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by mariorossi666 2407 days ago
as other have already said, Xmpp.js works quite well

If it's Javascript it's already cross platform

> Ye, which problem exactly?

communicating via XMPP in a standardized way

> All of them are solved partially

And a new protocol based on half backed technologies would change that, how exactly?

> On your platform you have a username and you are supposed to communicate with others with your username.

On any forum or BBS I've been part of in my life, I've always used a nick, that changed over time.

> Well, because XMPP standard supports nickname changing, which means in a context of a platform it would allow nickname spoofing.

That's a feature, not a bug.

In 1995 I could change my nick on IRC, in 1997 I could change my nick on ICQ, I still can change nick on Skype today (my artists friends do it on facebook all the times)

Anyway, nick spoofing on XMPP is hardly a problem and it's not an XMPP fault.

Have you ever tried to search for "someone has been impersonating me with FB messenger" on a search engine?

> "Solved problem" of course.

XMPP it's a solved problem, your chat where nick cannot be changed is your problem.

Every implementation of standard protocols requires work, HTTP is a solved problem, but edge cases still exist.

Name one standard federated protocol that could help you with that and make it simpler, please.

Because I don't know any.