Greetings. This is a concern about backward compatibility. Preface ------- 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 ------- I was wondering whether some features, which have visual impact on messages, should have XML Namespaces (xmlns). Consideration ------------- 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