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Why not just point them at http://g.co/hangouts http://g.co/hangouts ?

by eitally 13y ago

frabcus 13y ago
Where did you find that link? Or indeed, the page it points to? I've never seen either before.
- joshstrange 13y ago
  I too would be interested in knowing where you found that. It has a beautiful interface and solves my #1 annoyance with google hangouts which is: "Where do I go to start one?". Every time I try to use Hangouts I invite a friend but they never get the invite or the other way around and we spend 5min getting it setup when we could have used Skype and had zero issues. Trust me I am all for getting off Skype but hangouts has neither been easy or fast to get going in my experience.
  - BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
    You have always been able to just visit https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ to directly open a new empty hangout. This is equivalent to clicking "New Video Hangout" in the G+ sidebar. Also, you can give anyone a direct link to any hangout (e.g. via email or text).
    - joshstrange 13y ago
      Sorry I just got around to this comment. Thank you for the information!
    - intangible 13y ago
      Since I use multiple Google Apps accounts and a personal Gmail account, this link works best for me (works for all Google services, just change the continue): https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https://pl...
- icebraining 13y ago
  https://twitter.com/GoogleAtWork/status/439491072608055296 https://twitter.com/GoogleAtWork/status/439491072608055296
eriktrautman 13y ago
That is in theory a great link because I have the problem of trying to figure out how to actually start a hangout all the time with users. I say in theory because, oddly, if I sign in with one G+ account it takes me right into a Hangout after authentication and any other G+ accounts take me to the beautiful landing page which is completely broken (nothing happens after filling in the form).

Why not just point them at http://g.co/hangouts http://g.co/hangouts ?

by eitally 13y ago

Why not just point them at http://g.co/hangouts http://g.co/hangouts ?

frabcus 13y ago

Where did you find that link? Or indeed, the page it points to? I've never seen either before.

joshstrange 13y ago
I too would be interested in knowing where you found that. It has a beautiful interface and solves my #1 annoyance with google hangouts which is: "Where do I go to start one?". Every time I try to use Hangouts I invite a friend but they never get the invite or the other way around and we spend 5min getting it setup when we could have used Skype and had zero issues. Trust me I am all for getting off Skype but hangouts has neither been easy or fast to get going in my experience.
- BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
  You have always been able to just visit https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ to directly open a new empty hangout. This is equivalent to clicking "New Video Hangout" in the G+ sidebar. Also, you can give anyone a direct link to any hangout (e.g. via email or text).
  - joshstrange 13y ago
    Sorry I just got around to this comment. Thank you for the information!
  - intangible 13y ago
    Since I use multiple Google Apps accounts and a personal Gmail account, this link works best for me (works for all Google services, just change the continue): https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/ https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https://pl...
icebraining 13y ago
https://twitter.com/GoogleAtWork/status/439491072608055296 https://twitter.com/GoogleAtWork/status/439491072608055296

eriktrautman 13y ago

That is in theory a great link because I have the problem of trying to figure out how to actually start a hangout all the time with users. I say in theory because, oddly, if I sign in with one G+ account it takes me right into a Hangout after authentication and any other G+ accounts take me to the beautiful landing page which is completely broken (nothing happens after filling in the form).