stephen m ๐๐น๐ต๐ธOn the #xmpp front, I know if it were different times under different thoughts on interoperability, but wouldn't gchat and facebook messenger just need to remove their walls to make them interoperable?
QuasitThe new threads feature that Google shoved into Gchat (or whatever the hell they're calling it now) has been wildly successful at making the app annoying. It's basically impossible NOT to accidentally start a thread when chatting with someone.
And then you're off in that thread while the other person thinks you're not responding at all. And you think they're not responding. It brings absolutely nothing good to the experience, and everything bad.
So it's basically got another point where I'm considering alternatives. Can anyone recommend some? I'm looking for something that's not too hard to use, because some of the people I chat with are not exactly technophiles. But it would be nice to have the option to send and receive images, as well as basic formatting options like italics and boldfacing.
I probably don't need to say this, but there's no way in hell I will ever use Facebook Messenger. Never never never. Nor am I interested in anything owned by a billionaire.
Speaking of getting away from Google, this was another day with effectively no YouTube. So that's good.
The new threads option that Google added to their chat is ruining chat. I and people I chat with keep accidentally starting a thread, which means that replies to that thread are segregated from the main conversation. So as far as the other person (s) in the chat know, there have been no replies to the main chat.
As far as I can tell, there is no way to merge a thread back into the main conversation. It's just not possible. Likewise, it's not possible to deactivate the threads option. Google has decided we all have to have it, and they've made it incredibly easy to accidentally use.
Congratulations, Google. You have demonstrated an archetypal case of enshittification. You really suck!
Seddon 
Interesting and long long long long overdue new integration for #GSuite between the old #GChat feature (now just gmail chat) and #google #meet chat. Meet chats now appear in GChat.
Got turned on at the tail end of my sabbatical and I started getting a flood of message notifications (now muted).
Since it got the flood of messages, I said hello to my team whilst not in the meeting to:
a) see if it got sent to the meeting room without me being in it
b) see if they missed me
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StrypeyA commonly cited example of corporate platforms assimilating open protocol networks is Goggle Talk (#GChat) federating over XMPP, then stopping. But ...
"If they had not followed this strategy they would be killing in this market, even whilst supporting XMPP Federation. But they have chosen to release multiple proprietary products, so they aren't the lead in the market. Silly of them really, and it just shows you they aren't really the nimble company they once were."
ferricoxideDear #gChat:
Stop trying to access my camera and microphone. You are never getting access. Save a cookie, or something, so that you know to stop trying and stop bothering me with these pop-ups.
Stop trying to access my camera and microphone. You are never getting access. Save a cookie, or something, so that you know to stop trying and stop bothering me with these pop-ups.
Jimmothy Baggins
faberfedorAnyone out there having problems with texting (RCS?) between #iOS 18 and #Android or desktop #gchat ?
Starting last week or so, my biz partner is not getting my texts for hours nor getting notified when the messages do come in.
I've heard of other problems, presumably with the iOS 18 rollout of RCS but I've not heard this particular problem.
She's suggesting we move to Whatsapp and I fear we must. :-/
Any ideas or do I have to get sucked into the Metaverse even more?
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ctrg190draft -
In Google docs, we can arrange content (text and images) anyway we want, but we can't make individual messages that can be replied to.
In Google chat, individual messages can be replied to, and we can edit the text of messages, but there's not yet a way to edit / add images to sent messages.
I could ask a recipient to go back to Google docs, and/or continue to use docs in addition to Google chat. But, it'd be nice if GoogleChat would add the ability to add images to sent messages.