[Gllug] On24 webcasts

[David L Neil]

Anyone worked out how/if one can attend their webinars from a Linux desktop?


On24 run a webinar presentation platform. 'Open' IBM is amongst their 
clients, eg attended session on e-signatures today [1]. Whenever I "Test 
your system" against a browser, their system interrogates for OpSys, 
browser, and cookies[2] (I would have thought Flash, but...). Linux = 
fail. (I've tested Firefox, Opera, and Midori)

Simple boys (like me) take these tests as definitive and slouch-away 
muttering (if sufficiently disgusted/motivated I write to the 
broadcaster and 'tell them off'/point out the lack of marketing 
awareness/crime of inducing frustration in a potential client - at the 
very least they should warn me BEFORE I sign-up!)

However today, on a whim (and because I've only just downloaded/tried 
using it on my 'new' PC) I tried using Chromium. It worked quite happily 
- and without (apparently) first channelling me through the 'test' 
cycle. (IIRC Chrome/ium has its own 'Flash' added-in)

So, after the talk finished, I re-tested the other browsers and 
discovered that whilst they initially flash up 'fail', if I leave the 
browser window open, after a short delay the audio and video will 
'work'. NB I haven't been able to attempt the list of browsers on a live 
presentation.

NB I have done no 'hacking', not even to alter browser User-Agent strings.

Optional question (see [2]): just how does me=my "network 
administrator", perform an "operating system upgrade" of a Linux system 
anyway?

-- 
Regards,
=dn

[1] E-Signatures and Online Collaboration on the Cloud 
http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=260018&sessionid=1&key=74AC2BD49F60B3DB07236FD40642E968&eventuserid=43348625

[2]
<<< Test Your System
	
Operating System	   	Failed	   	We have detected that your operating 
system does not meet the optimal webcast specifications for listening to 
and/or viewing webcasts. We recommend the following operating systems:
Windows XP SP2, and Mac OS X 10.4.
Please note that users with older versions of Windows (Windows NT 4.0, 
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 95), Mac, Linux, and Unix operating 
systems may or may not experience difficulties listening to and/or 
viewing webcasts. Please contact your network administrator regarding 
any operating system upgrades.
	
Browser	   	Passed
	
Cookies	   	Passed
	
testing	   	final result
Flash Test Video: (a short test video with audio should play below)
 >>>
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