jitsi documentation
Mike Jennings
We have a document about that; I'll see what I can do to make it more discoverable.
In short, it's about making it painless to add video (or audio-only) chat into a synced review session that's already underway.
Imagine being in a synced review and realizing that you want a simultaneous realtime chat, and didn't have one already set up. This might mean that someone has to hop out, set up a Zoom/Skype/Teams/whatever meeting, copy the link, post it in some chat channel that maybe doesn't have all the reviewers subscribing (or has too many people), (or worse they have to compose an email with the link and make sure they've added everyone), then wait around for everyone to find the link and join.
If you don't already have such a meeting planned in advance, it can introduce a lot of fumbling, awkwardness, and chew up so much review meeting time that users don't bother, and just try to forge ahead without chat, even if it's less efficient or introduces ambiguity.
By starting a realtime chat within the review player, it automatically sends a link to everyone in the review. Once people have gone through it once, it's pretty smooth and instantaneous and keeps the review moving forward.
Nathan Wall
Mike Jennings: Makes sense. Thanks. I was pointing more to what poking that button does. The need for a quick and easy way to chat inside syncsketch makes total sense. I'd love to see this functionality expanded, and integrated with more meeting providers...i.e. Zoom and Meet.
But for jitsi, does poking the button create a secure meeting on the meet.jitsi server? Could groups with sensitive information use it reliably? Just looking for more technical documentation about jitsi and what that button actually does under the hood. Thanks!