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A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.
125 mentions on Hacker News by 68 people: 6 stories, 119 comments · first 2017-02-14 · latest 2026-04-15
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I don't know about Matrix, but Riot, the default frontend, certainly isn't: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/7062 Copy/paste is a pretty fundamental feature.
comment by l0b0 · 2019-03-18 · in Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? -
woo, glad that it's getting better. riot should be as simple as cd /var/www/html && wget https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v1.0... && tar -xzvf riot-v1.0.1.tar.gz :)
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-22 · in France Enters the Matrix -
sure. the idea is to provide a proxy such that non-e2e clients get encrypted - see https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6779 . nheko lost its maintainer for a few months hence stuff like the missing e2e attachments, but they are…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-19 · in Implementing End-To-End Encryption in Matrix Clients -
…so because it’s not yet turned on by default (due in part to not all clients implementing it yet). https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6779 is the issue tracking turning it on by default. apps like riot make it pretty clear when…
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-19 · in Implementing End-To-End Encryption in Matrix Clients -
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Riot 1.0, client for IM protocol Matrix with a much improved designstory by valeg · 2019-02-15 · 0 comments
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the bug to subscribe to and upvote is https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/2349
comment by Arathorn · 2019-02-07 · in Ask HN: Which self-hosted tool for team-based communication with topics/threads -
…really follow the project closely, but if this issue is up to date then it's not quite there yet: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6779 . I realize that bug is for the web client, but I'd feel better anyway knowing one of the…
comment by jpeeler · 2018-11-30 · in Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020 -
…work is impressive. Their threading and hence async story isn't as well developed yet though ( https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/2349 ).
comment by carwyn · 2018-11-30 · in Spectrum is joining GitHub -
…with the nasty catch that IME input doesn’t work reliably, impacting CJK languages and similar: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/7665 .
comment by Arathorn · 2018-11-15 · in Slate JS – A customizable framework for building rich text editors -
…can always submit a feature request! [2] [1] https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix [2] https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web
comment by mxuribe · 2018-10-16 · in Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features -
…We haven't exposed this as a config option and pushed it into mainstream Synapse yet because of https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6779 , but the tweak for doing it is: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/3426/files
comment by Arathorn · 2018-08-09 · in I don't trust Signal -
Probably better than Riot: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/787
comment by Aissen · 2018-06-27 · in Why ActivityPub is the future -
This is the sole reason we're not using Matrix/Riot yet. https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4488
comment by DiThi · 2018-05-10 · in A Year Using Matrix and Riot -
https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/1357 is the issue and we want to get it done asap, but performance and polish (as per the OP) has to take priority.
comment by Arathorn · 2018-05-09 · in A Year Using Matrix and Riot -
…from your trainings, I'm sure the core team would love to hear about it either in their issue tracker (e.g. github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues for Riot web), or in the Matrix rooms (#riot:matrix.org or #matrix:matrix.org).
comment by uhoreg · 2018-04-03 · in Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck? -
…#1, and the reason for our team not to switch yet. The issue[0] should receive more attention. [0] https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4488
comment by DiThi · 2017-10-23 · in Please Stop Writing Secure Messaging Tools (2015) -
We just sped up Riot/Web by 2-3x in the last week - https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4997 has the gory details if anyone cares. The bleeding edge CI build lives at https://riot.im/develop if you or anyone wants to try it again…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-09-18 · in Slack Closes $250M Funding Round at $5B Valuation -
…implemented on the new (experimental) RTE editor, which has to be optionally enabled in Settings. https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/1855 is the issue tracking indexing file uploads. Patches welcome if anyone wants to add this…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-05-05 · in Total.js Messenger – A small alternative to Slack -
…clipboard. Did not work for me but it has been written and will work soon, if it does not already: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/1297 * Search previous file uploads. Dunno, there is a list of a room's files but I don't see a…
comment by aw3c2 · 2017-05-05 · in Total.js Messenger – A small alternative to Slack -
…time you ever log in on a device. But this is just a matter of optimisation work on the clients - https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/1846 and https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/2914 etc. Meanwhile, any app built on…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-04-12 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
…matrix. Which solves nothing. [1]: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/296 [2]: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&...
comment by ktta · 2017-04-11 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
Given Matrix & Riot are entirely FOSS, please do spell out its obnoxiousnesses (rant here, or file on http://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues ) so we and the wider community can go fix it. Agreed that Riot is too heavy; we're currently…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-04-11 · in Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications -
…an electron app, so crashes will be due to chromium bugs). Please can you make sure it's filed on https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues ? thanks!
comment by Arathorn · 2017-03-31 · in Voice Calls: Secure, Crystal-Clear, AI-Powered -
Thanks. Corrected URLs: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/3220 https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/2295
comment by rhblake · 2017-02-14 · in Encrypted email is still a pain -
These are https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issue/3220 and https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issue/2295 respectively. Agreed that the info currently leaked in device info sucks - please vote on the issues to get them bumped up the…
comment by Arathorn · 2017-02-14 · in Encrypted email is still a pain