• unexposedhazard
    91·
    3 个月前

    I used it years ago and it worked quite well even back then. If you just need a messenger then its not bad at all imo. I dont know how it scales when running a server for 10000+ users (every message is a new email so the load is probably a lot higher than for a normal email server), but its probably fine.

    The main reason why i dont use it over matrix is the very mature VOIP stack that Element/Matrix is using. I basically completely replaced classic phone calling and other video conferencing stuff with matrix.

      • unexposedhazard
        3·
        3 个月前

        1:1 calls are pretty straightforward to implement with webrtc. Nice to see they are doing it.

    • Blaze@piefed.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      Interesting, I don’t use Matrix for voice call, maybe I should give it a try

      • unexposedhazard
        4·
        3 个月前

        So far only Element Web/Desktop and ElementX have implemented the current gen call system. It also needs to be supported server side so it only works if you are on a homeserver that has set up element-call. (Many have at this point, but far from all)
        In Element X its the only available call system, in the desktop version you need to click on the video/camera icon and select “Element Call” to use it.

        If you just wanna try it out standalone (the client just embeds this same UI) you can do so here. https://call.element.io/

        This systems is super smart and can distribute the load across multiple homeservers when you have large calls with like 100+ participants.