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This needs to be more than just a whiteboard, and it needs iPhone/iPad apps ASAP. a) What does this have over Microsoft NetMeeting? b) What does this have ove

by ezy 17y ago

This needs to be more than just a whiteboard, and it needs iPhone/iPad apps ASAP. a) What does this have over Microsoft NetMeeting? b) What does this have over Abode Connect Pro? c) Drawing with the mouse sucks d) Writing with the mouse sucks e) Placing text boxes sucks f) Most conferences use pre-prepared slides (that you might annotate), having to screen cap each one in sequence is clunky. g) Easy screen sharing duplicates of 95% of this app's utility. Why not do that and allow annotations on top? I don't want to be a complete downer. But this needs to be much, much better than it currently is. Possibly the only advantage you have is an iPhone/Ipad interface to the whiteboard -- I would make that the highest priority.

cliffrowley 17y ago
I think you've missed the point, It's not meant to be a netmeeting, or connect pro :-) In fact, it's not supposed to be a tool that you pre-prepare necessarily. As the article says, it's a tool that you can use impromptu: in an "oh ok, look at this.. click" kind of way.
- ezy 17y ago
  I got that, but that isn't enough. IM is almost as convenient. Again, I'm not trying to be contrarian here, I'm just saying it's not convenient if it's not useful. I don't think mouse drawing is useful. Maybe when more features come online I'll change my opinion... :-)
  - cliffrowley 17y ago
    I agree it isn't enough for all situations, but in those situations you're better off using a tool that is appropriate rather than shoe-horning a tool that isn't. Yes, IM is convenient, and if you are in a situation where you and the person you are talking to are both already using (or have instant access to) a tool that does the job, then of course you should use it (after all, that's the most convenient thing to do!). But if you're on the phone, or talking via an IM service that doesn't have a white board, or if in any situation you simply need to illustrate and annotate a conversation live, then the Eye is just a couple of clicks away. It's feature incomplete - we know that, but rather than throw in features simply because that's what we (and others) might expect, we'd like to work with it and the people who use it and make it as useful as we can. Thanks for taking the time to respond :-)
cliffrowley 17y ago
You did read the article, didn't you? ;-)

by ezy 17y ago

cliffrowley 17y ago

I think you've missed the point, It's not meant to be a netmeeting, or connect pro :-) In fact, it's not supposed to be a tool that you pre-prepare necessarily. As the article says, it's a tool that you can use impromptu: in an "oh ok, look at this.. click" kind of way.

ezy 17y ago
I got that, but that isn't enough. IM is almost as convenient. Again, I'm not trying to be contrarian here, I'm just saying it's not convenient if it's not useful. I don't think mouse drawing is useful. Maybe when more features come online I'll change my opinion... :-)
- cliffrowley 17y ago
  I agree it isn't enough for all situations, but in those situations you're better off using a tool that is appropriate rather than shoe-horning a tool that isn't. Yes, IM is convenient, and if you are in a situation where you and the person you are talking to are both already using (or have instant access to) a tool that does the job, then of course you should use it (after all, that's the most convenient thing to do!). But if you're on the phone, or talking via an IM service that doesn't have a white board, or if in any situation you simply need to illustrate and annotate a conversation live, then the Eye is just a couple of clicks away. It's feature incomplete - we know that, but rather than throw in features simply because that's what we (and others) might expect, we'd like to work with it and the people who use it and make it as useful as we can. Thanks for taking the time to respond :-)

cliffrowley 17y ago

You did read the article, didn't you? ;-)