Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Atlassian Acquires Loom

atlassian.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

221–230 of 408 posts

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#221

Post by BossingAround »

jzelinskie wrote: post #216
throwanem wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loom makes it very easy to voice over and annotate a recording, with both individually editable in a way raw screen recordings don't support, and to share the result via a link. It's not (yet?) heavily used among engs where I am, but we love it anyway for massively shortening the feedback loop with designers who can drop a 30-second demo of some prototype UI at the head of a Slack thread and asynchronously receive th…

I think lots of people haven't realized that video clips like Loom are actually built into Slack. The button that looks like a video camera below the input text box does it. It's not a full replacement, but it's the one you already have.

Slack's huddle feature is actually so nice. We use it more often than the dedicated MS Teams our org pays for (sadly).

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#223

Post by ericjmorey »

kunalgupta wrote: post #200
swalling wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loom does not have a moat, which is why they were purchased by a platform that does have one. It’s a very well-done feature, but there are increasingly other platforms (Slack, Dropbox) that offer features 80% as good for free.

It is not a very well done feature. It is among the most deterministic pieces of software I have ever used. Tella.tv and Screen Studio are well done pieces of software, but not Loom

How is deterministic bad in this scenario? What specifically is bad about Loom in your experience?

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#224

Post by switch007 »

jzelinskie wrote: post #216
throwanem wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loom makes it very easy to voice over and annotate a recording, with both individually editable in a way raw screen recordings don't support, and to share the result via a link. It's not (yet?) heavily used among engs where I am, but we love it anyway for massively shortening the feedback loop with designers who can drop a 30-second demo of some prototype UI at the head of a Slack thread and asynchronously receive th…

I think lots of people haven't realized that video clips like Loom are actually built into Slack. The button that looks like a video camera below the input text box does it. It's not a full replacement, but it's the one you already have.

Anecdote: It's so well hidden or underpromoted that exactly 1 colleague has sent me a video recorded via Slack in its feature's existence. (employee count: mid 000's)

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#225

Post by simantel »

toddmorey wrote: post #92

This is a bummer. I really liked Loom. I was surprised to find some really neat video tools now by Prezi. Who else is doing good stuff around quick async collaboration?

My side project, Teaminal, lets you do agile meetings like standup, sprint planning, and retro asynchronously. Stuff like status updates or planning poker aboslutely doesn't need to be done on a call.

Link: https://www.teaminal.com

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#226

Post by heisgone »

karaterobot wrote: post #126
heisgone wrote: post #87

This make perfect sense. Atlassian is cornering the market of "features nobody ask for but make for good sales pitch to clueless managers".

Nah, Loom is a really valuable tool. I cannot count the number of meetings I've been able to skip because I could just send a video out for comments. It's also much better than screenshots for providing context to Jira tickets and bug reports.

Maybe the problem is need of fixing is "too many meetings".

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#227

Post by Spunkie »

I consult with a very large variety of businesses and literally my only interaction with loom in the wild is when a few LMS I'm in started randomly started replacing youtube embeds with loom embeds.

Everyone hates it though because the loom embed player is hot garbage and actively distracts from the experience. I've heard much the same from most of my colleagues also going through the LMS courses.

$1B seems a crazy price, but I guess overpriced garbage is right up Atlassians street.

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#228

Post by zegerjan »

simplyluke wrote: post #161

Interesting if not surprising to see the criticisms here. We use loom extensively at work and as a remote employee it’s one of my favorite collaboration tools. Sending a video explaining a problem while I walk through code is often much easier than getting on a zoom call, and Loom is absolutely easier and more feature-filled than other forms of screen capture.

Whats wrong with the Slack version? It's on-par UX for me for recording, and wins just because it's already in Slack?

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#229

Post by codegeek »

game_the0ry wrote: post #95
dartos wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the infrastructure around storing and distributing those videos. Along with existing integrations into other enterprise software (like confluence, jira, and zoom) The compliance work for storing and distributing this data is already done. The staff of experts that don’t need to be sourced by recruiters. The new ability to prevent sites like Monday from integrating with it. Not to mention the existing loom custome…

I gave you an upvote bc I mostly agree, but as a counterpoint... Atlassian is a big company that is successful at what they do, bigger than Loom and presumably with more resources. So I am confident they could have just copied Loom's business model and maybe even implemented better to fit their needs, since they have staff in place. It would certainly involve staffing up where needed, but I think they could have pull…

It's not just about saving time. Acquisitions like these also help companies like Atlassian increase brand value because Loom is extremely popular and is a great product. Now Atlassian gets to claim all of that under their brand.

Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom

#230

Post by layer8 »

the8472 wrote: post #208
layer8 wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where I’ve worked Game Mode was disabled by GPO in enterprise environments.

Disabling a built-in, non-networked feature and then replacing it with a cloud-linked, self-updating 3rd-party one doesn't seem like it would improve security.

They were using on-prem Atlassian, no cloud link and no self-updating, of course.
Post reply on HN