What's the state of #matrix, #xmpp and #IRC as far as #screenReader -accessible clients are concerned? Desktop (Windows, Mac) and mobile (iOS, Android).

Hoping for some input, please feel free to boost. As far as I know:

Matrix does not have a lightweight, fully accessible client for desktop, but one could be modified, such as #gomuks. On mobile, Element has scrolling issues, which is unacceptable for large rooms.

XMPP has accessible desktop clients (I used to run #Adium on the Mac), also #WeeChat. No idea about mobile.

IRC is perhaps the one which everything supports on desktop, from #MirandaIM through Weechat to the old Freedom Chat, which I could probably rewrite if I had to. Also not sure about mobile, but it would definitely need push notifications, because we can't expect people to stay constantly online on the go. #a11y #accessibility

daniel's server is surely better than mine but I've also got a #biboumi #IRC gateway, so you can connect there too from your xmpp client.
Registration is by invite, feel free to ask for one if you wish and take a look at my profile. cheers

@daniel

I've switched to lurking here for a while due to the effects the current political situation in the US is having on me. I am making some big changes to how I do things, including how I livestream and host various products of my math research. I'll be posting about the steps I take as I take them.

I have switched from #Firefox to #Librewolf on my desktops. This was pretty easy since I have been storing my bookmarks as a plain text file on my desktop for a while now. Very portable. I just wish #VideoDownloadHelper worked on Librewolf.

I am looking into #XMPP now and trying to find a server to sign up for. Does anyone know any with open registration?

I have also recently gotten into #IRC again, and am excited to get more familiar with the #Pidgin client on desktop.

#math #privacy #security #federation #software

Join my chatroom, say hello! Let's talk gopher and nerdy stuff!

XMPP: xmpp:%23main%25irc.someodd.zip…

IRC: ircs://irc.someodd.zip/#main

#xmpp #irc #smallnet

I use #Bibuomi ( #IRC to #XMPP gateway ) to access whatever IRC channel ( or network for that matter ) I need to ..

So .. basically, hum .. no, I don't get that much chair time because I do IRC from my phone using #Conversations

Pretty cool actually 😎

So a crazy thing happened. In a crime thriller film called Les chambres rouges (Red Rooms, 2023) there is a scene where the hacker protagonist is attempting to purchase a snuff film in online auction. The auction happens via IRC or IRC-like chatting environment and to my surprise there's actually me @rolle and my wife @mustikkasoppa who are one of the bidders.

1) The nickname of my wife is mistakenly written as "mustikasoppa" (with one k) but if I recall correctly she has used a mistakenly written nickname in the past
2) We are both operators and on the same IRC channel as we've been for the past 17 years

This is not a coincidence. One nickname can be made up by accident but not two with these features and definitely not in a French movie. My wife's nick "mustikkasoppa" is Finnish and means "blueberry soup".

Our IRC logs are more or less public because of open source and statistics so I presume the scene has been made with chatgpt which has scraped our nicks from the Internet so that they ended up in the movie. We still chat via IRC every day together.

The era of AI... Do your background check, folks. I'm glad this wasn't a dramatized documentary film but a complete fiction. However my wife and I are real. Mixed feelings.

#OpenAI #Privacy #Movies #IRC #GenerativeAI #ChatGPT

@IzzyOnDroid

App request for IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repo:

Lith

"Multiplatform, mobile-focused WeeChat relay client"

github.com/LithApp/Lith

#AndroidApp
#F-Droid
#IRC
#WeeChat

GitHub - LithApp/Lith: Multiplatform, mobile-focused WeeChat relay client

Multiplatform, mobile-focused WeeChat relay client - LithApp/Lith

^GitHub

Hello o/ I am excited to announce Bechamel a collective around the software knows as Guix (which most people use through the Gnu channel of Guix)

Bechamel is something I started as a much easier way for people to contribute to a guix channel (no emailing patches, workflow not built around Emacs, xmpp used instead of irc). It also aims to be a more private and safes space to contribute to Guix things (like using the JoinJabber CoC and the soon the Cooperative Software Development Guidelines) among other things. Rationale: codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/col…

There are also some other plans including tackling the long-standing accessibility problems in Guix, adding pilul support to guix, rust/python build system improvements and much improved and updated support for xmpp things. Hopefully you are going to see me post a lot more about it from now on :)
At the moment it has updated Gajim the XMPP client to 1.9.5 which brings around 2 years of updates. It also has started having some extensive practical documentation around Guix. And some other things like cerca the forum software.

- Repository for packages (gajim/cerca): codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/gui…
- Repository for the Bechamel collective including Documentation codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/col…
- Organization in Codeberg codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel

#guix #xmpp #jabber #gnu #JoinJabber #irc #CoC

Guix_Bechamel

Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

^Codeberg.org

choose your fighter:

#irc vs #discord vs #matrix

I set up #Prosody last weekend, and I haven't checked file uploads yet. The setup was incredibly simple, and resource usage is next to nothing. Added #Biboumi to make it function as my #IRC bouncer too, and it works like a charm!

This leads me to believe that even the current state of XMPP is already beats Matrix by a wide margin. Its easier, less resource hungry, faster, and there are already multiple good server and client implementations available.

#biboumi #xmpp #irc
#MastoArt #acrylicpainting

#art

IRC gateway for XMPP

biboumi.louiz.org/

That #Metaverse #bullshit is definitely not the kind you should waste your tiny funds on.

I think that @blender would have more use for this tech but not a messenger system like yours.

People explicitly chose #Matrix in order to not have to deah with #VR bullshit and screaming kids in discord.

So I guess I'll stick with #IRC, #XMPP & #Zulip instead...

Messaging protocols. Let me think. #sms, #xmpp , #irc, #rcs, #mms, #matrix, #email

Why don't we make one app that works with all of these?

#smartthinking