A web-based matrix client
Consumer and social
matrix chat client
SHOW HN2021
163points
72comments
#297of 2,533 in 2021
Top 12%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, fast, attractive design and good spacing
From 4 comments
First impression: very nice look and feel, definitely prettier and much snappier than Element. It does lack a lot of basic features though (like reply, editing/deleting messages,…
the_duke on HNI appreciate, so much, that you call out and focused on proper spacing for layout. This is hands down my biggest pet peeve with so many open source projects and an outright…
Klonoar on HNThis is the smallest thing in the world but: in the screenshot on cinny.in: that's my chicken illustration! :D (Not my chicken, she belongs to…
kixiQu on HNi love the design any plans for mobile? maybe give react native and react-native-web a try!
ushakov on HN
Supports basic end-to-end encryption
From 1 comment
Wow, it really has a great first impression! The visual and feel is just amazing - and even basic E2EE seems to be available. I'm definitely sold and following along with…
kitkat_new on HN
Objections
Login and register URLs return 404 on reload
From 2 comments
Link to the actual app https://app.cinny.in/login __________ EDIT: Upon registration "Password must contain 1 number, 1 uppercase letters, 1 lowercase letters, 1 non-alpha…
airstrike on HNThis direct link will 404: https://app.cinny.in/login But if you go to the homepage (index.html) and click on Login it will do the weird little SPA routing thing and load the…
VWWHFSfQ on HN
Password rules are too strict and max 16 characters is too short
From 4 comments
Link to the actual app https://app.cinny.in/login __________ EDIT: Upon registration "Password must contain 1 number, 1 uppercase letters, 1 lowercase letters, 1 non-alpha…
airstrike on HNThe max limit of 16 characters is odd. As for the other requirements, it's just a matter of enabling various options in your password manager's generator. And if you're not using…
prophesi on HNI think that maximum 16 characters is way too short. Perhaps 127 bytes might be a suitable maximum, although it should be more if possible. (This does not mean that you are…
zzo38computer on HNUsing safari's "password suggestion" generated password gives error: "Password must contain 1 number, 1 uppercase letters, 1 lowercase letters, 1 non-alpha numeric number, 8-16…
busymom0 on HN
Missing basic features such as reply, edit and delete
From 1 comment
First impression: very nice look and feel, definitely prettier and much snappier than Element. It does lack a lot of basic features though (like reply, editing/deleting messages,…
the_duke on HN
Login through an unfamiliar website raises privacy concerns
From 1 comment
Explain to me again why it isn't crazy to type your username and password into the login form of some random webpage you've never heard of?
freeopinion on HN
Requests
Desktop app (Electron or Tauri)
From 2 comments
Yes, after some more features we gonna make electron app.
kfiven on HNHeck if it's a general purpose web app - ie not only Chrome, maybe give Tauri[1] a try? [1]: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri
adkadskhj on HN
Voice messages
From 1 comment
I believe it would please you to know Voice Messages are currently front in line to be implemented next.
cuboid on HN
Mobile support via PWA
From 1 comment
First priority is a somewhat regularly usable responsive PWA for desktop as well as mobile.
ajbura on HN
Thread support
From 1 comment
A that's good to hear. It's basically the last missing feature that hold my company back from using matrix. BTW, Discord does have threads now.
hutrdvnj on HN
Questions
Does Matrix support threads?
From 1 comment
Does matrix support threads?
hutrdvnj on HN
How are key exchange and cross-signing implemented?
From 1 comment
This is gorgeous! Have you considered adding it to matrix.org/clients? It would also be interesting to know a little bit more how the hard features are implemented. Key exchange…
xorcist on HN
Alternatives named
Element
From 3 comments
This is the smallest thing in the world but: in the screenshot on cinny.in: that's my chicken illustration! :D (Not my chicken, she belongs to…
kixiQu on HNFirst impression: very nice look and feel, definitely prettier and much snappier than Element. It does lack a lot of basic features though (like reply, editing/deleting messages,…
the_duke on HNi wonder if the Show HN link should be changed to go straight to https://cinny.in? The app is really impressively well done - goes to show how well an entirely fresh React app…
Arathorn on HN
Native Matrix clients such as nheko and quaternion
From 1 comment
Like an old engineering mantra, "I can give you 2 out of 3"...Jokes aside, the matrix.org website does have a nice page listing the different clients (that they at least know…
mxuribe on HN