I love Dino! I want to tell all my friends to install it on their ... oh. Oh no. They use macOS and Windows. I don't mean to be a downer, but if you want to reach a lot of people with your amazing software (not saying that you have to, but it seems like one of the intentions of the project), it's a good idea to get them where they already are. Side note 1: Vala/GTK could be an amazing app development platform if the…
> Vala/GTK could be an amazing app development platform
Freedesktop folks should just standardize on Cocoa. With sufficient momentum, Windows would follow.
Ever since Google Talk stopped supporting Jabber, I quickly ran out of anyone to talk with. I talk with friends on Signal, I talk with FOSS projects on IRC or Matrix, and I occasionally set up ad-hoc video conferences using Jitsi Meet, but I have zero Jabber contacts left. If you use Jabber today, who are you talking to and on what server(s)?
I use it for sms and phone calling through jmp.chat. Though I'm afraid that carriers are going to sandbag it if it gets popular.
Yup I did. OS integration not great (resizing the window is slow, maximizing), but at least MAM works (couldn't get it to work in beagle for an unidentified reason [1])
Yup I did. OS integration not great (resizing the window is slow, maximizing), but at least MAM works (couldn't get it to work in beagle for an unidentified reason [1]) [1] https://github.com/tigase/beagle-im/issues/25#issuecomment-9...
There are working Windows builds (in another repo, kinda beta still I think), not sure about macOS support. Probably just needs someone interested in working on it.
Are there resources for this? If it's an effort of nothing more than a few hours I'd be interested in having a go at it. I consider it really important for a significant user base (and to generally bring free software to the people and eventually make switching to Linux smoother).
I'm not directly involved with the project, so I'm not sure on specifics. I would recommend stopping by the Dino MUC and talking to them.
I got into XMPP in just the last few years, after already using Matrix (and still using IRC also). XMPP for me is mostly internet friends. It's quite popular on the fediverse (they also happen to commonly dislike Matrix, although many are on both like me). Lots of people who are into technology and anime, basically. I've noticed most free software projects don't have an XMPP room unless they are literally XMPP projec…
I think XMPP is more popular to use with friends and family rather than public channels. Btw you can join IRC channels from your XMPP client: https://joinjabber.org/tutorials/transports/irc/
I'm aware of being able to join IRC from XMPP, but the thing that still makes IRC the best for me is actually the client selection. irssi is just leagues ahead of Gajim, Dino, Profanity, Conversations, Element, Nheko, FluffyChat, etc. I really haven't seen any chat client nearly as good as irssi besides weechat. It's like no one who made good IRC clients left IRC, so there weren't people to make good XMPP or Matrix clients.