Do you think that it’s possible to build a web service to chat compatible with email , xmpp and matrix?
(and why not even with activityPub or rocketChat ?? )

[exemple and why in the post…]

  • 3arn0wl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve wondered before now about an e-mail system which hosts the emails on one’s own device, and uses the activity-pub protocol : decentralised email, I guess…

    The closest I’ve seen is Tox.

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      1 year ago

      The problem with peer2peer messaging is:

      Though several apps that use the Tox protocol seem similar in function to regular instant messaging apps, the lack of central servers similar to XMPP or Matrix currently has the consequence that both parties of the chat need to be online for the message to be sent and received (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol)#Usability_as_an_instant_messenger )

      That’s why I think about using only decentralized protocol.

      Both (decentralized and p2p) are usefull, but that not the same usage.

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        1 year ago

        Yes… I guess if someone were to only use Tox, the device they were using it on would have to be on all the time, with one of the Tox clients running at least in the background.


        Addendum At least you know when the other person is online… There’s some advantage to that.

      • Stantana@lemmy.sambands.net
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        1 year ago

        Briar have solved this by using a “mailbox”, a small app installed on any android phone and just left at home. It acts as an always-online node that relays the messages to the reciever when they get online, or have the messages in a queue ready for when the senders contacts get online.

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          1 year ago

          That’s nice, but it looks like a workaround.

          I can do it for myself because I’m a geek (but I don’t want to), but if I say to my friends/colleagues that they need another smartphone at home they are going to look at me like I’m crazy !! 🫣