![]() Double-clicking on an ID will send a request to that user saying you want to be chat partners.- Next: I Do ooVoo A handy pop-up information box tells you how to do all this, and, unlike SightSpeed, a search capability lets you easily find anyone with an account. All that remains is to find people with whom to start video-chatting, or invite acquaintances to sign up for accounts. ![]() For my card and chat icon picture I snapped a photo using my webcam and the simple feature for doing this. You can optionally fill out your card with biographical information-including your gender, birthday, and city-and phone numbers (probably best to leave those blank for privacy). With your ooVoo account, you get what they call a "card"-actually a small, business-card-size profile window with your vital stats and picture. This is offered in case there's a name you really want people to see but is already taken both show up if you do a user search on the service. Then I got to choose a display name different from my account name. I also needed to tell the Windows Firewall to unblock ooVoo to give it access to the Internet. After downloading and running the quick 8.6MB installer, I got a dialog asking for the simple account setup information: username, password, e-mail address, and license agreement check box. OoVoo's setup is as smooth as its obsidian interface. I sent a couple of these to friends I hadn't seen in a while, and they had no problem viewing my mini-movie messages. Best of all, these video-grams don't require the recipient to install ooVoo-a Web browser will play them just fine. The free-to-download software also includes a video-message e-mailing capability, which is especially useful if you have trouble getting your video-chat partners' schedules to mesh for live sessions, which happens when you're in different time zones. It doesn't rely on supernodes its developers have opted for an approach that uses a combination of its own servers plus peer-to-peer communication. OoVoo, one of the few products whose name looks like what it does (two pair of eyes), is a relative newcomer to this turf, and it adds some appealing qualities: a slick, black, well-thought-out interface, for starters. So I set out to test this claim, and along the way compare ooVoo with our Editors' Choice in the category, SightSpeed. I actually recently switched to Windows Live Messenger for my intercontinental video calling, but the makers of ooVoo have chided me for this, saying I'd get a better experience with their product. ![]() Supernode architecture, in which powerful PCs signed in to the network can be used to transmit the traffic of unrelated users. Known to deliver less-than-smooth crisp full-motion video, and it has also taken hits for its ![]() ooVoo has recently entered this class of applications that can melt away the miles, transmitting not only the voice but the facial expressions and gestures, too. If you have far-flung friends and loved ones, you have most likely discovered Skype, and in particular its ability to make Jetsons-style video calls. Read about the changes in our detailed report titled " OoVoo Goes High-Res, Adds Web Client." Editor's Note: Since this review was posted ooVoo has been upgraded. ![]()
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