XSF Discussion - 2022-09-19

8x8 max suggests 6 bits to carry the size, but that better be extendable/configurable. perhaps encode the dimensions as text?

also, one dimension is enough, the other could be safely assumed to be 8 (or inferred from data)

for this use case, just picking a fixed size would be fine

just need enough to show a blurry square until the real profile picture has been loaded

avatars aren't always square, that's my concern basically. so aspect ratio in some form better be communicated too

the data could well be 8x8 fixed, but cropped at display time

I think that regarding all the clients in the wild, square avatars is kind of the nom

*norm

And if they are not squared they are cropped and displayed as square

so just crop a centered square for this verysmall preview?

never seen a client cropping non-square received avatars on display, and would consider it a bug

(cropping a circle is gray territory :))

I expect your bikeshed once I have something to publish, thanks. :)

:)

> <singpolyma> Should be on the server to slow it down if needed not the client. Though client may also need to throttle to remain performant in some cases I guess You can throttle a queue requests (like ejabberd) but 40k in means 40k out for IQs (and so it dies miserably anyways apparently), add all the rest and... 💥🤷‍♂️

also don't forget that MUCs do several flavours of hacks to route related IQ payloads to the related requesting resources

(for multisession nicks that is)

Hello!

Please help me on an simple issue!

sounds ominous

Which is the best client for PC

turnner: it depends on what your requirements are

Security and features

which features?

also, which OS?

*nix Just a simple chat feature

what are you using now?

and what don't you like about it?

Gajim seems off

Gajim is big and complicated. If you found it unpleasant to use, try Dino

What advantages does gajim have over dino

it supports more XEPs, and potentially even more through its plugin system

XEPs?

XMPP extensions

Dino aims at a smaller set of XEPs rather than some support for everything--similar to the Conversations mobile client

> Gajim seems off have you tried Gajim 1.4+ ?

Why not just use Gajim

You can of course.. Nobody is against gajim. turnner, it sounded like *you* wanted to change it. 🙂 ✏

Why not try several of them and see which ones fits you the best :) ?

https://xmpp.org/software/clients/

How many xmpp clients actually are monetized aside from conversions? It seems to me dino, gajim and all other desktop ones are developed entirely in someone's free time, is that so?

kurisu, not all of them, tigase clients, swift (isode), openfire stuff, all enterprise business things

Just installed Stork Im, only private chats showed up for some reason and not group chats. Yikes