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Video performance is a LOT harder than you think. At another company, I watched an five person team, half of whom had related PhDs, the other half over a dozen
by fizx 8y ago
Video performance is a LOT harder than you think.
At another company, I watched an five person team, half of whom had related PhDs, the other half over a dozen years of video engineering experience, make incremental improvements to the WebRTC stack.
After a year, was it better? The metrics said it was somewhat better, but the customers still complained all the time.
- joelhaasnoot 8y agoShip a Mac client without video. Add video next year once you've proven that people actually use a native Mac client. Some companies call this 'agile' - it's a strange concept.
- d3sandoval 8y agoVideo calls (with screen sharing) are the only reason I have the Mac client installed. Otherwise I'd just use the web app...
- romwell 8y ago>Video performance is a LOT harder than you think. But it's been done. Skype video calls worked on far inferior hardware and networks back in the day.