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Join.me, instant screen sharing

16 points by jmtame 16y ago

jwomers 16y ago
This is very cool, albeit a little bit slow and laggy. Lots of fun can be had with sharing a screen with oneself... Let infinite recursion begin.. :) But more seriously, this would be great for sharing ideas for a distributed team. Nice work, and simple homepage design is great. Also great that there is Adroid and iPhone app.
TylerJewell 16y ago
I was made aware of join.me about a week ago and am very impressed by the service. Working for a large software company, we have experience with WebEx, GotoMeeting, MSN Communicator, and a number of other derivatives. What impressed with join.me: - URL is simple and inviting - High definition screen - Viewer can zoom and drag screen the same way you do in google maps - Animations were smooth compared to competitors - Easy to setup and launch a meeting LogMeIn is doing impressive work.
Osiris 16y ago
It looks very much like a startup, but at the bottom it clearly shows that's run by LogMeIn, a big name in the desktop sharing world (at work, we use the LogMeIn Rescue product). Still, this looks like it fills a void left by DimDim which up until recently offered a simple web conference with screen sharing; could be great for helping parents and others also. CrossLoop would compete with this, but they require a software install to use it.
jmtame 16y ago
where was i when this launched? this totally beats any of the existing screen sharing apps--i didn't have to register and i was sharing my screen (with shared control) to a friend without any lag with in <30 seconds. this is just awesome.
Jarred 16y ago
Someone should make one of these that runs in your browser, where you literally just click "Share" and it shares you screen and gives you a link to stream it to other people. As in, no screensharing client to run/install, just click Share and go. I'm not sure about Flex, but it can be done in Silverlight 5 with P/Invoke, and with Silverlight 4 with Elevated Trust and you'd have to actually install it (Although it can be installed with a single click of a button)
- kineticac 16y ago
  Can be done with javascript, comet and message queues in the backend, and only allows browser sharing. Joepestro and I did this a few years ago with pure js. worked even on mobile safari.
mhibma 16y ago
Just wanted to drop a note and let you know that if you have any questions about join.me, you can email me at maggie@join.me or find us on Twitter (@joinme) and Facebook. Maggie join.me

16 points by jmtame 16y ago

This is very cool, albeit a little bit slow and laggy. Lots of fun can be had with sharing a screen with oneself... Let infinite recursion begin.. :) But more seriously, this would be great for sharing ideas for a distributed team. Nice work, and simple homepage design is great. Also great that there is Adroid and iPhone app.

TylerJewell 16y ago

I was made aware of join.me about a week ago and am very impressed by the service. Working for a large software company, we have experience with WebEx, GotoMeeting, MSN Communicator, and a number of other derivatives. What impressed with join.me: - URL is simple and inviting - High definition screen - Viewer can zoom and drag screen the same way you do in google maps - Animations were smooth compared to competitors - Easy to setup and launch a meeting LogMeIn is doing impressive work.

Osiris 16y ago

It looks very much like a startup, but at the bottom it clearly shows that's run by LogMeIn, a big name in the desktop sharing world (at work, we use the LogMeIn Rescue product). Still, this looks like it fills a void left by DimDim which up until recently offered a simple web conference with screen sharing; could be great for helping parents and others also. CrossLoop would compete with this, but they require a software install to use it.

jmtame 16y ago

where was i when this launched? this totally beats any of the existing screen sharing apps--i didn't have to register and i was sharing my screen (with shared control) to a friend without any lag with in <30 seconds. this is just awesome.

Jarred 16y ago

Someone should make one of these that runs in your browser, where you literally just click "Share" and it shares you screen and gives you a link to stream it to other people. As in, no screensharing client to run/install, just click Share and go. I'm not sure about Flex, but it can be done in Silverlight 5 with P/Invoke, and with Silverlight 4 with Elevated Trust and you'd have to actually install it (Although it can be installed with a single click of a button)

kineticac 16y ago
Can be done with javascript, comet and message queues in the backend, and only allows browser sharing. Joepestro and I did this a few years ago with pure js. worked even on mobile safari.

mhibma 16y ago

Just wanted to drop a note and let you know that if you have any questions about join.me, you can email me at maggie@join.me or find us on Twitter (@joinme) and Facebook. Maggie join.me