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Vector is now called Riot

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Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

amandine wrote: post #9
qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #2

that... is a way less appropriate name. But it works, I guess.

How so less appropriate? Lack of link to Matrix? Going out of beta we had to decide on something which was really carrying what the app is, we loved Vector but it has always been a code-name and a nice pun on Matrix :) Riot is more representative of what the app can do and its ambitions! Break the barriers between apps, give the control back to the user to choose their client, if they want to encrypt, host themselves…

Yeah, I felt the matrix link made more sense. And yeah, I mean, Riot kind of works, but you have to think about it. The connection is pretty obvious with vector.

But at the end of the day, it's just a name, so I'm not too upset about it.

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

guessmyname wrote: post #7
qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #2

that... is a way less appropriate name. But it works, I guess.

I am also surprised considering that most of the TLDs are already taken, including http://riot.com/ - http://riot.io/ - http://riot.org/

...The namespace conflicts are another problem.

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

Arathorn wrote: post #4
qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #2

that... is a way less appropriate name. But it works, I guess.

I dunno - there's something distinctly riotous about tearing down the walls of walled gardens! But then again, I'm biased, given i work on it :)

The gardens you're tearing down didn't have especially thick walls. But yes. In any case, it's your project. You can name it what you like, no matter what I think.

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

sparkiegeek wrote: post #10

Anyone else reminded of https://xkcd.com/927/ ?

Riot, and Matrix in general, were designed to beat that: It's designed to inter-operate with existing chat protocols as much as possible, so that this isn't a problem, but also to provide things that those protocols can't.

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

ibab wrote: post #8

Looks like this is a rebranding of the existing Vector app. Here's the blog post from the creators: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/lets-riot-f5b0aa99dc8e#.3toozs7...

Indeed, it is exactly that. The old title of this post reflect that. I don't know why it was changed.

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by amandine »

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #11
amandine wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so less appropriate? Lack of link to Matrix? Going out of beta we had to decide on something which was really carrying what the app is, we loved Vector but it has always been a code-name and a nice pun on Matrix :) Riot is more representative of what the app can do and its ambitions! Break the barriers between apps, give the control back to the user to choose their client, if they want to encrypt, host themselves…

Yeah, I felt the matrix link made more sense. And yeah, I mean, Riot kind of works, but you have to think about it. The connection is pretty obvious with vector. But at the end of the day, it's just a name, so I'm not too upset about it.

Great :)

Re: Vector is now called Riot

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Post by SamWhited »

sparkiegeek wrote: post #10

Anyone else reminded of https://xkcd.com/927/ ?

Absolutely; as much as the Matrix people claim they're not doing that by "interoperating with other protocols" they don't seem to understand that it's exactly what they're doing. The existing standards (XMPP) already interop in exactly the same way (gateways/transports), so making another protocol instead of improving the gateway / transport story on an existing one is just silly.
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