On Sunday 07 Dec 2014 16:58:13 Terry Coles wrote: > On Sunday 07 Dec 2014 16:45:16 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > I have Firefox 34.0 installed here and it doesn't have Hello. > > > > 35 improves on 34's Hello. So says > > http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/12/04/firefox-35-beta-arrives-updated-hell > > o-> plugin-free-video-chat-functionality/ and > > http://www.ghacks.net/2014/12/05/improvements-coming-to-firefoxs-real-tim > > e-c hat-feature-hello/ I've found > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8683830 which suggests you need to > > enable it in 34! > > I tried, but it isn't in the list of Add-ons. Maybe it is because Kubuntu's > V34.0 is different to the raw one?
I've worked it out. The Mozilla crew didn't enable it by default for all users because they didn't want everyone hammering their servers at once (Google for 'How to enable Firefox Hello'). You have to do a bit of jiggery-pokery in about:config and restart Google to get it to work. Performance seems pretty good compared to Hangouts, but the sending bandwidth consumed seemed to vary between 310 kbps and 670 kps. There seemed to be no relationship between the video image and the bandwidth. (I tried waving, to see if that had any effect.) > > > Also, > > http://www.tokbox.com/blog/firefox-hello-mozilla-enhances-opentok-powered-> > > > vi deo-chat-service/ suggests that if both parties have Firefox accounts > > then no callback link needs sharing; "initiate calls directly from your > > contact list". > > I presume that the other end would still need to be running Firefox at the > time? Apparently it will work with any browser, although someone calling a Hello session would presumably have to be running Firefox. However, there's no desktop client AFAICT. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-01-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
