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Why isn't there a Google Hangout clone with WebRTC already? It seems so easy to setup (similar to url shortener or pastebins), but there is no standard site eve

by qznc 12y ago

Why isn't there a Google Hangout clone with WebRTC already? It seems so easy to setup (similar to url shortener or pastebins), but there is no standard site everybody uses (like tinyurl.com before everybody made his own). edit: Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate your work. My point is that there is no standard yet. Is it just too early or does Hangout/Skype have some inherent advantage?

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hbbio 12y ago
There is https://tokbox.com/opentok/ https://tokbox.com/opentok/ It's probably the backend used by the forthcoming Mozilla Hello, as the two companies have ties (in Firefox OS).
- Excavator 12y ago
  Looks like it (about:config?filter=loop.CSP) default-src 'self' about: file: chrome:; img-src 'self' data: http://www.gravatar.com/ http://www.gravatar.com/ about: file: chrome:; font-src 'none'; connect-src wss://.tokbox.com https://*.opentok.com https://*.opentok.com https://*.tokbox.com https://*.tokbox.com wss://.mozilla.com https://*.mozilla.org https://*.mozilla.org wss://*.mozaws.net; media-src blob:
willsentance 12y ago
That was part of why we built this. Give me a message at icecomm.io@gmail.com - I'd love to help you build one!
- fit2rule 12y ago
  Thought of doing a TogetherJS-like feature, too? I'm already using TogetherJS, and icecomm.io and TogetherJS seem to play pretty nice together .. but it'd be nice to have it all in one package, obviously ..
zongitsrinzler 12y ago
There is https://talky.io/ https://talky.io/
po84 12y ago
https://appear.in/ https://appear.in/
longsleep 12y ago
Check out https://github.com/strukturag/spreed-webrtc https://github.com/strukturag/spreed-webrtc for an open source WebRTC server.
thedufer 12y ago
I've been using appear.in for months. That said, WebRTC makes it so easy that videochat/screensharing is basically a commodity now. Someone will have to innovate on top of it to make something better by enough to become standard, and that hasn't happened yet.
- saidur 12y ago
  You should give http://crowdcast.io http://crowdcast.io a try. It innovates on top of Hangouts.
  - thedufer 12y ago
    You should say something about why I would want to try it if you're going to market your product here. I'm not going to request an invite to something I know nothing about other than that it solves a problem I already have a tool for.
carno 12y ago
Try https://room.co https://room.co Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers
yeukhon 12y ago
Firefox's Hello is an amazing early free alternative. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/hello/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/hello/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/01/13/firefox-hello-makes-connecting-by-video-as-simple-as-in-person/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/01/13/firefox-hello-makes...
vertex-four 12y ago
A "Google Hangout clone" would, in fact, essentially be a contact management app which dings you when someone wants to talk to you - at the moment, you can use practically any site, they all give you links to share with your friends. The issue is, of course, getting people to add all their friends into yet another app. You might be able to grab them from Facebook, but then you'll lose all your users as soon as Facebook implements video chat, and you still have to convince everyone to have your app open.

by qznc 12y ago

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hbbio 12y ago

There is https://tokbox.com/opentok/ https://tokbox.com/opentok/ It's probably the backend used by the forthcoming Mozilla Hello, as the two companies have ties (in Firefox OS).

Excavator 12y ago
Looks like it (about:config?filter=loop.CSP) default-src 'self' about: file: chrome:; img-src 'self' data: http://www.gravatar.com/ http://www.gravatar.com/ about: file: chrome:; font-src 'none'; connect-src wss://.tokbox.com https://*.opentok.com https://*.opentok.com https://*.tokbox.com https://*.tokbox.com wss://.mozilla.com https://*.mozilla.org https://*.mozilla.org wss://*.mozaws.net; media-src blob:

willsentance 12y ago

That was part of why we built this. Give me a message at icecomm.io@gmail.com - I'd love to help you build one!

fit2rule 12y ago
Thought of doing a TogetherJS-like feature, too? I'm already using TogetherJS, and icecomm.io and TogetherJS seem to play pretty nice together .. but it'd be nice to have it all in one package, obviously ..

zongitsrinzler 12y ago

There is https://talky.io/ https://talky.io/

po84 12y ago

https://appear.in/ https://appear.in/

longsleep 12y ago

Check out https://github.com/strukturag/spreed-webrtc https://github.com/strukturag/spreed-webrtc for an open source WebRTC server.

thedufer 12y ago

I've been using appear.in for months. That said, WebRTC makes it so easy that videochat/screensharing is basically a commodity now. Someone will have to innovate on top of it to make something better by enough to become standard, and that hasn't happened yet.

saidur 12y ago
You should give http://crowdcast.io http://crowdcast.io a try. It innovates on top of Hangouts.
- thedufer 12y ago
  You should say something about why I would want to try it if you're going to market your product here. I'm not going to request an invite to something I know nothing about other than that it solves a problem I already have a tool for.

carno 12y ago

Try https://room.co https://room.co Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers

yeukhon 12y ago

Firefox's Hello is an amazing early free alternative. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/hello/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/hello/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/01/13/firefox-hello-makes-connecting-by-video-as-simple-as-in-person/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/01/13/firefox-hello-makes...

vertex-four 12y ago

A "Google Hangout clone" would, in fact, essentially be a contact management app which dings you when someone wants to talk to you - at the moment, you can use practically any site, they all give you links to share with your friends. The issue is, of course, getting people to add all their friends into yet another app. You might be able to grab them from Facebook, but then you'll lose all your users as soon as Facebook implements video chat, and you still have to convince everyone to have your app open.