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Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Re: Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Post by kj12345 »

clutchski wrote: post #2

Aside from the cool plugin, the site design is great.

Agreed, very slick. The only part that I think is confusing is the inclusion of a 1/4" jack in the logo. I think of guitars and headphones and not telephones when I see that, which moves me further away to the meaning of "phono" that the site needs to convey.

Re: Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Post by webignition »

akalsey wrote: post #4
xtacy wrote: post #3

Does it work? I tried calling my landline and my mobile and it says "Answered, Hangup", though I don't see anything on the landline/mobile.

Are you calling a US number? The site says that free calls are only supported to US numbers.

That explains why I also got "Answered, Hangup" with my UK landline even though the phone certainly didn't right.

Might be good if the in-page demo mentioned the limited (US-only) aspect as it wasn't obvious to me that it didn't work with my UK number.

Re: Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Post by jasonlotito »

detst wrote: post #13
jasonlotito wrote: post #11

What's up with the latest posts claiming JQuery plugins when they aren't. It's using Flash.

"Phono is a simple JQuery plugin and JavaScript SDK [...]" It's using Flash but it's still a jQuery plugin. Perhaps incomplete but not inaccurate.

Claiming it's a "simple JQuery plugin" is disingenuous at best. The critical component is Flash. JQuery is merely the wrapper around it. Without Flash, the JavaScript is worthless, and the application cannot work.

Re: Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Post by akalsey »

jasonlotito wrote: post #11

What's up with the latest posts claiming JQuery plugins when they aren't. It's using Flash.

Javascript can't capture the user's microphone directly. So Phono uses a tiny Flash or Java widget to do that part. The rest is all JS.

We're heading an HTML 5 working group on voice in the browser, and once HTML5 has mic support, Phono will use it.

Re: Phono - JQuery plugin to create a phone in your browser

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Post by akalsey »

mgkimsal wrote: post #9

I called myself and I could talk on my phone and hear it in the browser, but there was no audio picked up on my laptop mic to go back to the phone. I'm assuming it's still being worked on - interesting execution though!

We fixed an issue this morning where sometimes the Flash microphone permission window wasn't showing up. Try it again and it should work for you.
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