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Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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thawkins wrote: post #107
coscreen wrote: post #2

OP here, we believe that the time has come to let remote workers and highly agile teams get stuff done together in a very different and much more natural way. CoScreen is a remote collaboration tool that enables exactly that. Problem: Pretty much anyone who has ever worked remotely knows it - today’s remote collaboration solutions provide much better screensharing quality and reliability (thanks, Zoom) compared to a…

I gave up in fustration, the site has no real information, no system requirements, no installation information. does it run on linux? I like the idea but i have a department with 100 fedora workstations in it.

Thanks as well, it's macOS-only for but we're working on other OSes. It should work on anything that runs macOS Mojave and higher and at least on 5-6 year old Mac Books.

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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lima wrote: post #72

Excellent idea, brilliantly executed. But as a CTO, I would be concerned about the security implications. It makes sense to route traffic via a central server because P2P does not scale to large numbers of participants (which is why things like the Jitsi Videobridge exist despite WebRTC P2P being a thing), but it means your customers have to trust you not to get hacked, be compelled to, or otherwise misplace/record s…

Thank you for the in-depth feedback. We're actually using Jitsi as videobridge which comes with encryption built-in but we hear your concerns and security remains a priority for us despite our early stage and we're also working on various OSes.

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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keithnz wrote: post #102
aagha wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I literally started typing a note to my team to check this out and say: We're going to be trying this out after the holiday, and then realized it was wasn't Window's ready. Super bummed.

yep, not obvious from the home screen it isn't for windows... the "Now available for MacOS" gave me the impression it was originally for windows... also no hint the company is even interested in windows...? UPDATE: yes, in their https://www.coscreen.co/feedback they ask about windows support...

Sorry for letting you all wait for the Windows client. We'll work on it but we had to start somewhere and coin-flipped on Mac, kind off. As mentioned further below, CoScreen is built mostly on an platform-agnostic stack so we hope it won't be a gargantuan effort to support Windows. But stay tuned (and sign up if you want to stay in the loop).

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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paogli wrote: post #105

Ok, so where is the actual product? There’s no way to try it as a demo and the demo shown in the video is a fake one - yes, even the one after the flat animations with the real desktop. My impression is that the product hasn’t been built yet or is even ready for beta. Is this another one of those ‘MVP’ landing pages that fools the consumer into believing there is a product to gather reception? Thanks.

It actually exists and you can use it today (note: mac only for now):

https://www.coscreen.co/getstarted => Gets you to the download page, download the DMG, launch the app, collaborate...

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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danenania wrote: post #53

Looks very cool! On security, when you say encrypted in realtime, does this mean client-side encryption? Is the server trusted?

We're building on Jitsi's videobridge, check out the details here: https://jitsi.org/jitsi-videobridge/

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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Etheryte wrote: post #84
coscreen wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a native macOS app you need to install, other operating systems and a web client will follow!

This would be very nice to have up and front on the landing page. I bent over backwards looking for OS compatibility.

Got it, we'll fix it today.

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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LeonB wrote: post #93
coscreen wrote: post #67

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Agreed, hopefully Windows will be easier though. Getting mac done well gets harder with every macOS update...

Windows APIs give great info about size and position of windows. Challenging part is really the per monitor scaling, but it’s not impossible either. Great product, top work

Thanks for confirming & your feedback!

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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BjoernKW wrote: post #100
techntoke wrote: post #86

So basically this just turns a second display into a screen share where multiple users can share their app windows? Seems like this could have been tackled 95% with existing open source software and supported on multiple platforms.

Given that another commenter likened CoScreen to Dropbox in that it is an "amazing idea executed brilliantly" it seems only fair that they've already got their very own Dropbox comment now. 95% isn't 100%. A mere assemblage of tools isn't a finished, polished, well-designed, reliable product.

Thanks both, time will tell if we have the remaining 5%!

Obviously we'd love this to be as legendary in 12 years from now ;)

Re: Show HN: Coscreen.co – a radically different remote collaboration tool

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purple-again wrote: post #15

From a security standpoint can you discuss the life of my data as it goes from my computer, through your service, and into my coworkers computer. What is stored where? Who at your company can access what? Thank you in advance for any information you are able to provide.

Hi there, we're capturing windows at the client, send them across through our video bridge (to get through proxies & firewalls and scale beyond 2+ users per channel) and then the windows are shown on the remote end. We don't store any shared windows, videos, images, or audio data. We only capture anonymized usage stats to get an idea what we need to optimize for (e.g. # of sessions and users per session).

Our security concept was recently approved after an extensive vendor risk assessment by a large global enterprise. This is a positive indication but obviously don't hesitate to drop us a mail if you want to discuss specific requirements!

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