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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by amorphid on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @03:48PM (#14352672)
No keyboard & mouse sharing. And to a lesser extent, not everyone wants a Google account.

My employer also blocks some Google services. For example, I can't access Gmail. Trying to use Hangouts without Gmail is swimming upstream a bit.

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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by killerdhmo on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @04:36PM (#14353092)
Have you tried hangouts.google.com? It's possibly still blocked, depending on your employer, but if not, it's just a hangouts webUI that also allows calls.
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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by amorphid on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @06:31PM (#14353897)
Hangouts actually works at the moment, but work could change that at anytime, so making it a key piece of my workflow is unwise. I get your point though.

Gotta love life behind the firewall!

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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by hobarrera on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @11:08PM (#14355329)
> Trying to use Hangouts without Gmail

How are these two related (usage-wise, I mean)?

Also, is your employer paying a Google Apps subscription, but blocking email? WTF.

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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by amorphid on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:02AM (#14358492)
Employer blocks Gmail (and other sites) via the corporate firewall. They are not paying for Google Apps (at least not for me). Get a job at any large enterprise and you'll experience some restrictions you wouldn't find at a smaller company.
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Re:Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls by hobarrera on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @11:18PM (#14364602)
Oh, I assumed your employer was using Google Apps. If that's not the case, why do you need Hangouts? Don't they use something else for voice+video?
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