And yet there is another thread on HN today saying that hangouts is going to stop working shortly on Firefox, as, inexplicably, it uses a plugin rather than Web

And yet there is another thread on HN today saying that hangouts is going to stop working shortly on Firefox, as, inexplicably, it uses a plugin rather than WebRTC on FF. Also, given that they're in the process of shutting down the hangouts API, it doesn't really inspire confidence. WebRTC, on the other hand, seems to have a bright future.