Parent - vocation - avoiders of the world have never had it worse : Skype , Hangouts and FaceTime are all stellar and devoid programs that imply that you ’ve got essentially no reason for ignoring draw a blank your parents ’ marriage anniversary . But Firefoxwants to add to that list , with a TV - calling customer that does n’t even need an history .
Firefox Hello is build on an be picture - calling applied science ( WebRTC , if you ’re interested ) , but it does off with the need for a separate customer , or treat , or user explanation . Rather , it creates a tie-in that you share with your picture - call partner , and Hello produce a secure radio link between the two browsers , and you ’ll sharing slightly laggy and pixelated conversation before you know it .
AsGigaom point out , one of the most useful applications for Hello could be for anon. video calling , whether that ’s for the great unwashed hiding from the NSA , or just two strangers on the cyberspace who do n’t want to share Skype handles .
At launch , the only constraint is that the connection needs to be produce using the Firefox browser app — once that ’s been done , the link can be shared with anyone on Chrome , IE , r of course Firefox , and you ’ll be happily chatting by in no prison term . [ FirefoxviaGigaom ]
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