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

@deadsuperhero
I agree, I use xmpp all the time, but the clients are really underwhelming... Not sure how it's so complicated to give them a facelift to update them while keeping the existing functionality. This reminds me of the debates about the #blender ui in the past, where gray beards argued that the interface was just fine....aesthetics matter;)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same with K9. But they did finally a really good facelift.

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

@Samsy
I'll need to take a look, I haven't used k9 in ages

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

Its one of the best apps actually. Swipe gestures, openpgp, material you (?).

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

@Samsy
Wow, you were right very nice. Amazing what a little polish can do.

Another app that transformed with UI updates is gajim, the desktop xmpp client.