DAdarklajid·Jun 25, 2015
Hmm.. I was talking about the UI (I think that's a rather pretty client, comparable to the current WhatsApp/Telegram/whatever thing).
Again, comparing to Telegram [1] (see disclaimer in my previous post: I use that as well):
* Jabber/XMPP is a weird point. You wouldn't need Conversations if you wouldn't have a server to use. You pick up Conversations because a) some friend tells you to install it and connect it to their server or b) you have a server of your own. If you don't know what XMPP is, then yes - this client is not for you.
* Really? Can you look at the Telegram screenshots? Let me bite this time:
Hey Lucy, got a second?
As in the duration of 551557906200 periods of the radiation corresponding between the two superfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atoms? Yes, I might.
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* It's free. [2, GPL] I know, Joe User isn't going to build it, but again: You need a server for this to work. If you care about that, I'd say you have ways to save the 2.38 EUR if necessary.
The rest of your points are certainly valid (marketing for XMPP sucks), but again entirely different problems. I highly doubt that most people read the description of the Telegram or WhatsApp apps. Friends recommend it, people install it, use it, done. XMPP is a different case, because it requires a friendly server (and the post installation configuration step where you select one), but that's not quite relevant for the 'looks like something from the 21st century' discussion, is it?
I was trying to make the point that there are ~new~ and current clients for XMPP as well, even if Pidgin looks like shit.
1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.m...
2: https://github.com/siacs/Conversations