CoScreen 1.0

Dev tools

pair programming

SHOW HN2020

80points
19comments
#787of 3,028 in 2020
Top 26%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.

Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Multiple users sharing windows simultaneously is a strong differentiator

    From 1 comment
    • for me, the main WOW factor is multiple people sharing their windows simultaneously -- such a differentiator. like the post said, this has huge implications for productivity. a…
      BethanyAnimalz on HN
  • Thumbnailed webcam feeds and shared interaction improve engineering meetings over Zoom

    From 1 comment
    • I've been using the beta version for the past few months, and it's really been great to see the progress made - Adding thumbnailed webcam feeds of participants was a nice…
      xeno42 on HN
  • Useful for daily standups as well as collaboration

    From 1 comment
    • Coscreen has come a long way. I've been using it for several months and have seen lots of improvements. I like the idea that it's many-to-many versus normal one-to-one pairing.…
      mchesler on HN

Objections

  • Post video implied a second monitor was required; single-monitor use was unclear

    From 1 comment
    • This seems promising! One thing that confused me initially was that your video made it seem like a second monitor was necessary. Had to go to your FAQ to find out that you can…
      isot0pe on HN

Requests

  • Linux client

    From 1 comment
    • Are you able to give any rough indication of when a Linux client might be available? Are we talking months, years etc? Also do you have a pricing strategy in mind yet for when…
      db579 on HN
  • Pricing details

    From 1 comment
    • Are you able to give any rough indication of when a Linux client might be available? Are we talking months, years etc? Also do you have a pricing strategy in mind yet for when…
      db579 on HN
  • Integration with VS Code and other IDEs

    From 1 comment
    • OP here - CoScreen offers multi-user screen sharing and simultaneous remote control for engineering teams like no other solution out there. After the awesome reception on HN a…
      coscreen on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to Tuple and other alternatives

    From 2 comments

Alternatives named

  • Tuple

    From 1 comment
  • Zoom

    From 2 comments
    • I've been using the beta version for the past few months, and it's really been great to see the progress made - Adding thumbnailed webcam feeds of participants was a nice…
      xeno42 on HN
    • OP here - CoScreen offers multi-user screen sharing and simultaneous remote control for engineering teams like no other solution out there. After the awesome reception on HN a…
      coscreen on HN
  • Virtualbox Seamless Windows

    From 1 comment
    • Hi, eng from the CoScreen team here. Our focus is to allow sharing individual applications not an entire screen. This allows multiple people to concurrently share and have access…
      robertkrahn01 on HN

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