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Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by mattjaynes » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 10:55 PM UTC

r00k wrote: post #13

Hi folks! I'm one of Tuple's cofounders. Happy to hear any feedback or answer questions :)

Looks very cool - first time I've heard of this one. Minor feedback note: in your demo video, the top menu bar is mostly cut off (viewing on Chrome on Mac M1 Monterey), so when you are explaining the menu bar, I can only see the bottom sliver of it. I can use my imagination to figure it out, but ideally the video would be showing the whole menu bar. Other than that, looks great!

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by r00k » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:02 PM UTC

mattjaynes wrote: post #21

r00k wrote: post #13

Hi folks! I'm one of Tuple's cofounders. Happy to hear any feedback or answer questions :)

Looks very cool - first time I've heard of this one. Minor feedback note: in your demo video, the top menu bar is mostly cut off (viewing on Chrome on Mac M1 Monterey), so when you are explaining the menu bar, I can only see the bottom sliver of it. I can use my imagination to figure it out, but ideally the video would be showing the whole menu bar. Other than that, looks great!

Doh. Thanks for reporting!

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by pxeger1 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:05 PM UTC

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Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by bla3 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:05 PM UTC

r00k wrote: post #12

jshier wrote: post #8

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Yes, it works well, but the only reason we used it instead of Tuple was that it's free right now. Tuple's pricing is rather absurd ($25/user/mo.) unless your org pairs so often you can justify it on the basis of 40 hour/week use. Pop's free tier lets us pop on actual controlled sharing when simple screen sharing isn't enough.

I hear you. We're pricey. Just curious – what would a workable price/model been for you?

For me personally, I'd pay $99-$149 flat plus paid updates if I liked it. But I know what they say about asking your potential customers what they're willing to pay ;)

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by jonsen » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:11 PM UTC

r00k wrote: post #12

jshier wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it works well, but the only reason we used it instead of Tuple was that it's free right now. Tuple's pricing is rather absurd ($25/user/mo.) unless your org pairs so often you can justify it on the basis of 40 hour/week use. Pop's free tier lets us pop on actual controlled sharing when simple screen sharing isn't enough.

I hear you. We're pricey. Just curious – what would a workable price/model been for you?

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Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by have_faith » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:12 PM UTC

pxeger1 wrote: post #23

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There’s a whole thriving ecosystem of paid apps for MacOS, most of which are native and have a look and feel that can’t be done cross platform without compromises.

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by williamdclt » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:12 PM UTC

pxeger1 wrote: post #23

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The entire point of this app is to share control of someone's computer, as well as drawing on their screens, having another cursor and this sort of stuff. It's a textbook example of an app that _would_ be very hard to build cross-platform.

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by jdminhbg » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

pxeger1 wrote: post #23

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> it's really not like it's hard to build cross-platform apps nowadays

An app that shares screens and mouse pointers with simultaneous audio/video transmission is not the same kind of cross-platform undertaking as a to-do app.

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by DenseComet » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:16 PM UTC

pxeger1 wrote: post #23

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Build a native app and you get complaints about cross platform. Build an electron (or other cross platform toolkit) app and you get complaints about resource usage and non native ui.

Seems to me that they know their target market (large tech shops with lots of devs on macos) and preferred to optimize for resource usage and user experience by going native. For another company, this could very well be the wrong choice, but they should look at the numbers and decide what makes sense for them.

Re: Tuple: Pair Programming Tool for macOS

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Post by weakwarm » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:16 PM UTC

r00k wrote: post #13

Hi folks! I'm one of Tuple's cofounders. Happy to hear any feedback or answer questions :)

I adore Tuple and my team used it really effectively. It’s the best tool out there for remote collab as far as I’m concerned. And with a colleague on a 4G connection the way it’s economical with bandwidth is really appreciated. But we have a few teammates on Linux and we just had to drop it. Is there any possibility of a Linux version?