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Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix (matrix.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Highlights include Sliding Sync (instant login/launch/sync), Native OIDC (industry-standard authentication), Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing) and Faster Joins (lazy-loading room state when your server joins a room).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you and those responding to you are conflating Matrix and Element and Synapse.
Spaces are a UI feature in Element for grouping rooms. Element is only one of many Matrix clients.
Element, the client, is written in typescript and kotlin.
https://github.com/vector-im

Synapse, a server implementation using the Matrix protocol, is indeed written in Python.
There are several other servers, written in Go, Rust, C, and C++.
https://matrix.org/ecosystem/servers/

Matrix is the protocol itself. Blaming it for UI problems is like blaming TCP for the toolbars in Internet Explorer: very remotely correct.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

You're not correct about spaces being a UI feature.

Spaces are now part of the protocol and are stored server side with your account data. Other clients - like fluffychat - can work with spaces just like Element.

They were element only back while they were being tested, but are now a direct replacement for the old - deprecated - groups functionality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You had me second-guessing for a minute, but I think the other commenter is correct.

One can definitely use Spaces in other clients, even Beeper supports them. So if it was an Element-specific feature, it doesn't appear to be any longer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, spaces need server side support too. Technically they are just rooms that are handled differently, but it's not just a UI feature.