Chris TrottierNov 9, 2022

The biggest mistake web devs ever made was focusing on corporate-owned APIs instead of on new and innovative open protocols.

I don't care how all-encompassing Big Social becomes -- or whether Google or Apple can keep their market valuations ongoing.

Those "critical" APIs can be yoinked at any moment.

However, SMTP and HTTP have now been used for decades. So why not build on the next generation of open protocols?

Show threadKyreeth
@atomicpoet @tilton SMTP and IMAP in particular need a massive authentication overhaul. :|
Nov 10, 2022 at 5:31amWeb
Show threadTremarctos OrnatusNov 10, 2022
@Kyreeth @atomicpoet @tilton JMAP is being developed as replacement if both SMTP and IMAP.
Show threadKyreethNov 10, 2022
@nerdbear @atomicpoet @tilton Doesn’t do that much to fix the auth issue. SASL is at least extensible, but SCRAM is probably only good for desktops? Seems like it would be rather power-hungry for mobile when configured to be suitably strong.
Show threadTremarctos OrnatusNov 10, 2022
@Kyreeth @atomicpoet @tilton I’m not so familiar with the internals but they do claim to target mobile devices especially through push support.