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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by Moru »

bestnameever wrote: post #84
muglug wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People may well use Loom-like functionality that’s integrated into other tools they use without knowing the name “Loom”. Loom had a head-start, but other companies (e.g. Vimeo) copied the feature pretty quickly. And also, more importantly, this is a “Show HN” post, so reasonable for people here to question the comparison.

Loom in the title got my attention. It is the only reason I clicked on the link. It is unfortunate this is being discussed rather than the product.

Same here. However I was very disappointed because it was nothing like what I was expecting from the name.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by ascorbic »

Some feedback:

- You refer to it as "screen sharing", but that makes me think of live sharing like Zoom etc. Wouldn't "screen recording" be a better description?

- The "get started for free" text in the header CTA flows onto a second line for me

- It would be good to have an embedded demo video on the landing page

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by blkhawk »

gmueckl wrote: post #86
avodonosov wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I thought of Java virtual threads - the Project Loom. Have never heard of the other Loom.

When I heard of Loom, my first thought went to that classic Lucas Arts adventure game. The name is shared by so many different things, it isn't descriptive of anything.

yes same for me - I thought it was a a reimplemention at first :)

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by mavelikara »

jak2k wrote: post #115

Why just Mac and not Linux or NT?

From https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap:

> Cap is currently in public beta, and is available for macOS and Web. Windows and Linux builds are in development. Join the Cap Discord (https://discord.gg/y8gdQ3WRN3) to help test future releases and join the community.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by clan »

j45 wrote: post #95
memset wrote: post #75

Feedback: can there be a big “loom” on the homepage showing how it works or what differentiates it? Right now we only see tweets but nothing that gives me the “aha” moment to want to try it out. Make me remember the pain, and show me really clearly how your software will fix it right now. Screen studio does a good job of this.

An animated gif video with a ticker on the side going through each step would be great. Also being able to launch recording it without an account would be a great way to get someone to create a video, invest enough to create an account instead of come back to it later. Veed.io seems to have used this approach to great success.

That is a really dark pattern which I personally hate.

Sucker me in and then raise the barrier. It is on the same level as those "create free account" but nothing is actually free except for the account creation process.

We have word for this: Demos. It could be a "free demo" account or an "account free" demo. Two different but easily understandable things which clearly communicates intent and value. Nothing Sneaky and no hiding weasels.

It just triggered me that this marketing funneling newspeak actually has become commonplace and generally accepted.

Change the wording to "launch demo (recording)" and communicate it clearly will make this grumpy fart happy. And yes: There is a subtle difference and therein lies the darkness.

The video and ticker are however great ideas as-is without me complaining.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by brailsafe »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #28
nozzlegear wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

macOS does have overlay functionality, it’s called presenter mode or something like that. Look for it in the green camera icon that shows up in the menu bar when you’re sharing your screen. It puts your face in a bubble overlayed on top of whatever you’re sharing, as you said. You’re right it doesn’t have upload though.

> You’re right it doesn’t have upload though. That's surprising considering how Apple pushes iCloud integration...

It may not have upload, but in any worthwhile collaboration solution you can literally just drag your screen recording into the rich text area of a comment and have it show up, maybe after converting it to a neutral codec. I did this in my last job with Jira, GitHub, and Slack, ez
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