I'm seeing a buzz across my Mastodon timeline today about this Thrive Messenger.
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@Lino0876 I sure am old enough to remember both AIM and MSN. I remember the days of public chat rooms and buddy chats. Those were good times.
@Rosalyn Indeed.
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@Lino0876 I sure am old enough to remember both AIM and MSN. I remember the days of public chat rooms and buddy chats. Those were good times.
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I'm seeing a buzz across my Mastodon timeline today about this Thrive Messenger. What's so cool about it?
@Rosalyn Well it's um, new I guess. Other than that I'd much rather talk on like Discord or text messaging or like something that carries the conversation across more than just the device the client was running on at the time cause cross-device history doesn't appear to be a thing in Thrive.
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I'm seeing a buzz across my Mastodon timeline today about this Thrive Messenger. What's so cool about it?
@Rosalyn It's like the old MSN.
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@Rosalyn Well it's um, new I guess. Other than that I'd much rather talk on like Discord or text messaging or like something that carries the conversation across more than just the device the client was running on at the time cause cross-device history doesn't appear to be a thing in Thrive.
@pixelate Yes, per-device messaging that doesn't leave the device is so 2006. I agree.
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I'm seeing a buzz across my Mastodon timeline today about this Thrive Messenger. What's so cool about it?
@Rosalyn Mostly that it's ridiculously light and does exactly what it says it does, handle messages, in the days of massively bloated electron chat apps
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@Rosalyn Mostly that it's ridiculously light and does exactly what it says it does, handle messages, in the days of massively bloated electron chat apps
@fireborn Ah. So we're going retro. Got it. Lol.
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@fireborn Ah. So we're going retro. Got it. Lol.
@Rosalyn I have my reservations about it, but if they make a mobile app and transition the protocol to XMPP, I think I'd probably recommend it entirely. As it is right now, it's pretty nice for what it is.
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@Rosalyn I have my reservations about it, but if they make a mobile app and transition the protocol to XMPP, I think I'd probably recommend it entirely. As it is right now, it's pretty nice for what it is.
@fireborn That's just it. I'm so often on mobile these days that I hesitate to opt into an app that's only available when on a computer. I never thought I'd feel that way after all my days on Aim and MSN, but even they were available on mobile via multimessenger apps.
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@fireborn That's just it. I'm so often on mobile these days that I hesitate to opt into an app that's only available when on a computer. I never thought I'd feel that way after all my days on Aim and MSN, but even they were available on mobile via multimessenger apps.
@Rosalyn Yeah, this is one of my hangups as well. Though there is something to be said for a messaging app you can be truly offline from.
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@Rosalyn Yeah, this is one of my hangups as well. Though there is something to be said for a messaging app you can be truly offline from.
@fireborn I was thinking about that part too. We've gotten so used to the idea of being connected to the web that being offline isn't quite the concept it used to be.
