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1297738 2012-08-29 10:23:00 Hi, I'm looking for a video program to talk to other people in the family between laptops.I didn't want to use Skype as I have heard of a few problems with it.
I only want to talk to one person at a time. I tried a few free programs but seem to end up in a chat room. I tried Team viewer which was ok but I don't want to see the other persons desktop and stuff. Anyone know of something simple I can use?
Thanks,
asdex (1488)
1297739 2012-08-29 10:28:00 Skype.

Works well.
Metla (12)
1297740 2012-08-29 10:28:00 Try Google Talk. It's built in to Gmail so you can chat right from your browser, and also works on all the Android devices out there too!
Works with text, voice, and video :)

It's free, a lot more lightweight than Skype, none of the bundled boat and crap either that infects your browser...
Chilling_Silence (9)
1297741 2012-08-29 10:35:00 Maybe this?
www.ssuitesoft.com
feersumendjinn (64)
1297742 2012-08-29 11:13:00 Skype, if you get shitty audio just switch to something else like google talk. Most of the time it isn't even worth the hassle trying to fix skype. icow (15313)
1297743 2012-08-29 11:32:00 It's free, a lot more lightweight than Skype, none of the bundled boat and crap either that infects your browser...

Whats infected my browser?

I haven't noticed anything?

No entries under msconfig in either services or startup......


ripped off.
Metla (12)
1297744 2012-08-29 12:31:00 And if you want to talk to your family altogether than try Google + hang outs. wmoore (6009)
1297745 2012-08-29 14:30:00 You could use Ekiga, open source and free.

http://ekiga.org/
Agent_24 (57)
1297746 2012-08-29 20:44:00 Whats infected my browser?
www.google.co.nz

Comes by default, first few are all "WTF is this and how do I get rid of it".

I'm with wmoore, Google+ Hangouts are an extension of Google Talk, but they're pretty damn cool! Can safely say I was incredibly sceptical about it but once we got a few family or friends in there all at once, they're lots of fun!
Chilling_Silence (9)
1297747 2012-08-30 20:54:00 Thanks for the replies. Ekiga looks worth a try.
Cheers,
asdex (1488)
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