Arathorn

57 ms·

541.
by Arathorn 3y ago
ooh, mxrxtx sounds interesting - is this solving https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/189 ?
542.
by Arathorn 3y ago
https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/ gives some answers on the Matrix side
543.
by Arathorn 3y ago
https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/ gives some answers :)
544.
WhatsApp third-party messaging interoperability portal(developers.facebook.com)
3 points by Arathorn 3y ago|0 comments
545.
Matrix in Germany(element.io)
3 points by Arathorn 3y ago|0 comments
546.
by Arathorn 3y ago
Element X is not finished or intended for average users yet, as https://element.io/labs/element-x makes clear. It’s a preview of the future of Element.
547.
by Arathorn 3y ago
Speaking as project lead for Matrix, I agree that Matrix clients tend not to be as polished as Discord - we are not blind to usability problems. However, it’s not that clearcut - for instance, Element has a full product design team (albeit
548.
by Arathorn 3y ago
i assume it didn’t. unfortunately, decentralised web projects don’t always do that well at having each others’ backs. (Matrix maintains a presence on Bluesky tho: https://bsky.app/profile/matrix.org )
549.
by Arathorn 3y ago
Unfortunately they declared they didn't have moderation bandwidth to maintain it as an official channel, and then apparently moved to Discord :(
550.
by Arathorn 3y ago
because the author is looking for stuff to complain about, and apparently “furz” means fart in German :|
551.
by Arathorn 3y ago
P2P Matrix ( https://arewep2pyet.com ) is our answer to peer-first community software, but it's currently on hiatus thanks to funding issues. The best I can propose is normal Matrix - and then when P2P comes along, it'll
552.
by Arathorn 3y ago
I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't query the wisdom of using Discord to celebrate local-first software dev ;)
553.
by Arathorn 3y ago
Matrix itself is a big messy thing, much like the Web - this is both its power and a potential weakness. Element X is indeed a fancy new client - but it hasn't hit a 1.0 yet. Think of it a lot like Firefox was pre-1.0; it's unrec
554.
by Arathorn 3y ago
On Matrix, that assumes the attacker knows where the server is or that it even exists. Whereas on Signal it’s pretty obvious where the server is, given there’s only one logical server.
555.
by Arathorn 3y ago
The initial Element response is at https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/111935349393238249 fwiw.
556.
by Arathorn 3y ago
> Telling me that "the solution is to enforce Matrix everywhere" will obviously not convince me. thankfully nobody’s saying that, so you’re fine :)
557.
by Arathorn 3y ago
There’s a bunch more concrete details on this at https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3345-open... - the March 2022 blog post is a little stale now :)
558.
by Arathorn 3y ago
honestly the next gen of matrix clients built on matrix-rust-sdk should all qualify for this - whether Element X on iOS/macOS or Android, or Fractal on GTK, or iamb for TUI with vim bindings (or weechat-matrix-rs when it’s ready). nary
559.
by Arathorn 3y ago
oh, phew :)
560.
by Arathorn 3y ago
mm, right. crypto is indeed WASM - either libolm (which is only 150KB of WASM) or vodozemac (our new rust impl, which is 5.5MB of WASM unstripped). Neither use much heap though - probably only a few 100KB. The main heap management trick fo
561.
by Arathorn 3y ago
which sdk were you using? there are tricks to keep heap down.
562.
by Arathorn 3y ago
agreed that Element Web is clunky, although we’re working on it. Perhaps try https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb or weechat-matrix for your TUI? Or if on macOS, Element X is a pleasure to use as a truly native GUI client.
563.
WhatsApp is preparing to roll out third-party chat support(techcrunch.com)
6 points by Arathorn 3y ago|0 comments
564.
by Arathorn 3y ago
i’d have been in danger of agreeing a year ago, but thankfully we proved otherwise with Element X: https://element.io/labs/element-x . Bit embarassing that we didn’t get there sooner, but human fallibility and all that.
565.
by Arathorn 3y ago
I would love both BlueSky & Matrix (and/or Element) to be given hoards of money and for us to race each other to the best federation imaginable (and then bridge it all together and live happily ever after)
566.
by Arathorn 3y ago
So Matrix also has account portability (almost) - https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/keg... and https://github.com/devonh/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/crypto
567.
by Arathorn 3y ago
I'd love to know what your line of thought is on this (from my pov as the author of that matrix blogpost). For instance, we tried to propose Matrix as the basis of bluesky (hence https://matrix.org/blog/2020/1
568.
by Arathorn 3y ago
I agree (as project lead for Matrix) that we've ended up going much slower than I'd have hoped. The sibling probably has it right that we bit off more than we could chew. However, we've kept doggedly chewing, and after hitt
569.
by Arathorn 3y ago
Sorry that you feel we haven't done a good job of communicating on this. Personally, I think that https://element.io/blog/synapse-now-lives-at-github-com-elem... was pretty comprehensive in explaining the rationa
570.
by Arathorn 3y ago
as the sibling says, this comment is just plain wrong. the four people funded by the foundation (MD, T&S, standards & advocacy) have no other source of salary than foundation donations.

More ›