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caveman
Hi all. I'm busy building a system where XMPP is used to supply users with information, and get commands back from the user. It is aimed at normies, so the client needs to look pretty. This is not on top of my priority list, as any client will work with my system. But what I'd really like to do, starting with the desktop client first, and then hopefully one day on Android, is somehow skin Emacs to look like a IM client, something like Telegram. Or run Emacs server, and then create a client that looks like an IM client. Does anyone have any thoughts on this idea?
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msavoritias
Why use emacs as a base for a desktop client? Especially when you want it to look like telegram
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L29Ah
i think emacs is a poor choice, especially since you want to have an Android port
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Sam
Emacs is "for Normie's"?
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msavoritias
"Normies" :/✎ -
msavoritias
Normies :/ ✏
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L29Ah
Sam: yes, as it probably has more users than any other XMPP client!
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Sam
Quantity of a niche chat protocol has nothing to do with being "for normies"
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Sam
Anyways, I'd personally pick a different platform
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caveman
That's why I want to make Emacs look like something else. I want to tricks them into using Emacs he he he
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caveman
My thinking is that if I'm going to have to write some of the functionality that Emacs has into a chat app anyways (it will be a bit more than a chat app obviuosly), why not just take Emacs and make it look like a chat app.
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caveman
How difficult would it be to take https://mattermost.com/, and just keep it's front end and switch the chat channels over to XMPP?
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Zash
Can't know without trying. Good luck!
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caveman
Entertain me a little bit at least. Does this make sense? It allows us to create an open source federated discord replacement. Anyone see any pitfalls in this idea?