Comments on: Why Gmail Video and Audio Chat are Important http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144536 Ryan Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:41:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144536 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144512" rel="nofollow">rojmiller wrote:</a><blockquote>I tried it last night - 4 times it crashed and gave me an error message. The last time it totally froze my daughter’s computer at the other end of the connection, and forced a hard reboot. Not yet ready for prime time?</blockquote></div> Hmmm... I tried it out for a short period of time and didn't have any troubles. There will undoubtedly be kinks that they have to work out though. I'm surprised that it froze the entire computer though. rojmiller wrote:
I tried it last night – 4 times it crashed and gave me an error message. The last time it totally froze my daughter’s computer at the other end of the connection, and forced a hard reboot. Not yet ready for prime time?

Hmmm… I tried it out for a short period of time and didn’t have any troubles. There will undoubtedly be kinks that they have to work out though. I’m surprised that it froze the entire computer though.

]]> By: rojmiller http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144512 rojmiller Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:23:59 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144512 I tried it last night - 4 times it crashed and gave me an error message. The last time it totally froze my daughter's computer at the other end of the connection, and forced a hard reboot. Not yet ready for prime time? I tried it last night – 4 times it crashed and gave me an error message. The last time it totally froze my daughter’s computer at the other end of the connection, and forced a hard reboot. Not yet ready for prime time?

]]> By: homo_googleticus http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144490 homo_googleticus Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:07:39 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144490 ```that third-party applications and networks can choose to interoperate with Gmail voice and video chat.''' {{{ Sorry for lingo. }}} It's a kick right in the ass of Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger. :mrgreen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Msn_messenger#Interoperability “`that third-party applications and networks can choose to interoperate with Gmail voice and video chat.”’
{{{ Sorry for lingo. }}}
It’s a kick right in the ass of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger. :mrgreen:

[en.wikipedia.org]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144484 Ryan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:47:36 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144484 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144480" rel="nofollow">Teo wrote:</a><blockquote>You’re right, it does kind of make up for it, but i hope it comes to Google Talk too :) (soon please!)</blockquote></div> I'm sure they'll release some kind of update for Google Talk. If they don't they should just come right out and retire it. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-144482" rel="nofollow">soulslayer wrote:</a><blockquote>It is not available for Linux (yet) though :cry:. I was on Fedora and was redirected straight away to the Google homepage when attempting to access Gmail Video & Audio Chat Homepage.</blockquote></div> Hopefully someone will be able to come up with a solution that will work. Given that they are using open standards it might actually be possible for a third-party to create something that will work with it. Teo wrote:
You’re right, it does kind of make up for it, but i hope it comes to Google Talk too :) (soon please!)

I’m sure they’ll release some kind of update for Google Talk. If they don’t they should just come right out and retire it.

soulslayer wrote:
It is not available for Linux (yet) though :cry: . I was on Fedora and was redirected straight away to the Google homepage when attempting to access Gmail Video & Audio Chat Homepage.

Hopefully someone will be able to come up with a solution that will work. Given that they are using open standards it might actually be possible for a third-party to create something that will work with it.

]]> By: soulslayer http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144482 soulslayer Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:23:36 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144482 It is not available for Linux (yet) though :cry:. I was on Fedora and was redirected straight away to the Google homepage when attempting to access Gmail Video & Audio Chat Homepage. It is not available for Linux (yet) though :cry: . I was on Fedora and was redirected straight away to the Google homepage when attempting to access Gmail Video & Audio Chat Homepage.

]]> By: Teo http://cybernetnews.com/google-video-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-144480 Teo Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:14:42 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=15687#comment-144480 You're right, it does kind of make up for it, but i hope it comes to Google Talk too :) (soon please!) You’re right, it does kind of make up for it, but i hope it comes to Google Talk too :) (soon please!)

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