Matrix instead (or additionally to) IRC

[Philipp Stanner]

Hey,

have you guys already heard of Matrix?
https://matrix.org/blog/home/

It's some sort of modern IRC, using JSON to format messages. It's more
modern than IRC. Features are:
 * Source code formatting and highlighting in messages
 * multiple devices
 * history + history synchronization between multiple devices
 * possible E2C encryption

and many more.
In theory it will be a decentralized protocol, but there aren't that
many servers yet and actually only one working server-software

Many projects, especially tech-based ones like the Rust programming
language already use the service.

Personally I think it's an enormous progress to IRC. I would give it a
chance if I were you :)

P.

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 03:10:11PM +0100, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> Hey,
>
> have you guys already heard of Matrix?
> https://matrix.org/blog/home/
>
> It's some sort of modern IRC, using JSON to format messages. It's more
> modern than IRC. Features are:
> Source code formatting and highlighting in messages
> multiple devices
> history + history synchronization between multiple devices
> possible E2C encryption
>
> and many more.
> In theory it will be a decentralized protocol, but there aren't that
> many servers yet and actually only one working server-software
>
> Many projects, especially tech-based ones like the Rust programming
> language already use the service.
>
> Personally I think it's an enormous progress to IRC. I would give it a
> chance if I were you :)
>
> P.

Ooh, bait, on a sunday afternoon with nothing better to do. I'll bite.

Matrix is not even 4 years old.

IRC has been good around for just over 3 decades. Many here have been 
using it for more than 2 already. Yes, 2 decades. 20 years.

Chat/IM protocols come and go, IRC remains.

After this, someone will come along to suggest that we should all 
switch to whatsapp.

Luc Verhaegen.

[Patrick Georgi]

Not sure if that is still working but
https://matrix.org/blog/2015/06/22/the-matrix-org-irc-bridge-now-bridges-all...
should help connect to IRC via matrix.

Choose your own protocol ;-)

Am So., 28. Okt. 2018, 15:11 hat Philipp Stanner 
geschrieben:
> Hey,
>
> have you guys already heard of Matrix?
> https://matrix.org/blog/home/
>
> It's some sort of modern IRC, using JSON to format messages. It's more
> modern than IRC. Features are:
> Source code formatting and highlighting in messages
> multiple devices
> history + history synchronization between multiple devices
> possible E2C encryption
>
> and many more.
> In theory it will be a decentralized protocol, but there aren't that
> many servers yet and actually only one working server-software
>
> Many projects, especially tech-based ones like the Rust programming
> language already use the service.
>
> Personally I think it's an enormous progress to IRC. I would give it a
> chance if I were you :)
>
> P.

[Philipp Stanner]

Am Sonntag, den 28.10.2018, 15:55 +0100 schrieb Luc Verhaegen:
> Ooh, bait, on a sunday afternoon with nothing better to do. I'll
> bite.
>
> Matrix is not even 4 years old.
>
> IRC has been good around for just over 3 decades. Many here have
> been 
> using it for more than 2 already. Yes, 2 decades. 20 years.
>
> Chat/IM protocols come and go, IRC remains.
>
> After this, someone will come along to suggest that we should all 
> switch to whatsapp.
>
> Luc Verhaegen.

Hey Luc,
just send me your number and I'm more than happy to open a Whatsapp
group – though IRC is a bit better than WA is ;D

Chat protocols come and go, alright, but the times change. 
Do you use Telnet to access your servers? Or is it SSH? IRC is not
encrypted. It does not support message formatting. It doesn't even
specify the text-encoding in the protocol. It may exist for 30 years,
but there is *a lot* to improve.

I think one should be open for new stuff without following every new
upcoming trend. And the choosing of a new system is a evolutionary
process, people try it and if they like it they stay.
Hey, why don't you try Matrix for a few days or weeks? Install a client
of your choice, join the Linux or another channel and look how it
works. You can even follow discussions on your smartphone while
standing in the subway for example.

P.