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

13 points by mlakkadshaw ↗ HN
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.

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[dead] msalahat
Great Idea.

I have just tested it ,I followed the steps but it keeps giving me "No Connection" on the other side! is there anything else I need to do?

mlakkadshaw
Please tell me if anyone is facing delay or latency issues. Thanks
drivebyacct2
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
mlakkadshaw
To make it work across various tabs i needed something running in the background that's reason for using chrome apis. Thanks.
vovafeldman
Not working for me, I'm getting "No Connection" screen :(
mlakkadshaw
Try scrolling or changing tabs while sharing is on. It updates the screen on scroll, tab changed and Dom updates
jackmaney
So am I. Changing tabs or scrolling had no effect.
benbro
Is the extension code open sourced? I only see the server code on github.
mlakkadshaw
Oh, I forgot to upload the extension code on github, I will do it tomorrow.
jpinkerton88
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.
mlakkadshaw
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
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' :-)

mlakkadshaw
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. :)
benbro
Can you share only the browser tab or even what happens on your desktop? Does it use VNC?
mlakkadshaw
You can only share the browser tab, and not the desktop.
dbond
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
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 :/