On Sunday 07 Dec 2014 16:08:23 Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> > > Was Firefox 34 any use? Mentioned in an off-list email to you
> > > yesterday. It includes this feature from October:
> > > http://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/10/16/test-the-new-firefox-h
> > > ello-webrtc-feature-in-firefox-beta/
> ...
>
> > In fact, it will be Firefox 35 that will support the 'Hello' feature
> > with video conferencing. The link in the page that you cited is to
> > the beta download.
>
> Yes, the links is to 34's beta from that October post, but 34 is now
> released as stable and does include Hello.
I have Firefox 34.0 installed here and it doesn't have Hello. Also, I've just
followed the Download link on that page and got 'firefox-35.0b1.tar.bz2'.
> > I think that my mother would struggle with joining a discussion in
> > 'Hangouts' or 'Hello', let alone initiating one!
>
> AIUI you say you want to start one in your Firefox, it gives you a URL,
> your mum opens the email you send her and opens the link, hoping that
> Firefox gets the work.
Yes. That's as I understand it too. The trouble is that we'd either have to
prearrange the call some time ahead or Mum would have to be continuously
monitoring her email and respond straight away. I on the other hand, would
have no idea if Mum is online at the time; both Skype and Tox provide that
facility. All we have to do is have the client running in the tray.
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