Right now they're very similar, but we're working on getting Awesometalk onto more platforms than just the web. We want you to be able to send anyone an Awesometalk link, and no matter what device they're using, have a conversation.
Appear.in was incredibly convenient when I tried it, but it used an insane amount of CPU or GPU power (Firefox Linux on a 2012 Macbook Pro), causing my laptop fans to spin up to full speed. The fan noise became unbearable for the other participants in the conversation.
Awesome! I just tried it from a university campus to a business ISP (both very high bandwidth) and the quality was crystal-clear.
Two immediate requests:
1) Screen sharing
2) Group chats
Definitely loving that there's no other software or installations required. Looking forward to its further development.
(Edit: Already got an email from the developers, and I understand the security limitations of easy screen sharing, so I guess just do what is possible; I'm not asking for the impossible. Just easier than installing some full-blown software, if possible, would be great.)
Hey there, I just tried it and my experience was not very satisfactory. I imagine you are interested on the feedback so there it goes: video quality was low (super choppy, video was getting frozen at several points), voice quality was low (I could understand about 50% of what was said) and when a third person tried to join it got a message "This call is full right now" (which I don't know if it's a bug or by design - it's not clear if this is just a 1-to-1 service).
Anyways, the concept is very cool and I hope you get to make it work. A reliable service like this would remove a lot of my communication headaches.
This only seems to work for two people at the moment (i.e. no group calls), but for that use case, it seems promising.
As it happens, for the past few days I've been trying out a lot of tools for online video/audio conferencing, and made a summary of their features here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C1gAWPBmAWsQEo78ysds... (I didn't include Awesometalk because I'm only looking for group meeting tools, not one-to-one video chat)
zachlatta|12 years ago
brendanib|12 years ago
nitrogen|12 years ago
mholt|12 years ago
Two immediate requests:
1) Screen sharing
2) Group chats
Definitely loving that there's no other software or installations required. Looking forward to its further development.
(Edit: Already got an email from the developers, and I understand the security limitations of easy screen sharing, so I guess just do what is possible; I'm not asking for the impossible. Just easier than installing some full-blown software, if possible, would be great.)
brendanib|12 years ago
abengoam|12 years ago
waldir|12 years ago
As it happens, for the past few days I've been trying out a lot of tools for online video/audio conferencing, and made a summary of their features here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C1gAWPBmAWsQEo78ysds... (I didn't include Awesometalk because I'm only looking for group meeting tools, not one-to-one video chat)
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superduper33|12 years ago