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A comment on Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the cofounder of Screenhero. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the ... by jsherwani on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:00PM (#22676961)
We’re a 2 person team, and neither of us uses Screen (the last time I used it was more than 5 years ago, and until HN’s response, had completely forgotten about it).

Also, nobody in our private beta mentioned GNU Screen.

A public beta helps us get feedback on issues that we have missed before, and this is one of them!

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Re:Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the ... by iffybookmark on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:11PM (#22677102)
I'll throw my voice in that "screen" 100% refers to GNU screen in my friend circle. Tmux and dtach still don't quite supplant the specific slot that screen has occupied for decades.
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Re:Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the ... by rvz on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:27PM (#22677339)
> I'll throw my voice in that "screen" 100% refers to GNU screen in my friend circle.

> 1M Developers: GNU Screen exists you know.

> 90M+ Customers and Businesses: Take my money now! Let's use 'Screen' to screen share!, Yay!

I'm pretty sure that 'Screen' would appeal to businesses and customers who really just want to get on and instantly collaborate with who ever rather than to know that something called GNU Screen exists and would be less likely to be confused by the conflict anyway.

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Re:Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the ... by jsherwani on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:27PM (#22677344)
Yeah, I can totally see how in some circles, "screen" is synonymous with GNU Screen, and that our choice of name would be confusing. Sorry about that! I’ve posted a top-level comment about the naming issue, in case more context is helpful.
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Re:Show HN: Screen – screen sharing for remote work, by the ... by fooblat on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @04:23PM (#22678585)
I rarely use gnu screen anymore but when I see "screen" on HN that's what immediately and searingly comes to mind for me.

I think what you've got looks great. And it's a great opportunity to claim a name of it's own!

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