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Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The delay is there because email has no deletion support.

And a host of other shortcomings.

I'd rather we replaced email with matrix

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you’re relying on the remote server to delete something, you can’t trust it no matter what protocol you’re using.

For a regular email, the chance to undo might be fine, but for real time communication, it’s just an unnecessary road block.

Maybe if it was optional per recipient, or per conversation, or better yet, depending on the presence of a header, it might be fine. Gmail only supports all-on or all-off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If you’re relying on the remote server to delete something, you can’t trust it no matter what protocol you’re using.

I mean yeah I wouldn't bet my life on it, but for the 99% of regular communication it's fine. That's no reason to not have it in the protocol and muck around with 10 second delays instead.