Mozilla to build WebRTC chat into Firefox

Posted May 31, 2014 9:09 UTC (Sat) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167)
Parent article: Mozilla to build WebRTC chat into Firefox

So, this will do what

https://apprtc.appspot.com/

... does except it won't need you to visit a web page?

Mozilla to build WebRTC chat into Firefox

Posted May 31, 2014 17:14 UTC (Sat) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link] (2 responses)

It'll do what that page does, except it won't use Flash.

Mozilla to build WebRTC chat into Firefox

Posted May 31, 2014 18:57 UTC (Sat) by rillian (subscriber, #11344) [Link] (1 responses)

What Flash? I'm not aware of the apprtc demo using flash at all. It's just browser WebRTC together with Google's App Engine and TURN services for call initiation.

The more general goal is to experiment with ways to converse and share data from the browser itself. WebRTC enables realtime chat in any webpage without plugins, which is of course valuable. But as the user's agent, the browser (or phone) is in a better position to create and remember links and social connections than any individual page you visit. More efficient and more private than the click-tracking social networks currently do.

Mozilla would also like to provide an alternative to large web silos like Facebook and Google, so part of the experiment is establishing the necessary server-side supports of a WebRTC service.

Mozilla to build WebRTC chat into Firefox

Posted May 31, 2014 19:06 UTC (Sat) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]

Ah, I'd forgotten that I'd configured FlashBlock to grab HTML5 video as well, and didn't realize that it uses the flash logo for other things it's blocking.