> Meanwhile Matrix 2.0 is a genuine pleasure to use
"trust us it's good this time" → (still the very same at its core) → "you are right, we are sorry, but bear with us, <buzzword> is just about to be ready!" → (buzzword is abandoned/releases but doesn't improve things in a meaningful way) → "trust is it's good this time" → …
Matrix 2.0 on the server is all about "sliding sync", which, once you read through the buzzword, is about running the client on the server so it sucks less at fetching history. Even that works super randomly, if it works at all, even on EMS-hosted instances. The rest is the same. On the client-side, Element X is not daily-drivable because of the bugs and missing essential features. Nothing has improved in a year on that front, which is reminiscent of dendrite: dropping it for the sake of salvaging the original hack would surprise nobody at this point.
> I do regret saying that XMPP had fallen behind, 10 years ago
By no means am I saying that XMPP was great 10 years ago (what was back then, really?), but that's a very poor rationale for torpedoing another project by spreading lies about it on your FAQ, especially when that project was working on the problems and eventually came to address them, across a whole ecosystem of clients and server, while Matrix to this day is still poking at the beast wondering how to tame its single-vendor/single-client/single-server complexity.
I guess the question is whether it’s better to spread objectively and demonstrably false info today (as you are with the completely bogus Matrix 2.0 critique), versus me putting subjective info into a FAQ 10 years ago ;)
It might be worth considering that whining about Matrix is misdirected anger - it may be better off pointed at the proprietary centralised surveillance capitalism alternatives rather than us…
> I guess the question is whether it’s better to spread objectively and demonstrably false info today (as you are with the completely bogus Matrix 2.0 critique), versus me putting subjective info into a FAQ 10 years ago ;)
Outright denying people's bad experience with Matrix has also been a sad part in Matrix marketing for so long. Unfortunately, I don't have experience with Element X, since my provider doesn't support it yet, so I can't confirm or deny that testimonial, but my exceptations are not high.
> It might be worth considering that whining about Matrix is misdirected anger - it may be better off pointed at the proprietary centralised surveillance capitalism alternatives rather than us…
It's not either or. People are frustrated on the other hand because of the annoying proprietary platforms, but also because there are currently no alternatives to them that one could whole-heartedly recommend as a replacement.
> Outright denying people's bad experience with Matrix has also been a sad part in Matrix marketing for so long
I think if you look at my comments on HN you'll see me spending most of my time trying to explain or apologise for people's bad experience, but ymmv.
> Unfortunately, I don't have experience with Element X, since my provider doesn't support it yet, so I can't confirm or deny that testimonial, but my exceptations are not high.
"trust us it's good this time" → (still the very same at its core) → "you are right, we are sorry, but bear with us, <buzzword> is just about to be ready!" → (buzzword is abandoned/releases but doesn't improve things in a meaningful way) → "trust is it's good this time" → …
Matrix 2.0 on the server is all about "sliding sync", which, once you read through the buzzword, is about running the client on the server so it sucks less at fetching history. Even that works super randomly, if it works at all, even on EMS-hosted instances. The rest is the same. On the client-side, Element X is not daily-drivable because of the bugs and missing essential features. Nothing has improved in a year on that front, which is reminiscent of dendrite: dropping it for the sake of salvaging the original hack would surprise nobody at this point.
> I do regret saying that XMPP had fallen behind, 10 years ago
By no means am I saying that XMPP was great 10 years ago (what was back then, really?), but that's a very poor rationale for torpedoing another project by spreading lies about it on your FAQ, especially when that project was working on the problems and eventually came to address them, across a whole ecosystem of clients and server, while Matrix to this day is still poking at the beast wondering how to tame its single-vendor/single-client/single-server complexity.