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Pop — WFH like you’re in the same room, by Screenhero cofounder.
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@jtzou I'm really happy to hear that! I plan to never let Screen go away — we’re here for the long haul! 🙌
Have been using the private beta and I’m in love with this app for our team at Lickability. @jsherwani has been super receptive to our feedback and the product just keeps getting better.
@mb Your team has been amazing in giving feedback to help us find and fix issues, thank you so much!
For everybody else wondering what happened with ScreenHero inside of Slack and why Jahanzeb ended up building another ScreenHero but calling it "Screen" instead, this excerpt says it all:
"In 2015, Slack acquired ScreenHero, and I led the team that built Slack Calls: voice, video and screen sharing in Slack. We finally shipped interactive screen sharing almost three years later, but it wasn’t as performant as ScreenHero, and was eventually removed in 2019. Given that it was used by a tiny fraction of Slack’s user-base, and had a high maintenance cost, this was the correct decision for Slack."
https://www.notion.so/Screen-Mak...
For the record, we were avid users of ScreenHero but I dislike Slack for it's chaos and distraction so when ScreenHero was acquired we lost one of our most beloved tools.
I couldn't be happier that Jahanzeb decided to build the standalone tool that so many of us non-Slack people wanted and needed.
THANKS!
?makers Did you raise any funding for this? Any thoughts about potential social/teen (mis)uses for the product that I think are inevitable? Remarkably snappy app for a two-person team. We wrote about it here https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/2...
@joshconstine Sorry! I replied on Twitter — have been overwhelmed with PH/HN/Twitter today!
Can't wait to try. Was a huge fan and early user of Screenhero. Sadly slack failed miserably at integrating into their platform.
This is amazing. Just did a quick test with some less technical folks and they were impressed with how zero config it was. Very snappy, love that it works in browser on mobile and desktop.
We are testing now. We have team in LA, SF, Turkey and Ghana. We were using microsoft teams and mostly zoom. I can say Screen is way better than zoom...
@sahinboydas Glad to hear you like it! Let us know if we can improve in any way 🙏
@jsherwani it seems you rush this ( totally understandable in todays situatuion) ,there are few super low hanging fruits if you do it, you can leap head. currently you nail the voice quality , (for europe , turkey, ghana, mexico it works better then teams, slack, zoom, whatsapp, facetime, wechat business for sure ), there are very few small urgent things, you need to add. please reach on linkedin i will quickly write them for you.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahi...
@amjithr I can’t speak to other screen sharing products, but please do try us and let us know what you think!
@amjithr @jsherwani it's so weird to say "you can't speak to other apps", why not? Have you not tried it?
We use screen for pair programming, and it's really terrific! (Thanks so much for supporting Linux as a first-class platform.)
I'm a big fan of "future of work" applications that make creative use of video. I regularly talk to people who were devoted ScreenHero users and who feel like they have never found another tool to replace it. This is a big day for that community of power users, and for everyone else, too, like me, who missed the original ScreenHero revolution.
Nice article, @joshconstine !
@kwindla Thanks for the kind words and all the help so far (and beyond)!
We're early users of Screen and love it. It's super quick to get on a call with my team and the point and click co-browsing makes explaining things remotely a breeze. Excited for this!!
This is awesome. Congratulations J! Very exciting to see the return of ScreenHero with simple yet powerful new tricks. Character-by-character ephemeral messaging is a **brilliant** design decision.
@zakmandhro Thank you, Zak! 🙏I'm so glad you wrote, and love that you caught that simple detail! 🙌Our main goal is to minimize the time between an idea going from my head to yours, and it's amazing how quickly that happens if you see just a few letters being typed! We need to do a better job of setting expectations correctly, but yes, I'm excited to see how users respond 😄
Hello Product Hunt! 👋
Today, I'm launching Screen, an app that lets you work together like you’re in the same room. Previously, I was co-founder/CEO of Screenhero (acquired by Slack in 2015), and led the team that built Slack Calls (voice, video, and screen sharing in Slack).
Screen is great for:
- Engineers: pair programming, code review, live debugging, and brainstorming
- Designers/Creatives: allowing others to draw on your screen makes creative review with stakeholders incredibly more interactive and engaging
- Students/Teachers: being able to draw and drive a shared screen together means students can ask questions more effectively, and teachers can help students where they’re stuck
- Any knowledge worker: if you work with others, and need to have two or more people give input on the same app, Screen can help
Read more about the story behind Screenhero, Slack Calls, and Screen: https://screen.so/about
I’ll be around here to answer any questions! I hope you find Screen useful, especially during these times.
FYI @jsherwani, I did a video review of Screen and tagged you on it but I don't think you're super active on LinkedIn. I wanted to put your great new tool in front of a different audience (beyond tech folks!)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/k...
Great app! The only downside is they need to download the app to share screen where other solutions use built-in browser functionality. That is a deal-breaker for me.
Hey @jsherwani, amazing product. Will send to our team to check it out. Let me know if you need some customer support solution.
Looks, interesting! Also, I can't find password reset option. @jsherwani First time, I come across a product where I don't see the option at upfront or on sign in page.
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