[asterisk-users] [Announce] Web-MeetMe V3.0.1 released

[Dan Austin]

Ondrej wrote:
>> What version of Asterisk are you using?  I've had recording 
>> working with SVN before 1.4, the 1.4 betas and currently 1.4.1.
>> *** Update ***
>> Recordings are tied to a moderator joining the conference at this
>> time.  I may need to change that based on feedback/requests to
>> do so.
>> *** Update ***
>>

> Please include a note in the documentation for that (and maybe 
> even note that in the web page for configuring conferences) !! 
> It is really needed.
> Also please update the web page of each (past) conference with 
> the link from where the recording could be downloaded

The links to download a recording are already on the past 
conference page IF the conference was recorded.
I will try to make time to update the README and installation
How-To on SF.  I also plan to add mouse-over help text to the
UI, but I do not know when I will get to it (real work takes
priority)

>> I've never user the sql option for the user/participant.  It was 
>> contributed by another user of the suite.  Depending on the 
>> technology the caller used to call into the conference you should
>> have their Caller-id number and possibly their Caller-id name.  
>> What additional Information would you like to see?
 
> Also - this is probably again a problem of the missing 
> documentation, but let me clarify my problem in detail:
> If I create a conference, there is a button "email participants".
> If I click that button, nothing happens (????). How does the 
> whole email procedure works? How does the web-meetme gather the
> email addresses of the participants? There is no way how to 
> configure participants to the conference.
> My understanding was, that participants are informed about 
> conference start/end/extended by this procedure. But since there 
> is no way how the application could find their email addresses, I
>  just do not know how it should work.

OK, I get it now.  This is a side effect of offering too much
flexibility.  I use and prefer the client-side mailer, and my
users simply get an new message draft in their email client that
they can add the participants to.  If you use the server-side mailer,
then there is currently no way to add participants to the notice
other than to email the details to yourself and forward them.
I'd happily integrate an AD address book function, but it is
Not a feature I or my users would use, so I cannot dedicate too
much time to writing it myself.

> From the sources I see that it uses SQL database users - but 
> since I use AD, my users database is empty
>> Contributions welcome.  There is a new How-To up on SF that covers
>> the installation on a step by step basis.  I've tried to comment
>> the configuration files to make it clear how each setting works.
>> Some features have been contributed to the project, and I am sorry
>> to say that beyond making sure they integrate cleanly, I have not
>> taken enough time to document their setup and use.  I guess I 
>> should ask for supporting documentation before merging the 
>> changes/features.
 
> I agree, because without any documentation is the feature de-facto
> unusable. I am happy to contribute to the project but at this stage
> it is (due to the bugs mentioned above) for me unfortunately still
> quite far from being promising. Lot of work has been done, but 
> here are still some important pieces to be done.
I'm sorry to hear that.  I know it has some rough edges, but many
people are using it.  Some feature combinations work better/are
better documented than others.  If you are interested in following
the development progress, I recommend monitoring the forums for
the project on SF.

I also hope I am not sounding if I do not care about the changes
Or suggestions you are making.  I agree will most if not all of
them, but I need to focus on the problems that impact my users
first and if anytime is left I can work on features that will
not be used by them, but that others will enjoy.

>> Thank you for the feedback.  I am surprised almost daily how many
>> people have found it useful.  I did not really expect it to be as
>> popular as it has become, and I am more than happy to try and 
>> address any problems.


> Glad to hear that :-)
> Ondrej

Dan