[Freie_Messenger]

> „my question would be the reverse“. I have no idea why I’d use XMPP

> My question to you would be: what do you like about XMPP?

Same things & more:

- modern chat solution with features people have com to expect from WhatsApp

- many bridges that have kept me from having to use more than one chat client for multiple protocols (think pidgin)

- many great messengers have discovered XMPP as a great base for their system

- lots of great communities are on XMPP

- realistic participant counts in public chat rooms - no counting dead (former) members

- pretty good video & voice chat

- open source

- selfhosting possible

- fewer concerns about data protection and privacy

- more resource efficient (less memory required, lower CPU utilization)

And:

- The use is possible and allowed everywhere where e-mail is in use.

[DoItToMe81]

What are your favorite clients? My issue with XMPP is that many clients lack modern conveniences, and it's not easy to get people on board for that reason.

[MattJ100]

Which modern conveniences do you find are lacking, out of curiosity?

[whou]

- modern, clean and pretty UI

- simple encryption support. should be able to set it up with a couple clicks and don't have to worry about it

- seamless synchronization between devices

- quick push notifications that don't require me to have something cluttering up my notification bar forever

these are just some of the points I could think about at the top of my head. the majority of clients have one or a couple of them, but there's no client to my knowledge which has all of them.

I have yet to find one that doesn't have awkward push notifications. like come on, do you really think I want an ugly notification turned on at all times watching for messages?

edit: formatting