Use matrix link accross the board?

[joostschouppe]

Hi,
I'm willing to fix this myself, just collecting some opinions first.

• The Matrix network can be used with several apps.
• there's several links to Matrix via Riot. However, this is now "wrong" because Riot was renamed to Element. The links still work though
• The Matrix-link to a room looks a little more scary https://matrix.to/#/#osmpe:matrix.org than an app-link like https://app.element.io/#/room/#osmpe:matrix.org
• Some groups link to a Riot/Element Community page, like this: https://app.element.io/#/group/+osmbe:matrix.org . I don't believe that exists on Matrix itself.
• All the relevant files seem to be of the same type, matrix.
• Recently, the German link Use matrix.to link #365 was changed from Riot to Matrix style. the link is "ugly" though, I would expect https://matrix.to/#/#osm-de:tchncs.de to do exactly the same (not sure though!)

I would suggest we do change all the links to Matrix-style, unless the Community system is used

[jbelien]

I definitely support this idea!

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• 👍 Since there are several ways to "connect" to Matrix using something more generic in our Community Index sounds indeed better ;
• 👍 The https://matrix.to/ page allows the user to choose which client he/she will use to connect to the room ;
• 👍 We are not dependent anymore on decision made by the Matrix clients : if Riot is renamed to Element or if a client is dropped, we don't have to change anything ;
• 👍 The https://matrix.to/ "landing page" link is indeed way cleaner than the full link (https://matrix.to/#/#osmbe:matrix.org vs https://matrix.to/#/!SqvNXrBsvdGHYRyota:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=atticstudios.be&via=gnome.org)

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• 👎 The user is not directly connected to the room but has to go through a "landing page" (that being said, I think https://matrix.to/ "landing page" is clear enough so this is not really an issue) ;

[joostschouppe]

Thank you both!