Yeah, right?! I had the exact same thought when I saw this. Okay, video... that's cool. But, we've been waiting for the ScreenHero purchase to turn into Slack screen sharing for ages.

My team uses Screenhero on a daily basis because it's the only screen sharing software we've found that lets us all point (and drive) without having to wait turns or specifically request control. Unfortunately, it has a host of issues and we end up having to restart our daily meeting call several times each day because of them.

I'd hoped that Slack buying them would result in a more polished product, but I haven't heard a thing about it since the acquisition.

Slack calls are built on webRTC, and actually it isn't too bad adding screen sharing functionality with webRTC. I wrote a blog post on this recently. And actually, with the Screen Hero team on board, should be even way simpler for them.

https://medium.com/@chris_82106/implementing-webrtc-screen-s...

We started using screenhero (paid) before the slack takeover, but were using paid-for slack too so nothing changed for us. The integration is fairly weak, you can launch a screenhero session from within chat but tbh I tend to use screenhero's own UI instead. Still the best tool I've used for remote pairing.

I was thinking the same, and actually looked into it after seeing this headline.

If you are a paid subscriber to Slack, you can add the app to your Slack account for free. You still have to sign up for Screen Hero as well, but at least you can do it.

link: https://slack.com/screenhero

You can use Screenleap in Slack: https://www.screenleap.com/slack-integration

Exactly i came to comment the same thing. Lynx sucks. Takes a hell lot of time to reconnect. Can't believe the product is maintained by top developers.

Slack uses WebRTC, and browsers are (understandably) picky about letting websites capture the users screen. It involves having each user install an extension and/or getting on global whitelists. And Safari and mobile browsers are basically impossible.