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CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by jsilence »

mempko wrote: post #16
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…

Watch Doug Engelbart sell you on it 53 years ago in 1968. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY The fact that this isn't a reality in our every day computer use is sad. Glad to see CoScreen picked up the ball which Microsoft and Apple dropped long ago.

would really prefer this implemented as an open protocol instead of a product.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by babarganesh »

I'd love to use this while teaching my kid how to program. That goes better if we both have access to the same screen. We tried repl.it but it's too wonky (cursor doesn't quite stay synchronized etc) - I think repl.it tries to do too much and ends up not so great. I could use coscreen with vs code. We're a linux household though - we'll be waiting.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by mimixco »

We tried this today for the first time, my co-dev partner and I, 13 time zones away. We are very used to the multi-step process that it takes to share info during these co-dev sessions, so I understand the pain points CoScreen is going for.

Because we do it 10x a day, we don't think about how many steps it takes to say, "I found this..." and paste a link into Viber, then the other person opens their browser, which you may or may not be able to see but definitely can't control. How many times has your co-dev said, "Yeah, move down a bit. Yeah, a bit more."

I think the idea of CoScreen is that, instead of all these non-connected windows, you just say to other person, "here!" and share what you have found -- if that's in the browser, in Atom, in GitKraken, whatever. Also, the fact that you don't have to worry about sharing other windows or what's on your desktop is a real plus. Too much RL stuff creeps into work screen and app sharing already and I think this can help reduce that.

Our experience today was less than optimal. We found the app to be too slow to be usable in production. It could be a "Zoom Mondays" kind of overload problem and we are definitely willing to keep trying it. I think the time saved from sharing real windows and working in each others' windows is worth it if they can get this to primetime.

Re: CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

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Post by a9h74j »

babarganesh wrote: post #92

I'd love to use this while teaching my kid how to program. That goes better if we both have access to the same screen. We tried repl.it but it's too wonky (cursor doesn't quite stay synchronized etc) - I think repl.it tries to do too much and ends up not so great. I could use coscreen with vs code. We're a linux household though - we'll be waiting.

To amplify this, a significant use case could be: Associates (e.g. family members) hanging out in the same room.

You certainly don't want to share all of your windows, but you [both/all] want to act immediately on "Look what I found."

Also: Helping with homework.

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