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  • dualinverter@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    Genuinely clueless, is XMPP relevant anymore? I consider myself reasonably technical, and when it comes to chat, here’s what comes to mind:

    1. IRC
    2. Slack / Zulip / Mattermost
    3. Discord
    4. Matrix / Element

    If I was to use Gajim, who would I talk to? e.g any communities or projects

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      4 years ago

      The only thing that makes matrix more relevant than XMPP is that matrix has the element client and that matrix has a lot of momentum. But XMPP is a pretty great protocol that just needs better clients, branding and community stuff.

      Here is a video displaying the upcoming discord/slack-like UI for Gajim 1.4

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZaZY2hYzA

      But yeah, matrix/element is the most relevant thing right now.

      (IRC is completely dead as a viable option for most people I think, only hardcore people use it)