On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 11:54, Melvin Keskin <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to propose the removal of "The /me Command" from the IM > Compliance Suite. In my opinion, it is neither necessary (users can > type their name instead) nor a substantial functionality that many > users (outside of our geek bubble) need for chatting.
While usage of this command is certainly restricted to certain "bubbles", those bubbles are wider than just the XMPP community. "/me" is implemented and used in various commercial platforms such as Slack and Discord. > It does not mean that clients should not support it but I think it > should not be listed as an (implicitly important) feature clients must > support in order to comply with the compliance suite of 2023. I would prefer replacing it with something else. The reason is, even if user A doesn't use it themselves, we want to ensure it is rendered correctly if user B sends it to them. We may be able to achieve something equivalent or better using a new "action" element and/or the new fallback stuff, but that's not yet widely implemented. So I'm not against removal of this XEP in the long term, but we would need a path towards replacing it with something else. Just allowing clients to not implement it at all will cause a poor UX for recipients of these messages. Regards, Matthew _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
