Coscreen.co
Dev tools
remote collaboration
SHOW HN2019
404points
184comments
#54of 2,195 in 2019
Top 3%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 20 critical, out of 79 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 8 for, 2 againstExecution: 7 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 6 againstDocs: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Drag-and-drop mental model is simple and intuitive.
From 2 comments
This is brilliant. Super easy mental model. Super easy to use (just drag and drop!). No friction. This is going to be big, whether it's you guys (hopefully!) or someone else that…
OmarIsmail on HNOP here, we believe that the time has come to let remote workers and highly agile teams get stuff done together in a very different and much more natural way. CoScreen is a…
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Idea seen as brilliant and potentially big.
From 2 comments
This is brilliant. Super easy mental model. Super easy to use (just drag and drop!). No friction. This is going to be big, whether it's you guys (hopefully!) or someone else that…
OmarIsmail on HNThis looks like an amazing idea executed brilliantly–reminds me of Dropbox in that way. But I've been thinking about it for the last five minutes and I cannot figure out how you…
apetresc on HN
Objections
macOS only, excluding Windows and Linux users.
From 3 comments
MacOS only. Leaves me (Linux) half our devs (Windows), all of our execs (Windows) out.
igetspam on HNSorry for letting you all wait for the Windows client. We'll work on it but we had to start somewhere and coin-flipped on Mac, kind off. As mentioned further below, CoScreen is…
coscreen on HNYes unfortunately and yet only for now. We just started with Mac (coin toss) and now we'll do our best to cover all of them soon.
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Security concerns about routing traffic through a central server and remote control access.
From 1 comment
Excellent idea, brilliantly executed. But as a CTO, I would be concerned about the security implications. It makes sense to route traffic via a central server because P2P does…
lima on HN
Worry about accidentally sharing sensitive information.
From 1 comment
I am worried about screen sharing. Who knows what I could browse at work. I don’t want to mistakenly share my credit card number.
stuqqq on HN
Requests
Windows and Linux support.
From 3 comments
MacOS only. Leaves me (Linux) half our devs (Windows), all of our execs (Windows) out.
igetspam on HNThis is huge. Love the concept. My company is 100% remote, and we're having all the pain points with Zoom that have already been mentioned. We also all have more than one…
jacobn on HNLook forward to using this in linux! Definitely a tool I would use.
ticktockten on HN
End-to-end encryption.
From 1 comment
Excellent idea, brilliantly executed. But as a CTO, I would be concerned about the security implications. It makes sense to route traffic via a central server because P2P does…
lima on HN
Hide overlays and UI controls during screen sharing.
From 2 comments
If there's one thing I can't stand in a screen sharing app (I'm looking at you, Slack and Zoom), it's annoying overlays. I want to be able to open up my IDE, go full screen with…
t0mbstone on HNAgreed! Soon CoScreen's UI controls will get hidden automatically so you won't see anything but shared windows.
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Questions
Does it work with only one screen?
From 2 comments
What if I only have one screen?
jedberg on HNGreat question - here's how it works: If you only have one display (e.g. while you're on the run) it can still share the windows on this desktop but you can share/unshare all of…
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How are windows from two machines composited together?
From 2 comments
This looks like an amazing idea executed brilliantly–reminds me of Dropbox in that way. But I've been thinking about it for the last five minutes and I cannot figure out how you…
apetresc on HNThanks both - here's how it works: 1. CoScreen captures each of your window to be shared individually. 2. It sends them across in a combined video feed per user with window…
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Does it require installing software or is it browser-based?
From 2 comments
Does this require installing a software on your computer? Or is this purely browser based? Or is it Java?
jaequery on HNIt's a native macOS app you need to install, other operating systems and a web client will follow!
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Alternatives named
Vectera
From 1 comment
Thanks for your question! Afaik Vectera runs in your browser and focuses on sharing what's in it. CoScreen lives on OS-level so you can share and interact with any native window,…
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Tuple
From 1 comment
If there's one thing I can't stand in a screen sharing app (I'm looking at you, Slack and Zoom), it's annoying overlays. I want to be able to open up my IDE, go full screen with…
t0mbstone on HN
Zoom and Slack screen sharing
From 1 comment
If there's one thing I can't stand in a screen sharing app (I'm looking at you, Slack and Zoom), it's annoying overlays. I want to be able to open up my IDE, go full screen with…
t0mbstone on HN
Screenhero
From 1 comment
If there's one thing I can't stand in a screen sharing app (I'm looking at you, Slack and Zoom), it's annoying overlays. I want to be able to open up my IDE, go full screen with…
t0mbstone on HN