matrix-react-sdk

Fwiw, we use 120 columns for Riot/Matrix stuff (https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/blob/develop/...) - 80 is incredibly constraining for JS and JSX. The key metric is to ensure that a typical laptop can show two screens side by side, without any ugly line-wrapping. Also, any wider and you either end up having to scan a wide distance left to right (the same reasons that newspapers use columns to be more legible) - and it also helps discourage lots of nesting and cyclomatic complexity.

> Does https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4531 look any better? O:-) Substantially better than the default Riot layout. I hope this gets merged and I get to switch to this soon. That said, I'd still like a more compact version of the same that further reduces the spacing/padding to make more information fit on a single screen.

> Does https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4531 look any better? O:-) Hey that's actually kinda sexy ! I'm not looking specifically for IRC-style <timestamp/nick/message>, I do like it when it takes a bit more space for the user, but I find this rendering nice to the eyes. In the quote though, why is the user cast away on the right ? Would be more consistent to put it right next to the timestamp of the quoted text Also, the nick is chopped at the end without any indicator that it is (like a [...] at the end or something) All nitpicking, I know, I'll try this as soon as it lands because I already like it :) > https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6417 is the bug to upvote :) I'm following it closely ! I can't wait to experiment around that, Matrix.org can be and needs to be much more than just a messaging protocol, t

> Personally though I can't stand the conversation view in Riot, the spacing between the nickname, the avatar and the text feels just wrong Does https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4531 look any better? O:-) > The one thing I'm waiting for is rooms where participants are hidden, so that you actually get closer to a pubsub system. This is surprisingly hard (if you don't know what users are in a room, how do you know what servers to send messages to?) but we can provide at least a cosmetic solution (have the server filter out members below a given power level when relaying to the client). https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6417 is the bug to upvote :)

Desktop support is now in PR: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4348