summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/network/riot-web/README
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'network/riot-web/README')
-rw-r--r--network/riot-web/README26
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/network/riot-web/README b/network/riot-web/README
index 0072eb0d31..20d910bc48 100644
--- a/network/riot-web/README
+++ b/network/riot-web/README
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-riot-web (Riot for Desktop)
+riot-web (Riot.im for web)
-Riot gathers all your conversations and app integrations into one single app.
+Riot (formerly known as Vector) is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix
+protocol.
+
+Riot gathers all your conversations and app integrations (e.g. GitHub, Slack)
+into one single app.
Built around group chatrooms, Riot lets you share messages, images, videos
and files - interact with your tools and access all your different communities
under one roof.
-One single identity and place for all your teams: no need to switch accounts,
-work and chat with people from different organisations in public or private rooms:
-from professional projects to school trips, Riot will become the center of all
-your discussions!
+Another great feature of Riot/Matrix is the federated or decentralised structure.
+Everyone can set up a Matrix server to serve rooms and users can communicate with
+other users on other Matrix servers around the World.
+
+Now with end-to-end encryption using the Olm and Megolm cryptographic ratchets
+, and ensuring that only explicitly authorized devices can participate in a
+conversation.
-Now with end-to-end encryption! You can view and verify your various devices in
-the user settings page.
+This is a packaging of the pre-built released version of Riot (on Github).
+You should use your favourite web browser to enjoy it. Type your browser name
+before before run this script:
-This is a repackaging of the official binary .deb file
+ BROWSER=firefox ./riot-web.Slackbuild