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Ok. I know it's off-topic here, but... Now what's good alternative to Facebook Messanger video calls? Signal doesn't support it - I read that it's in beta, but
by hawski 9y ago
Ok. I know it's off-topic here, but...
Now what's good alternative to Facebook Messanger video calls? Signal doesn't support it - I read that it's in beta, but I can't enable it. Telegram doesn't seem to support it either. Skype is not an alternative.
Is Matrix/Riot good enough right now? For me it should work on Linux, Android and iOS for my family.
Now that I think about it, maybe I should setup some private WebRTC service for video calls. But it seems cumbersome for part of my family. However it probably would be easier for my parents and my in-laws.
EDIT: As Thriptic mentioned Signal indeed does support video calls. I failed to find the functionality, because I expected to see separate button for video call. One has to first start calling and then enable video.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoWire works ok for me. I use it on my desktop for video calls. I'm on Ubuntu.
- Thriptic 9y agoSignal supports video calling on mobile at least. I've used it many times.
- sgc 9y agoWhat is a socially acceptable way of getting people interested in Signal? I installed it and use it for messaging (Ive never been able to actually receive an mms with it). But I have not one contact on signal, so it's not doing much for me at this point. My daily work contacts don't seem like a prime target user base.
- Thriptic 9y agoYou're going to have a hard time convincing non-technical people / people who don't acutely care about privacy to use it in my experience. I generally try to shift people who are not in these demographics over to WhatsApp as that has a large user base and implements the signal protocol for end to end encryption. It's not a "safe" as signal but it's far better than something like messenger.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoI can't even send pictures on Signal.
- Thriptic 9y agoThere is a camera icon for taking a picture. Otherwise you need to use the attachment function for sending a picture.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoI've tried everything AFAIK. The pictures appear inside the chat area but with a red cross on their upper right corner indicating that sending failed.
- pvdebbe 9y agoAfter you take or attach a picture to the Signal chat you haven't sent it yet; you can write a caption for the image or send it without. The red cross if for removing the image if you change your mind. At least, this is what popped up in my mind immediately after your description.
- dharma1 9y agoRiot is perfectly usable now, works on all the platforms you mentioned and it supports video and voice calls. I'm helping them make the UX/UI more pleasant to use
- nhooyr 9y agoWhats wrong with Skype?