Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

Post by yxhuvud » Tue, May 16, 2017, 7:38 PM UTC

piptastic wrote: post #32

bluetidepro wrote: post #21

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You are correct that Screen Hero still works and all, but it is technically "dead." No one new can sign up for the service. You can only use it if you already had it setup. I would personally consider that "dead" if it's now closed off for anyone to signup with. It's not like you can recommend this as alternative to what Slack is doing with their screen sharing. On https://screenhero.com/login they even say "New sign…

I typed /hero in slack It gave a link to "add the Screenhero Integration" I clicked that link and it took me to a Slack prompted me to create a "free account", which it did using my Slack information. Then I was able to download screenhero. So, anyone new can sign up for the service via Slack.

Post by zwieback » Tue, May 16, 2017, 7:40 PM UTC

Post by mi100hael » Tue, May 16, 2017, 7:40 PM UTC

austenallred wrote: post #34

levthedev wrote: post #33

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What do you mean you miss it? It still is around. I use it all the time.

You have to have been a customer at the time it shut down to use it, which means I can use it and invite other people, but it's pretty limited

Post by nvr219 » Tue, May 16, 2017, 7:44 PM UTC

zwieback wrote: post #43

We're a Microsoft shop so we use Skype for Business, which seems to work well for talk/IM/screen sharing. Now we're getting "Teams" to be slacker. I'd be curious to hear how the Slack video/screen sharing compares to Skype Business, after a rocky start it's working pretty smoothly for us now.

Post by soggypopsicle » Tue, May 16, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

misiti3780 wrote: post #42

bluetidepro wrote: post #10

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…

If anyone from screenhero is reading: I love screenhero and use it all the time but the one feature I need the team to add is the ability to disable another people's control of my screen. I think this feature is useful, but sometimes I'm giving a demo and just dont need it (or want it). I have fucked up multiple demos because someone accidentally clicked off my browser tab while I was controlling the screen.