Comment on Matrix let-down
andrew_s@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
In my experience it looks like a case of matrix clients not doing a good job of communicating that things happening in the background haven't finished yet, and throwing generic error messages (a bit like lemmy-ui does sometimes).
I've been able to join invite-only rooms on other instances - it said 'failed' at first, but when I went back later it turned out that I had actually joined.
subignition@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
What are some of the popular Matrix clients that you've seen have this problem? And are they open source?
I've been curious about Matrix for a while as a potential Discord replacement, but haven't actually tried it. Might be interesting to check it out and see whether I can contribute to one of the clients somehow.
andrew_s@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I've only ever used Element for Android. The source is here: https://github.com/element-hq