On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:52:35 -0800 Brian Conley <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I guess the question is, is there a more/similarly convenient > video/audio chatting tool that can be advocated as a standard? Here's a single data point, extrapolate at your peril, I use Jitsi, https://jitsi.org/. I use jitsi daily for all my phone calls, text chats, and video chats. It's not as slick as Skype, yet. It's just a piece of software, you need to setup your own chat or voip accounts. It works with gchat, facebook, aol, msn, etc. It just works. It's effectively the open source version of skype. It's the same UI and functionality across operating systems (windows, macs, linux, bsds). I've watched non-tech people figure it out in 10 minutes and start chatting/calling, etc. I have zrtp-encrypted video and voice chats with people around the world. I can share my screen so others can see what I'm doing. For zrtp-encryption and screen sharing, all parties have to use jitsi. And OTR-wrapped text chat works well so far with any client on the other end. It's still a work in progress, much like Skype was when it was first released, but it's functional and gets out of the way so you can communicate. My $0.02. -- Andrew http://tpo.is/contact pgp 0x6B4D6475 -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
