What would you pay for greater client communication and understanding?
By Cheryl on Jul 3, 2008 in Tools of the trade
How about nothing?
I just spotted – or should I say, viewed – a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment).
The product is VYEW, and having watched their demo videos, I’m just getting ready to sign up for a free account. I like the apparent simplicity of the process: no software to install, uses modern browsers. Also, there’s screenshot sharing and annotation, but no thick-bandwidth video or audio.
Ed: I might be wrong on that. Here are the tech specs, including “special features”.
If all is as they promise, they do compare favorably to other communication tools like WebEx, MS LiveMeeting, GoToMeeting and Adobe Connect.
Have you tried Vyew? First-hand comparisons in the comments would be welcome.
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DJ | Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
This was easy to sign up, and it has a pretty decent tutorial. I can see a number of uses for this. Very nice tool. Thanks for finding it!
Cheryl | Jul 13, 2008 | Reply
Well, I’m poking about again and have come up with a sites which evaluates the best currently-available web conferencing options:
8 supremely simple elegant functional web conference services (whew! say that in one breath!) has got me going about DimDim right now…{sigh}.
I’m going to be web conferencing with a client this week (no more driving hither and thither unless necessary!) so may just give one or both a try!
Cheryl | Jul 16, 2008 | Reply
Continuing to investigate options. Tried Vyew but had a less than stellar experience on my Mac.
Now noting ConnectNow in beta from Adobe. Scroll down half way to “SHARING YOUR SCREEN VIA CONNECTNOW” to read more about this option for screensharing and conferencing.