Hi Mohammed, thanks for your feedback. About your requests:
1. You can create your own room 3 ways at the moment: You have the personal rooms on the dashboard, you can create events using the calendar (every event has a conference room assigned) or you can send private messages to otherusers and attach conference room (actually this will create an event in the calendar again and a meeting room). 2.*inactive the OK and Cancel button* => this is a Flash Plugin Issue, you might right click beforehand on the plugin and generally allow/disallow webcam/microphone access for that website. This security window of Flash is not possible to change from a programmer point of view. 3. About UI changes in the conference room you're right. The problem is that we have a lot of options and its quite hard to find an implementation that includes all those options but still looks good. Users often request for example a simpler UI, on the other hand simple means for the most of them "remove the whiteboard", "remove the chat", "remove moderation" et cetera. That is no option as you will get lots of complaints if you remove functionality that was once there. If you make all those features "optional", you get a quite complex room-configuration with lots of checkboxes and the UI will look ugly as you have to design a layout that works/looks good, no matter if you enable all or only 1 feature of the conference room. I tried to apply some kind of "property-inspector layout". Probably the video pods will be at a fixed position in a future layout by default (although its an important feature for lots of folks beeing able to resize them :)). Thanks, Sebastian 2011/7/27 Mohammad Nour El-Din <nour.moham...@gmail.com> > Hi... > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Alexei Fedotov > <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mohammad, > > > > Any impressions to share? Have you occasionally faced any bugs? > > 1- I didn't find a way to create my own rooms ? Maybe I missed it > some where, but I didn't find it :). > 2- When I tried it with a colleague of mine and start a conference > or a Webinar, I get a pop-up asking me permission to use my mic and > camera and when I say yes, I get another pop-up I guess related to > Flash but it is inactive the OK and Cancel button are not clickable > but not dimmed. > > 3- Also, but this is only from a user perspective, I guess it needs > some work on the UI :), I believe it can be simpler, I am not a UI guy > but I am talking comparing to other similar solutions, like Google+ > Hangout for example which was very easy to use from the 1st try. > > I hope my comments can help :). > > > > > > -- > > With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > > Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, > > http://dataved.ru/ > > +7 916 562 8095 > > > > > > > > > > 2011/7/25 Mohammad Nour El-Din <nour.moham...@gmail.com>: > >> +1 for the proposal > >> > >> I tried it out. It looks very promising :). > >> > >> 2011/7/25 seba.wag...@gmail.com <seba.wag...@gmail.com>: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> thanks for your feedback! > >>> @Scott: I think so too. Synchrious communication could become an > >>> standard feature of Social Networking Platforms. Lets see if there is > >>> an API in Rave for integration. > >>> > >>> Sebastian > >>> > >>> 2011/7/23 Maurizio Cucchiara <maurizio.cucchi...@gmail.com>: > >>>> Good idea!!! I had the opportunity to try OM, nice tool! > >>>> > >>>> Maurizio Cucchiara > >>>> > >>>> Il giorno 23/lug/2011 17.57, "Scott Wilson" < > scott.bradley.wil...@gmail.com> > >>>> ha scritto: > >>>>> Fantastic proposal. It would be even more fantastic to link it up > with > >>>> Rave and Wookie! > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 (non-binding) > >>>>> > >>>>> S > >>>>> > >>>>> On 23 Jul 2011, at 16:25, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> V. cool. Big +1 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Let me know how I can help. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:40 AM, seba.wag...@gmail.com wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> We would like to propose Openmeetings project to join the > incubator. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Full Proposal: > >>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenmeetingsProposal > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Quick summary: > >>>>>>> OpenMeetings is Web Conferencing application that fits into > >>>>>>> educational or business sector. You can make conference sessions in > >>>>>>> different room-types with up to 100 peoples in a Room. It contains > all > >>>>>>> main features of Web Conferencing: Audio/Video, Whiteboard, Screen > >>>>>>> Sharing, Chat and Moderation System. It is translated into more > then > >>>>>>> 30 languages and its a basic goal of OpenMeetings to be easy to > embed > >>>>>>> into existing environments. It already uses many of Apache > >>>>>>> Technologies like Tomcat, Mina, Velocity, Commons, ... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> As you can see below the last time we did the proposal we had > >>>>>>> Hibernate in our software stack, we did refactor the hole project > and > >>>>>>> use openJPA now. > >>>>>>> So that one should be no more blocker to it. > >>>>>>> Red5 is used like a Servlet container and licensed under the LGPL, > >>>>>>> Red5 can be obtained for example from the Debian Repository: > >>>>>>> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/red5-server > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> You may find all existing documents and further material on the > >>>>>>> GoogleCode pages: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We appreciate any feedback and comments on the proposal. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sebastian Wagner > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 2009/11/9 Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org>: > >>>>>>>> Just as a point of interest, I just completed a test meeting using > >>>>>>>> OpenMeetings across three sites using the demo server. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I was suitably impressed by the project. It has a few annoying > >>>>>>>> limitations, but as an online meeting tool it is very good. to the > >>>>>>>> extent that I will almost certainly be installing a copy on our > own > >>>>>>>> servers. I would be very happy to see it coming into the incubator > and > >>>>>>>> would be willing to be a mentor, assuming the legal issues are not > >>>>>>>> blockers. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Ross > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 2009/11/3 Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com>: > >>>>>>>>> Noel, > >>>>>>>>> Regarding Theora codec, I have checked the page [1]. Currently, > there > >>>>>>>>> are no products which successfully use the codec for video > >>>>>>>>> communication. Video-phone encodes and decodes the stream in > >>>>>>>>> real-time, adopts the quality with regard to network conditions > (e.g. > >>>>>>>>> lost packet rate) and tries to minimize subjective effects of > network > >>>>>>>>> errors - the list of requirements is broader than for media > players > >>>>>>>>> Theora is mostly used. The work [2] says suggests using hardware > >>>>>>>>> implementations for Theora codec because, otherwise "a > computational > >>>>>>>>> performance too high to be implemented in the camera by the > universal > >>>>>>>>> processor". > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> So at least it requires some time and testing before I can say > that > >>>>>>>>> Theora-based solution is feasible. Another ecosystem change, like > >>>>>>>>> embedding video-codecs in browsers, may resolve our need in a > >>>>>>>>> different way. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> [1] http://www.vorbis.com/software/ > >>>>>>>>> [2] http://www3.elphel.com/linuxtag/talks_2005/paper-11081 > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 2009/11/3 Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com>: > >>>>>>>>>> Alexei Fedotov wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> I see two long-term possibilities for synergy. > >>>>>>>>>>> 1. BlueSky can integrate browser pannel in their client to > handle a > >>>>>>>>>>> whiteboard. In this case the code for whiteboard can be re-used > in > >>>>>>>>>>> both projects. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> 2. They promise to get rid from mplayer and ffmpeg > dependencies. If > >>>>>>>>>>> they get a working streaming video-client under APL, this would > help > >>>>>>>>>>> us to remove the most imporant dependency from Flash. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> They are proposing to move to Theora/Vorbis, which is under a > >>>> suitable > >>>>>>>>>> license: http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#slic. Would that be > suitable for > >>>> your > >>>>>>>>>> needs? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> we [also] get more people on Apache who share the same task. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Agreed. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> --- Noel > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>> With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > >>>>>>>>> Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, > >>>>>>>>> http://www.telecom-express.ru/ > >>>>>>>>> http://harmony.apache.org/ > >>>>>>>>> http://www.expressaas.com/ > >>>>>>>>> http://openmeetings.googlecode.com/ > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Ross Gardler > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> OSS Watch - supporting open source in education and research > >>>>>>>> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Sebastian Wagner > >>>>>>> http://www.webbase-design.de > >>>>>>> http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > >>>>>>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > >>>>>>> seba.wag...@gmail.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sebastian Wagner > >>> http://www.webbase-design.de > >>> http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > >>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > >>> seba.wag...@gmail.com > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks > >> - Mohammad Nour > >> Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User > Guide) > >> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html > >> - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour > >> - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com > >> ---- > >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep > moving" > >> - Albert Einstein > >> > >> "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a > >> professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less > >> than your best." > >> - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship > >> > >> "Stay hungry, stay foolish." > >> - Steve Jobs > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guide) > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html > - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour > - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein > > "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a > professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less > than your best." > - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship > > "Stay hungry, stay foolish." > - Steve Jobs > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Sebastian Wagner http://www.webbase-design.de http://openmeetings.googlecode.com http://www.wagner-sebastian.com seba.wag...@gmail.com
