Conrad: I was merely suggesting that the developers consider adding a feature to the whiteboard (I.e. the ability to act as a browser window, controlled by the presenter(s)). The feature does not currently exist in OpenMeetings. As I use OpenMeetings extensively for a number of business type of meetings this feature would eliminate 90% or the reasons anyone would need to share their screen during a vchat. And therefore eliminate all the issues with endpoint bandwidth to the server.
Joseph Karwat | CEO | 415-462-0263 |www.jellnet.com | JELL NETWORKS, INC. Enterprise Video Collaboration Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Conrad Beckert [mailto:conrad_videokonfer...@gmx.de] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:36 AM To: openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org; openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: RE: Some iconsiderations about the user interface Hi Joseph >> I believe you can reduce the need to share one's screen by enabling the >> whiteboard to go to a url. In other words make the whiteboard a browser at >> the server side controlled by the presenter(s).<< OK - that could be a way - even if I'd need to VNC to another machine to show the client some changes made to his software. But: How can I do that? I still have version 1.9.1. Is there a new one? >> As Sebastion indicated, there are always issues in allowing an individual >> to share their screen or app. Eliminating the need for it greatly enhances >> the user experience.<< Sorry, I must contradict. Improving it removes the urgent need for many other things: It is nice to put efforts into cool features such as brain storming, mind mapping etc. But sharing the screen we could work together on *any* subject with *any* programm. We're not very far from that in the current version. I use it quite often. It is better than many other systems as it is easier to use and offers a decent experience. But: - bandwidth can be an issue which could be mitigated by lowering the image quality (less color, maybe jpeg compression) - messed up diacritical characters when typing to the other side on Linux There are FLOSS technologies such as VNC which provide a quite good scalable experience even on narrow lines. Why not build upon that? Conrad
