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Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

No, when I try I get You do not have a Screenhero account for your Slack email

I get the same as the previous commentor... I get a link to add the Screenhero extension.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#52

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.

If you are just giving demo, why not use Google hangout?

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#53
I'm curious. I've used Screen Hero, Webex, Google Hangouts, and GotoMeeting extensively.

People evoke a lot of love for Screen Hero and I can never figure out why. Video quality is pretty awful and pixellated.

I don't see a single feature in Screen Hero that isn't in the other ones and the other ones have many more features that I use.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#54
I use https://www.acrossio.com because they record the video chat and the screensharing directly in the cloud. The best feature is that they bookmark moments and tasks while they record and you can play back the sessions from the bookmark

I start sessions from within slack and i can search in past sessions because everything is indexed It's like slack for video.

I can also contextualize existing video recordings from YouTube and Vimeo but also from direct mp4 and mp3 urls

Sharing and mentioning make meetings social.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#55

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…

My hunch is, advance features such as those will cost a premium.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#56
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Our team instance, 10 people, effectively idle (1000 messages/week, 99% direct). Client up for one day.

Mac: currently using 620MB

Windows: currently using 340MB

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#57

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.

I wish ScreenHero would get open-sourced or at least fully supported as a separate piece of software. I actually think it's pretty perfect in it's current feature set.

I was blown away when it got axed so fast. The multi-mouse capability was the coolest thing and made the tool fit my needs like none had before. It's the best!

I get to use ScreenHero on the rare occasion these days, and it's still a joy every time. I want to use it for every screen share.

Having support for personal and Slack accounts within ScreenHero would be amazing.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

#58
post #54

I use https://www.acrossio.com because they record the video chat and the screensharing directly in the cloud. The best feature is that they bookmark moments and tasks while they record and you can play back the sessions from the bookmark I start sessions from within slack and i can search in past sessions because everything is indexed It's like slack for video. I can also contextualize existing video recordings from…

You sound more like an advertisement than a genuine comment.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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post #47

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.

We're doing the same thing. I want to use Slack but we're going with Teams for cost reasons (included in o365). I've never had any problems with screen sharing with skype for business.

I wish we were at least moving to teams.

I can't stand Skype For Business (Lync) - half of the time copying+pasting in and out of messages fails and or messages are too long.

I would even prefer slack over this.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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post #4

I worry that this could cause Slack to use a lot of memory.

Why? If you aren't using the feature why would it cause your slack instance to use more memory?

The scripts for it still likely get loaded and compiled. I'm not sure how much of a hit that is, but Electron apps tend to eat a lot of memory quickly even doing basic stuff.
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