There are volunteer programmers working on this. They are working on it in their free time while having day jobs, and having not attempted similar projects previously. While I think that offering financial incentive is a great idea, I don’t think it addresses their stuck point (unless you could find a way to raise enough to hire someone experienced to solve the problem).
For an idea of what its like to take on a volunteer public good project, have a look at this post. I anticipate that they’ll succeed in getting the alpha launched within the next month or two. If you know any programmers who are experienced with the Google Hangout interface and/or team leadership positions and want to point them at the group to help, that would likely speed things up.
There are volunteer programmers working on this. They are working on it in their free time while having day jobs, and having not attempted similar projects previously. While I think that offering financial incentive is a great idea, I don’t think it addresses their stuck point (unless you could find a way to raise enough to hire someone experienced to solve the problem).
For an idea of what its like to take on a volunteer public good project, have a look at this post. I anticipate that they’ll succeed in getting the alpha launched within the next month or two. If you know any programmers who are experienced with the Google Hangout interface and/or team leadership positions and want to point them at the group to help, that would likely speed things up.