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I managed to convince my friends to give Matrix a try. Among us we span almost all platforms. Any ideas on what clients to use would be much appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Really just Element, since every other desktop client lacks features and/or looks bad. The only downside is that it's an Electron app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On PC: Fractal, because is fast and simple. On Smartphones: Element (F-Droid version), because it works better on my smartphone than other clients like FluffyChat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Element because it supports everything and I don't mind running it in my browser. I self-host it for that purpose. You and your friends should probably all use Element.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

SchildiChat (Element derivate) on mobile because Element works best plus SC has some nice features added like UnifiedPush and a unified list for direct and group chats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on Linux using nheko. Works great. I'm using kde, so that's why I use nheko over fractal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And have you tried NeoChat? I've heard that it also works well (although I haven't tried it because I use GNOME and I like Fractal).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not yet, because nheko just works :-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Element on both PC & Phone

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Never had to use anything else than element mostly the android and desktop version. From what I know the few users on my server (~15) use element as well, android, ios and desktop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ferdium on Linux. Element or Fluffychat on my phone and tablet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I tried Fluffychat from FDroid, buy it crashes as soon as I open it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have the same issue, but haven't found a solution yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

you need to download the apk directly from the fluffychat repositories.

[–] oliver 3 points 2 years ago

Cinny because,... eh,... is there any PWA-alternative for touchies?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve only used FluffyChat so far and it seems to be nice. I have no contacts on there though, so haven’t used it much outside of a few rando groups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

SchildiChat is my go-to on mobile. It's Element with some solid changes on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've only tried Element. But I actually uninstalled because it was killing my battery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@Delusion6903 @incici element uses polling. Try using ntfy unified push along with it. <2% battery usage per day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@incici fluffy chat on the iPad because element is atrocious on it. Regular crashes with element that can only be solved with a restart most of the time and the sync time is annoying. The sync for fluffy on android is also very bad so fluffy for the iPad and I might switch to element for android.