Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june
Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june
I don’t think XMPP will work from browser frontends without some kind of custom proxying interface to avoid blocked ports.
Matrix will, though, that’s just JSON over HTTPS. I don’t know if any services offer automatic Matrix accounts with Fediverse accounts, though.
Every modern XMPP server supports XMPP over HTTPS (via BOSH or Websockets) and it works just fine.
But I wasn’t actually taking about integrating it in the UI of the fediverse instance itself. Which would be nice to have, but really not vital at all if you have a nice mobile chat client.