Pop.com
Dev tools
screen sharing for pair programming
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
17 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 31 critical, out of 73 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Performance: 1 for, 13 againstExecution: 2 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Missing Screenhero; glad it's back
From 1 comment
I miss screen hero, before acquisition. Very glad to hear you’re back in the game!
brightball on HN
Objections
Uses too much CPU and memory, feels bloated
From 2 comments
> Yes, we’re building on Electron I hope you'll reconsider as your team grows. Developers look at their own app and think the extra resource usage isn't too bad, but the more…
danellis on HN> When you say Pop could be more lightweight, are you talking about CPU or memory usage? Memory usage. I haven't noticed an issue with CPU usage, because I usually only open it…
danellis on HN
Pricing concerns for team use
From 1 comment
We're pushing out a fix for the back button as I speak, thanks for the heads up! It should be live in ~10 minutes (CI build + test + deploy). Discord: we haven't looked into…
jsherwani on HN
Keyboard and shortcut issues
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback! You're right, we need to improve each of these significantly. Reduce Power When Idle: decreases the frame rate from 30fps gradually down to 15fps when…
jsherwani on HN
Requests
Lower-spec machine performance and lower resource use
From 2 comments
Yep, I’m not saying electron means slow but I think it takes skill to keep any app fast especially on the web stack. Glad this is a focus for you! With the work from home boom…
quickthrower2 on HN1Password and Dropbox being on Electron seems absurd. Regardless, you kind of hit on the point - Slack & VSCode are basically non-optional, maybe for other people it's some other…
nawgz on HN
Bandwidth control setting
From 1 comment
Please provide a way to voluntarily downgrade stream quality. I understand if people with poor vision require it, but I really don't need everything in hi def and definitely…
nonameiguess on HN
Firefox and iOS support fixes
From 1 comment
I'm on Firefox on iOS and your website has a few pixels of horizontal overflow. It makes scrolling feel shoddy. Anyway, OG Screenhero user here wishing you good luck with Pop! If…
vladharbuz on HN
Questions
Is Electron the right choice given performance tradeoffs?
From 2 comments
Don't benchmark yourself against other Electron apps. Just promise yourself you'll eventually quit Electron. Electron is nothing more than a deal you make with the devil, selling…
hug on HNThis is how I wish more companies used Electron. It makes complete sense to me as a stop-gap when you're starting out, need to grow fast, and are still experimenting with your…
Wowfunhappy on HN
Is the call data end-to-end encrypted?
From 1 comment
Your security doc says 1-on-1 calls are end-to-end encrypted, and I'm glad for it. Recommend promoting that bit to homepage marketing. Do you expect to be able to make 3+…
jeremyw on HN
Alternatives named
VSCode Live Share
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! How "low" is the latency? The "Live Share" feature is VSCode gets mentioned a lot and has some advantages over traditional screen-sharing as it seems to…
tanduv on HN
Tuple
From 1 comment
If you are looking for screenhero alternatives, you should check out Tuple! Our team has been using it for about a year now and we love it. My favorite part about Tuple is how it…
t0mbstone on HN
Screenhero
From 1 comment
Hello HN! I’m the founder of Pop (https://pop.com) and formerly the co-founder and CEO of Screenhero. Also on the team are a couple other ex-Slack folks and a former Electron…
jsherwani on HN