Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by conductor » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 9:06 PM UTC

Introducing TogetherJS
hacks.mozilla.org

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by aroch » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

Previous discussion (before the official announcement) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6415210

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by mikegioia » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 9:47 PM UTC

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer (https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by BHSPitMonkey » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 9:59 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #3

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer ( https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support ). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

Yesterday, IE users weren't using TogetherJS, either, and I'm sure you weren't bothered by it at the time.

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by newsreader » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 9:59 PM UTC

Too bad it doesn't support IE10. I was already brainstorming how to implement but will have to wait for something else...

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by meltzerj » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 10:00 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #3

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer ( https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support ). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

You should check out our cobrowsing service Firefly (http://usefirefly.com/). We provide support all the way back to IE 8.

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by tootie » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 10:08 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #3

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer ( https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support ). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

IE won't support WebRTC anytime soon. That's not these guys fault.

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by ldn_tech_exec1 » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 10:14 PM UTC

There is a 363 point discussion on this 26 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6415210

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by Mikeb85 » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 10:19 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #3

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer ( https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support ). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

Who cares. It's IE which needs to catch up to the standards Mozilla and Google are implementing. It's not like Windows users will be left out in the dark, they can always install Firefox.

Tell your users to use a real browser, or write a letter to Microsoft telling them to get with the times...

Even the University I attend doesn't support IE with their web-apps. They support Firefox...

Re: Introducing TogetherJS

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Post by rallison » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 10:19 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #7

mikegioia wrote: post #3

This looks great but it seems they have no plans to support Internet Explorer ( https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support ). That's a shame because most of our users who need this level of support all use IE :/

IE won't support WebRTC anytime soon. That's not these guys fault.

From the author:

"We do try to throw up appropriate error messages when a browser lacks the necessary support. (WebRTC isn’t required to use TogetherJS, only to use audio chat, so the error message there comes up if you try to activate that function without WebRTC.)"

So, the issue is not specifically WebRTC support here.

Edit: Also, the official browser support page: https://togetherjs.com/docs/#browser-support So, it could mostly work in IE10, but won't be a development focus.