There is a spec change proposal for fixing this: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/253...
Re:Purple-Teams: MS Teams Plugin for Pidgin
by Nextgrid on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:34AM
(#35054613)
It's ironic that out of the non-iMessage chat clients, Facebook Messenger, despite being web-based, is the closest we have to the Apple UI.
Re:Purple-Teams: MS Teams Plugin for Pidgin
by grishka on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:30AM
(#35055719)
Which specific Facebook messenger UI are you talking about? There are two just on the web alone.
The main issue I'm having with every single of the modern IM apps is that they combine the chat list and the chat switcher into a single control. It's part of the overall unfortunate trend of touchscreen-ification of desktop UIs. Tabbed chat windows need to make a comeback, yesterday.
Re:Purple-Teams: MS Teams Plugin for Pidgin
by Nextgrid on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @05:11PM
(#35061993)
Facebook Messenger on the web looks (or looked? My last encounter with it was in 2017) the closest to a native iOS/macOS client even to this day: https://i1.wp.com/ensegundos.do/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/m...
Re:Purple-Teams: MS Teams Plugin for Pidgin
by grishka on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:53PM
(#35073189)
This still has the problem of touchscreen-ification. I'm talking more about this sort of thing: https://i.imgur.com/uRkrpb0.png, this example isn't the best (the UI is confusing and too cryptic), but you get the idea. Separate window with chat/contact list, separate tabbed window with chats themselves.
The Matrix protocol itself sometimes also leaves much to be desired. It's much more modern than XMPP, that's true, but the fact that you can't send an image with text in a single message is just... How did everyone involved decide that it's reasonable? Did people design the UX on top of a protocol when it should always be done the other way around?