When joining a meeting that already has many participants, new
participants are now muted by default.
This is an empirical change, not directly requested by users but
informed by user experience: a lot of people joining large meetings
arrive with their microphone and/or camera open, which can be
painful for the host, who otherwise has to mute everyone or ask
everyone to mute. Many of these participants are inattentive but
still noisy.
If you are joining a room that is already at a certain size, you are
probably not the one expected to speak; presenters typically join
among the very first participants.
Inspired by @ericboucher’s proposal, allow non-admin or non-owner participants
to request the start of a transcription or a recording.
All participants are notified of the request, but only the admin can actually
open the menu and start the recording.
This is a first simple and naive implementation and will be improved later.
Prefer opening the relevant recording menu for admins instead of offering a
direct quick action to start recording. With more options now tied to recording,
keeping the responsibility for starting it encapsulated within the side panel
felt cleaner.
This comes with some UX trade-offs, but it’s worth trying.
I also simplified the notification mechanism by disabling the action button for
the same duration as the notification, preventing duplicate triggers. This is
not perfect, since hovering the notification pauses its display, but it avoids
most accidental re-triggers.
Send notification to participants when admin revokes their camera,
microphone, or screenshare permissions so they understand why their
media suddenly stopped.
Improves user experience by providing clear feedback about permission
changes instead of leaving users confused about unexpected media
interruptions during meetings.
Display notification clarifying recording is processing and show which email
will receive completion notification. Reduces user mental load per
@sampaccoud's feedback.
Convert transcript-specific toast notification into a flexible component
that works with any recording type. Create extensible design that can
accommodate screen recordings and future recording formats. Implementation
is functional though not perfect, with room for future enhancement.
Add adaptive content to existing notification that displays quick approval
action for the first 10 seconds when new participants request entry. Makes
room access management more efficient without requiring admin to open the
participant panel.
This approach could be apply to the two first participants waiting.
Let's discuss it with the designer.
Add special non-closing notifications for waiting participants that remain
visible until all have been reviewed. Implement complementary system alongside
existing toaster notifications.
Designed with accessibility in mind but would benefit from expert review.
Current UX provides good foundation with quick actions planned for v2.
Implement a new reactions system allowing users
to send quick emoji responses during video calls.
This feature is present in most visio softwares.
Particulary this commit:
- Add ReactionsButton to control bar with emoji selection
- Support floating emoji animations
Users requested that their raised hands be lowered automatically if they become
the active speaker. This change ensures a more natural experience during
discussions, preventing user from forgetting to lower their hand while speaking.
Users frequently miss chat messages due to discrete visual indicators.
Implemented toast notifications showing sender name and message preview to
improve visibility. Added message tracking and auto-dismiss when chat panel
opens.
Remove the warning in handleDataReceived function, it was triggered by
chat message events.
Toast-related components are reusable. They follow React Aria recommendations.
The UI is heavily inspired by GMeet, we should iterate on it.
Why toast? It gives additional information and quick actions when an event
occurs in the room.
The ToastRegion design should be improved to be more extensible, to move away
from poor practices with conditional rendering.
Added initial toast display when users join, with room for further improvement.
Please read the fixme items.
lebaudantoine