TokBox launches Adobe AIR-based video chat app

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TokBox launches Adobe AIR-based video chat app

by Brad Linder Jul 14th 2008

TokBox is a video chat service that lets you communicate via instant message, video, or audio. But unlike other services such as Skype, there's no need to install any software. You can run TokBox from a web browser. The software will automatically detect your computer's camera and/or microphone and adjust all the appropriate settings for you.

But sometimes you don't want to leave a browser window open just so you can chat. Or you might want to do other things with your web browser while chatting. So a desktop client can come in handy. And doday TokBox released one. The desktop version of TokBox is built on Adobe AIR, so it looks and acts almost exactly the same as the web version. Because essentially it is the web version. You just don't need to launch a web browser to use it.

It took us just a few moments to register for a free account and download and install the software. Our only complaint was that you still need to access the web site to accomplish some tasks. For example, when we wanted to add friends to our contact list, we hit the "find friends" button in TokBox AIR. But when we started the search, TokBox fired up our web browser to show us the results.

Tags: adobe-air, tokbox, tokbox-air, video-chat

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