CoScreen
Productivity
screen sharing
SHOW HN2023
350points
107comments
#112of 3,109 in 2023
Top 4%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 61 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth, high-resolution sharing good for code and multi-person collaboration.
From 3 comments
I got to use this internally when I was at Datadog. It really is a great flow / experience for collaboration. Congrats to the team on the launch / shipping. (And yes, make Linux…
burningion on HNPairing programming. If pairing is a huge part of your culture at work, the higher resolution screen sharing makes all the difference as you don’t have to squint or strain your…
ayewo on HNCongrats on 5.0 - CoScreen has been an integral part of our team's daily workflow for the last couple of years, and it's been wonderful to to be able to share feedback and see…
xeno42 on HN
Better than Zoom for developer collaboration.
From 2 comments
I started to use the product recently and I love the product CoScreen. Still a few bugs but it's definitely better than Zoom to collaborate between developers! edit: Also, please…
juli1pb on HNI haven't heard about CoScreen last month. But last week we had a team which needed a solution for mob programming and I couldn't find a solution which had enough functionality…
asabla on HN
Objections
No Linux version yet.
From 4 comments
Wow this looks amazing. I am eagerly awaiting a Linux version. We have ~150 Linux desktops and training or collaborating via one sided google meets can be limiting.
sjcoles on HNSounds awesome but can't touch it until it has Linux support. I am on the waitlist. Fingers Crossed.
jensenbox on HNLooks great but I'm on Linux. We know "one day" means "probably never" or "hopefully someone makes it work for free using wine"...
zimmund on HN> Hopefully - finally - we’ll also have a Linux version one day. I'll take that as a never then... it was "one day" at launch and 3 years later... IIRC I signed up on a waitlist…
lttlrck on HN
Pricing seen as high or unclear for teams.
From 3 comments
Honestly the feedback I'd have is the pricing is a bit high. I'm sure you've done the competitive pricing analysis so I'm not going to preach. :) But with the sprawl of tools we…
pyrox420 on HNI'd love to replace Zoom, but as a trainer/coach, I use it only on a weekly basis with multiple people, I guess you'd call them "strangers" (though they might be "regulars"). I'm…
tedyoung on HNWe are a pretty large org and especially for major incident resolution I see coscreen work. However, in order for it to be used during majors the software should be readily…
spockz on HN
SSO gated behind enterprise pricing.
From 2 comments
The main issue I see is Single Sign-On being gated behind enterprise pricing, and a "please contact our sales team" option no less. If anything, supporting the big 3 identity…
judge2020 on HNSecond this. SAML/SSO is less of an enterprise feature and more of an onboarding escalator. Even startups with 3 devs use SSO now.
chime on HN
Requests
Linux support.
From 4 comments
I got to use this internally when I was at Datadog. It really is a great flow / experience for collaboration. Congrats to the team on the launch / shipping. (And yes, make Linux…
burningion on HN+1 for Linux
digitalsanctum on HNAnother vote for Linux support. I’m on Linux about 85% of the time.
simianpirate on HNLinux desktops are often preferable to create software which deploys to Linux servers so +1 for Linux.
j45 on HN
Share a portion of a screen or window.
From 2 comments
Is there a way to share a portion of the screen if I want to? Or is it just entire windows?
mrleinad on HNSpecifically, I have a 49" ultrawide monitor and a VM in it. If I share the entire VM, other people with smaller monitors see it too small and have to zoom. If I resize the VM, I…
mrleinad on HN
Per-window remote control settings.
From 1 comment
It would be nice to set control settings from the host on a per window basis.
kxrm on HN
Questions
How does pricing work for casual or many users?
From 2 comments
> Free until July 2023 So at that point will the application/service only work for 1:1s again? How specifically would that work, before I go falling in love?
DANmode on HNI'd love to replace Zoom, but as a trainer/coach, I use it only on a weekly basis with multiple people, I guess you'd call them "strangers" (though they might be "regulars"). I'm…
tedyoung on HN
How are remote control permissions handled on host machines?
From 1 comment
How are account permissions handled on the host machines that are relinquishing control to outside users? I mean, what prevents a Malicious user pasting in a devastating command…
davbryn on HN
Alternatives named
Zoom
From 2 comments
Looks cool, but how is this better / different from just doing this on Zoom? I'm already using zoom daily for meetings and occasionally use screen sharing and once in a while use…
itslennysfault on HNInteresting - I had not come across coscreen before but I can see straight away how much better that would have been to use than any of slack, teams or discord all of which I’ve…
drunkan on HN
Tuple
From 1 comment
I'm not too familiar with all of the features of coscreen, but I've been really enjoying Tuple and it has a linux client beta. https://tuple.app/downloads/linux
andyfleming on HN
Drovio
From 1 comment
Since nobody quoted that already, I’ve been quite happy with Drovio, a competitor that supports Linux as well. Will be happy to try this out though!
alanfranz on HN
Pop
From 2 comments
First I've heard of this and am glad others realize screen sharing and video conferencing are not a commodity just yet. Curious how this compares with Pop (of screenhero lineage)
djtango on HNDo we know how it compares to https://pop.com/?
hartator on HN
Webex
From 1 comment
I work spacecraft operations (Mars) and I wonder if you have considered targeting that industry. We screenshare all day every day, and we use Webex. It's been getting steadily…
taway2023-03-31 on HN