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Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more? (lemmy.ml)

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Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly, IRC was a very functional, easy, free, low-resource and privacy friendly chat protocol and I don't really see why it got left behind. If you wanted image/ file support that could really be implemented client and/or server side.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably because it's not as flashy as Discord

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

IRC is still in use by several open source projects, and it can be nice for quick and open public chatting for meeting people,and to ask questions.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (7 children)

odf/odt/ods

.md

SimpleX

Matrix

OpenPGP

Last, certainly not least... ActivityPub

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

SimpleX. No federated messenger is good for privacy.

But I see how SimpleX is impossible for public groups, as spam is basically unavoidable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does it support video calls?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, also PiP now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SimpleX was nice when I used it for small chats, but how is it with large groups? Matrix really drags ass with large rooms, even on native clients.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Never tried that. For sure it lacks spaces, threads, moderation, invite links, requests etc.

Correct me if I am wrong

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Stream Control Transmission Protocol. It’s the Betamax of low level networking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_Control_Transmission_Protocol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Hashcash

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