10 Dec
2025
10 Dec
'25
5:54 p.m.
Greetings.
This is a concern about backward compatibility.
Preface
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Earlier, this evening, after I have sent a series of corrections to
messages at the group chat of XSF Discussion, Mr. Guus has mentioned
the concern of backward compatibility with clients that do not support
message corrections, or reactions and other features that have a visual
impact.
Wed 10 Dec 2025 06:21:44 PM - Guus:
My client displays a wall of text in this chat room,
full of quote
chains, reactions, links, and corrections.
It's completely unreadable. I'm using a very old client with a basic
interface, but until recently, this was never an issue.
It's disappointing to see that modern XMPP usage can make my
experience so abysmal - at least in rooms where newer clients are
active (even if _or perhaps because_ they try to implement "backwards
compatibility" features).
Wed 10 Dec 2025 06:31:45 PM - lissine:
Check https://logs.xmpp.org/xsf/2025-12-10 to have an
idea about the
experience of Guus
Concern
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I was wondering whether some features, which have visual impact on
messages, should have XML Namespaces (xmlns).
Consideration
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This would mean that messages that are marked as "corrected messages"
will not be displayed with clients that do not support message
correction, due to a namespace which is not recognized by clients that
do not support that feature.
Kind regards,
Schimon