ISG News has posted a new item, 'Update on Matrix (chat)'
Since our launch of Matrix at the D-PHYS in March a few things have changed.
Important changes
The subdomain of the D-PHYS hosted Element Web App changed and is now at element.phys.ethz.ch. If you still use the old subdomain riot.phys.ethz.ch, please move over to the new domain and verify your new session. We will start redirecting the domain in 2021. If you have no other way of getting access to your encryption keys, you could lose access to your encrypted messages
New documentation is available at readme.phys.ethz.ch/chat
Other changes
Federation with other Matrix instances at ETH and the rest of the Matrix network, giving us access to bridged networks like IRC, Slack, etc. as well
We now auto-invite new users to two more ISG moderated rooms (News/Status). Opt-out by leaving if you do not wish to receive updates from us (discouraged!). All existing members of the D-PHYS Lobby have been joined last night
End to end encryption support (enabled by default). Element Web does not provide a search function in encrypted rooms as that would be a security issue, use the Desktop App instead
Secure key backup method has been set to show one option only ('Security Passphrase') to new users, which will still provide the secondary recovery method using a 'Security Key'
We opened up public rooms and room aliases for everyone. Publish your room in the public room directory to be discoverable by others on the Matrix network
We enabled quota (2 GiB per user) for media (uploads) to protect from accidental or abusive over-usage
Bots for gitlab, reminders, RSS feeds and more
Bridges for webhooks and Slack
Integrations (widgets)
Import of the Slack workspace history of 3 groups at the D-PHYS
An Element Web instance with experimental (Labs) features like tags
A tag manager to organize many rooms in large accounts
Jitsi video conferencing and screen sharing solution (still experimental but used by ISG on a daily basis)
URL redirecting service to invite people via websites or email
Lookout
We will focus on improving performance and less on features
Stabilizing 1:1 calls and video (TURN server) and Jitsi (group calls)
For help and discussion about Matrix and Element join #matrix:phys.ethz.ch
You may view the latest post at
https://isg.phys.ethz.ch/2020/10/09/update-on-matrix-chat/
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Best regards,
Sven Mäder
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