Lately I have thinking of ways ooVoo could improve their excellent video chat software. I have come up with a few idea's and would love to get some feedback from other ooVoo users.
Adjustable Sidebar view - the sidebar view is handy but with most people now running widescreen monitors I think the option to drag the sidebar to a wider view would be a great idea.
Ability to view people in an embedded Video Chatroom before entering - instead of having to enter a username and then log into a video chatroom, why not be able to see who is there before logging in? I am sure this idea would help anyone decide if they wanted to enter the chat eg. a teen may not want to join a video chat with a group of 40+ year olds and vice averse. (another thought would be no audio until entering the actual chatroom)
Embedded Video Player - this would be a handy tool for people that stream "Live" video. If there was an option to have an embed code for a website/blog etc that was launched from the ooVoo client that allowed single person video (like an ooVoo video message) but still have the ability for the user to invite/add more people to the video chat, all the while showing "Live" stream of chat in the embedded player.
Note: ooVoo is the only program I know that has good video quality even on slower connections ie. 1500/256k this would allow people that can't use Ustream (384k upstream minimum required) etc to stream "Live"
Audio only option - yes I know ooVoo is known for video but why not include the option of having an audio only chat.
Moderation panel built into video chat - I have used the current web based ooVoo moderation panel and it works very well. I feel this should be built into any video chat and the person that initiated the chat has control.
I am sure I can add a few more items to my ooVoo wishlist in the near future but would like to hear your thoughts on anything listed so far.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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Hi Drew!
ReplyDeleteI'm Erica - I handle the PR for ooVoo. So glad to see that you love ooVoo! I'd love to chat with you and see if you'd be Ok with us using your experiences with ooVoo for a case study. My ooVoo ID is: ericapjinc. Talk to you soon.
Thanks,
Erica