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What is your opinion on https://screen.so ? They are made by your ex-colleagues.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26584664
^ Direct comparison of CoScreen.co vs Screen.so and ScreenHero (RIP)
CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers
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Looks amazing. I love that you guys have Doug Engelbart subtly in your demo video on the main page. Finally we can do something Doug was able to achieve 53 years ago! No seriously, great work. This is what computers are meant for. As a Linux user I have to ask, when is the Linux release? As soon as that's out I'm throwing zoom away.
CTO of CoScreen here: It has been a grueling labor of love to get where we are, and there still is a lot of work ahead of us. And we can only acknowledge the shoulders of the giants we obviously stand on, like Doug Engelbart. Linux is definitely on our roadmap. We want to know which distros are you most interested in for us to officially support first?
Ubuntu LTS vote from me
Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers
#73When I start a session, there is a comfort tone in the background. It sounds like static even when I turn my microphone off and there is nobody else there. This fuzzy sound is also one of the most irritating things about Zoom.
Is there any way to get rid of it?
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#74I can imagine that when sharing a text editor, each user really wants their own cursor, so both can type together and not make gibberish...
And then you start looking towards a google-docs like model...
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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
I was a huge ScreenHero fan, and will never forgive Slack for killing it
After Slack acquired screenhero but before they killed it, i actually convinced my employer to get a paid slack in part because it was the only way then to get screenhero. then they killed it shortly after we did that. oops.
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#76Question: RAM/CPU/BANDWIDTH usage compared to other screen sharing tools?
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#77I'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…
CTO of CoScreen here. I think it's a really good question and not snarky at all. This is honestly one of the biggest hurdles I think we have towards adoption. We have bet a lot on the benefits of producing frictionless remote app-level sharing. At the moment you can share one application, or your entire desktop with other tools. Then there is the friction of allowing sharing, asking for sharing, or even down to just…
I see download options for Mac and Windows. Is Linux support in the works? Slack and Teams have us covered.
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CTO of CoScreen here. I think it's a really good question and not snarky at all. This is honestly one of the biggest hurdles I think we have towards adoption. We have bet a lot on the benefits of producing frictionless remote app-level sharing. At the moment you can share one application, or your entire desktop with other tools. Then there is the friction of allowing sharing, asking for sharing, or even down to just…
I see download options for Mac and Windows. Is Linux support in the works? Slack and Teams have us covered.
Linux support is indeed on the roadmap. We've got Windows done only last week and we'll get at it next...
Happy to keep you in the loop, here's the sign up: https://form.typeform.com/to/tWKFDe
Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers
#79When I start a session, there is a comfort tone in the background. It sounds like static even when I turn my microphone off and there is nobody else there. This fuzzy sound is also one of the most irritating things about Zoom. Is there any way to get rid of it?
Very mysterious, we haven't heard about that one yet.
We are aware of OS issues with certain bluetooth configurations (details: https://support.coscreen.co/hc/en-us/articles/1500002060342-...) and a Windows problem with a buzzing noise (more: https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-fix-audio-buzzing-in-windows-...) but those seem to be different problems. Drop us a note at hello@coscreen.co and we'll try to help...
Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers
#80Please forgive me if it's been answered, but how does CoScreen.Co compare to Screen.So?
Np, please check out Don's response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26584664
In brief: CoScreen enables simultaneous, multi-user screen sharing (> 1 users) and multi-user remote control (> 2 users)