Web Based Conferencing / Desktop sharing?

osaddict

What we basically want to be able to do is tell our clients to go to xxxxxx.com and enter a session id and pass or something - then a window will open on their screen which is our screen here.

We can then guide them through our website and they can watch.

That's basically it - one way - with them watching and not participating except verbally over the phone - i.e. control remains at our end all the time.

There seems to be quite a few bits of software out there - can anyone reccomend some? - important considerations are speed, appearance, and cost - I doubt we would need any sophistocated features - it's a basic use of this technology imo....

kryyst

There is this GotoMeeting Corporate ED

Then there is WebEX Which is probably the best.

osaddict

How easily can either of these be setup? - I think the use is likely to be very ad hoc rather than planned - so whilst on the phone someone would want to setup a session within a couple of seconds and give the link to the client. Not something where they had to enter in the time, date, recipients, then pay for it in advance etc...

We have seen a webex presentation from a client point of view and it's the sort of thing we want to do - I just need to see how easily it can be controlled from the hosts end really!

kryyst

Well both services have a free trial edition you can check out to see if they work for you.

Nomad

Yuuguu might work for your needs. Must be installed on both computers, but it works on PCs and Macs.

Zanthian

I will second Gotomypc.com(paid) and Yuuguu.com(free)

AndrewBYS

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osaddict wrote:

What we basically want to be able to do is tell our clients to go to xxxxxx.com and enter a session id and pass or something - then a window will open on their screen which is our screen here.

We can then guide them through our website and they can watch.

That's basically it - one way - with them watching and not participating except verbally over the phone - i.e. control remains at our end all the time.

There seems to be quite a few bits of software out there - can anyone reccomend some? - important considerations are speed, appearance, and cost - I doubt we would need any sophistocated features - it's a basic use of this technology imo....