A person called manu from the XMPP community had the idea to create a Codeberg page to list public regional XMPP channels (group chats).
I now created an overlay for Openstreetmap to make it a bit more accessible and to improve the user experience. You can go to the map by clicking the map picture in this blog entry.
If you know more public regional group chats which are missing on the map, do not hesitate to report them in this channel: mapofchannels@chat.
I refreshed the XMPP Messenger table. There are the following changes:
Beagle IM: This app is not listed anymore, since it has been vanished from the App Store (see fosstodon.org). Siskin IM: This app is not listed anymore, since it has been vanished from the App Store (see fosstodon.org). Snikket: The table now states that Snikket should be used with Snikket-servers only. The recommendation has been set to limited since Conversations is now available for free.
Maybe you recognized it: Daniel Gultsch, the main developer of Conversations, announced that Conversations is now available for free in the Google Play Store.
This means: It’s the perfect time for Android users to join the world of XMPP.
I created a 4-5 minute long German video with English subtitles called The Instant Messaging Problem.
It was a spontaneous idea to explain the problem of typical instant messengers in a dialogue with myself.
You can find the video on my German MakerTube-Channel.
From time to time I now publish English XMPP tutorial videos on my new English XMPP tutorial channel at MakerTube.net.
It will co-exist to my German XMPP tutorial channel.
Note: The app Quicksy is not available anymore.
This month, there is a big change in the world of XMPP. The app Quicksy has been released for iOS. This is the first time there is an equally named XMPP app for smartphones which is available for free for iOS and Android (Play Store, F-Droid) and offers a very easy XMPP registration flow. Some people might complain that there is already an app named Snikket.
You received a Snikket invitation and want to get started using an Android device? You are at the right place. Let’s get started. This tutorial is written as a short story which you can translate to your personal use case.
Background Story Mary, Robert and Kim are cycling enthusiasts. They want to communicate with each other using their smartphones. Mary suggests to use Snikket to communcate with each other. Kim and Robert do not know Snikket but they are always motivated to try something new.
You received a Snikket invitation and want to get started using an iOS (iPhone, iPad) device? You are at the right place. Let’s get started. This tutorial is written as a short story which you can translate to your personal use case.
Background Story Mary, Robert and Kim are cycling enthusiasts. They want to communicate with each other using their smartphones. Mary suggests to use Snikket to communcate with each other.
Preamble: This notification test was executed in June/July 2022. Meanwhile, new versions of Siskin IM and Monal were released. The developers introduced new features which are now mentioned in the pro- and contra-lists of the apps. I did not repeat the tests for the new versions since I do not think that the push notification test results would be any different (I did not test it because it is very time-consuming).
