For me, the first time I looked at the Cinny code base I was immensely pleased at how nice it was. I had never looked at MobX before and I instinctively understood what was going on.
Actually using Cinny was also a pleasant experience, though its feature parity with Element was severely lacking at the time. From what I gather, it's getting better every day, while Element seems to be just gathering weird cruft and rearranging concepts (spaces, threads, etc.) without really addressing any of the UX complaints I and others have. Cinny feels polished and professional, albeit underpowered, while other clients (FluffyChat, Nheko, Element, Hydrogen) feel very amateur and/or "designed by developers" (vs "designed by designers") to me.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 16.7 ms ] threadActually using Cinny was also a pleasant experience, though its feature parity with Element was severely lacking at the time. From what I gather, it's getting better every day, while Element seems to be just gathering weird cruft and rearranging concepts (spaces, threads, etc.) without really addressing any of the UX complaints I and others have. Cinny feels polished and professional, albeit underpowered, while other clients (FluffyChat, Nheko, Element, Hydrogen) feel very amateur and/or "designed by developers" (vs "designed by designers") to me.