Samsy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI heard there will be a fediverse messenger.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1866arrow-down123
arrow-up1843arrow-down1imageI heard there will be a fediverse messenger.lemmy.mlSamsy@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoNope, because you cannot connect with accounts from a different network. XMPP is pretty much federated without advertising it as being federated. This is just how it works.
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI loved Trillian for being a messaging app that just integrated gchat, msn, ICQ, etc. I miss a unified messenger so much. I think it died when SMS became mainstream.
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRemember when Facebook had an XMPP bridge to their messenger?
Nope, because you cannot connect with accounts from a different network.
XMPP is pretty much federated without advertising it as being federated. This is just how it works.
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I loved Trillian for being a messaging app that just integrated gchat, msn, ICQ, etc. I miss a unified messenger so much. I think it died when SMS became mainstream.
Pidgin?
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Beeper?
Remember when Facebook had an XMPP bridge to their messenger?
Good to know, thanks