On 24 September 2010 12:41, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Still, I have to agree with Rob that doing this at the level of each > program just seems wrong in principle. Having some very generic > client-server model, where the program's display could show up here there > and everywhere, and the program could take its input too from various > sources, that would be much more general and much more useful. > > I think TeamViewer and similar products (DimDim, Webex) allow this use case without any change.
TeamViewer is even available for MacOS and Linux, and there is a free version. Basically, they are all screen-sharing applications, with some kind of communication features (phone-in, IM, VoIP, webcam chat). Control can be given to any participant, in a format similar to VNC. Setup is usually trivial (starting a program and giving-out your IP address). I have used Webex and TeamViewer for this and other collaboration tasks and it is truly useful. Best regards, Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux, ing. jr (OIQ) Electrical engineering masters student, ETS (http://www.etsmtl.ca) Project AREXIMAS (http://areximas.etsmtl.ca)
