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FYI, the sample demo is broken for me. When I hit play it the whole frame "vibrates", apparently switching between two (nearby) sizes every frame or so. (Hotspots are still clickable.) Resizing the window or moving to a different DPI screen doesn't help. Chrome 106.0.5249.103 on Win10.

I am seeing the same issue

+1 windows chrome Version 105.0.5195.127 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Works for me. Chrome on iPhone

Thanks for letting me know, guys.

I tested it on different MacBooks, and it works without any issues.

I guess the problem is mainly with Windows. I will try to fix this.

Same here. The main splash vibrates on Windows.

It is vibrating for me on Chrome on a Macbook Pro (Catalina)

I got a 500 on macbook and chrome.

Seems strange to not test on windows at all

Probably the issue is with DPI rather than Windows or macOS.

you can often test dpr issues by zooming and refreshing. Different zoom levels give different devicePixelRatio values including many non-interger ones. At least in Firefox/Chrome

just fyi, it seems to be working on firefox/chrome on linux/android

Same, totally broken for me with overlapped/vibrating screenshots that keep changing size. And it captures scroll on occasion so it makes the mousewheel all wonky. And it keeps trying to steal focus even after I've scrolled past it.

Windows and Chrome.

Looks like a 100% clone of https://www.arcade.software/

Very cool idea! Unfortunately not working for me. I tried with the Chrome extension, but when I stop a recording I get forwarded to "https://app.supademo.com/demo/undefined" and there is no demo anywhere.

Same

Likewise

Thank you for giving Supademo a try, guys

The issue was with the Chrome extension, and I updated it.

If you are using extension Version 0.0.0.1, kindly update it to the latest Version 0.0.0.2.

Here's the link to the extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/supademo-beta/jblb...

Let me know if you still face the same problem.

Look interesting, but i'm sorry, i don't quite get it.

By interactivity you mean the clicking on the pulsating circles right? And the 'slides' of the demo are flat screenshots?

Why would anyone spend a minute looking at software without having some idea of the cost? There is no pricing to be found: https://www.walnut.io https://www.demostack.com https://www.reprise.com

(Dear Walnut/DemoStack/Reprise CEO- I know your stuff is invaluable and literally spits out money for each company who adopts it, but you're underachieving pretending to be a mission critical enterprise system of record. I would be demoing your system right now if you showed me your pricing.)

This was my exact thought as well. This trend of hiding pricing until after sign up (getting my eval address) feels really sleazy, to me. I'd much rather see the pricing upfront as that has a huge impact on my decision. Then I can quickly decide if this product is for me or not. This is an instant bail, again, for me.

I've come to the conclusion that if they are not upfront on pricing, then I am not part of their target market. I think its the reality of their business models - mid-sized corps and above. Not for the likes of us - too full of fastidious frugalness.

This looks really cool, and easy to use! Results, as far as the demo can tell, seems nice as well, nicely done!

However, I'm afraid that the service would only work in a hosted context, correct? So I'm embedding some JS from a external website + loading the data about what the would do, all remotely to your running external website?

Personally I try to avoid this as much as possible for my own websites and websites I create for clients. Always try to either inline stuff that gets used, or at least store it together with the site itself, so everything loads from one domain (CSP becomes a lot easier to control) and the site itself is self-contained.

I'm guessing there is no way to achieve that with this tool?

I really like the results, but bit wary of the implementation.

I signed up on mobile not realizing it requires a Chrome Extension in order to work.

Is there a Firefox extension yet? I think those can work on mobile.

Enabling people to create product demos from their phones would be badass!

There seems to be a glutt of demo services gaining popularity recently (walnut, demostack, etc). What's the USP for this one?

Worked like a charm! Nice work. Looks like a competitor to arcade

Does it give you the callouts based on the areas that you’ve clicked? I’d love to know how you did this. I should have done something similar on a project but we never quite figured it out.

On a Mac using chrome and also seeing the frame vibrating. No issue on Safari.

Loved it. I'm gonna try this for Engagespot :)

Thanks for giving it try, Anand. Let me know if you have any feedback.

worked like a charm for me. Great work! Looks like a competitor to arcade

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