Hi, >Screen Sharing.
Yes. It is possible to share part or the entire screen during a video call. >Group video chat. No one really has this besides Google Hangouts. Yes, although currently it works slightly differently due to the distributed nature of Ring. The workflow for this is slightly different in the Windows and OSX version compared to the Gnome version currently, but basically you can create a video conference by making several calls and then joining them together. However, since Ring is distributed, if the person who created the conference ends the call, then conference no longer exists for the other participants. >Group chat. This one should be easy, but I thought I would ask. Yes and no. There is currently group chat if you are in a conference call, though there are some bugs/limitations currently that we're still working on. However, there isn't currently a way to make a group chat without a call. >Provisions for a contact directory or LDAP for a company setting. Each version (Gnome, KDE, OSX, Windows, Android) uses the native contact system. In the case of Gnome, for example, this is done via the Evolution Data Server apis which give access to the gnome/unity online accounts and the local contacts (basically the same contacts you would access via Gnome Contacts). Thus you should have access to whatever types of contacts the native system has access to... I'm not sure which of these do or do not support things like LDAP. From a quick search, it seems that it should be possible to get the Evolution Data Server to work with LDAP, but I don't think this has been tested in Ring. -stepan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christophe Villemer" <christophe.ville...@savoirfairelinux.com> To: "ring" <ring@lists.savoirfairelinux.net> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 9:43:06 AM Subject: [Ring] Fwd: A couple questions about Ring De: "Ryan Quinn" <quinn...@gmail.com> À: "Savoir-faire Linux" <cont...@savoirfairelinux.com> Envoyé: Vendredi 8 Janvier 2016 09:35:54 Objet: A couple questions about Ring Hello! I'm trying to find a replacement for Skype, and I was wondering if Ring has a couple of features Skype does. Features I'm looking for: * Screen Sharing. * Group video chat. No one really has this besides Google Hangouts. * Group chat. This one should be easy, but I thought I would ask. * Provisions for a contact directory or LDAP for a company setting. Ryan _______________________________________________ Ring mailing list Ring@lists.savoirfairelinux.net https://lists.savoirfairelinux.net/mailman/listinfo/ring _______________________________________________ Ring mailing list Ring@lists.savoirfairelinux.net https://lists.savoirfairelinux.net/mailman/listinfo/ring
