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Seems a neat idea, bt it isn't exactly seamless to the user -- I get the Flash security dialog asking for permission to access my speaker & microphone, and the default was to deny.

Many users probably won't have a clue what to click there.

The lag time on actually calling through to my phone was rather long (over 10s) but maybe that is just because their servers are busy.




Lag time dialing your phone number or audio lag?

EDIT: In regards to the Flash issue, the security dialog is a necessary evil. It's an unfortunate UX, but the opt-in model for accessing your devices is important.


Dialling ... though I never got the audio to work, but I blame that on the USB headset I have as the only (working) microphone.

Flash probably defaulted to the soundcard mic.


It currently uses the default system mic. We'll be adding complete microphone support (changing, etc) in a future release.


It would be a good idea to encourage the user to pre-authorise the necessary security stuff before the call is made, I think.




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