@hughbarnard
> Good news, today France is gradually 'moving'
Thanks for this news. First I've heard of Visio. A quick web search found the official homepage here;
https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/produits/visio
... and source code here;
https://github.com/suitenumerique/
Wouldn't surprise me if it's using the Matrix protocol under the hood, as a lot of EU governments have been developing official comms tools that do.
Looking again at the Visio repo on GH, the project intro says;
"Open source video conferencing app powered by LiveKit."
https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet
LiveKit is a project implementing MatrixRTC, and is a member of the @matrix Foundation;
https://matrix.org/blog/2025/04/25/this-week-in-matrix-2025-04-25/
So yeah, looks like a Matrix-based solution.
@strypey @hughbarnard @Iveyline it’s not matrix based, but it could be - the easiest way to make it e2ee and/or decentralised would be to use MatrixRTC signalling on top of the generic LiveKit approach they have right now.
@hughbarnard
> I don't use Matrix, but conceptually 'ordinary' users seem to find it hard
I don't understand why. You install the app (or browse to the web app), create an account, and chat to people. Just like any other chat app.
Yes, starting a chat or searching for a user/ room requires giving a full address instead of just a name (@person:domain.foo or #room:domain.foo). But that's never stopped people using email.
Is it the 'choose an instance' paralysis perhaps?
