Matrix Live

A new episode of Open Tech Will Save Us on the very broad topic of platforms! What makes a platform? Are there different levels of platforms? Who uses them? What are they useful for? What can be expected from a platform? And the controversial topics: are Linux or the Web platforms?

To answer those questions, who other than the Linux desktop most advanced projects GNOME and KDE, and people working on Matrix, the protocol that wants to become as unmissable as the web itself?

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This week our guests are the maintainers of the young Threematrix: a full Rust bridge between Matrix and Threema! Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello00:21 But, who are you?01:23 Demo time!02:44 Why did you create Threematrix05:39 Why so many warnings? Is this dangerous?09:45 Who funds Threematrix?12:24 Is it production ready?13:43 Are you willing to provide paid support or PS?14:45 Threematrix is 100% Rust. Do you rely on a SDK, and was it easy?18:35 Are you going to move from a relaybot to a puppeted bridge?20:27 Are you looking for partnerships, contributions?21:31 Any final thoughts?

Threematrix:⌨️ https://github.com/bitbetterde/Threematrix🐘 https://mastodon.social/@threematrix🇩🇪 https://prototypefund.de/project/threematrix-eine-bruecke-zwischen-threema-und-dem-matrix-protokoll/

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Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello Matrix Live01:13 Revamping authentication with OpenID Connect (ID) and Element X05:23 Making encryption easier to set-up with OIDC07:25 Progress on matrix-rust-sdk09:53 Sliding (fast) sync, Element X and Element Web11:29 Thirdroom is going full steam14:42 P2P simulator, making choices17:16 Fixing chronic issues in Element18:50 Exciting changes coming to the spec

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Matrix Live Season 8! Our opening episode is with Rick, one of the minds behind Chatterbox.Chatterbox you say, but what is it? Let's find out! Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello and Welcome to Matrix Live00:20 Chat is Chatterbox01:40 Is this Embedded Riot rebranded?03:45 Is Chatterbox just Hydrogen in an iframe?05:44 What is the difference between matrix-js-sdk and hydrogen-sdk07:00 Is Chatterbox a demo for hydrogen-sdk or is there a demand for it?09:06 Can I self-host Chatterbox, and what do I need first?10:50 Does it rely on appservices?11:48 What makes Chatterbox different from the bazillion chat assistants in the wild?12:52 Is Chatterbox done? Can you tease new features?14:04 Do you rely on Opsdroid and Raza for the chatbot feature on EMS?15:30 Final thoughts?

Chatterbox✍️ Release blog post: https://element.io/blog/element-launches-chatterbox/⌨️ Chatterbox source code: https://github.com/vector-im/chatterbox🧰 Hydrogen SDK: https://github.com/vector-im/hydrogen-web/blob/master/doc/SDK.md

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Ivan worked on NodeJS and WASM bindings for the rust SDK. What do these words mean? Let's find out! Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello01:26 Is it fair to talk about a single rust SDK?02:13 What is a binding?02:53 Are the bindings covering the entirety of the SDK?03:21 Why creating bindings for it, who will use it?04:02 As a nodeJS developer how is it going to look like for me?04:42 Aren't bindings generated automatically? Is there business code inside?07:07 Are you writing tests for the bindings too?08:10 Are there projects going to use those bindings?09:17 What is WASM, and having both WASM and nodejs bindings?11:53 Are there missing pieces?13:02 Why working on Matrix when you had more than 100 job offers?14:03 Final thoughts to conclude?

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Element Call is in beta 2! Let's cover what's new with Florian from the VoIP team. Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello Florian, over00:37 Why E2EE wasn't fully enabled until now?01:36 Does it change anything for the user experience?02:20 What is Spatial Audio?04:32 Will Element Call make it to regular Element, and how?09:25 Is embedding Element Call difficult?11:10 What is a SFU and why do we want one?16:29 How much work is needed to make use of it?19:28 Final thoughts to conclude the episode?

📞 Element Call: https://call.element.io/📜 MSC3401 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/matthew/group-voip/proposals/3401-group-voip.md💼 Job Description: https://apply.workable.com/elementio/j/5BD58AFB6F/

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Element Demos today! Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Matrix Live! Welcome everybody00:34 Element Mobile Information Architecture Experiments05:16 Andy's Greasemonkey Script to Customise Element

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Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello World!00:36 Vodozemac Audit05:38 Element Call Progress07:02 Will Video Rooms Use Element Call?07:41 Embedding Element Call in Element10:50 Push-to-Talk13:01 Thirdroom16:02 OpenID Connect18:21 Element X18:41 Rust SDK bindings19:16 Pinecone nearly reaching 1.0

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An experiment is trying to escape the lab, and it's coming after Element iOS! Manu and Ștefan tell us everything about the upcoming Element X. Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬

00:00 Hello00:30 Stefan, what were you told when you started working on Element X?01:58 Can we see it in practice? Element X Demo!07:37 When will it land in the AppStore?10:39 Wouldn't it have been simpler to migrate Element iOS rather than rewriting from scratch?12:44 Did happen to Android in the past?13:40 Is Element iOS going to be abandoned?15:00 Will you pull the plug overnight? Or will there be overlap between EiOS and EX?15:57 Is it possible to get support to move my fork from EiOS to EX?16:17 What's the broader strategy about the rust-sdk at Element?18:35 Is the iOS SDK going to be decommissioned? Will there be a transition period?20:03 Is EiOS going to be in maintenance mode in the coming months?21:49 What is the best way to help if I really really want Element X?23:54 What are the priorities?25:02 Is there going to be Element X Android?26:24 As an Android developer I shouldn't see much change?28:32 Anything to conclude the episode?