Best/easiest screen-sharing implementation I've seen so far, great work!
Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
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Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#12Does it allow me to only share a specific applications? I don't want to show everybody my email and other stuff.
Right now, you can limit what is shown to what's inside a rectangle. The rectangle is movable and resizable although that is currently not obvious from the UI. We want to eventually allow you to select the application that you want to share.
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#13I need these to be dead simple as I use them to help walk my Mom through simple tasks on the PC from 2000 miles away.
Thank you for helping keep the hair on my head
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#14If I hadn't found http://join.me a few months ago I'd be jumping up and down right now. This is just as effortless, great job there. I'd suggest making the two options: share a screen, and join a session stand out even more from the rest of the homepage.
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#15Cool, but I couldn't close the java 'ScreenLeap' dialog without using chrome's task manager to kill the java plugin. (I'm running Ubuntu 11.10, and chrome 16.0 if that helps) Also, I feel "No downloads, installs" is a little disingenuous - just because it's not installed as a full-time application doesn't mean that it's not downloaded or installed.
Faced the same bug on the same os, browser.
And just for fun wanted to see what happens if I open the url in another browser in the same computer ... recursion!
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#16Three thoughts:
1) Can I safely assume you're working on a way to share desktop control, for things like tech support? Seems like the next semi-major logical step.
2) Out of curiosity, how do you plan to monetize this beast? Freemium, with a more feature-rich paid version (voip, desktop control, etc)? Or...something else?
3) Very cool. Great job guys!
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#17Mind sharing what your particular frustrations with WebEx are? (Not that I'm defending the product, just curious)
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#18Join.me has been my goto replacement for webex. This operates exactly like join.me - however I like join.me's shorter URLs - I would suggest copying a format similar to theirs. However I really like the "share whats in the rectangle" feature.
Thanks for the suggestion on the URL. When we eventually support accounts, we plan to allow you to start a screen session by simply clicking on a name from your buddy list so hopefully the longer URL will be less of an issue for frequent users.
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#19Join.me has been my goto replacement for webex. This operates exactly like join.me - however I like join.me's shorter URLs - I would suggest copying a format similar to theirs. However I really like the "share whats in the rectangle" feature.
join.me doesn't run on my computer, it tries to give me a useless .exe file.
This one, screenlap.com, worked out like it said it would.
Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.
#20If I hadn't found http://join.me a few months ago I'd be jumping up and down right now. This is just as effortless, great job there. I'd suggest making the two options: share a screen, and join a session stand out even more from the rest of the homepage.
Join.me attempts to serve me a .exe file when on my GNU/Linux computers. Useless.