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<p>On 5/5/17 10:34 PM, Qwerty Chouskie wrote:<br>
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Is there any chance of Thunderbird.next/TB:NG/whateveritscalled
having <a href="https://riot.im/" moz-do-not-send="true">
riot.im</a> integration?<br>
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Current Thunderbird nightlies (and the upcoming beta of Thunderbird
54) [0] actually have support for the Matrix protocol (riot.im is
just a web interface for that protocol) [1]. It's current preffed
off [2] because the integration isn't complete [3], but there will
be a Google Summer of Code student working on finishing it up this
summer [4]. Hopefully it will be turned on for the next ESR!<br>
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<li>It's open, privacy-friendly, etc. </li>
<li>It's well made </li>
<li>It's written using Web technologies (Javascript, etc), and
runs in the browser
</li>
<li>It could ease the implementation of the chat component by
providing a solid base, thus only needing to implement other
protocols (IRC, XMPP, twitter, etc) on top of it
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I don't think this would help, I doubt the the riot.im codebase
would give us any sort of foundation to write additional protocols
on top of. We already have JavaScript implementations of IRC, XMPP
and Twitter.<br>
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<li>It would make TB:NG <i>more than just another email
client. It would be an email client+"Slack"+"Google
Hangouts" all on one free, privacy-friendly, easy-to-use
program.<br>
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I think riot.im integration could bring a lot to the table for
both Thunderbird and roit.im. Thunderbird already sees a lot of
corporate use, think of how much more it could see if it served
the role of a email program
<i>and</i> a messaging program (Slack) <i>and</i> a voice/video
communications program (Google Hangouts, Skype, etc). Less
programs to keep up-to-date, less accounts to deal with, no messy
EULAs to deal with, easier for everyone in the end.<br>
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I wholeheartedly agree with the idea of using distributed
communication! No major silos to buy into, but I don't know if this
would cause corporations to adopt Thunderbird more readily.<br>
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--Patrick<br>
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[0] See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199855">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199855</a><br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://matrix.org/">https://matrix.org/</a><br>
[2] You can set "<code id="line-90"><span class="str">chat.prpls.prpl-matrix.disable</span></code>"
to "false" to enable it.<br>
[3]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?component=Matrix&product=Chat%20Core&bug_status=__open__&list_id=13573298">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?component=Matrix&product=Chat%20Core&bug_status=__open__&list_id=13573298</a><br>
[4]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://patrick.cloke.us/posts/2017/05/05/google-summer-of-code-2017-matrix-protocol/">http://patrick.cloke.us/posts/2017/05/05/google-summer-of-code-2017-matrix-protocol/</a><br>
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