During the Berlin XMPP sprint, some XMPP developers worked on message formatting. Previously, formatting was done using simple markup (e.g. *bold*), which sometimes leads to unintended formatting and is limited in functionality. We now decided to transmit formatting information outside of the normal text, with optional fallback to markup for legacy clients. We worked on improving the specification and on support in three different clients, including @dino.

#dino #xmpp

Over the last months, we've completely redesigned and rewritten @dino 's accounts and settings dialogs. The dialogs are combined into a single one now, which is adaptive and offers additional features like an option for OMEMO by default. The rewrite also resolves a number of issues and feature requests that were raised with the old implementation. It's still work in progress and will require further polishing.

#dino #xmpp #gtk #libadwaita

During the last week, we've been redesigning Dino's Contact Details dialog and rewrote the respective UI code. It now uses up-to-date GTK4 and libadwaita elements, better adapts to mobile screen sizes and offers more specialized buttons for important settings. It's still work in progress, so the dialog might receive further changes in the future.

#XMPP #dino #gtk #libadwaita #gnome