diff --git a/content/posts/what-about-design.md b/content/posts/what-about-design.md index 06c117e..4382d31 100644 --- a/content/posts/what-about-design.md +++ b/content/posts/what-about-design.md @@ -2,20 +2,9 @@ title: "What about design?" date: 2020-07-14T01:32:25+02:00 draft: true -summary: | - Who around here hasn't heard about the tragic and inevitable death of XMPP? - It's a pretty common topic in the community and around, often started by - users of XMPP themselves missing this or that feature in one or multiple - specific implementations, or users of alternative solutions. In a way this - is my own version of why XMPP is doomed (or isn't). tags: [XMPP, Design] --- -

Explicit disclaimer: This viewpoint -- as any -other article on this blog -- is a work in progress, and I'm happy to debate -it and listen to constructive feedback.

- - Who around here hasn't heard about the tragic and inevitable death of XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)? It's a pretty common topic in the community and around, often started by users of XMPP themselves missing @@ -143,11 +132,7 @@ be a similar solution that's more adapted to your use-case. For the more technical of us who understand the protocol and/or can deal with less unified designs, it may be ok to continue using our current applications and work around these issues ourselves. For the mass audiences I believe this -is not an option. You may take this with a pinch of salt as it is as a -developer that I am saying this to you. - -I guess the only thing left to figure out now is [network -effect][network-effect]… +is not an option. [Conversations]: https://conversations.im [Dino]: https://dino.im @@ -157,7 +142,6 @@ effect][network-effect]… [Snikket]: https://snikket.org [snikket-intro]: https://blog.prosody.im/introducing-snikket/ [snikket-explanation]: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmpp/comments/f0el07/can_someone_explain_to_me_whats_the_point_of/fgto5h0/ -[network-effect]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect # So why (not) XMPP? @@ -171,5 +155,3 @@ I want decentralization and standardization to prevent users from being locked in closed -- often also proprietary -- silos such as WhatsApp, Hangouts, Slack, MS Teams, or even Signal. And I want extensibility to prevent being stuck in the past and adapt to the people's needs. - -As a developer if I get to use XMPP, great, otherwise I'll learn.