Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2019 No Comments »
To start a WebRTC session, a browser has to visit an HTTP URI. Accordingly, EnThinnai allocates one (which we call your canonical WebRTC Call URI) for you. You can share this with your friends, include it in email signature, or embed it in an iFrame in a web page, like your ID page. But using […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2019 No Comments »
EnThinnai is effectively your portal for others to get in touch with you or access information that you have shared with them. Architecturally, EnThinnai protects your information is to operate under the philosophy called “Default Deny”. It means you have to explicitly identify who can access a piece of information or can initiate a communication […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2019 No Comments »
EnThinnai uses an HTTP(S) URI that conforms to IndieAuth spec as the user id. In colloquial terms, it is a web page that you control and links to one or more authentication providers such as GitHub or a PGP key. You can see the instructions on how to setup your page to conform to Indieauth spec, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2019 No Comments »
This blog post started as a comment to a post by Olle E. Johansson in Facebook. But it grew in length so much so, I decided to capture my thoughts here and post just a link as a comment. I have a long held opinion on this that I have expressed in other fora, but so […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2015 1 Comment »
For a couple of years now, WebRTC has captivated the communications industry with high expectations. Against this constant interest, the reasons for the excitement has changed. Even the defining characteristics have changed. Initially, what was noted was that there is no need for any downloads. Slowly it was deprecated since many realized that though the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 13th, 2015 No Comments »
In a recent post by WebRTC “activists” on the impact of WebRTC on UC, Alan Quayle writes, The application diversity being driven by the person we’re trying to communicate with and their preferences. So what impact will WebRTC have on UC? None. Because the problem is in federation of presence, not in the standardization of media […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2014 No Comments »
In a couple of hours there will be a VUC session on this topic. So I thought it will be useful to record some of my observations and outstanding questions. A user or administration of the local network must have a way to designate the STUN and TURN servers that override the ones specified by […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2014 No Comments »
In a post that prompted me to write this, Tsahi discusses different alternative signaling protocols one can use in a WebRTC-enabled app. In this post, I approach the issue from a different angle and I hope this sheds additional light and helps you to reach a choice appropriate for you. Before we dig deep, we […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 4th, 2014 No Comments »
Recently, Carl Ford was musing about potential ideas for a WebRTC Hackathon. One idea he had was exploring different UI designs associated with “Video on Hold”. This post is a summary of our design thoughts decisions we made for a WebRTC application that is part of EnThinnai. He felt that the design used in phone […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2014 2 Comments »
Inasmuch the main utility of a formal living room is to entertain visiting guests, a WebRTC allows guests to initiate a communication session with the subscriber of the app that utilizes WebRTC. Many go to enormous lengths to furnish and decorate a living space normally called Living Room. Notwithstanding the expense involved and the name, […]