Matrix v1.9 release
matrix.org
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
  • Andrew@gioia.newsEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    This is great but I’m more excited for the custom emojis it looks like they’re finally getting to for 1.10. It’s incredible to me that such a core feature for chat has been moving so glacially for years but maybe they’re now taking it seriously?

    As crazy as it sounds, custom emoji/stickers are table stakes for a chat client and the fact that Matrix hasn’t standardized it and Element has kicked PRs on it for over half a decade is really harming adoption. I’ve been running my own Marrix server and it’s already tough trying to get my friends and family adopted. Not supporting the most common fun feature OOTB has made it way more difficult.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Crazy to say this, but what got me into free and open source software was Telegram ecosystem. And what got me into Telegram was stickers, animations and other eye candy.

  • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    11 months ago

    I am unfamiliar with Matrix and just read their website, but I’m still kind of confused as to the importance of a new release sub-version to this general technology community. This may be a stupid question, but does matrix provide infrastructure for the fediverse or something?

    Edit: thanks for all the informative replies. I understand perfectly now, but I’m still confused as to why this was posted here. I’ve never seen software release notes posted before, so i don’t get why this is important enough to be here with such a high upvote percentage. Anyone have any insights on that to help my stupid brain make sense of this?

      • limitedduck@awful.systemsEnglish
        8·
        11 months ago

        Notably missing from the comparison list is any mention of video or screen sharing, or anything to do specifically with games. These are Discord’s unique strengths at the moment and they have been for a long time. With that in mind, Matrix is a “good alternative” to Discord in the sense that most other desktop VoIP or chat apps are since Discord users aren’t using it for the privacy and openness aspects and want the Discord specific features and ease of use.

        Don’t get me wrong, I wish I could fully replace Discord with the Matrix instance I currently self-host, but there are things Discord just does better than every other app including having a bunch of features that range from meh to pretty good all in one package.

    • kpw@kbin.social
      92·
      11 months ago

      No it doesn’t. It’s basically a bloated and more advertised version of XMPP by a venture capital funded startup. Sadly, it doesn’t build on existing internet standards like XMPP at all, so there’s no real compatibility.

      • nakal@kbin.social
        62·
        11 months ago

        XMPP needs a connected network socket which is pretty bad in a time of mobile services. The 90s are over.

        • kpw@kbin.social
          62·
          11 months ago

          Clients can tell the server to only send important traffic (=when new notifying messages are incoming) before going to sleep so it doesn’t use any radio now. Fast reconnects are also possible now, so we can wake up only when a push notification arrives. The only thing stuck in the 90s is your knowledge about XMPP.

          • nakal@kbin.social
            43·
            11 months ago

            I know enough about XMPP or earlier called Jabber to not to run it anymore, after years of self-hosting Prosody.

            • kpw@kbin.social
              31·
              11 months ago

              Well, apparently you don’t since you’re spreading outdated myths.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Matrix aims to be a protocol for mostly real-time things like chat and voice/video calls.

      It has a data structure called rooms (think: chat rooms) that are spread out across multiple servers and the servers synchronize the content between each other. While ActivityPub (what most of Fediverse uses) is much simpler and just list posts adding API for interactions. Matrix aim to be a fabric to build decentralized alternatives of Discord, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Classroom, Jamboard, Google Docs, etc.

  • stown@sedd.itEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m starting to wonder if they will ever fix the issue of dropped/delayed messages. I just want to replace Hangouts as my wife’s and my default form of communication and I would love it if Matrix worked well enough for that. As it stands, regular old SMS is even more reliable for me.