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Gajim was gnomed and I'm angy (rant post) (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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(Gajim was gnomed since June actually, Void Linux repos didn't update to the new iteraction until a few days ago though so I wasn't aware.)

Gajim was the best XMPP client for desktops, with a nice UI and all the features I'd ever need in a messenger (YMMV).

So of course it should have been turned upside-down with a UI redesign that removes compatibility with GTK3 themes while also looking extremely out of place on my system. Modern GUI design suck SO MUCH.

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (12 children)

So this is a "don't move my cheese" post?

I understand the need the vent from time to time, but most people have/create blogs for such things. Maybe it's just time to look for another xmpp client.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    No, a lot of previously good tools got entirely unusable (like, buttons/tabs not working) outside Gnome with the move to gtk4. Granted, most of them Gnome tools. While not-Gnome tools generally work, but look out of place by not folllowing any user settings.

    And also the brain-worm of "simplified" (useless) settings menu.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    There aren't really any good clients for XMPP unfortunately. I'm just moving away to Matrix (ironically the one I avoided because it didn't have good clients when I looked into IMs).

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    Movim is a very full featured client that supports group voice and video calls with screensharing, and it's about to get discord-like spaces in a week or two.

    Otherwise there's Dino and Dinox.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I'm not going to your blog 🙂

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I'm usually not a ranting person. But it does happen from time to time. 😉

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's nothing to do with length. I just don't make a habit of visiting any particular website to read it. That's what the threadiverse is for.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I just don’t make a habit of visiting any particular website to read it. That’s what the threadiverse is for.

    Alternatively: that's what RSS is for.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    RSS was killed by greed. Too many companies pumping out too much SEO garbage that I don't care about, and not providing anything more than a headline in return. The threadiverse produces a curated feed of articles that are boosted up and down by the community. That's why I'm here.

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