Jackfruit

I would totally play into “frictionless standups” and specialize the hell out of experience. For one, I think it avoids a lot of “creep factor” that other commenters keyed into.…

Pretty slick implementation. Was also wary about the always on video rooms but it seems they’re opt in for the most part.

I like this idea. Discord has it for audio. Our fully-remote company pretty much uses zoom in a somewhat similar way. "Always-on" doesn't have to mean everyone is always in the…

Having done remote work I completely get what you’re trying to achieve. It’s not the tool which is causing a cautious(?) reaction but knowing how unscrupulous micro-managers…

Pretty cool, but terrifying. I would be in constant stress and probably resign the day after if I was required to join an alway-on call. I work remotely.

Great job on building something but man I’d hate it if employers actually demanded always on video, even for calls. Slack is pretty intrusive as is.

This feels like a nightmare to me. If I am thinking and in concentration - all external stimulation needs to be shut off.

Always-on video staring at people's faces is weird in the best circumstances. It's a bizarre view to have passively, rather than during active conversation.

I think it’s creepy.

We used an always-on-video solution (the now dead Sqwiggle) in a past startup. It all went relatively well until one day, the wife of one of your coworkers, walked naked in the…

I find I have to keep these sorts of always-on things (some kind of text chat aside) on a dedicated device (iPad, another laptop) or they drive me nuts. The resource use of Yet…

minor typo: "your" vs "our" coworkers. I guess it would be handy to have some way of hiding everything except maybe the face. Would be annoying to have to dress up

On chrome os screen sharing button is disabled even though it's still chrome.

@drpancake -- aren't you nervous about Slack doing something just like this? They seem to own all the technology required.

Our company is fully remote. We have an always-on Google Hangout that everyone is on all day. The key for this to work is that everyone has their mic + camera turned off except…

Not to take away from the efforts of the developer but this basically turns Slack into Discord. Which I think would be interesting. I think always open audio channels are useful…

I like this idea. Discord has it for audio. Our fully-remote company pretty much uses zoom in a somewhat similar way. "Always-on" doesn't have to mean everyone is always in the…

We used an always-on-video solution (the now dead Sqwiggle) in a past startup. It all went relatively well until one day, the wife of one of your coworkers, walked naked in the…

That's a fantastic idea! there's something like focusmate.com to do something similar, 1 hour blocks of being on video with another person, both of you share your goals in the…

Go look at Camfrog. Make a web version that does what they do. You will have much better success.