot of polish (and features) planned out for Element X, so it should only get better! > I thought we agreed on “security key” for a while, but I do like this name better Yes, sorry for flipflopping on this. On the plus side, we've finally locked down encryption terminology and are going to get it in the spec to ensure that UX is consistent between clients: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/andybalaam/crypto-terminology/proposals/4161-crypto-terminology.md https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/and... In terms of clients for other platforms - it's worth noting that GNOME Fractal uses matrix-rust-sdk and so benefits from all the work that goes into Element X on the rust-sdk side, and so is shaping up increasingly well :)