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Nice to see this here :-)

I'm one of the developers working on Jitsi Meet, feel free to AMA!

Thanks a lot for your software and platform ! (that I have been extensively using since 2 years !). In particular I love the fact that you only need to use an URL to join.

One suggestion though : the chat function is really limited (e.g. no way to resize the area. No convenient way to chat with only selected people within the meeting, no rich text...). Actually there were even some times when I have been using Jitsi with some people only for the chat functionality without audio/video (since it is one of the rare platforms that enable to join with just an URL without creating an account) yet I wish that the chat was a bit more sophisticated ;)

For large meetings, it would also be nice to see the hand raised in a list (so that people then take the floor in-order).

Thanks for the kind words!

The chat is quite limited indeed. Our primary use case is audio / video media, and we see chat as more of a "supporting" channel, to share links, etc.

Never say never though, given enough time, we could make it better :-)

Agreed that this should be a secondary consideration. A more advanced chat would be nice but not at the expense of video/audio. My main use for it (and would assume most users) is posting links like you mentioned.

I love Jitsi Meet. My friends and I started using it during COVID and it's constantly improved. I host my own instance using docker and it's a breeze.

One issue that really prevents us replacing Mumble with it completely is lack of Push-to-talk [1], which is necessary for gaming etc. Do you know of anyone working on a native desktop app (open source or otherwise)?

[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/210

I have a UI question about Jitsi - can I hide every single camera preview including presenter camera and myself during a meeting, leaving only shared screen maximized to full app window? This is a limitation in Zoom, some previews are always visible there during a meeting, taking up display space.

Yes you can! While in “large view” mode, when you are looking at the large video / screen-share with all the thumbnails on the right, there is an arrow at the bottom pointing right wards. Click it and that will hide the filmstrip altogether just leaving the large view.

Thank you

If its free, how do you guys pay the bills?

We have a SaaS model called Jitsi as a Service (JaaS): https://jaas.8x8.vc and recently launched “components” which a way to connect your self-hosted instance to our cloud for PSTN dial-in support.

What do you think the "more secure" part refer to?

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