Filed under: Security, Utilities, Troubleshooting
LogMeIn Express offers simple screen-sharing solution
LogMeIn has been around for quite awhile now as a very useful free remote access tool for casual users, as well as a commercial remote access tool for corporations. They've now taken the obvious step of putting their technology to use in the form of a screen sharing application called LogMeIn Express.
The idea here is that you can quickly share your Windows computer's screen with up to 100 viewers by sending them a short 12-digit code and directing them to the LogMeIn Express website. Entering the code will then open a Flash-based page containing the contents of your computer's screen. As the presenter, you need to install a small piece of native Windows software, but the installation process is quick and painless, and offers 256-bit SSL encryption.
LogMeIn Express competes with more full-featured commercial screen sharing tools like GoToMeeting and WebEx, and though it's a much more simple implementation, it stacks up well. GoToMeeting is significantly faster than most competitors due to it being based on Citrix's Terminal Services technology, but LogMeIn Express competes well with WebEx. It doesn't currently include conference calling features which both of the commercial options do, but it does include an in-session chat module, and the ability to pass control of the host computer to one of the viewers.
LogMeIn Express is still in beta, but is free for both commercial and non-commercial use.
Chromatic is one of the best time-wasters I've recently come across. It's all about the gameplay -- no Flash graphics here. You play a "circle" (it doesn't really have a name in the game). You move around with the arrow keys, and you change colors with Z, X, and C.
You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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richard.gailey said 11:50AM on 12-14-2009
This would be pretty good for trouble shooting issues on certain users machines. I know you can do this far more effectively using LogMeIn Pro on a one to one basis, but this would be more effective on the collaborative level.
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MxxCon said 12:25PM on 12-14-2009
this look very similar to http://www.crossloop.com
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superrrguy said 3:49PM on 12-14-2009
What the what!?
This is fantastic.
Crossloop requires a download which worries some.
Hopefully this is as smooth as www.showmypc.com
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MxxCon said 4:55PM on 12-14-2009
logmein express requires download as well
superrrguy said 4:57PM on 12-14-2009
yes, but Crossloop actually installs an application that puts an icon onto the users desktop and then asks them to register (which they can skip but).
So far this is quick and painless. Just tested it and it's quite nice.