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Hm, most of that is already supported (both in the spec, clients and servers) in user-to-user chats, I don’t know how difficult it will be for MUCs. Audio/Video
by claudius 13y ago
Hm, most of that is already supported (both in the spec, clients and servers) in user-to-user chats, I don’t know how difficult it will be for MUCs. Audio/Video is the problematic part here, I agree, but at least for me text is a big improvement over the times when I had to call people.
Would it not have been possible to offer a XMPP MUC as a text-based interface to hangouts, to allow ‘legacy’ users to still be connected?
- tmzt 13y agoAs well as the OLPC extensions for transports to support application and screen sharing. The X in XMPP is for extensible. I guess the point is Skype doesn't support XMPP or federation, and Microsoft is moving towards Skype and away from their SIP/SIMPLE chat services. Likewise, Apple's promise of an open standard for interoperating with Facetime turned out to be empty.
- X-Istence 13y agoThere was some discussion regarding the Facetime and open sourcing it on HN a while back, I can't find the source this quickly, but it was mentioned that Apple found itself on the barrel end of a lawsuit gun... and that because of that they have not improved Facetime much, nor innovated on it, or published any of the spec. --- Edit: Found this: http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2013/03/30/hey-apple-wheres-the-fire/ http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2013/03/30/hey-apple-where... http://www.imore.com/apple-fined-368-million-facetime-patent-case http://www.imore.com/apple-fined-368-million-facetime-patent... http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/virnetx-slaps-apple-with-another-facetime-lawsuit-1111506 http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/virnetx-slaps-ap...