Element raises $30M to boost Matrix
The Element foundation should use some of that sweet money to:<p>1) buy FluffyChat and some serious UI designers, because Element is probably one of the worst matrix clients in terms of UX.<p>2) fix decryption issues that happen randomly even by just using Element on the matrix.org server: <a href="https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1721" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1721</a> as it's a real show-stopper once you hit it<p>3) add support for multiple accounts and identities (too many requests to list on the issue tracker), since federation is great, but it's not always wanted.<p>Disclaimer: I managed to convince a group of technical users to switch over to matrix. We stay for the principle, but not really for the experience so far. FluffyChat is the best client we tried on mobile. On desktop, I'm glad weechat-matrix and gomuks exist, because all the other clients "reek" to us. And even if you like the modern chat UIs, they're really not bug-free either.<p>Overall many clients and some severs to choose from, but I did prefer irc just for the simple-no-BS-clients alone (the protocol has nothing to do with it).