Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Browsers
Vyew My Computer is a flash-based instant desktop sharing product with a lot of fun features.
Basically, go to the Vyew My Personal computer web page and click begin sharing my desktop. You will be given a one-of-a-kind, unguessable URL. You can then share that URL with anyone you’d like to share your desktop with. There are some features you need an account to use, but the basics are usable by anyone.
You can upload files to be shown on the Vyew My Personal computer desktop, use the whiteboard features, chat and with registration, use audio/video features. You can’t however, view anything outside the Vyew My Computer desktop area. So, if you want to switch to a new window and show a web page you’re viewing, it’s not going to show up unless you take screenshots and present those.
It moves smoothly and all the features seem to work. Now, I didn’t go in and have a full-fledged sales presentation to a CEO or anything but I did show a powerpoint to two of my friends who logged in from two separate locations.
My main concern was about security. Showing a powerpoint to my friends is quite a bit different than important company information. So, this is what I found out; the packet data for your session is not encrypted but the URLs seem to be unique enough that someone wouldn’t just stumble into your meeting without being invited. SSL encryption is not offered publicly but could be a possibility for some clients.
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