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Does anyone know if there are any plans for a web version of element x? (feddit.uk)

submitted 4 months ago by anytimesoon@feddit.uk to c/matrix@lemmy.ml

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I use the desktop app frequently and it would be great to have a modern, fast(er) app

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[–] tmpod 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I believe they will explore using the new matrix-rust-sdk in Element Web further down the line, but it isn't a priority afaik. I'd love them to continue development of Hydrogen tho :p

[–] anytimesoon@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what hydrogen is, and none of my search terms return anything useful. Would you mind explaining what it is?

[–] rorschah@lemdro.id 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is a matrix client. It is maintained by element team itself and still in beta. You can read more and view the source code in the Github repo

[–] tmpod 1 points 4 months ago

Like rorschah said, it's a Matrix client, with a focus on being super lightweight and embeddable, having its own SDK. I enjoy it, since all other clients (with exception of iamb ig) use up a lot of memory on my account. Unfortunately, development has been very slow lately, and the client is missing important features like edits, text formatting and so on.

[–] anytimesoon@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Just tried their demo, and they aren't kidding about it being lightweight. Its super fast!

[–] benneti@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

In element desktop under lab i think you can already activate the new Rust encryption (which I would not really recommend though)

[–] tmpod 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah that's vodozemac, which is a Matrix crypto SDK written in Rust, and is part of the broader Rust SDK they are developing (which handles nesrly everything necessary for client development, even some opinionated UI stuff).