Jabboratory has its own website at Codeberg pages now 🎉
jabboratory.codeberg.page/

Jabboratory is a safe space that develops XMPP and the Jabber network.

We do:
- write XMPP protocols, UI/UX guidelines, implementation guidelines
- Help XMPP implementations socially and technically, old and new
- involve, empower and remove any roadblocks for people to have their voice heard and directly change things in implementations they use or servers
- improve the Jabber network culture
and a lot more..

Our tech-free lounge is open to anyone that wants to be part of the conversation 😃
invite.joinjabber.org/#lounge@…

#xmpp #jabber #jabboratory #codeberg #XCSP #decentralized #federated #decentralization #privacy #diversity #standards

Announcing Jabboratory, a partner collective of @joinjabber
Jabboratory aims to be for the people who already have an XMPP account and want to help improve XMPP and the Jabber network.

We use the same CoC as JoinJabber and all the same governance documents. All of them being by Vojkruco codeberg.org/Vojkruco/Cooperat… and we are hosted under the Vojkruco umbrella.

Some of the things we do are:
- specifications (called XCSPs in Jabboratory),
- developer help/documentation and implementation collaboration
- improve XMPP/Jabber network socially (safer spaces, blocklists, outreach, organizing events, pushing for a better non-tech culture, etc.)
or anything else that includes improving XMPP and Jabber network as a whole.

We aim for diversity of ideas, include people directly in all aspects of decision making (protocol, implementations, social, etc.) and build a space where people feel safe to talk, ask for help, bring up any kind of ideas and work with others to implement said ideas. By the community for the community with inclusive decision making to serve the people affected.

you are welcome to join our lounge room here -> invite.joinjabber.org/#lounge@…
It is strictly non-tech because we aim for inclusivity, but we do of course have other channels some of them being tech related🙂

We already have some implementations, servers, and XMPP collectives involved (including JoinJabber) and we are all building a better XMPP and Jabber network together 🙂

#xmpp #jabber #xml #SecureMessaging #decentralization #privacy #security #federated #jabboratory

Cooperative_Development_Guidelines

^Codeberg.org

Thought: if #open, #federated, and #distributed solutions were the most #accessible solutions, people with disabilities would be some of the biggest allies in pushing adoption. I already constantly have to get my friends, co-workers, etc, to switch tools for me. If we're working or playing together, the tool needs to be accessible if I'm involved. But unfortunately, that's almost never the case, and I find myself having to force my friends to switch away from open tools and into closed ones:
* Jitsi meet doesn't offer captions or transcripts, and still had an unlabeled button or two last I checked. So I usually have to force people working with me to switch to Zoom.
* github is still more accessible than Forgejo and codeberg, even with the recent regressions. So I won't contribute to projects that aren't on github.
* None of the existing Matrix clients offer good accessibility; they either lag, have unlabeled controls, the message list won't scroll, messages won't read as they come in, etc. So I have to force people onto Slack or Discord.
* Neither Only Office or Next Cloud offer a web interface that works for collaboration with screen readers, so I have to force people to use Google Docs.
* Linux accessibility remains a joke compared to Windows or mac.

And on and on it goes. #opensource#fediverse#federation

Movim is (finally!) having a members bar in its chatroom view ✨

This will allow you to know who is online in a glance... and set the bases of upcoming exciting features 🧢 !

Feature after feature Movim is becoming a serious alternative to centralized services such as Discord, Telegram or Slack ♥️

You can already try it out on mov.im/ 😸!

#movim #xmpp #feature #chatroom #federated

Everyone is now realizing that WhatsApp is evolving towards its latest form (archive.md/L3W74). If you value secure messaging, you may want to check out @signalapp or @matrix (wich is #federated). EPFL also has its own Matrix instance at matrix.epfl.ch (use @element as a client).

#SecureMessaging #WhatsApp #WhatsappAlternative #Signal #Matrix #Element #Privacy #SelfHosted

You want to help #Monal but you can't code?

Just help out translating the app! We have many unmaintained languages only half translated right now:
hosted.weblate.org/projects/mo…

Every contribution welcome :)

#xmpp #ios #macos #federated

Monal

Monal is being translated into 35 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.

^{Hosted Weblate}