Hello
Web and SaaS
video chat
SHOW HN2018
91points
34comments
#481of 2,155 in 2018
Top 23%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works in mobile browsers without a downloaded app
From 1 comment
Jitsi Meet does not work in mobile without downloading their app, but this one does. Just open the URL and it just works from the browser.
vasanthv on HN
Useful, and the source helps people learn WebRTC
From 2 comments
This is a great project, and really quite useful. Any way to support desktop sharing, or is that out of scope (as you'd most likely require a plugin, like Appear.in and such).…
tendencydriven on HNThanks for making it public and open! Might use parts of it in an upcoming project.
mrgreenfur on HN
Objections
Doesn't work for some users; black screen and camera/mic permission problems
From 2 comments
Doesn't work at all for me. On Firefox I allow camera and mic and just get a black screen, on Chromium it doesn't even ask for camera and mic permissions, but even if I manually…
SamWhited on HNSimilar user experience comment from me: for whatever settings i have on Chrome, all i get when entering is a black screen and a popup that says "This site will not work without…
hamslamwich on HN
Little that distinguishes it from Jitsi Meet
From 1 comment
Looks cool! Though I don't really see any distinctive features which sets it apart from Jitsi meet ( https://meet.jit.si ) which is also open source?
jsiepkes on HN
Google tracker included in the code
From 1 comment
Would be a good idea to remove the google tracker in the github source code. I've created an issue. https://github.com/vasanthv/hello/issues/16
omk on HN
Requests
Desktop screen sharing in more browsers
From 2 comments
This is a great project, and really quite useful. Any way to support desktop sharing, or is that out of scope (as you'd most likely require a plugin, like Appear.in and such).…
tendencydriven on HNIt works fine with Firefox without extensions, you can take a look at MuazKhan's demo for inspiration.
villgax on HN
Recording of video calls
From 1 comment
The link wasn’t copiable for me without grabbing it from the address bar. Is it possible to record and capture the video?
ada1981 on HN
Remove the Google tracker from the deployed site
From 1 comment
Thanks for removing it from GitHub. Would you also consider removing it from the deployed site, please?
Sir_Cmpwn on HN
Questions
How will it be financed or charged for
From 2 comments
That is sweet! How do you plan on financing this?
Vinnl on HNHow will you charge for this? Because if it's free, it won't stick around for long.
yakshaving_jgt on HN
Are streams end-to-end encrypted
From 1 comment
Looks great! Are the p2p video streams end-to-end encrypted?
asymmetric on HN
Does it traverse corporate firewalls
From 1 comment
Does it traverse corporate firewalls? I use appear.in a lot, but all users must be either inside the firewall (VPN works) or outside the firewall, there cannot be a mix.
vidanay on HN
Alternatives named
Jitsi Meet
From 2 comments
Looks cool! Though I don't really see any distinctive features which sets it apart from Jitsi meet ( https://meet.jit.si ) which is also open source?
jsiepkes on HNJitsi Meet also provides support for screen sharing.
itake on HN
appear.in
From 3 comments
This is a great project, and really quite useful. Any way to support desktop sharing, or is that out of scope (as you'd most likely require a plugin, like Appear.in and such).…
tendencydriven on HNDoes it traverse corporate firewalls? I use appear.in a lot, but all users must be either inside the firewall (VPN works) or outside the firewall, there cannot be a mix.
vidanay on HNappear.in went login-only very recently, and they only allow for a single room name, which is a pain in the * (although it's free so I can't complain...) I'm using talky.io more…
j1elo on HN
talky.io
From 1 comment
appear.in went login-only very recently, and they only allow for a single room name, which is a pain in the * (although it's free so I can't complain...) I'm using talky.io more…
j1elo on HN
peercalls
From 1 comment
I've also made a similar app a while ago: https://peercalls.com Source is available at: https://github.com/jeremija/peer-calls
jeremija on HN
p2p.chat
From 1 comment
I made a similar app recently - https://p2p.chat Code is available here - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/p2p.chat/ (Warning - definitely pretty alpha still)
mcjiggerlog on HN