I assessed Matrix a few years ago and came to the same conclusion. I went with IRC3 which is a new standard that overcomes most of IRC’s issues. I think IRC is still quite good, and actually has working clients for everything, web etc
Well the old clients are backward compatible, but you should check if your client can use new features. But mostly it’s that you have to be on a server that supports it
I assessed Matrix a few years ago and came to the same conclusion. I went with IRC3 which is a new standard that overcomes most of IRC’s issues. I think IRC is still quite good, and actually has working clients for everything, web etc
As someone whos familiar with irc, where do I start with irc3? Will I have to learn a new client?
Well the old clients are backward compatible, but you should check if your client can use new features. But mostly it’s that you have to be on a server that supports it
https://ircv3.net/software/clients