July 6, 2011
You see which of your Facebook friends is video-enabled at https://www.facebook.com/videocalling . Facebook Video Calling requires installing a Java JAR file (on a Mac in my case). If the person you try to video call is not video enabled (did not install the JAR file or on a mobile device), you can a somewhat misleading message seen in the screenshot above. I think Facebook needs to provide more informative error messages like “called party not video enabled” or “called party using an  unsupported device.”

You see which of your Facebook friends is video-enabled at https://www.facebook.com/videocalling . Facebook Video Calling requires installing a Java JAR file (on a Mac in my case). If the person you try to video call is not video enabled (did not install the JAR file or on a mobile device), you can a somewhat misleading message seen in the screenshot above. I think Facebook needs to provide more informative error messages like “called party not video enabled” or “called party using an  unsupported device.”

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