@rustydingo Right? Also, it's a nice way to make sure my browser is actually using the correct audio I/O. (Surprisingly difficult).
Though I think they should incorporate something to indicate the microphone is also working.
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@willimholte maybe you can say a command like "initiate self destruct" to test if your microphone works. Then if successful a countdown begins...
There are a lot of products in this space. Just off the top of my head: meetings.io, hu.tt, gotomeeting, and tons more. I wonder how this differentiates, if at all?
The things I've encountered that make people fall back to WebEx (the horror!), Skype, or others:
* no clear indication of max # of participants (failing silently is awful)
* no text communications
* no screen sharing
* insufficient controls (video mute for example)
* and more
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Calendly and talky (or appear.in) combo makes it really easy to schedule a call with anyone. Why is there no "pre-defined" URL for joining calls in Blab, Google Hangout, or Unmute?
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You can create your own room, invite by URL and optionally set a password. Without creating an account!
While you wait for others to join your chat, there's a funny little game called Lander built right into the interface.
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This is a really great solution for instantaneous conference meetings with clients, people, anyone really. I will be using this instead of Google Hangouts from now on as that is always a process to set up, especially when the people aren't familiar with the product.
As @enricenrich said, would love to see a panel for text chat in case I wanted to drop some links, text in there. Also be great to turn camera on or off for those mornings where I'm conducting calls in my underwear.
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Just tried it out for a video conference with a customer. Had to drop out because I didn't realize screen share was only available in Chrome. Was working well otherwise.
Pretty impressive conferencing - high quality, no audio issues. it's very easy to add the Chrome plugin for screensharing. My computer fan doesn't spin excessively like on other screenshare/video conference app.s
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