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The demo showed this as an alternative to screen sharing, but I could also see this feature being really useful for pair programming and providing in-person help. Even when I'm standing next to someone, it's nice for me to be able to poke around in their code on my own laptop, especially if I can type in examples of things I have in mind if I make a suggestion.

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My own opinion, but it's not pair programming if everyone doesn't have their own keyboard and mouse. When I've practice pair programming, either I screen share with screen/tmux where anyone can take over and type or if at the same computer have multiple keyboards and mouse. Both programmers must be active. With only 1 input we end up in a passive/active scenario, which is fine for mentoring.

Thanks for this feedback! We believe that Live Share's ability for developer's to work together in real-time, while choosing to "follow" each other, or temporarily/periodically investigate something independently (e.g. "Let me check out whether this helper function could work here"), will enable it to apply naturally to many collaboration scenarios (e.g. pairing, seeking help/advice, swarming, consulting, mentoring, etc.), without needing to impose any specific opinion on team workflow and/or the practices they've found to be efficient/successful for them.

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