This feels weird to say because it should be obvious: Don’t download random #Conversations_im forks from the PlayStore!

I don’t know why people install apps with no website or source code. If you’re reading this, you’re likely not one of them—but server stats show they exist.

Yesterday, I warned one such fork about massive security issues and asked them to take it down. They refused.

Should #Conversations_im add stun.conversations.im as a fallback for #XMPP servers missing XEP-0215: External Service Discovery?

I’ve hesitated to add anything resembling "calling home" (no update checker, no metrics).

However, the main goal here wouldn’t be improving A/V call success (though it helps) but making P2P file transfers more reliable. Many servers still lack HTTP Upload, and the refactored Jingle File Transfer would benefit greatly from a fallback STUN server.

After upgrading to #Android 15 I was tracking down this bug in #Conversations_im where the color of the text in the status bar sometimes doesn't change with the app theme. Occasionally I would get white status bar text on top of a light theme.
Then I noticed that other apps - including the clock app! - have the same issue.
I'm absolutely convinced that the engineers working on Android are all using iPhones. I mean how does one not notice issues like that?

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The clock app in dark mode with the text of the status bar in black barely visible.

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Firefox in light mode with the text of the status bar in white barely visible.

@its_a_me @bhhaskin fwiw #Conversations_im is not a hobby project. It is very much a commercial enterprise. My hobbies don't entail sitting in front of a computer.

At the #XMPP Summit − after a topic is well-discussed and a rough consensus reached − someone needs to volunteer to write the XEP.

Last year, I volunteered to write the XEP for synchronizing read states across devices.

It's called Message Displayed Synchronization and is now in Last Call, where community feedback is gathered before a XEP becomes 'stable.'

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0490.html

Prototype implementations are in @Monal and #Conversations_im.

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The meme of Obama giving himself a medal

For those who can’t wait for Emoji Reactions I made #Conversations_im available for free on Google Play for the next couple of days.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

(Note that the Google Play version has some drawbacks like no address book integration and no public channel discovery. For channel discovery you can use https://search.jabber.network directly.)

#XMPP #Messenger #Chat

Good news and bad news.
#Conversations_im 2.17.0 has support for emoji reactions 🎉
Since @Codeberg appears to be under constant DDoS attacks they have added pretty strict rate limits that the @fdroidorg build server keeps running into. 😞
Another build cycle just failed and it's unclear when 2.17.0 will be available on F-Droid.
Maybe Codeberg and F-Droid can back channel an allow list or something? 🙏

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A chat bubble in the Conversations app with the message 'hi all. I'm trying to take a screenshot for Mastodon. Can I get some reactions on this message?!' and a bunch of reactions to said message.