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by Arathorn 3664 days ago
We do have a similar equivalent to XEP-0357: http://matrix.org/docs/spec/push_gateway/unstable.html. We can and will make Matrix do smarter than polling though, especially for the case that GCM isn't available. For instance you could use the websocket transport that's available today.

Glad you like Olm :) I think OWS are trying to find a way for their impl to be appstore compatible too, so hopefully the user wins twice over!
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dlmetcalf 3663 days ago
Nice! I really am excited for you (and us)!

Re OWS; yes, I still keep some small hope that they've just been too preoccupied and not completely thought/worked things through. People are human and they've clearly had a lot going on! Their position as stated really did surprise a lot of people. Matrix.org's views on decentralisation certainly sounds FAR closer to the future I'd like to see for the net. Being able to evolve or change clients and integrate new technologies, without cutting off the entire network, seems clearly a very good thing indeed.

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lsiebert 3663 days ago
FWIW, my understanding is websocket connections isn't robust under all mobile carriers, as most drop connections when you try to upgrade to a websocket, since they assume http upgrade is for ssl, and also there are problems with periodic disconnects.
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