Can I disable the “chat room name” box that pops up when people first navigate to the room?
Your site is fantastic and a great tool but I’m trying to make a single watching event as idiot-proof as possible
with the least amount of steps for a crowd to watch a video at a party.
Hi… no currently this can not be disabled. When users have a registered Watch2Gether account, they are not asked to pick a nickname when they enter a room. But i guess this is not an option for you. Tell me more about your plans, maybe you can convince me to add such an option
Hi Florian. Thanks very much for responding so quickly. You have created a great resource, way easier than Vimeo or Facebook or Youtube live. So, to address your suggestion: how do I shorten the url? What I’m using this for is the following: at a party of about 100 people, I’m trying to have everyone watch a 1 minute video at the same time. There is no TV or monitor so I can’t use that and have to rely on everyone pulling out their phones. My choices to get people into the room are: 1. email everyone the link, which may delay things. Or, 2) write the address (URL) on a large poster and tell people to just open the browser on their phones and enter that address. But if anyone makes a mistake that will delay things. The shorter and easier to read URL the less chance of a screw up. Thanks, Josh.
Hi Josh, sorry for the late reply in this case. Did you try Watch2Gether at the party already? How do did it work out? This is a quite unique use case but I get your point. I’ll think about it!