Some years ago, we launched USE Together, a remote pair programming and team collaboration tool. Back then, we were all frustrated with the lack of effectiveness of generic screen sharing tools with remote control support, and I wanted to do something about it. Today I'm coming back to share a new page of our story: Drovio!
Drovio is the evolution of USE Together and the summary of everything we've learned along the way, listening to our users' feedback for the past 3 years. The purpose remains the same, create a seamless remote collaboration experience for developers, yet with a completely revamped UI and some pretty cool new features.
So, what makes Drovio different?
- Instant collaboration with multi-cursors interaction: you're not alone at your desk any more!
- An interface developed with developer needs in mind
- Low latency screen sharing experience
- Fully secure P2P connection: data privacy at its best
- And last but not least: available on macOS, Windows and Linux!
The app used to start calls sometimes hangs and requires force kill on both the app and some underlying services. Usually in these kind of apps it's the other way around, i.e. that the calls suck, so I guess I will take it.
I'm not sure I understand the new name, but the new website looks much better.
As for the new name, here’s how I came up with it: https://blog.use-together.com/moving-forward-with-drovio/
Share a screen or a single app
Participant interactions are fully synchronized
Voice chat and video conferencing support
Web client with no download/subscription to join any session
Record your session
Up to 10 participants
Handle all keyboard layouts seamlessly
Swap who’s presenting
Start sessions or join an ongoing session with one click
Sign in with Slack, GitHub, SSO
Slack integration (featured in Slack app directory)
Free plan (unlimited screen sharing/calls, remote control is limited to 30 minutes/day)
on-premises edition for large businesses with high security/privacy concerns
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