Hi Folks.

I done a lot of searching for this on the net, but I cant find exactly what I want. I am trying to make my internet bookshop very customer friendly and so I would like a embedded voice chat utility that requires no client side software. I know I am being very picky but I would also like all of these features.

• Non Commercial / OSS / Freeware / Not addware
  

  Yes I'm being a tight wad, but as a Linux user I am used to getting a lot for free and I don't have a credit card and I prefer OSS in any case. Nor do I want trashy ( YOU ARE THE LUCKY 999,999th VISITOR CLICK HERE TO COLLECT YOUR PRIZE) style adds anywhere on my website insulting the intelligence of my customers.

• No extra pages opening up.
  

  I believe people avoid using things that spawn new windows, bother them for registration or interrupt them from what they were trying to do. Hopefully that was browsing for books they intend to buy from me. So I wouldn't want applets popping up (covering my website) and asking them to login, download software, or otherwise distracting them. I want nothing more than a button on my website which activates their microphone or perhaps plays an alert sound on my machine. I could then activate the chat which should remain seamless and invisible while they are on my site until they or I toggle the button to end the voice chat.

• Not client side platform dependent
  

  This speaks for itself really. The less any embedded application expects from the client machine the better. I won't use a windows only solution for either the client or server side and It should be browser independent also.

You get the idea. I want everything to just work without being invasive. On the consolation / compromise side, it doesn't have to support public networks and can just be peer 2 peer. I think such a piece of software would be very desirable for anybody with an e-commerce site and would prove very popular. Anybody have any ideas?

 

 

 

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