Google Hangouts now on Firefox without plugins via WebRTC

Re:Google Hangouts now on Firefox without plugins via WebRTC by mod50ack on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:16PM (#15973377)

Thank God, about time. Any other major websites that still use browser-based proprietary extensions instead of open standards?

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Re:Google Hangouts now on Firefox without plugins via WebRTC by JoshTriplett on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:48PM (#15973663)

Zoom, and several other "meeting" sites.

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Re:Google Hangouts now on Firefox without plugins via WebRTC by chii on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:40PM (#15975325)

there's no standard for a screenshare. i wish there was

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Re:Google Hangouts now on Firefox without plugins via WebRTC by notnarb on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:33PM (#15975617)

Not quite standardized, but Firefox appears to allow extension-less screensharing as of FF 52

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Screensharing

https://mozilla.github.io/webrtc-landing/gum_test.html

This is all done with parameters specified to getUserMedia as opposed to Chrome's extension-only "chrome.desktopCapture.chooseDesktopMedia"

As far as I can tell, the reason why screen-sharing is not more widely accessible is because of a security UX issue rather than a technical limitation. Both Firefox and Chrome are can provide you with media stream ID's to use in WebRTC negotiation, they differ mostly in the boundaries required to authorize access.

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