Notices by Daniel Gultsch (daniel@gultsch.social)

On my recent #Lufthansa flight, I noticed their free messaging plan on FlyNet Wi-Fi allows #XMPP traffic (likely via port 5223), but HTTP uploads were blocked. So, I added a new feature to #Conversations_im that lets users retry failed uploads via Jingle P2P file transfer, which will fall back to IBB if needed. Can’t wait to test it on the return flight! ✈️

What is the #XMPP Summit and should you go? 🧵

The XMPP Summit is a two day event for the people who write and implement XMPP extensions (XEPs). It is not a conference. There are no presentations. It is more like a round table discussion and active participation is encouraged.
Similar to an unconference at the beginning of Day 1 participants can suggest topics and others can indicate (via a +1) whether or not they are interested in that topic. Afterwards a rough order of topics is established

If you have ever followed a thread on the standards mailing list or participated in a discussion on the public XSF channel it is a bit like that only in person.

The different topics are broken up by short breaks that are great for networking and getting to know other XMPP developers. (Think hallway discussion at other conferences.)

Interoperability is a big part of what makes #XMPP great. However agreeing on a common strategy or even establishing a rough priority for certain features can be hard.
I believe those in-person events do a lot in getting us on the same page.

If you are an XMPP developer (client, server, gateway) I strongly encourage you to come.

I keep saying 'developer' and use that as a shorthand for: To get the most out of the summit you should have a background in reading (and maybe even writing) XEPs.

If you don’t consider yourself a developer but rather an enthusiastic user or admin we regularly have booths at various conferences (FOSDEM, CLT, FrOSCon, …) that are a great opportunity to meet us.

If however you are a developer and always wondered what standards mailing list discussions would look like IRL you can find more information on the Summit here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27

At the #XMPP Summit − after a topic is well-discussed and a rough consensus reached − someone needs to volunteer to write the XEP.

Last year, I volunteered to write the XEP for synchronizing read states across devices.

It's called Message Displayed Synchronization and is now in Last Call, where community feedback is gathered before a XEP becomes 'stable.'

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0490.html

Prototype implementations are in @Monal and #Conversations_im.

Thanks to Thilo, developer of @Monal, Quicksy is now available on iOS!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quicksy/id6538727270

Jabber/XMPP with Easy Entry and Easy Discovery

Conversations for you. Quicksy for your less tech-savvy friends

Remember you don’t have to be on Quicksy yourself to give your friends an easy way to find your #XMPP address. Instead you can enter your XMPP address-phone number tuple into the Quicksy Directory
https://quicksy.im/#get-listed

You can also initiate the conversation by adding +123455…@quicksy.im

To celebrate Conversations being back on the Play Store and to deny Google their 15% cut I made the app free for the next ~48 hours. 😜

If you are new here: Check out #XMPP. It's federated, provider and vendor independent instant messaging. It’s great!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

Or get it from #fdroid - That version even has address book integration and public channel discovery! 😂

Google has just removed #Conversations_im from the Play Store because they think we are uploading the user’s contact list. We don’t.

10 years ago I made the first commit¹ to Conversations.im

To 24 year old me working on one project for 10 years would have been unbelievable.

These days making commits at 2:00 in the morning is almost unbelievable 😂

Happy birthday Conversations! 🎂 🥳

(Someone should teach these kids how to write .gitignore files 😜)

¹: https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/35f8ab58f4b6f97f02031b056d2a5f6f993672cf

As it is a long, long tradition Conversations is available for free on the Google Play store for the last week of December.

This tradition was originally born so that when I meet people at Chaos Communication Congress and they ask what I do, they have an easy way to install Conversations. In that regard it's a very special year as we are seeing the return of CCC.

However if you are meeting loved ones to celebrate something else these days that’s fine too.🎄

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

#37C3 #XMPP

@kas @xmpp exactly like you would open a chat with a contact. Or by clicking here: xmpp:certwatch.xmpp.net

Conversations shows a warning that this is a domain address but 'add anyway' works fine.

Just in case you are spending the next couple of days with people who are not on #XMPP yet and have some time on your hands. 😊

Conversations is currently available for free on the Google PlayStore.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations