Looking for feedback/ideas/contributions. So far this is working well at my company for having permanent links between rooms in different offices. Things that might be useful/fun to add:
1. better theme - I didn't spend any time on the default looks/feel. Channel selection is low hanging fruit (dropdown might be better)
2. make channel definitions dynamic rather than static
3. let users add new channels via the UI rather
4. show channel status so you know if a channel is already in use by a link
5. fix the SSL issue - maybe use lets-encrypt with dns verification? Difficult thing is that this is intended to be used in intranet where the simple domain verification methods won't work.
Perch is a startup that's mentioned a lot in the comments, and I trialled it and it was pretty nice, but it just shut down last month. Perhaps their "customer stories" or "blog" sections have enough detail about the app's features, or perhaps the Internet Archive has a full copy of their old site:
Yup! I was looking at those earlier this week. The Skype solution is a good approach, but requires a bit more maintenance to manage accounts and links and so on. Also I love the idea of custom branding, room links, and simple direct p2p.
Just looked at perch. I remember seeing it when they showed up on the scene. Too bad they didn't get traction. I think there is an opportuity in this space, but it might just be for an open source entry rather than a startup.
https://papercutsoftware.github.io/teleportme/ was an open-source-ish solution I came across recently (built on FaceTime), but I haven't tried it. Seems like they're making similar design decisions as you.
1. better theme - I didn't spend any time on the default looks/feel. Channel selection is low hanging fruit (dropdown might be better) 2. make channel definitions dynamic rather than static 3. let users add new channels via the UI rather 4. show channel status so you know if a channel is already in use by a link 5. fix the SSL issue - maybe use lets-encrypt with dns verification? Difficult thing is that this is intended to be used in intranet where the simple domain verification methods won't work.