Chat (and more) done right – Element Messenger Review

It's very rare I get excited about an app anymore. But Riot is both beautiful in its simplicity and exciting in terms of what can be done with it in the future. As of right now, it's the very best way to idle and participate in IRC and Matrix chat rooms that works on mobile and across almost every platform. Notifications and even logging work exactly like they should -- your logs are distributed across the Matrix network, instantly accessible from every device on your account; relevant notifications (mentions, PMs) use Apple's push service. Riot's (and Matrix's) potential is even more exciting: this could one day soon end up being my publishing platform, automation transport, and general distributed database. A big tip for anyone using Riot to idle in rooms: to filter notifications in high traffic rooms to just mentions of your nickname, open the room then tap its title. In that pane, select settings. Then enable "mute notifications".
Review by Hans Reiser on Element Messenger.