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Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by freeopinion »

Arathorn wrote: post #38
freeopinion wrote: post #37

Explain to me again why it isn't crazy to type your username and password into the login form of some random webpage you've never heard of?

you should really use a test account when experimenting with random matrix clients. meanwhile we’re looking at adding OAuth 2 to Matrix by default so your server is the one that auths you, rather than a random client: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2964#issuecomm...

This site is requiring an email address to register a matrix.org account. Odd.

Then I'm guessing it has a captcha. I'm not sure because it fails to load with Privacy Badger enabled.

My attention just wandered away. Hopefully they can address some basic privacy concerns and get another at-bat.

Edit: Seems that matrix.org is now requiring an email address.

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by throwamon »

reidjs wrote: post #40
throwamon wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some tech people hate it so much that they delegate it to a password manager. ;)

Password managers are great until you need to log in on someone else’s machine. Especially when you don’t have your device on you. It’s bitten me before.

If you have hundreds of unique passwords, I don't see an alternative unless you're a savant or use predictable patterns. But that doesn't mean there aren't ways to get around it. For one, using a password manager shouldn't stop you from remembering your most important passwords, especially those you expect to use in other people's machines. You can take some extra care to make these important passwords easy to remember while still being secure. I could go on but everything I'd say is quite obvious.

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by reidjs »

throwamon wrote: post #42
reidjs wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Password managers are great until you need to log in on someone else’s machine. Especially when you don’t have your device on you. It’s bitten me before.

If you have hundreds of unique passwords, I don't see an alternative unless you're a savant or use predictable patterns. But that doesn't mean there aren't ways to get around it. For one, using a password manager shouldn't stop you from remembering your most important passwords, especially those you expect to use in other people's machines. You can take some extra care to make these important passwords easy to rememb…

Oh I use a password manager too. Just pointing out it isn’t a catch all

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by fouc »

kixiQu wrote: post #3

This is the smallest thing in the world but: in the screenshot on cinny.in: that's my chicken illustration! :D (Not my chicken, she belongs to https://www.instagram.com/chooks_in_town/ so I also put the illo on IG https://www.instagram.com/p/CRQETITJncO/ ) More substantively: the look of this is so nice . My biggest complaint with element is UX around cross-signing (though I'd also switch in a heartbeat if someone ha…

I don't see any chicken anywhere? This is the screenshot that shows up: https://cinny.in/assets/preview-light.png

I also tried changing the "light" in the url to "dark" and got https://cinny.in/assets/preview-dark.png

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by jakosimov »

As a side note, being someone who is quite interested in matrix as a technology, could anyone recommend any good and active rooms (or spaces, if that's a thing now) on matrix? The only ones I can find are mostly for asking questions about specific programming languages or technologies.

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by busymom0 »

fouc wrote: post #47
kixiQu wrote: post #3

This is the smallest thing in the world but: in the screenshot on cinny.in: that's my chicken illustration! :D (Not my chicken, she belongs to https://www.instagram.com/chooks_in_town/ so I also put the illo on IG https://www.instagram.com/p/CRQETITJncO/ ) More substantively: the look of this is so nice . My biggest complaint with element is UX around cross-signing (though I'd also switch in a heartbeat if someone ha…

I don't see any chicken anywhere? This is the screenshot that shows up: https://cinny.in/assets/preview-light.png I also tried changing the "light" in the url to "dark" and got https://cinny.in/assets/preview-dark.png

They are referring to the chicken on the home page with the second theme (non-pure white) selected:

https://cinny.in

Image:

https://cinny.in/assets/preview-silver.png

Re: Show HN: A web-based matrix client: Cinny

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Post by busymom0 »

kfiven wrote: post #19
airstrike wrote: post #4

Link to the actual app https://app.cinny.in/login __________ EDIT: Upon registration "Password must contain 1 number, 1 uppercase letters, 1 lowercase letters, 1 non-alpha numeric number, 8-16 characters with no space." Not sure if that's a Matrix limitation or just javascript validation, but if it's on your end please don't do that... if anything you're enforcing less secure passwords. __________ EDIT 2: Hitting rel…

There are some issues related to /login and /register, but https://app.cinny.in should work fine.

Using safari's "password suggestion" generated password gives error:

"Password must contain 1 number, 1 uppercase letters, 1 lowercase letters, 1 non-alpha numeric number, 8-16 characters with no space."

Even an example password:

apPa4SRODhLWcUa/x9HbqA==

which passes all the requirements doesn't work.

I would really like to use this.

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