I'm so tired.

I'm tired from spending three solid years searching every possible lead for a Skype replacement, only to have one be no video, the other be no voice, the other not to have group chat, and yet another require a phone number to even register on PC.

I'm tired of waiting for Tox to implement changes that should've been standard to begin with, like STABLE, CROSS-PLATFORM VoIP and video chat, group chat, an interface that actually works and isn't "just around the corner!"

I'm tired of Skype updating to the newest, more feature stripped version. I used to be able to use Skype on mobile with group sync, then they just completely removed it.

I'm tired of Tox becoming more and more like the least important aspects of Skype instead of using the time spent implementing new DNS, or switching gears from having one recommended client to another.

I'm so tired. I just want a P2P, optionally encrypted text/VoIP/video chat that works with groups and is possible to use with my phone. I know, I'm whiny. But damnit I have waited for so long, trumpeting "Well next year, Tox will be the end-all solution for a Skype competitor, and we can switch and not notice anything but how much better off we are". I know that things don't come quickly, I know that OSS projects often just take longer to work on because of a volunteer workforce.

That doesn't change the fact that I'm tired of slipping more and more away from the best group of friends I've ever had because it's increasingly difficult to even know when they said something.

I don't know what I want to say. I don't know what I expect to get out of this. If anyone has suggestions, please please tell me. I'd love to be able to contribute to Tox, but I don't have the knowledge or time to make that possible, and even when I have made what I thought were reasonable feature requests (editing messages, message formatting), I was laughed out with a wontfix that later became an upstream milestone that will, if I'm honest with myself, never be reached.

I'm just so tired of bullshit. Please, please help me make sense of it all.

I am a VoIP (Skype, SIP, flash) user since more than 11 years (starting with the first Skype release). I saw a lot of improvements over this time. I REALLY want use Tox (qTox/uTox) as my main VoIP program and switch all my peers to it. But my (domestic, broadband <-> broadband ) voice calls are disappointing. Audio quality is bad compared to Skype. Cut outs, stutter. I monitor my bandwidth usage in real time I know what's available. I found out why tox audio quality is so bad compared to Skype. Tox/qTox is not using any adaptive audio/video bit rate. Working adaptive bit rate is the killer feature of Skype over SIP. That is what makes Skype calls so much better under non-perfect (real world) condition. I can use Skype even with a GPRS/EDGE connection and it works (yes, audio is bad BUT still understand able).

Nobody will switch to Tox when the audio/video quality is not at least 90% of what you get with Skype.

What is holding qtox back from ongoing bandwith/quality/drop rate measurement and adapt constantly to it for best possible audio & video ?

Hey guys, today i guess that Ricin is at least mature to be presented here, on Reddit. Ricin aims to be a secure, simple, lightweight and elegant Tox client. It's built with Vala and uses GTK+3 for the UI.

Currently supported features:

• 1-to-1 chats

• Markdown support

• Ability to see friend profile

• Contact blocking and deleting

• Searching a friend, filtering the friendlist

• Support for avatars (both friends ones and user one)

• Theme system support

• Sending/receiving file to/from your friends

• Sending a friend request. Accepting/Rejecting friend requests received

• 100% custom UI that tries to makes Tox to a higher level of UX.

Features that need to be coded:

• Groupchats (waiting for the new one to be released)

• Audio/Video

• Profile encryption

• Support for proxies

• Faux offline messaging (until ToxCore provide a proper way to do offline messages)

• ToxMe/ToxDNS support.

Currently Ricin only have linux support, but I'm currently working on releasing a .exe version for Windows users. If I can succeed on porting Ricin on windows, i'll do an OSX .dmg.

Don't hesitate to open an issue on the GitHub if you find something that doesn't works like wanted, or if you want to suggest a new feature.

Here's the official website for Ricin (english-only for now)

Hello redditeurs and fans of Tox, In order to clear up the massive storm of controversy, of hearsay and rumour and of accusations without backing, I have taken the decision to publish a draft message that is planned for later posting, after modification, in irungentoo's official capacity. This decision was not taken lightly, but my hand was forced by emerging rumours which have no basis in reality. This message explains the current situation in Tox.

Please find this here https://archive.is/ifJLZ

The summary of the situation is this: stqism has taken $3000 of Google Summer of Code payments from the Tox Foundation in order to pay his tuition fees. As a result he has been removed from authority in Tox by the other leads. The Tox web infrastructure may suffer some small issues during the transition.

Thank you,

• Sagem (author and maintainer of Toxaemia/XwinTox and of Tox for Solaris and Illumos, former Tox Developer Cabal member.)

Antox is nearing release with significant developing being done these past couple of weeks, and I'd like to get it tested more before it officially gets released to the Google Play Store and F-Droid. By doing so, you can help us catch bugs and suggest improvements.

Here's some screenshots of how Antox is currently looking,

Friend List

Messaging Screen

About Page

So if you would like to help, here's how.

• Join the Google+ Alpha Testing group

• Join the Alpha Test

• Download the app

You must do all of these in order. It may take a few minutes for the last link to the download to start working after joining the group. The Google Play APK is updated once a day. If you'd like to get your bug fixes and updates quicker, you can also compile from source. There's instructions in the README on how to do so.

Please remember this is ALPHA software. There WILL be bugs. That's what I'm counting on you early users to find. Please report bugs to the Github issues page, and/or use the in-app Google crash reporter.

Our current To-Do list

As requested here http://www.reddit.com/r/projecttox/comments/2uc66v/raspberry_pi_message_cache/ I've made a simple message relay for Linux.

The relay works by receiving incoming messages and forwarding them to a Tox ID that you have set. You may only set one Tox ID to be relayed to for now. If your Tox ID is offline at the time of receiving the message, it will be stored for when you come back online.

You can toggle the relay to actively forward messages to you when you're online, or to only store messages messages for when you are offline.

The idea is you give the Tox ID of the relay to your friends to send you messages for when you're offline. At the moment the relay will automatically accept all friend requests it receives. I will at a later date allow you to accept them yourself.

I am aware of some bugs in it still but it is usable in its current state.

Relay: https://github.com/Astonex/MessageRelay

Edit: Made a lot of improvements to the code since posting this. It should be fully usable now.

Edit: This is a redesign of Tox (the chat client), not Tox.im (the website). I can't edit the tittle.

We are all for a great Skype replacement, so let me know if you like this design. Maybe we can work with the community to take it to the next level with Tox.

http://xepler.com/afterhours/we-redesigned-tox-im-interface

Don't believe the lies.