I set up a #prosody #xmpp server, and I liked it. I tested both Linux and Android clients. I hit a wall getting people self-registered via #iOS. Self-reg works on #monal, but confuses the users with the default server so they always screw that part up. Even once logged in, I can't really recommend it. #snikket would have been perfect, but it obscures the usernames in group chats so as to be functionally useless. #siskin fails on self-registration, but everything else about it is good.

The last two weeks and we are still far away from our funding goal. But that doesn’t mean that we give in.
Whatsapp wants to start advertising soon, which will only increase their monopolization and take advantage of you. Don't fall for it anymore, there are better solutions:
XMPP has been around for over twenty years and is used by millions of people. End-to-end encrypted, decentralized, open and fair.
With monocles chat you can communicate privately and securely with your friends, family and colleagues.
Get monocles chat for Android for free now and avoid advertisments and tracking. And for IPhone users, use Monal!

https://www.startnext.com/en/monocles

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.monocles.chat

@debacle @hadret @profanity @Monal @tigase I've been using #Monal for about a month casually, and as much as I wish I could like it, I feel it's the Achilles heel of the whole #XMPP ecosystem. #iPadOS is left without a really good native XMPP client. It's lackluster at best and occasionally buggy.

Finde den passenden Messenger: Unser Schnell-Check zu Sicherheit, Datenschutz und Bedienung zeigt, welche Messenger überzeugen und welche nicht.

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/die-grosse-messenger-uebersicht-kompakt-kritisch-direkt/

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We have the very first screenshots of #Prav iOS app! Thanks to Vaidik who made it and also thanks to #Monal developers for releasing Monal as #FreeSoftware

https://opencollective.com/prav-ios/updates/initial-screenshots-of-the-prav-ios-app

We identified iOS app as a priority for Prav community through a poll and then raised funds to build the app via Open Collective. https://opencollective.com/prav-ios

This is a new model we are experimenting with Prav - individuals collectively setting priority instead of developers, business or govts.

#XMPP, #Conversations, #Monal stickers at #PravConf!

#XMPP enthusiasts out there: what would you say the ultimate Achilles heel of the XMPP ecosystem is, at present? Fragmentation of clients? What?

My sense is that it's this: when one goes to store an XMPP address in one's addressbook, there doesn't seem to be standard way to store an XMPP address. #Android doesn't have that as an allowable field, and #Thunderbird and #Nextcloud have an "Instant Messaging" field, where the type can be set to "XMPP". But are these two compatible with each other when trying to sync between them? Edit: Yes, but there's a catch: *the XMPP address must be prefixed with "xmpp:"*

So "user@foo.bar" is not an OK XMPP address, but "xmpp:user@foo.bar" is.

Then to make matters worse, now there's a wish to change the labeling of "XMPP Address" to "Chat ID": https://gultsch.social/@daniel/114012904576436518

It might be a long time before the address synchy-ness ever works again between Android <-> #Davx5 <-> Nextcloud <->Thunderbird

Note: Android allows a "Jabber" type for an IM address, where you *don't* prefix the address with "xmpp:".

(#DeltaChat gets to gloat hard here, as they have plain-old email addresses)

After taking a closer look at #XMPP clients for the #linux desktop, there's this frustrating "tie" for finding a favorite.

#Dino, which is likeable for being able to do video and audio calls, only has limited support for multi-user chat (complete with fancy moderation tools). These audio and video calls it can do are AMD64-only at this time.

#Gajim, which is likeable for being able to do multi-user chat well (with great moderation tools), alas, can't do audio and video calls to the other XMPP clients (like, say, #Conversations, as they use a newer #WebRTC-based method now).

So there's this strange situation where one is tempted to use both at the same time.

My takeaway is that #Conversations for #Android is the only xmpp client that I would possibly and carefully recommend to family and friends at this time, as it can cover all of the above. (#Monal on #iOS/#MacOS only has "partial" support for Multi-user chat, BTW.)

Yes I'm aware of the existence of Snikket, Quicksy, and Prav. No need to chime in on those.

Me he instalado #Monal @Monal para entrar en el mundo #XMPP. Ahora solo necesito una #instancia en la que meterme. ¿Sugerencias? ¿Ideas?

Cuando concluya os daré mi contacto por aquí para que me tengáis fichado.

@lbja @nico198X

for #Conversations by @daniel and #Monal by @Monal plus:

Linux (desktop/mobile) → #Dino by @dino