[Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve the Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides the usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues occu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Maybe try this one? http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/ Cheers, Micru On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki wrote: > Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use > live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve the > Wikimedia projects, somet

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

We just did. Too many were not able to log in. *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige 0729 - 67 29 48 2013/12/3 David Cuenca > Maybe try this one? > http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/ > > Cheers, > Micru > > > On Tue, D

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Jan, please report the issues that you had to the maintainer of the instance or directly to: http://bigbluebutton.org/ Cheers, Micru On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Jan Ainali wrote: > We just did. Too many were not able to log in. > > > *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* > > Verksamhetschef,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Could there be a page on meta that documents this tool and its capabilities / limitations / ways to report issues, please? Thanks, Mike On 3 Dec 2013, at 21:42, David Cuenca wrote: > Jan, please report the issues that you had to the maintainer of the > instance or directly to: > http://bigblue

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Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that it requires users to install a Flash plugin. It would be interesting to learn about the experiences of Wikimedia France, who has been replacing Skype with the entirely free Mumble, according to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/

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We also tried to use mumble at WLM-international, but it seems that it uses a different port, whcih cannot be used by everyone. Especially if working from multiple timezones, some people might call in from a company or university network, which might have restrictions. Otherwise, I liked the tool v

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Am 03.12.2013 23:33, schrieb Tilman Bayer: > Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that it > requires users to install a Flash plugin. well, BigBlueButton is completely open source, including the flash applets used. While I am not in favour of Flash there is currently

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Manuel Schneider wrote: ... > We use BBB regularly for our staff and board meetings, weekly meetings > with 4 - 5 participants. Works great. > The biggest issues are people not having connected their mic or adjusted > their mixer properly or not using a headset at a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Hi, 2013/12/4 Manuel Schneider > Am 03.12.2013 23:33, schrieb Tilman Bayer: > >> > Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that >> it >> > requires users to install a Flash plugin. >> > > well, BigBlueButton is completely open source, including the flash > applets used

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Hi, I will try today, for the first time, Palava.tv. Don't know if it's any good, but it is run by a German non-for profit that rely on donations only (thus similar to our sustainability model). If it works well enough it might be worth keeping on one's shortlist. Will let you know. Dimi 2013/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

Hi, Am 05.12.2013 11:13, schrieb Jean-Frédéric: > Except that it appears the required Flash version is not available under > Linux, except if using the proprietary Chrome. I only own Linux computers and BBB works perfectly here in Firefox 17.0.9 with Adobe Flash 11,2,202,310, just the standard pa