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This. But more work is needed. I tried a bunch of Discord alternatives like Matrix but very few have a fun experience with things custom emoji images that reall
by brikym 5mo ago
This. But more work is needed. I tried a bunch of Discord alternatives like Matrix but very few have a fun experience with things custom emoji images that really make a chat server feel like a home.
- uxellodunum 5mo agoThere are clients on Matrix that support custom emojii, such as Sable and Commet. Neither are absolutely perfect, but I know people who daily-drive one of the other (or both, which is where I'm at depending on the device). For the most part, now that Matrix is merging those Matrix 2.0 specs finally, and the 2.0 features are already out in the wild with excellent results, it has a really good base, and as expected we've started to see clients build more into the average-consumer space to pose as alternatives to both niche and mainstream audiences such as Discord, Whatsapp, etc - Which it just wasn't/isn't able to do on Matrix 1.x (legacy).
- brikym 5mo agoThat's positive. I think the other feature I wanted was embeds. I know prefetching content can be a security risk but it's super convenient.
- uxellodunum 5mo agoSable has opt-in embeds though I haven't tested the extent of supported websites, seems to work fine for Youtube for instance. Commet has an open PR for this but not yet implemented.