I really want to love Jami.
I have not gotten it working in the past, but I just installed it on my new setup, and since people here will be doing the same: Let's chat!
I had a nice little chat with another HN user, and I want to report back:
Both of us are on linux, and we tried to use: a) voice call, did not work, autofail
b) voice messages - recording them has no audio levels or visual feedback if it's working, and there's no option to hear what you've recorded before sending it. We both sent audio messages and neither arrived, or even appeared in the chat log.
c) even the test chat has wonkiness - like awkward line/word wrap.
d) Messages in the chat log have a greyed-out 'undelivered' vibe, but the grayout remains after messages have been read and replied to. It doesn't inspire confidence.
I WANT to love Jami SO BADLY. I want to tell my friends we can use something open instead of Signal!
Please, if there are any Jami devs here, please speak up and ask for help. The community is paying attention right now, this is a golden opportunity to get developer eyes on Jami code!
I was able to have a videocall successfully with someone on the other side of the planet - but no audio!
Is there a way to run some kind of test suite?
Did a test with Ryan and video call worked (with no audio). But, audio doesn't. Voice messages didn't work, video messages didn't too.
Text & video works good!
needs to work out some kinks for sure (styling, audio sending, etc) and also should have a much lower barrier to entry (maybe a browser-based webRTC version)
Overall great idea and not hard to set up if you aren't a total noob. Sadly tho, can't see many normal users opting for this over Zoom or GotoM. :(