Terminal clients like weechat[1] might catch your attention, but I'm pretty sure what you're looking for just doesn't match up with modern UI conventions.
I can also personally vouch for weechat, it's extremely customizable and fun to use.
I don't think it's a matter of ui convention. Doing things the Whatsapp way does not work for such large amounts of chat channels. They're just doing it because people are used to it..
I think there's 2 kinds of usecases for matrix. One tries to just replace Whatsapp etc as a person to person chat network. It aims mainly at novice users. The other usecase tries to bridge as many chats into it as possible to have a central place of interaction. This is obviously for more advanced users. Still, the element team seems to aim for this usecase too with their Element One service.
The ui of element and the other high profile clients works great for the former but poorly for the latter.
I use gomuks by the way but I would like to see images (with a click if needed). Gomuks actually shows them but very low res.
GekkePrutser|3 years ago
I think there's 2 kinds of usecases for matrix. One tries to just replace Whatsapp etc as a person to person chat network. It aims mainly at novice users. The other usecase tries to bridge as many chats into it as possible to have a central place of interaction. This is obviously for more advanced users. Still, the element team seems to aim for this usecase too with their Element One service.
The ui of element and the other high profile clients works great for the former but poorly for the latter.
I use gomuks by the way but I would like to see images (with a click if needed). Gomuks actually shows them but very low res.
jszymborski|3 years ago