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I see mentions of Screen Hero in a way that makes it sound like it's dead, but my team still uses SH daily (via Slack's `/hero` command). It's easily the best _
by mikelinington 9y ago
I see mentions of Screen Hero in a way that makes it sound like it's dead, but my team still uses SH daily (via Slack's `/hero` command). It's easily the best _remote pairing_ tool that I've found.
This new Slack feature seems like something different, for presenting content to everyone on a call, not for collaborating on code.
- bluetidepro 9y agoYou are correct that Screen Hero still works and all, but it is technically "dead." No one new can sign up for the service. You can only use it if you already had it setup. I would personally consider that "dead" if it's now closed off for anyone to signup with. It's not like you can recommend this as alternative to what Slack is doing with their screen sharing. On https://screenhero.com/login https://screenhero.com/login they even say "New signups are closed while we integrate with Slack." - I consider that "dead."
- mikelinington 9y agoI've dropped the Screen Hero binary to a few people (even outside of my Slack org) and they were able to sign up via the app even after that message appeared, but you're totally right, we're on borrowed time.
- piptastic 9y agoI typed /hero in slack It gave a link to "add the Screenhero Integration" I clicked that link and it took me to a Slack prompted me to create a "free account", which it did using my Slack information. Then I was able to download screenhero. So, anyone new can sign up for the service via Slack.
- yxhuvud 9y agoNo, when I try I get You do not have a Screenhero account for your Slack email <redacted>
- giarc 9y agoI get the same as the previous commentor... I get a link to add the Screenhero extension.
- manigandham 9y agoDo you have a paid slack account? If so, the add app screen will include a link to setup and link the screenhero account.
- EdJiang 9y agoIf you're part of a paid Slack org, you can go to [ORGNAME].slack.com/screenhero to create a ScreenHero account. If you're not part of a paid org, a lot of times nonprofits have free premium Slack orgs, and you can use your membership in one of those to get Screenhero.
- JBiserkov 9y agoI heard on The Bikeshed podcast that if you have a Screen Hero account you can invite others to sign up.
- drawkbox 9y agoYou can sign up with your slack account though. They shut down general sign-ins but I just set this up for a project and it requires a paid slack account to be a new user to Screen Hero. I really hope all the killer features of SH (users having unique mouse/keyboard via screenshare) make their way into Slack before it is shut down entirely.
- ajmurmann 9y agoI also still use SH extensively. However, it's clearly at best in maintenance mode. A few weeks ago it was broke from some time Saturday to Monday afternoon. I spent probably the hours in total on two different projects with two different pairs to get sooner other acceptable solution to work before SH became functional again. I'd rather pay for it and have it be reliable. Signing up for it is also not creating trust when I try to bring new people to use it with me.
- dyeje 9y agoScreenHero is being mentioned because they were acquired by Slack a few years ago. So, this feature is literally just ScreenHero.