Sounds pretty amazing, like a project going on the right direction for sure.
I like that Signal has a desktop client with syncing. Maybe more messengers have that.
I just have such messenger fatigue right now though. Too many options, and each switch is sooo much work, with every switch requiring more and more convincing my non-tech-savvy friends and family. “Not again.” “I don’t want any more apps.”
If they were like me we’d be jumping between apps having them all installed on trial period at the same time lol. I’m always looking to optimize the tools I use in my daily life. I feel a lot like Ben Vallack in certain areas of my life. 😅
I like that Signal has a desktop client with syncing. Maybe more messengers have that.
Delta Chat does too! It’s available on Android (from both F-Droid and Play Store), iOS, Win, Mac (Macstore and Homebrew), and Linux. There’s also Arcane Chat on android, which is by one of the DC devs and is sort of his testing ground, with complete interoperability.
I’m like you lol. But I’ve been keeping my testing small, so I only have to convince a few contacts on each switch I’ve made. Once I find a good one I’ll expand further slowly (and it’s looking like that might be DC for me). One of the things I’ve been looking for more as of late is ease of use for “normals,” but still private and reasonably secure, and DC is really hitting that pretty well for me so far.
So I made a DC profile. I started with the desktop client, then connected my phone as a secondary device.
Does this mean the same as like, WhatsApp? That there’s one “main” device? I’d really like my phone to be the main device, so, if it’s like that, I’d like to maybe switch it around if possible. Is that possible, if I explained that clearly enough? 😅
Nah I don’t think so. I think it’s just a clumsy wording for “add another device,” but they’re all “equal” in the sense there is no real “primary” or “secondary.” At least, I haven’t been able to tell the difference yet myself if one is a primary haha.
The only difference I’m aware of is, if you’re only using one device messages get deleted from the server immediately after download and stored locally, if you’re using “multi-device mode” then it depends on your server iirc but default is they get deleted off the server after 30 days (in case one device is say a laptop that isn’t always running, so they can sync, presumably you boot/connect it at least once a month I suppose).
Sounds pretty amazing, like a project going on the right direction for sure.
I like that Signal has a desktop client with syncing. Maybe more messengers have that.
I just have such messenger fatigue right now though. Too many options, and each switch is sooo much work, with every switch requiring more and more convincing my non-tech-savvy friends and family. “Not again.” “I don’t want any more apps.”
If they were like me we’d be jumping between apps having them all installed on trial period at the same time lol. I’m always looking to optimize the tools I use in my daily life. I feel a lot like Ben Vallack in certain areas of my life. 😅
Delta Chat does too! It’s available on Android (from both F-Droid and Play Store), iOS, Win, Mac (Macstore and Homebrew), and Linux. There’s also Arcane Chat on android, which is by one of the DC devs and is sort of his testing ground, with complete interoperability.
I’m like you lol. But I’ve been keeping my testing small, so I only have to convince a few contacts on each switch I’ve made. Once I find a good one I’ll expand further slowly (and it’s looking like that might be DC for me). One of the things I’ve been looking for more as of late is ease of use for “normals,” but still private and reasonably secure, and DC is really hitting that pretty well for me so far.
Thanks for the recommendations!
So I made a DC profile. I started with the desktop client, then connected my phone as a secondary device.
Does this mean the same as like, WhatsApp? That there’s one “main” device? I’d really like my phone to be the main device, so, if it’s like that, I’d like to maybe switch it around if possible. Is that possible, if I explained that clearly enough? 😅
Nah I don’t think so. I think it’s just a clumsy wording for “add another device,” but they’re all “equal” in the sense there is no real “primary” or “secondary.” At least, I haven’t been able to tell the difference yet myself if one is a primary haha.
The only difference I’m aware of is, if you’re only using one device messages get deleted from the server immediately after download and stored locally, if you’re using “multi-device mode” then it depends on your server iirc but default is they get deleted off the server after 30 days (in case one device is say a laptop that isn’t always running, so they can sync, presumably you boot/connect it at least once a month I suppose).