Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

I'm using Dino daily and it works well and looks modern. It still has minor issues here and there but it's finally a desktop client I can recommend to my non-technical friends.

One question though: is Windows version planned?

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by larma » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

Leace wrote: post #4

I'm using Dino daily and it works well and looks modern. It still has minor issues here and there but it's finally a desktop client I can recommend to my non-technical friends. One question though: is Windows version planned?

Planned as in wanted: yes. Planned as in having it as a roadmap item: no, there is no roadmap :)

It's definitely something that is now becoming more relevant after the first release.

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by 22byebye » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

Dino, meet Deno.

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 9:54 PM UTC

Congrats on release, but the title is incorrect, word 'decentralized' should be removed.

XMPP, like email, is not a 'decentralized' protocol, but a federated one. If you and your chat partners use the same server, it would be as centralized as WhatsApp or Signal.

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by travbrack » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC

Glad there's a modern alternative to big tech's walled chat gardens. It's tragic that this protocol has so much potential but the "last mile" of getting it out to users has prevented success since FB and Google ditched it.

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by maximp » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 10:01 PM UTC

Not to be confused with Deno, the secure JS runtime from the creator of Node: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22102656

Re: Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging

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Post by theamk » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

Does this support offline messages and a history shared between devices? Lack of these features in XMPP was why my company moved to slack.