Yes it does allow you to open multiple channels at the same time. I don't know how useful that is, but I'd like to see how people actually use it before jumping

Yes it does allow you to open multiple channels at the same time. I don't know how useful that is, but I'd like to see how people actually use it before jumping to my own conclusions. The idle state is definitely something I'm considering for bandwidth and privacy reasons. Sqwiggle (now defunct) did this quite well. I'm also thinking about adding a way to pixelate or blur your feed while still remaining 'present'.