On: WhatsApp and most alternatives share the same prob...

[maxwellito]

+1

Also about Matrix, the confusion when the client app doesn't have the same name as the protocol is so unfriendly for the non tech-savy users.

[_abox → maxwellito]

This is the thing about multiclient protocols. You don't look for SMTP in the app store either :) The whole point is having multiple clients so they can't all have the same name.

Having said that, the 'default' app constantly changing their name (Vector -> Riot -> Element) is super annoying. I thought Riot was a stupid name (living in a city that regularly sees riots), but don't really get what was wrong with Vector in the first place :P

[junon → maxwellito]

I was designing something similar to Matrix at one point several years back. The different names confused even myself when I was dabbling into Matrix.

Matrix is cool, there's no doubt. The packaging is terrible, IMO. They really need a product manager.

[anticensor → junon]

Do you have any links to share?

[junon → anticensor]

Nah unfortunately not. I tabled that project a long time ago.

[dsr_ → maxwellito]

There are a bunch of people who think that their mail system is named Thunderbird.

[ekianjo → maxwellito]

> client app doesn't have the same name

it is not that hard to understand.