Riot is now Element

Post by DavidVoid » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:57 AM UTC

_8j50 wrote: post #85

No!!! Of all the names in the world why this. "Hey bro, let's chat on Element" ,not quite a ring to it. The hardest problem in computer science strikes again! Matrix,Riot and Libolm are epic projects, I wish them all the success but man, even Riot was a hard sell as a brand. I would seriously be dissapointed if it loses popularity over this. I don't think the project maintainers understand that their core users/fans…

Post by znpy » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 10:58 AM UTC

gregoriol wrote: post #112

_8j50 wrote: post #100

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May I ask if you are a native english user and what country? Perhaps the branding works for EU markets? Element has nothing to do with messaging. In my example,signal has something to do with communication(signaling),telegram is obvious, whatsapp is what you say when you talk to someone like 'hello'(what is up?). Element sounds like something I hear about in a chemistry class. It also has to be catchy. At least Riot…

Does "whatsapp" sound like messaging? or "Skype"? or "Slack"? or "IRC"?

Post by jojobas » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 11:01 AM UTC

neiljohnson wrote: post #26

raxxorrax wrote: post #21

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Even if these "toys" were instrumental in driving technological progress, it makes sense to rename it for "conservative" organisations. Some say the smarter ones should give in, so just make it easy to swallow. Although I don't see widespread adoption yet if Matrix bridges aren't implemented by the common household names. Conservative organisations use solutions from Apple or Microsoft. There is no deeper thought beh…

Worth pointing out that some of the largest proponents of Matrix today are governments and civic institutions. The federated nature and ability to self host are really important to them. The French government's installation has been in the public domain for sometime ( https://matrix.org/blog/2018/04/26/matrix-and-riot-confirmed... ) More recently the German Education authority has announced that it will roll out a 50…

Post by izietto » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 11:04 AM UTC

znpy wrote: post #134

izietto wrote: post #9

I don't like the new name, is too generic. I think an original alternative would have been better, like Trello, Slack, ...

slack is not very original if you think about it.

Post by staz » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 11:05 AM UTC

_8j50 wrote: post #111

rglullis wrote: post #96

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Hey, I remember seeing your reply, I didn't want to provide contact info on a public forum, and I have developed a severe allergy to email. I am very intetested in paying for the product you linked, so long as I don't need email. I will support your product, even with imperfections so long as you remain attentive to your user's needs (hopefully being a paid product helps in that area) And for anyone else reading, I b…