YC-Funded ScreenLeap: Screen-Sharing Doesn’t Need To Make You Crazy

It's a bit late in the day for this startup. I just had a turbotax issue, and Intuit of all people had easy screensharing with just a code.

How is this different from https://join.me/ ? I've been using join.me with my clients and they love the simplicity.

I wonder why nobody speaks about http://teamviewer.com? I tried it and in deed just works like a charm. No need for any registration either, just download and run it directly. This took me something like 2 minutes to run it. You even not only share the screen but has also a full remote access. Yeah, it even works on any kind of OS (Win, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS).

What is so special about this new screen sharing startup which hasn't been solved already by other projects? I would even claim that Teamviewer does pretty much nails the problem of screen sharing.

[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with teamviewer in any sense.]

Worked impressively with IE 9 in my Windows phone. I usually am used to new services not working with Win phone browser. That was a nice surprise.

I did a proof-of-concept that shares a browser screen to a browser running on another PC:

A) var a = body.innerHTML.split('id="'); B) foreach s in a; var id = /([^"])/.match(s); C) use id as key to s D) send changes to innerHTML to second browser using comet E) repeat every second or so

In second browser keep cache of all sent s, rebuild a, and set body.innerHTML = a.join('id="'); Add a transparent div and transmit mouse movements.

Works best if: pure ajax single page app * in page HTML is browser agnostic (e.g. you use modernizr.js, and javascript generated HTML never has difference depending on browser) * no javascript in body e.g. no onxxx="somejs();" attributes. * static css file * static image files

PM me if want more info :-)

This is one of the most useful applications ever to be used to by our company. Its made a huge difference to our sales and demo process. We were paying users of Glance.net and it didn't work half as well as Screenleap. Amazing. Great stuff.

This is exactly the product I need. I teach evening MBA students business statistics and decision making and I've just spent the last three days trying to debug why someone's t test wouldn't work over email. I emailed everyone saying I'm willing to watch a skype screen share and the response I got back was "I'm not on Skype". I really doubt I would have had more than one or two takers with that solution, but with screen leap I can put the link on my Blackboard page with the instructions "click the giant share my screen now button and text me the code" and forget about it. I'm so glad this exists, right when I need it.

Previous discussion of Screenleap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3539792

Doesn't work if a try to see my desktop from ios device... I started session under ubuntu with chrome17 browser.

Seems to end session for a viewer when I reach to second monitor in multiple monitors setup. Edit: Disconnects without leaving monitor, too.

For explaining stuff I still prefer to connect to viewers machine.

How does this compare to Google Hangout ? With hangout you don't need to install any software and sharing the screen is easier compared to many alternatives I have tried.

This seems a little backwards. The viewer n a screen sharing session is usually the one with the technical knowledge and capability. You're making the wrong side easy.

This is a DropBox-esque opportunity.

Like internet storage, screen sharing has been around for ages, but nobody has cracked it and packaged it up for the mass market.

This will be an interesting one to monetize without taking away from the simplicity.

Very cool project. Wish it were a little faster.