Focus areas

Maintain context of all discussions

Create and retain relations between discussions. Given any point in a conversation, show how it is connected to the rest of the system. Make it easy to access those relations.

Context graph

Group conversations in threads, rooms and workspaces. Make every entity discoverable and linkable. Entities can be cross-linked with a simple syntax. Visualize the connectedness of conversation. Switch between thread view, graph view, and chat scroll.

Reduce information overload

Build UX to achieve balance between information overload and information poverty. Make people feel calm and informed. Understand how information overload snowballs in times of public panic. Help people get access to information, minux the anxiety.

Real-time with offline capability

The system updates in real-time when connected to the internet. States persist automatically. No user action is needed. Writing and limited access should be possible while offline. Data is synced when online.

Multi-mode communication

Allow text, audio and video communications. Fall back to asynchronous communication modes when real-time communication fails.

Interoperability

A comprehensive HTTP API. Allow data import and export. Integrate with existing tools and services wherever possible. Allow combining data from multiple sources.

Ease of use

Provide clean UX with clean, distraction-free, accessibility-friendly UIs. Distraction-free mode is the default. Only show elements relevant to context. Easily switch between views and threads.

Zero-config setup

The system should be usable right away after installation.

Decentralised

No single entity should control the data. Data storage should be decentralised and distributed wherever possible. Built on Matrix.