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So could something like this replace Skype someday?
by tocomment 13y ago
So could something like this replace Skype someday?
- frik 13y agoyes. but Microsoft has proposed a different protocol that is based on Skype technology ideas: http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/cu-rtc-web/cu-rtc-web.htm http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/cu-rtc-web/cu-r... Google and Mozilla are pushing the WebRTC: http://www.webrtc.org/ http://www.webrtc.org/
- josh2600 13y agoSkype has two things WebRTC lacks: A directory And Signaling Without those things it's hard to compete with Skype or the PSTN.
- cmatthieu 13y agoTwelephone (http://twelephone.com http://twelephone.com) uses Twitter as its user directory and is almost at feature parity with Skype ;)
- BHSPitMonkey 13y ago"Almost at feature parity" is kind of an outrageous claim... I just gave it a try with a friend, and it was glitchy, our video was stretched out (on both ends), there's a big "More" button that does nothing, no file transfers, no screen sharing, not sure if conference calls are even supported, etc. If only there were an open-source private version of Google Hangouts.
- untog 13y agoYes, I find it much better to have my business meetings conducted with surprise strangers added.
- cmatthieu 13y agoYes, checkout http://twelephone.com http://twelephone.com from the same guys who wrote RTC Roulette. It's WebRTC-powered skype clone which attaches to Twitter for the user directory.