Video Messaging Application of the Year
 

This is a new category this year.

--jeremy

I'm a Skype user but to be honest I can't bring myself to vote for it due to the often poor quality of the calls, the recent dumbing down of the interface, and the lack of configuration settings in the new Skype for Desktop. However, it is *still* the only real game in town, and has been for many years to my dismay.

Messenger for Desktop might prove to be a good alternative but Messenger is of course tied into the Facebook empire.

I would vote for Wire .It took some doing ,but I finally got family and friends to use it.Video call quality is great even on overseas calls.
One of the best days was when I typed "removepkg Skype".

ps.I see Wire is included in "Secure Messaging Application of the Year".

Jitsi

Hagouts is my selection, but is not in the poll.

I never do video chats, but I found Tox to be a good recommendation for those who use them.

Been playing with Discord lately. Not a pro-level app, but it gets the job done. I especially like being able to broadcast my desktop instead of my webcam, should I desire.

Zoom?

[x] Signal
 

... all is in the title...

Jilted Skype last year in a rather acrimonious divorce that had $$ send me confirmation email after confirmation email trying to get me back. But I stood my ground and am finally completely $$ free.... :party:

I don't use video messaging at all.

Asterisk server, combined with Linphone client, provides video conferencing over VPN. What's Skype?

No zoom
 

zoom

That's a short list! But no worries, as I don't use this type of software. ;)

Another vote here for WIRE. Excellent call quality, full end-to-end encryption, and source code regularly audited with full transparency.

Skype used to be good, but since MyCrudSoft moved to the client-server model the current Skype 4 Linux is a complete waste of time. Plenty of others I know agree with me.


Mike. ;)