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Wow, that's really slick! Any plans to license the software for use in other products? It would make a great addition to some help desk software...
That is definitely a route we want to consider. If you know someone in the space, we would love an introduction.
I do - my email address is in my profile. Let me know your preferred method for getting in touch?
Please ditch the generic stock photo of a lady on a broken laptop on the beach. It makes your site look like a cheap travel agency. Go for a home computer setting or even an office setting. Like one of these or something. http://us.fotolia.com/id/28015494 http://us.fotolia.com/id/35919645 http://us.fotolia.com/id/27612067
We would love to get in touch with any great designers out there that can help us with this.
1. Security - this should really be going over SSL. In fact, the whole site needs to be SSL'd.
2. P2P - I bet you are not P2P, and you won't be able to be P2P if you keep the viewer in the confines of the browser. However, the client-to-client traffic really needs to go peer to peer. It's an absolute must. This is what keeps the cost of running the service low and this is what allowed LogMeIn to grow like a fire and eat Citrix lunch. You keep pushing all data through yourselves, your bandwidth usage and infrastructure upgrade bills will likely to kill you. Scaling a server-relayed service is a bitch of an issue, don't underestimate it.
3. Java dependency for sharing - you'd be surprised how many locked-down corporate setups have no Java (not that they are your target audience). I personally don't have Java installed either (and again, I am probably not your target user either). A fallback to Flash would make a lot of sense. Also the screen sharing on iPhone/Pad/etc would require a native app, which effectively means that you are on your way to replicate join.me.
4. Patents - I'm sure the easiest way to knock you down is through a patent litigation. Be mindful here. Try and build a bit of a defensive portfolio if you can.
All in all, good luck. You are entering a crowded market littered with failed startups... and interesting acquisitions ;)
I wouldn't use this over join.me because of the compression artifacts. I use join.me to lead webinars and a professional appearance is critical. However, I am glad to see another competitor in the space. The killer feature, IMHO, would be adding a VoIP / Telephone bridge so people could get audio either way. Webex and Gotomeeting do this, but they are clunky in other areas.
How do I know my privacy is protected?
How do I know you're not a phising company trying to steal personal data by spying on screen sharing sessions?
Those are some of the questions I ask myself. And it's also the first impression I get when I look at the site. Also, I don't see a phone number anywhere on the site I can call to speak to somebody, or to even verify that you're a real company. There's also no real explanation of how the technology works, and how the tech could protect my privacy--if it in fact does.
I'm not trying to be harsh, just giving you my honest opinion. You have to find some way to make me trust you, if you want me to use your product.
Cool, 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.
Thanks for the feedback. Point taken on the "no downloads or installs". We wanted to convey how easy it is for someone to view your screen but I can see that it doesn't accurately describe the process for sharing your screen. We'll work to improve the messaging.
Just to give you some feedback. The biggest issue I have with the site is that I'm not sure if I can trust you. How do I know my privacy is protected? How do I know you're not a phising company trying to steal personal data by spying on screen sharing sessions? Those are some of the questions I ask myself. And it's also the first impression I get when I look at the site. Also, I don't see a phone number anywhere on t…
Just to give you some feedback. The biggest issue I have with the site is that I'm not sure if I can trust you. How do I know my privacy is protected? How do I know you're not a phising company trying to steal personal data by spying on screen sharing sessions? Those are some of the questions I ask myself. And it's also the first impression I get when I look at the site. Also, I don't see a phone number anywhere on t…
Thank you for the feedback. We wanted to get a MVP out as soon as possible so we can start getting feedback on the idea. Unfortunately, we haven't had time to add all the information about who we are and how to contact us. We will correct that in the coming weeks.
Beautiful product, dead simple and I'd use this over Join.me which I see as your closest competition for quick screen sharing. GOOG & Skype are also getting a lot faster on their feet in this space. I'm intimately familiar with this landscape as we're preparing to launch our FREE webinar platform, http://www.MeetingBurner.com , in the very near future after ~1yr in beta. Our target is the "webinar" space which includ…
Please let your marketing folks know that there is a silent (ok, not this time) constituency of people like me who cringe at the term "webinar". Some of us even filter such terms from appearing in our inboxes. Please call it what it is: a seminar. When people share their slides online they don't call it a "websentation" because it would be so goofy as to be insulting. Why should a seminar be any different?
When we set out to put together our media plan / SEO we researched all the varieties of keywords / etc and were surprised to see how far out ahead "webinar" is from "online meeting" / "online seminar" / "screen sharing" / etc
eg:
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=webinar,+online+meeting,+onl...
Nicely done, but there are few issues from the top of my head. 1. Security - this should really be going over SSL. In fact, the whole site needs to be SSL'd. 2. P2P - I bet you are not P2P, and you won't be able to be P2P if you keep the viewer in the confines of the browser. However, the client-to-client traffic really needs to go peer to peer. It's an absolute must. This is what keeps the cost of running the servic…
2) We are currently not P2P but that is one direction that we are considering for a future complementary product. We have done some calculations and believe that it is possible to make service economically viable (even with free basic usage) but it remains to be seen if we are right.
3) Unfortunately, it is not possible to implement a sharing application purely in Flash because it does not provide the necessary calls as far as we know. Our goal is to remove the pain from viewing so an iPhone/iPad/Android version would fit in with our goals.
4) Thanks for the pointer.
Thanks for all the feedback!