Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Delta Chat – WhatsApp Like Messenger over IMAP

delta.chat

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

1–10 of 12 posts

Re: Delta Chat – WhatsApp Like Messenger over IMAP

#3

Post by admax88q »

y0ghur7_xxx wrote: post #2

This looks really nice. Can't wait to try it out later today. Anyone with a gmail account can use it, and there is no need to install the app if you don't want to.

My main complaint about DeltaChat is that their threading model doesn't work with gmails threading model.

As a result when using it to message gmail friends their inbox is cluttered with a new thread for every single message I send. I haven't checked if it's due to the subject changing or if they don't properly set In-Reply-To/References, but its mildly annoying for my contacts.

Of course if they are properly setting In-Reply-To and References headers in the message, well then my complaint is really with gmail.

Re: Delta Chat – WhatsApp Like Messenger over IMAP

#7

Post by olivier-tille »

steeleduncan wrote: post #6

Is this the same as the COI protocol[1] that came up a few days ago? [1] https://www.coi-dev.org/

I'll attend a meetup where the authors of Delta.Chat will be present tonight and will ask about this. It's something I was wondering about as well.

Will post an update here when I know more...

Re: Delta Chat – WhatsApp Like Messenger over IMAP

#8

Post by arendtio »

Tried it a few days ago and it made a quite polished impression. I hope COI and Delta.chat will join forces and define a standard algorithm to convert e-mails to instant messages (and e2e encryption).

Otherwise, we might end up with incompatible clients within the same protocol.

Post reply on HN