nettu-meet

Learning and science

online learning video meetings

SHOW HN2021

154points
43comments
#317of 2,533 in 2021
Top 13%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

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5 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.

Execution: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Open source self-hosting option for tutoring and schools

    From 2 comments
    • This is a really brilliant project, and I love that it's open source! I'm certain that for tutoring, this is a much-needed self-hosting option! When it comes to schools, I'd be…
      svarlamov on HN
    • This is so cool. Sending this to my school district, some of whom decided the best way to teach was to open webcamtests.com and share the screen, instead of just using the camera…
      sodality2 on HN
  • Shared whiteboard is a strong differentiator

    From 1 comment
    • Jitsi is great. But Jitsi doesnt have a shared whiteboard (with graphing calculators etc) yet which I think is Nettu Meet's main strength when doing online learning
      fmeringdal on HN

Objections

  • Not horizontally scalable yet

    From 1 comment
    • It is not horizontally scalable right now, but that is not hard to implement either. You can have a look at the dogehouse project: https://github.com/benawad/dogehouse if you…
      fmeringdal on HN
  • Firefox was initially blocked, now supported

    From 2 comments
    • > And Firefox is not supported? Sorry about that! I had actually commented out firefox support in the frontend, but I pushed a new updated now that uncommented it. Firefox is…
      fmeringdal on HN
    • Sorry about that! I had actually commented out firefox support in the frontend, but I pushed a new updated now that uncommented it. Firefox is supported
      fmeringdal on HN
  • Edge browser not working for one user

    From 1 comment
    • Ah, that must be the issue. I'm using Edge on Linux (I know, it's weird). I'll go ahead and file an issue for it now :-)
      mfkp on HN

Requests

  • Support for roles and moderation for classrooms

    From 2 comments
    • There is certainly some features missing before it can be a production ready classroom tool with 25+ students, in particular having different roles and policies for the…
      fmeringdal on HN
    • Perhaps you can say this already, but please make sure you have some moderation capabilities. As a teacher, there are occasional jokesters/pranksters to take negative advantage…
      germinalphrase on HN
  • Text input and better diagramming on whiteboard

    From 1 comment
    • Would be great if it had a richer whiteboarding experience: 1. Text. It has no ability for text other than drawing it. This might be fine for some use cases, but typing is much…
      thegagne on HN
  • Pressure sensitivity for stylus drawing

    From 2 comments
    • Any plans to support pressure sensitivity in drawings? The difference in the quality of the handwriting is drastic and I avoid teaching with whiteboard tools that do not react to…
      krastanov on HN
    • That is definitely one of the most important features on the roadmap. It is indeed quite difficult to draw with a mouse.
      fmeringdal on HN
  • Saveable whiteboard templates and PDF/JPG export

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! A speech therapist friend of mine recently lamented about the lack of good solutions for online therapy in this space, and this seems to check most of the marks. Two…
      jstummbillig on HN

Questions

  • How does it scale in number of users per session?

    From 2 comments
    • Looks good. But does it scale? And Firefox is not supported?
      ianbooker on HN
    • What would you say is the maximum of users in a single session if everyone has Video sharing activated.
      lhoff on HN
  • How does it compare to BigBlueButton?

    From 1 comment
    • How does Nettu compare to https://bigbluebutton.org/, which is more directly in the educational space? I notice Nettu has a built-in graphing calculator, and BBB doesn't. Will…
      clcaev on HN

Alternatives named

  • Jitsi

    From 2 comments
    • Also Jitsi is a good alternative.
      kichimi on HN
    • It's also worth noting that we started by integrating Jitsi, then BigBlueButton, and finally settled with Daily.co because stability, UIs, and support were such huge issues for…
      svarlamov on HN
  • BigBlueButton

    From 2 comments
    • How does Nettu compare to https://bigbluebutton.org/, which is more directly in the educational space? I notice Nettu has a built-in graphing calculator, and BBB doesn't. Will…
      clcaev on HN
    • Big Blue Button is bloated and poorly maintained, has old documentation and is pretty heavy to host and use.
      marsouin on HN
  • Daily.co

    From 1 comment
    • It's also worth noting that we started by integrating Jitsi, then BigBlueButton, and finally settled with Daily.co because stability, UIs, and support were such huge issues for…
      svarlamov on HN

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