Open Source HTML5 Screen Sharing: Share your screen, right from your browser

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5193088

by mlakkadshaw • 13 years ago

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Hello, I have developed a google chrome extension which allow you share your browser screen with anyone right from your browser.

http://deadsimplescreensharing.com

Please give me your feedback, and help me in improving this app.

pilooch• 13 years ago

clickable http://http://deadsimplescreensharing.com/

Haven'tried. Suggested fix: on http://deadsimplescreensharing.com/#tutorial Comming Up -> Coming up

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

Sorry, I will fix the typo.

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

Please tell me if anyone is facing delay or latency issues. Thanks

drivebyacct2• 13 years ago

HTML5 make it sound like something that can be done cross browser, rather than something via the chrome.* apis for their extensions. That having been said, I've read about something of the sort related to WebRTC, Chrome seems to be interested in making in possible at least: http://blog.chromium.org/2012/04/chromes-webrtc-roadmap.html

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

To make it work across various tabs i needed something running in the background that's reason for using chrome apis. Thanks.

vovafeldman• 13 years ago

Not working for me, I'm getting "No Connection" screen :(

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

Try scrolling or changing tabs while sharing is on. It updates the screen on scroll, tab changed and Dom updates

jackmaney• 13 years ago

So am I. Changing tabs or scrolling had no effect.

benbro2• 13 years ago

Is the extension code open sourced? I only see the server code on github.

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

Oh, I forgot to upload the extension code on github, I will do it tomorrow.

Johnyma222• 13 years ago

Hi from the Etherpad team :)

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

What are your views about this app?

Johnyma222• 13 years ago

I did some work for Mozilla on a HTML5 browser sharer: https://github.com/JohnMcLear/browsermirror -- Not sure how well supported it nowadays, kinda old project.

Your extension brings my browser to a really slow pace.

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

I will into it and update the extension. Thanks

jpinkerton88• 13 years ago

It's working for me, but it is really slow. Like showing up a minute later. Seems like it would be awesome and useful when not so latent.

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

The Latency is because I am running it on Heroku 1 Dyno instance. If someone donates some money, I will transfer the app to EC2.

prakster• 13 years ago

Hi Muhammad,

If you want to stand out in the overcrowded screensharing space, build this one feature:

Allow me to send a URL to anyone so I can see THEIR screen instantly, without them having to download crap.

You will become an instant 'crorepati' :-)

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

Thanks, but to build this feature there must be something running in the background, which will send data to the server. There is already a App which does this thing but it's a Java applet. http://quickscreenshare.com/ BTW: I don't want to make money from this app, it's just something I did on a weekend. :)

benbro2• 13 years ago

Can you share only the browser tab or even what happens on your desktop? Does it use VNC?

mlakkadshaw10• 13 years ago

You can only share the browser tab, and not the desktop.

dbond• 13 years ago

Have you looked into using webRTC for the stream transfer and using the server only for signalling? Not sure if these apis are available within extensions but this would make the server much cheaper to run.

wilhil• 13 years ago

Was anyone able to visit this site?

I still have a tab open thinking that it was just brought offline through traffic... but just refreshed and still can't get on :/

Open Source HTML5 Screen Sharing: Share your screen, right from your browser

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