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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.

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Post by joelrunyon »

joshaidan wrote: post #95

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…

The trust thing was the first thing I thought of as well.

Hopefully this doesn't come off negatively, but without any phone #, address, etc, it almost comes across as one of those splash pages for "virus scanners" that you download and gives you a virus.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by mtrimpe »

joshaidan wrote: post #95

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…

Have you taken a look at the Flash screensharing functionality?

I've never actually implemented it and it seems there are some strange requirements (officialy FMS with some module only I believe,) but it would resolve the trust issue for a lot of people.

Perhaps you could try and consider adding it as a fallback or fall-forward (if that's a real word ;).

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by ttruong »

darklajid wrote: post #110
ttruong wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's something we are looking into. We think that there will be different optimal image formats depending upon the use case (i.e., are you sharing an illustration or a photo). We want to see what those use cases are before optimizing.

How do you see what the use cases are? Are you asking .. or watching? I'm kind of serious here, because as others have stated, this has the 'untrusted' sticker on it for now. Otherwise: Congratulations. From my day to day 'support the in-laws' sessions: This could be very helpful.

We'll definitely be asking. The trust of our users are very important to us. If you have an interesting use case, please let us know.

We wanted to soft launch something now to start getting feedback about the product. We'll be doing a formal launch in the next couple of weeks and will have a lot more detail to share about us and the company then.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by alexfarran »

mrinterweb wrote: post #65
samlev wrote: post #2

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.

This is also happening to me as well. I had to "ps x | grep java" then killed the appropriate pid to close the program.

So did I. The viewing browser now displays the screen as it was at the time I killed the process. I guess it hasn't told that the session has ended.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by mbesto »

ttruong wrote: post #100
huhtenberg wrote: post #93

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…

1) This is in the works. 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 pr…

I think Adobe has a flash screen sharing service that uses solely flash. I forget if you have to install a client or not.

http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by pthatcherg »

antimora wrote: post #114

There is a Chrome extension by Google that allows quickly share screens without needing to install Java. It works on Linux as well. Here is a link to the extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhk...

Google+ Hangouts have screensharing as well.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by cantlin »

Great product. Am I alone in thinking the design could use a refresh? Is this in the works? A really distinctive visual identity is what would turn this from "cool thing I saw on HN" to a solution that I'll remember long enough to reach for it next chance I get.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by farzighasi »

antimora wrote: post #114

There is a Chrome extension by Google that allows quickly share screens without needing to install Java. It works on Linux as well. Here is a link to the extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhk...

Some users face problem as it uses 5222 port and this one is blocked at many places e.g. in our college only 80 and 443 are open.

Re: Show HN: Fed up with WebEx, so we built a way to screen share in under 20 sec.

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Post by atlbeer »

mbesto wrote: post #116
ttruong wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) This is in the works. 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 pr…

I think Adobe has a flash screen sharing service that uses solely flash. I forget if you have to install a client or not. http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html

Yes there is a client
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