The team behind the Matrix open standard and real-time communication protocol has announced the release of its second major version, bringing end-to-end encryption to group VoIP, faster loading times, and more.
  • SrTobi@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    Matrix is awesome. Such a pitty that not more people are using it. Though 110 million is already quite a lot

    • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The main problem with Matrix is that the protocol is too big. There’s no server and client that’s feature complete, other than Synapse and Element.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        11 months ago

        Encryption key handling is horrible. It makes Matrix a terrible choice for non-technical users.

        As a replacement for IRC, it’s fine. Bridging is limited to a small handful of platforms, or a limited set of fairly technical users with access to money to run cloud services and the willingness to take on maintenance of a hodgepodge of software services and the corresponding network security risks. I’d argue that this part was poorly thought out. It puts the core value features out of reach of the majority of the population.

        It would have been better to focus on a client-side bridging design. Or, something more accessible. And the fucking horrible encryption design, oy.

        • SrTobi@feddit.de
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          11 months ago

          What do you mean specifically by encryption key handling? You log in, confirm it with one other device, done. Don’t see where I ever used technical knowledge?

          I agree there are weird glitches und sometimes bugs, but they mostly get fixed. Mostly :d