Dino 0.4 – Message Reactions, Replies and GTK4

[jonas-w]

I wish xmpp would be as wide spread as matrix. It is so much more lightweight (prosody vs synapse) and doesn't make requests to anything else than the people i chat with.

[pantalaimon]

Yea I'm always depressed by how long it takes the Element client to refresh (update the history of) a medium number of subscribed channels.

It's just text messages, why does it take so long?

[yaky]

Agreed. After trying out Matrix, SimpleX Chat, and XMPP for everyday use with my spouse, XMPP has been the most reliable and has instant message delivery.

[pkulak]

Wait, how is that different from Matrix? My Matrix server only syncs with rooms that I've joined, which is the people I'm chatting with. It's not like a Matrix server just starts syncing random rooms you're not in. I assume that an XMPP server has to accept events on your behalf when you're offline, right?

[Zash]

Be the change you wish to see in the world ;)

[kxldodo]

What XMPP clients are good to pair with Dino when chatting with people on other platforms?

I've heard Conversations is good on Android but I'd love to hear about interop with iOS, Web, and Windows/Mac clients if anyone cares to share anecdotes

[j--r]

There is an unofficial windows port over at https://github.com/LAGonauta/dino/tree/master-windows-change... which works quite well for me

[snapplebobapple]

cheogram is my current favorite fork/upgrade of conversations. it works really well with jmp.chat for an xmpp phone number and to text your friends via that phone number from xmpp. I personally like gajim better than dino, but dino 0.4 hasn't made it to my flavor of arch yet so I am waiting to find out if it's worth switching on the desktop or not. interoperability isn't a problem as long as your clients all support the xeps the others are choosing to use (this should be true of most full fledged clients).

[Zash]

Congrats on the release! Reactions, replies and mobile Linux support are all features many users have asked for.

[summersprite7]

Seems like it's only the main screen that was adjusted for Linux mobile, no full Linux mobile support yet. Hopefully the rest will follow.

[xiaomai]

Thanks Dino team, I am a big fan of this XMPP client.

[Zababa]

The reminder of what Dino is at the start of the article is great, thanks for that. Congratulations on the release!

[transfire]

Does XMPP support conversation threads?

[MattJ100]

The latest version of the Cheogram app (Android) has a neat implementation (demo video: https://kumi.tube/w/1LQQp5Uia4u8Pdojxen1y8 ).

At the XMPP summit in Brussels last week we had several developers across different projects converge on an approach based on this, so I'd expect to start seeing even more clients supporting threads in the near future.

[rattlesnakedave]

Not to be confused with "Deno"[1] the javascript runtime

[1] https://deno.land/

[avtar]

Too late, I clicked expecting Deno news :P

"Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind."

[mega-tux]

yeah, right...I was thinking "Why Dino announced changes related to the GTK GUI toolkit?"