Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls • Hacker News Board

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by manigandham » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:01 PM UTC

yxhuvud wrote: post #41

piptastic wrote: post #32

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

Do you have a paid slack account? If so, the add app screen will include a link to setup and link the screenhero account.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by falconman » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

I try to use Slack voice as much as possible with my team but I find it quite unstable in terms of call quality with lots of dropped calls. Is this the case for others?

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by timtamboy63 » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:09 PM UTC

falconman wrote: post #82

I try to use Slack voice as much as possible with my team but I find it quite unstable in terms of call quality with lots of dropped calls. Is this the case for others?

I use Slack voice a ton as well - quality has been perfect for me and I don't think I've ever had a dropped call.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by BinaryIdiot » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:10 PM UTC

falconman wrote: post #82

I try to use Slack voice as much as possible with my team but I find it quite unstable in terms of call quality with lots of dropped calls. Is this the case for others?

No issues here though I only use it on occasion so not very frequently or heavy use.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by kinduff » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:22 PM UTC

falconman wrote: post #82

I try to use Slack voice as much as possible with my team but I find it quite unstable in terms of call quality with lots of dropped calls. Is this the case for others?

I can confirm some bad connection and sometimes unstable, but at the moment is much more stable than it was a couple months ago.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by eyeonai » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:23 PM UTC

pfista wrote: post #35

I keep finding myself wanting to use slack more and more for customer calls. Generally the audio quality has been pretty great compared to Google Hangouts / Uberconference / Gotomeeting. Screensharing makes me want to use it more. The only issue is that you can't just invite any random person to a call, they already have to be within your slack organization. I wonder if they'll end up pulling this out as a separate p…

Didn't know that! Can't they invite guests in a video chat / screensharing session ? Sounds odd. Did you check any hidden UI controls ?

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by vultour » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:25 PM UTC

EpicEng wrote: post #16

macspoofing wrote: post #14

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?

There is like 5+ Slack processes running at any one time. Knowing the efficiency of Slack 38MB is just the taskbar icon.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by latortuga » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:35 PM UTC

joeblau wrote: post #39

owaislone wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lack of Linux support is the only thing preventing our organization from ditching hangouts.

What's wrong with Google Hangouts? (I don't have any perspective, just asking)

I believe GP was saying that they'd go Slack-only in their org if it had linux support for screensharing/video. Slack is pretty much everywhere now and has the mindshare and platform support for chat and collaboration. Having everything in one place makes things easier, ergo ditch hangouts and have it all in one place. Hangouts is missing crucial features to even begin to fully compete with Slack, including decent chat, collaboration, integrations, reasonably good mobile apps, and trendiness.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by khaledtaha » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:38 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #62

dyeje wrote: post #46

Can't believe it took them 2.5 years integrate ScreenHero.

a mean and lean team of hacker news readers could probably knock out the integration in a weekend or two.

Just because something could be built it doesn't mean it should be. I, for one, applaud the fact that they rolled it out when they were good and ready. Shows a steady hand at the steering wheel.

Re: Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

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Post by erichurkman » Tue, May 16, 2017, 9:45 PM UTC

31reasons wrote: post #52

misiti3780 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Google Hangouts eats batteries for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.