webex is slow and bogs down my computer. in addition it doesn't play
very nicely with firefox. i'm looking for a light weight
desktop/application sharing tool to assist me during days i'm
telecommuting and want to work on a doc/app with someone. ultravnc
looks too heavy (don't want to deal with setting up a server).
gotomypc doesn't look that much better than webex. seems like there
aren't a lot of options, less than i would think... frustrated. need
help.

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 09 May 2006 21:14 PDT

Take a look at this and tell me if you like it. I use this daily:

LogMeIn Pro and LogMeIn Free
http://www.logmein.com/

I'm not a big fan of WebEx for that functionality as well. Suprisingly
I found MSN 7.5 does a very good job doing application sharing. A most
importantly, it's free. However, it's not the most robust application,
just simple and effective. To get it to work, you will need to
download the latest version of MSN (do not download any beta
software). Sign up an account, have the person you want to connect to,
do the same. From both of you add the person to your Contact lists.
You will only have to do all that for the initial setup. From there
you can open the contact, click activites, then click Application
Sharing.

If you are looking for a more robust solution I have co-workers who
use this application very succesfully -

http://www.avecomm.com/ProductsandTechnology/Features/AppShare/

Regards,
Mike