Screen
Productivity
remote collaboration
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
27 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 31 critical, out of 100 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 8 for, 16 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 againstPerformance: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 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
Low latency screen sharing performs well.
From 2 comments
Screen has worked really well for us and a handful of companies that use us daily in our private beta. If you do have any issues, let us know and we’ll fix them asap!
jsherwani on HNSo happy to hear this <3
jsherwani on HN
Objections
The name conflicts with GNU Screen.
From 2 comments
I would seriously consider renaming this. Many of us have been using GNU screen for very similar tasks of terminal sharing and pair programming. The name you have chosen requires…
fooblat on HNIs this product connected with Somalia?
bdcravens on HN
Privacy concerns about data handling by third-party providers.
From 2 comments
It’s exactly as you described — no one in the chain is analyzing the content of the data being transferred. Both our infrastructure providers (Daily is our primary, Twilio is an…
jsherwani on HNThank you! I’ve just pushed the following change to the site (will be live in <10 mins): >Neither Screen nor these third parties store or record media data as part of the…
jsherwani on HN
Linux multi-monitor bug.
From 2 comments
Just tried this out, really cool concept and something we want at our 100% remote company. Sadly it didn't work out for us on the first test. Here's our experience in case it's…
quartz on HNSorry about that! Looks like a bug in our Linux multi-monitor code. I'm going to look into this right now! It’s been a while since we touched that code, and it’s likely that bugs…
jsherwani on HN
Requests
Rename the product because of GNU Screen confusion.
From 2 comments
I would seriously consider renaming this. Many of us have been using GNU screen for very similar tasks of terminal sharing and pair programming. The name you have chosen requires…
fooblat on HNJust to address the naming issue — we (myself and the other engineer, that comprise the entire Screen team) honestly have not used GNU Screen for more than 5 years, and didn’t…
jsherwani on HN
Better corporate user management and admin tools.
From 1 comment
Sorry about that! Looks like a bug in our Linux multi-monitor code. I'm going to look into this right now! It’s been a while since we touched that code, and it’s likely that bugs…
jsherwani on HN
Open source the product.
From 2 comments
I guess it's closed-source. That probably means I can't use it. Are there any plans to open-source at least the client?
cjbprime on HNThere are no plans to open source our product, sorry!
jsherwani on HN
Questions
Whether the product is connected with Somalia.
From 1 comment
Is this product connected with Somalia?
bdcravens on HN
Whether it works between hosts in China and the US.
From 1 comment
As long as you can make a network connection between the two hosts (either directly or mediated via a server in the middle), you should be fine. We haven’t tested specifically…
jsherwani on HN
Alternatives named
Slack Calls / Slack screen sharing
From 1 comment
Hello HN! I was the co-founder and CEO of Screenhero, and after its acquisition by Slack in 2015, I led the team that built Slack Calls (voice, video and screen sharing in…
jsherwani on HN
tmux and GNU Screen for terminal sharing
From 1 comment
I would seriously consider renaming this. Many of us have been using GNU screen for very similar tasks of terminal sharing and pair programming. The name you have chosen requires…
fooblat on HN