arendtio

51 ms·

661.
by arendtio 6y ago
Does someone know why f-droid versions tend to be 'few versions behind'?
662.
by arendtio 6y ago
This is actually a feature I wish the KDE guys would bring back.
663.
by arendtio 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25960718
664.
by arendtio 6y ago
Okay, I thought it would also keep the browser from sending cookies/authentication data, it received via another origin.
665.
by arendtio 6y ago
+1 for the missing PWA mode. As a user I create separate Firefox profiles for every site I want to use as a PWA, add a desktop short-cut and some custom userChrome.css, but while the result is okay, it sucks to set it up. The only positive
666.
by arendtio 6y ago
Is there any reason to keep the Same Origin Policy after this change? I mean, shouldn't this change defeat CSRF attacks?
667.
by arendtio 6y ago
I expected something more technical, but instead the points are mainly based on culture (which seems to be a problem for most social networks). In addition, I find it weird that there are several parts where they argue against decentralizat
668.
by arendtio 6y ago
While I agree, I think using e-mail as the base is an attempt to compensate for the network effect. While XMPP is clearly superior as a chat protocol, it lacks a broad user-base. With e-mail you can even chat with people who don't have
669.
by arendtio 6y ago
I think it is important to point out at this point, that product managers and project managers are two different jobs. Yes, neither writes code, but the product manager focuses on which features are most important for the customer and ther
670.
by arendtio 6y ago
I believe, that many project managers are actually bad project managers. And that is not so much their fault as project managers are being trained on methods big time, but then again then job they have to do is not just executing these tool
671.
by arendtio 6y ago
It seems a bit unfaithful, not mentioning that the behavior of AWS played a key part in the decision of elastic[1]. They didn't even link to the announcement. Instead they act as if they are the saviors, upholding the open source statu
672.
by arendtio 6y ago
XEP-0374 is very fresh compared to other PGP-related extensions. Just to give an example, 'XEP-0027: Current Jabber OpenPGP Usage' became active in 2002. If it is competing with OMEMO or not might be a separate discussion, but bot
673.
by arendtio 6y ago
> Whereas Matrix ensures that there is only ever one way of doing a given operation at any point I trust you that you mean what you say, but I wonder what an implementation would look like (from a user-perspective), that supports somethi
674.
by arendtio 6y ago
Well, even if I prefer XMPP over Matrix and still disagree over the developer ressources, I wish you the best of luck, because both solutions, being federated, are inherently better than the competition by design.
675.
by arendtio 6y ago
> And the Matrix reference server needs pretty powerful hardware. That is not a bug, its a feature (or so the Matrix people say). In fact, part of the Matrix design is a fat server which has a lot more responsibilities by default than an
676.
by arendtio 6y ago
On the other side, it is probably the most unnecessary inflicted pain for beginners. Even after years of using vim on a daily basis, I can't get used to hjkl and still use the arrow keys. I tried a few times with different approaches,
677.
by arendtio 6y ago
How about XMPP support? I mean, you are talking about Matrix being the holy grail of chat and at the same time you do not support the IETF standard for instant messaging (which is also federated, supports E2E encryption, can use bridges to
678.
by arendtio 6y ago
Pretty opinionated and preachy while mixing different things. I think a can-do attitude is something one should have within oneself, but it is something completely different from the emotions a person emits to the outside world. Having a cr
679.
by arendtio 6y ago
For many use-cases they are indeed proper alternatives, but Jitsi has a much lower limit when it comes to numbers of participants. So if someone wants to organize a group call (the typical use-case) you come a with a lot more scenarios into
680.
by arendtio 6y ago
Actually, JSX is the thing that keeps me from using React ;-) I prefer the template syntax of .vue files or similar to the one riot.js uses. They use basically the same syntax html uses, just on a smaller scale and limited to a single compo
681.
by arendtio 6y ago
I am not so sure that we disagree. I would consider instant messaging services 'critical infrastructure'. The difference seems to be, that you want to support projects that are large already, while I would certainly put more focus
682.
by arendtio 6y ago
I read the message differently. It looks like there have been so many people wanting to switch, that Signal was overwhelmed by the new demand. I don't know if it is true, but for your peers it certainly is a different story to tell the
683.
by arendtio 6y ago
I just wonder about the process and the results. I mean, it doesn't look to me, as if there is a management behind this, that actually has a goal. It looks more like they are giving funds to projects who apply for them. IMO, they shoul
684.
by arendtio 6y ago
I like how they mention KHTML and Gecko/Quantum as it gives a good perspective, but I feel like the reasoning behind 'chromium' is the defacto internet standard is pretty weak. I mean, having one dominating browser engine is
685.
by arendtio 6y ago
In addition, you are limited to the few providers which are being supported by the platform. So you can't simply create your own authentication provider as it was possible with OpenID.
686.
by arendtio 6y ago
Plus one for Nextcloud, which I use as a self-hosted version for years now. If you don't like the self-hosting part, there are even offers which make it simple, like the one from Hetzner[1]. But there are also other providers: https:&
687.
by arendtio 6y ago
I am not so sure if oauth is to blame alone. I mean, it is a technology that lets you control what you want to share. However, engaging in business with a partner who decides to change the rules, is something I see a lot more critical. So m
688.
by arendtio 6y ago
Looks awesome. I wish there were strings and trumpets available.
689.
by arendtio 6y ago
In my opinion, the SOP is a bad/broken solution for the problem it tries to fix. The problem are browsers, using the authentication from another origin when doing cross-origin requests. The SOP tries to fix it by disallowing certain cr
690.
by arendtio 6y ago
Somehow I feel pity for Gnome users. It reminds me of the early KDE 4 days, just that they seem to be stuck in this limbo for a much longer time. Gnome 3 was released in 2011...

More ›