So I never could get on with Matrix. It's slow, the clients are annoying, and the servers are hard to run. Back to #xmpp it is! Feel free to add me for some old school instant messaging: fastfinge@im.interfree.ca. #jabber
@pixelate@jonathan859 It's so refreshing to use a thing that's not a bloated web app honestly. And if you set up the contact list for blind folks during install it's fully accessible. Even reads out messages as they come in.
@FreakyFwoof@fastfinge@pixelate@MariahL@jonathan859 It's no longer on 3.onj.me/programs/ when I checked. What settings do I need to change to make it work best with screen reader anyway? I got Telegram to work, but its reading messages weird and it keeps hiding the window wverytime I alt tab out of it. Also, Discord keeps asking for a 2-fa code, but it keeps saying invalid code LOL.
@pixelate@fastfinge@jonathan859@FreakyFwoof oh my god yes. For me it was a portable copy and some fiddling to get passed my school district's wi-Fi filters so Miranda could get through.
@MariahL@fastfinge@jonathan859@FreakyFwoof Oh goodness yes, the portable version. I wasn't smart enough to handle filters at that age, I still thought if I copied JAWS from the school computer's program files folder I'd have my own personal copy of JAWS. :)
@fastfinge@pixelate@jonathan859@FreakyFwoof you know I was looking for that thing so I could at least do the base stuff and then add whatsApp discord and steam to the plugins.
@fastfinge@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@jonathan859 How well does it handle things like discord. Honestly discord's interface is what's keeping me from doing more with it. I'm on the hearthstone access server and a few other ones and would love to interact more but gah, discord.
@MariahL@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@jonathan859 So it handles them pretty well. The problem is the awful hCaptcha thing. As usual with discord. If it fails, you need to log in with your browser, do the captcha crap, then log in again with Miranda, and it should work.
@MariahL@fastfinge@FreakyFwoof@pixelate The WhatsApp plugin wants me to replace a file in libs, it somehow can't though, apparently it's in use. Is that important? 2.
@MariahL@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@jonathan859 Amusingly Facebook is the only thing I can't get working. Discord, Teams, Steam, XMPP, Whatsapp, everything else is fine. But Facebook just won't sign in.
@fastfinge@MariahL@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@jonathan859 Holy hell I remember briefly using Miranda back in the day. I may need to give this a look if it supports whatsapp and stuff. Anything I need to be aware of when setting that stuff up? I'm not that familiar with xmpp things and would hate to break the universe.
@fastfinge@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@MariahL@jonathan859 Ah, ok. Are there any specific plugins I need to make whatsapp and other stuff work? Not sure if I'll get discordd working with it because h-captcha, but I'd love to use a decent thing for whatsapp.
@fastfinge@pixelate@jdking92@FreakyFwoof@MariahL@jonathan859 Hmm, I wonder if I should try and make some adjustments to my Thrive Messenger project to make that an XMPP compatible thing. Currently its using some basic messaging thing in Python lol.
@fastfinge@alexchapman@FreakyFwoof@pixelate@MariahL@jonathan859 Yep, looks like all the subdomains on xmpp.is have the HCaptcha thing. Oof. May have to find another service to sign up for since I've no idea how to host a server. Me and server shit don't mix.
@MariahL@fastfinge@FreakyFwoof@pixelate Hmm, so I entered my Discord E-Mail and Passwod, but what now? In the tray it just says Discord disconnected, but I can't see any auth page or 2FA request or anything.
@fastfinge@MariahL@pixelate@jonathan859 I got signed into discord no captcha at all. Was surprised. Hadn't updated Miranda in years, so it did a bunch of things but nothing crashed or burned. Does it only show DM's not servers? Would make my life easier if it did.
