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Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

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Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

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Post by lloeki »

> Sign on with Google

Game over. Zoom requires no account to join a meeting and I just learned a couple of days ago it even works in the browser (toggle in the account settings of the one starting the meeting)

I even plugged a Logitech c920 webcam in my Xbox One and did a meeting this way using Edge. Sadly the audio API seems unsupported in that Edge so I had to join the audio through another means.

> VS Zoom

> Don't have to fix a schedule. Remotehour enables you to connect when you're online on the app.

Give someone your fixed Personal ID and they can call you anytime.

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#32

Post by pistoriusp »

People use Zoom because it's really reliable, not because it's "seamless."

I've been in the middle of nowhere in South Africa and could use a 3G connection on my phone to speak to people in Germany and the United States at the same time and it was reliable and useable.

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#33

Post by shyamady »

lloeki wrote: post #31

> Sign on with Google Game over. Zoom requires no account to join a meeting and I just learned a couple of days ago it even works in the browser (toggle in the account settings of the one starting the meeting) I even plugged a Logitech c920 webcam in my Xbox One and did a meeting this way using Edge. Sadly the audio API seems unsupported in that Edge so I had to join the audio through another means. > VS Zoom > Don't…

Thank you so much for your feedback :)

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#34

Post by Vinnl »

tmikaeld wrote: post #30
darkwater wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jitsi shows a warning when using Firefox and recommends using Chrome or Chromium. Why? No, thanks.

It doesn't happen any more, the firefox WebRTC API's are more mature now - either that, or you're using an older Firefox, which you really shouldn't.

I'm using v74 and still get that warning. That said, it's working fine, and is one of the only ones to actually work in Firefox at that.

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#37

Post by moises_silva »

camone wrote: post #14

We use Zoom and it's great for ad-hoc video calls or screen sharing and commenting. But last week we were wondering what would be a good remote alternative to sitting around at our desks and asking a quick question to the room. You know what works really well? Teamspeak. I hadn't used teamspeak in ages, but the simple fact that you can set a global push-to-talk button makes it perfect. Ask a quick question to someone…

Discord is also good for that and seems to be taken over teamspeak in some teams I work with. I can't tell really if it's better though since I never used teamspeak.

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#38

Post by jimueller »

Hey, I like the idea of trying to make remote more seamless, it's certainly a need. Looks like nice work so far. I do agree with some of the other comments that some folks would like a "knock" type feature to give a warning, clearly you get the concern from your gif. Keep it up and personally I think it's great to see more options for this.

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#39

Post by shyamady »

Vinnl wrote: post #34
tmikaeld wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't happen any more, the firefox WebRTC API's are more mature now - either that, or you're using an older Firefox, which you really shouldn't.

I'm using v74 and still get that warning. That said, it's working fine, and is one of the only ones to actually work in Firefox at that.

Interesting. I'll try to see it!

Re: Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

#40

Post by darkwater »

Vinnl wrote: post #34
tmikaeld wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't happen any more, the firefox WebRTC API's are more mature now - either that, or you're using an older Firefox, which you really shouldn't.

I'm using v74 and still get that warning. That said, it's working fine, and is one of the only ones to actually work in Firefox at that.

FF v74 on Linux too, tested https://meet.jitsi.si and I do get the warning (otherwise I would not have post my initial message). Even tried disabling uBlock Origin, same orange box in the bottom-left corner.
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