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Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by threatofrain »

bmcahren wrote: post #32
corytheboyd wrote: post #15

I'm not sure how to ask this question in a way that doesn't sound snarky, so having said that I'll try: At the end of the day, is this beneficial enough to justify a completely new product versus just sharing your screen/window over Zoom (etc.)? When I'm pairing, I prefer to have a single "driver" where the pair is there to work through the bigger ideas and course correct code level decisions. I've never really wishe…

I hate to say it but this sounds fairly close-minded. Does this need to be a new product? Yes. There are no great collaboration tools for developers I've ever seen like this. I'm immediately willing to pay whatever it costs to get this for my team. No more awkward calls trying to communicate complex concepts that don't often have terminology unless you make it up. Quickly highlight and explain a conflict without back…

Does your product support iPad with drawing? Because difficulty of explaining is often relieved with visuals, as opposed to merely gesturing at something with the mouse. It’s something that’s keeping me on Zoom vs the competition.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by rjhacks »

For the CoScreen team, I'm curious how the existing competition (https://tuple.app/, https://screen.so/) factors in to your decision to build/position this - do you believe you have a different vision than they do? Features they can't match? A better team that will out-execute? Out-market?

Startup founders are often told not to launch a product that has direct competitors already, so I'm curious to hear your take!

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by DEGoodmanWilson »

Screenhero founding engineer here. I've been working with the CoScreen team for a few months now, and I am incredibly impressed with the product and the team. They've taken our idea and really pushed it forward—it's not collaborative screen sharing anymore, it's a shared desktop which anyone can drop a window onto. (I'm only a little embarrassed we didn't imagine this UX back in 2013).

If you've never used something like this before, think back to a Zoom call you've had recently where someone else was sharing their screen, and you really wish you could have just driven for a moment instead of dictating instructions. Or just shared a window on your own desktop to illustrate a point. CoScreen lets you do all of this seamlessly.

Anyway, absolutely endorse this product.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by DEGoodmanWilson »

woah wrote: post #27
corytheboyd wrote: post #15

I'm not sure how to ask this question in a way that doesn't sound snarky, so having said that I'll try: At the end of the day, is this beneficial enough to justify a completely new product versus just sharing your screen/window over Zoom (etc.)? When I'm pairing, I prefer to have a single "driver" where the pair is there to work through the bigger ideas and course correct code level decisions. I've never really wishe…

There used to be an app called ScreenHero, which did. this, and it was really great. For some reason Slack bought it and killed it, but I think it validated the use case

First, as employee number one at Screenhero…thank you for the kind words :D I'm immensely proud of the tech we built there.

Second, if you liked Screenhero, you're going to love CoScreen. Instead of sharing one computer's entire desktop, CoScreen lets each participant share their own windows onto everyone else's computer, effectively creating a shared desktop. It's pretty magical.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by stsmwg »

coscreen wrote: post #39
coscreen wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, thanks for the note. Will fix right away...

Fixed... This is what it should have said: - macOS: yes (requires macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and above) - Windows: yes (requires Windows 10 and above) - Linux, Mobile, Web: coming soon, sign up for the wait list

Thanks for the quick fix. CoScreen looks really great!

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by cphajduk »

rjhacks wrote: post #52

For the CoScreen team, I'm curious how the existing competition ( https://tuple.app/ , https://screen.so/ ) factors in to your decision to build/position this - do you believe you have a different vision than they do? Features they can't match? A better team that will out-execute? Out-market? Startup founders are often told not to launch a product that has direct competitors already, so I'm curious to hear your take!

I've heard the opposite advice.

Don't worry about competitors, worry about making your product the best it can possibly be (which if successful would be better than competitors).

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by tyingq »

"Stop giving up your privacy by sharing your entire screen."

Good point. I've lost track of the number of times I've noticed some "dodgy" background icon, other browser tab, or application on someone's desktop during a Zoom/Teams meeting.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by DEGoodmanWilson »

rjhacks wrote: post #52

For the CoScreen team, I'm curious how the existing competition ( https://tuple.app/ , https://screen.so/ ) factors in to your decision to build/position this - do you believe you have a different vision than they do? Features they can't match? A better team that will out-execute? Out-market? Startup founders are often told not to launch a product that has direct competitors already, so I'm curious to hear your take!

Screenhero engineer here, and currently working with CoScreen. TBH, Tuple adn Screen both seek to re-create Screenhero (and do an amazing job of that!) CoScreen, while using similar technology, has completely rethought the UI from the ground up, and is a huge step forward that the others are going to have a hard time catching up with. Instead of one person sharing their screen, with CoScreen, each participant can share individual windows into a shared environment that feels as natural as native windows. It's a fundamentally different vision for how to do remote collaboration.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by martinni »

Looks promising. I've used and enjoyed VSCode Live Share before https://code.visualstudio.com/learn/collaboration/live-share

Two great features they have are:

- The ability share a local service to your peer by simply forwarding a port.

- Remote debugging. Participant 1 can start a debugging session and Participant 2 has access to the full debugging introspection without interfering with the host's session.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by ampdepolymerase »

DEGoodmanWilson wrote: post #53

Screenhero founding engineer here. I've been working with the CoScreen team for a few months now, and I am incredibly impressed with the product and the team. They've taken our idea and really pushed it forward—it's not collaborative screen sharing anymore, it's a shared desktop which anyone can drop a window onto. (I'm only a little embarrassed we didn't imagine this UX back in 2013). If you've never used something…

What is your opinion on https://screen.so? They are made by your ex-colleagues.
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