The team behind LogMeIn have just taken the wraps off their new online collaboration tool, and even though it’s still in beta, it’s an impressibly fast, easy way to share work online.
Called Join.Me, the service is designed to offer incredibly simple, secure collaboration online. Users looking to host a work session online head to the Join.Me website, download a small application to their Mac or PC, which then allows them to share a special code with people they wish to collaborate with. By entering that code into the Join side of the Join.Me website, you will be able to view the host’s screen in real time.
Everything is done using 256-bit SSL encryption. The app downloaded on your computer removes itself after the app is closed, so it’s completely secure. The viewing side of things is all done using Flash, although the developers want to make it available to as many people as possible, which means we could hear about HTML5 support at a later date.
On top of a simple shared screen experience, Join.Me offers the ability to chat with other people involved in the collaboration, while the presenter can share files with viewers, cut off certain viewers and allow viewers to request control of their PC for collaboration experience. The beta also has support for teleconferencing, although at the moment that feature only supports North American numbers.
Join.Me is a free beta at the moment, although there will be a pricing structure when the service leaves beta, which the developers promise will be extremely competitive. They also want to get some feedback, which can easily be offered on the Join.Me website. From the early play we’ve had, it’s fast and responsive and one of the best collaboration tools we’ve used.
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Edward Mario
July 29, 2010 at 12:53 PM
What’s the difference with webex again? Sounds like just another variant of the same thing like dimdim, etc
Dime a dozen?
Report PermalinkPaul
July 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Super fast and easy. Just tried it. Way better than dim dim.
Report PermalinkSteve
July 31, 2010 at 7:29 AM
Dimdim is free – looks like this will cost you soon. Ed, this is similar to a single Dimdim feature called myScreen (TM) but doesn’t let others bookmark your screen like Dimdim or do full web conferencing with voip/video/etc.
Report Permalinkdave
July 30, 2010 at 12:48 AM
The idea seems to be to get you up and running in a couple of seconds. No registration, no upsell, etc. One simple page does it all. Looks pretty sweet to me.
Report PermalinkChris
July 30, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Just tried and agree that setup is very easy. Works find for viewing but I connected to a notebook I have as well and found that taking control works, but the mouse cursor is difficult to control. Logmein is better for control.
Report PermalinkGemma
August 7, 2010 at 2:30 AM
Loved it! nice one, will come in handy!
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