What would also be nice to see: - GNS records for room discovery - reclaimID for user profile management / retrieval
Both are probably "client"-side features. As in: implemented by the UI. BR Martin > On 6. Mar 2021, at 02:22, TheJackiMonster <thejackimons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I just got the last pieces done to complete the core functionality of > the messenger service I'm working on for a while. So it is updated on > the main branch now and can be build by enabling the experimental flag. > (I think it's best letting it experimental until a next major release.) > > The core functionality may work fine (at least from my perspective of > testing) but there is still some optimization to be done. Also I want > to add a proper CLI application and a GTK application which can be used > conveniently. > > However I will probably start writing down the manual now with > instructions to use the service and going over the code adding more > comments and improving documentation. > > There also some features I want to include into a client-side-only > library to ease development of the applications. For example file > sharing works in theory but is not really automated yet. > > Features which would be included as simple functions in the library: > - Replying to selected messages > - Citing other messages > - Deleting messages > - Requesting messages > - Sharing files > - Downloading files > - Publishing a chatroom > - Searching for a public chatroom > - Opening a private chat > ~ Using a profile picture > - Sharing public files (uploads from FS) > > The library will probably handle more advanced messages based on JSON > or some similar text-based format to allow adding features more > dynamically. So the service itself does not have to be changed to > frequently. > > Also with JSON messages it should be quite easy getting a good > interface done to web clients as well and the messages could include > more meta-data for something like posts in social media or forums. > > Happy hacking > Jacki
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