element (like discord) is using an electron wrapper, which is awful and there is no way around it. what we need is a real client. nheko is far behind in features, so if anything, we need more people involved in improving that client.

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nheko is the best alternative that I know for the desktop scene. Tbh I hate electron apps.

[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

i've had a lot of issues with getting nheko to sync for some reason. suddenly it just desyncs and all messages are encrypted. or it doesn't sync at all and i only get messages on element on the phone. but yes, we should all collectively be against electron; it just gives google/chrome another platform to dominate - which is especially important to be now that they're disabling adblockers.

[–] Yujiri@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to use Mirage (fancy interface, multi-account, i liked it except for lack of support for edits and reactions) until one day it had some weird error connecting to my homeserver and no matter what I tried I could never get it to connect again, even while other clients could. Even tried reinstalling Mirage and removing and readding my account but I could never get it to connect again so I was forced to switch back to Element.

[–] Yujiri@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I agree btw that Nheko's the closest thing to a fully functional desktop client, just felt like sharing the story about Mirage