Nice Screen Shot

Here's a nice screen shot posted by a user of our demo server. (Link found on twitter.)

Chrome Extension

Jeremy Thomerson, from GenericConf has created a Chrome extension that you can use to test the BigBlueButton API. Really nice and lightweight. Should be very helpful to anyone integrating BigBlueButton with their platform. Are you integrating with BigBlueButton? Post a comment, we want to hear from you!

Comment on BigBlueButton

Thanks jubiz for your comment.

Integrating with Sakai

Do you use Sakai? Adrian Fish is working on integrating BigBlueButton with the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment. See Adrain's post.

It just works

See this recent blog post by the webmaster at Dearborn Schools on his experiences with using BigBlueButton.

BigBlueButton is now listed on the Asterisk Exchange

Digium, the company behind Asterisk, has added a listing for BigBlueButton in their Asterisk Exchange (link). Asterisk is the open source PBX that powers the voice conferencing system in BigBlueButton.

The message to all companies using Asterisk: if you offering voice solutions using Asterisk, check out BigBlueButton and explore offering web conferencing solutions as well!

HTML 5

We're starting to look closer at the potential for HTML 5 provide as an option for BigBlueButton to provide rich multi-media interface in a pure HTML/Javascript environment.

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/

While there will always be limitations in a new platform, and we know its early days, but HTML 5 is showing some promise for supporting the voice and video streams that would be needed for web conferencing. This is definitely worth investigating further.