Jan Range (May 04 2023 at 06:32): Jan Range (May 04 2023 at 06:32):Btw just realized how smooth the change from Matrix to Zulip was :star_struck:
Philip Durbin 🚀 (May 04 2023 at 11:08):@Jan Range well, I wouldn't say we've changed over completely yet but certainly @Oliver Bertuch , you and I seem to be enjoying Zulip!
What do you like or not like about Zulip, especially compared to Matrix?
Oliver Bertuch (May 04 2023 at 11:12):Topics
Philip Durbin 🚀 (May 04 2023 at 11:19):Topics do help keep things more organized! :happy:
Oliver Bertuch (Jun 08 2023 at 17:24):After using this for quite some time now I can say: topics work better for me than Matrix threads. They are messy, require extra steps to look into, etc. I do like the spontaneousness of Matrix with its linear history though.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Sep 21 2024 at 20:45):I just left a comment and a pic at https://github.com/IQSS/chat.dataverse.org/issues/22#issuecomment-2365314124 about how we've seen steady growth on Zulip since we updated https://chat.dataverse.org to point to Zulip instead of Matrix. I also closed that issue, which was about the transition. We're done! Long live Zulip! :heart: 
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Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jan 09 2025 at 20:21):Wow, I was just looking at a message in Matrix and learned that my browser, Firefox, isn't even supported:
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Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jan 09 2025 at 20:22):It's weird because I'm on the latest Firefox and https://github.com/element-hq/element-web#supported-environments says "Last 2 major versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on desktop OSes". :shrug:
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jan 09 2025 at 20:22):Anyway, I'm so glad we switched.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jan 09 2025 at 20:24):And the whole login and device verification process reminds me that Matrix/Element is a bit of a usability nightmare, in my humble opinion.
Zulip is by no means perfect but it's much more normal and understandable by mere mortals.
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