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Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#11
I'm really surprised this took so long. Hipchat has had this available for a couple of years now.

If they aren't adding the pairing features that made Screenhero so good (dual mouse pointers, dual control, resolution adjustment and scrollaround windowing) then what's the value add?

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#15

As someone else mentioned, they are finally doing some more with their purchase of Screen Hero most likely. However, one major feature that Screen Hero had that I don't _THINK_ this new screen sharing built in Slack has, is the ability for the other person to control the mouse/keyboard on your screen. I could be wrong, but if that is the case it's a huge feature missing. That was one of my favorite things that Screen…

That was basically the entire point of Screen Hero. So I hope this is only the first step in integration with Slack.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#16
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, programs that do more stuff tend to use more memory. That's what memory is for.

Whooosh

Yes... not the only one though. Not a very obvious joke. Also, just checked slack on my Mac: 38MB memory usage, 4 open groups and many channels. So, not a good joke either?

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#18
I see mentions of Screen Hero in a way that makes it sound like it's dead, but my team still uses SH daily (via Slack's `/hero` command). It's easily the best _remote pairing_ tool that I've found.

This new Slack feature seems like something different, for presenting content to everyone on a call, not for collaborating on code.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#20

As someone else mentioned, they are finally doing some more with their purchase of Screen Hero most likely. However, one major feature that Screen Hero had that I don't _THINK_ this new screen sharing built in Slack has, is the ability for the other person to control the mouse/keyboard on your screen. I could be wrong, but if that is the case it's a huge feature missing. That was one of my favorite things that Screen…

Presumably also just sharing a single window which is very useful (e.g. for PowerPoints).
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