Nostr Web Client

I haven't done many private messages here on nostr, but I think so. I can send you a message from Amethyst to test it out if you like.

...follow up. I just checked to see if I could see my existing private messages in amethyst that were here in primal. I didn't see them at first. Then I updated to use the same relays in the amethyst client, and boom..they showed up. So that makes me believe that yes you can get the messages in another client. But then if you go from client to client, you need to ensure you're using the same relay to ensure you can read them in both clients. Does that make sense? Lol

On the surface it sounds like it makes sense, but no, not really. 🥴😂 it’s okay though.

relays have copies of something. a client has to connect to at least one relay that has the copy that the other client created.

nostr:nprofile1qqs2fz5lzk0x5lwt6f9nmqmex4m958lyqs8y2cgeske5ad4mx4vfxccpzamhxw309ucnjv3w8yujudpk9ccnzv36xsurgwqpzamhxue69uhkzapwdehhxarjwahhy6mn9e3k7mgpsd7af - I've sent a private message from a different client. Let me know if you don't get it 😊

I got it! I really appreciate you doing that. I don’t pretend to understand the details behind how all this works, lol, but thank you!

Primal uses legacy DMs, while for example Coracle uses new DM format. So they are not compatible. Coracle sees legacy and new but primal only sees legacy.. .

In your opinion, what is the best platform/client app, if that’s even correct terminology, to run nostr?

I really just hop on and browse for a bit every now and then.

some are feature rich, some are fast, depends on your taste.

what is your OS?

iOS and macOS

for iOS you can try damus or nostur if you haven't done yet. and see if you like any.

for macOS web, coracle, yakihonne are other alternavites. I like coracle because it is showing what is going on in my relays that I run.

Thanks! I’ve only ever used primal, may just venture out.

This is super interesting. I'm on an android device and have used both amethyst and primal. Does amethyst use the legacy or new DM format? Primal seems pretty active with their development. I'm curious why they wouldn't have updated to the new format. Is there a reason for that, do you know?

Amethyst is one of the pioneers, they do the new DM, but may also support legacy. I am not sure. Primal seems to be focusing on other areas like zaps and content creation tools.

Some people like DMs, some hate :) The flexible nature of nostr allows a lot of types of interactions.