Re:Collaborative screen sharing (formerly PowWow)
by rogerbinns on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @01:48AM
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> so sharing a full screen is no option
CRD and VNC viewers I use all support scaling so that solves things when the resolutions aren't too disparate. I can imagine a solution involving scaling and (automatic) panning would work quite well.
> The idea of being able to only share a certain window is fantastic
For that I use Skype which lets you share an arbitrary rectangle. Unfortunately the viewer has no control.
But you're right, this is a space with lots of potential. X11 could do all this and more already in 1996 one can even connect multiple mice / keyboards; it is sad that this function never really made it into other operating systems, although on the other hand X11 had lots of other issues due to the complex architecture to allow for network sharing of invididual screens.