Comments on: Emerging Tech Talk #015 – Demo of new Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/2009/01/05/emerging-tech-talk-015-demo-of-new-skype-28-beta-for-mac-os-x/ A video podcast on emerging technology issues Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:25:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan York http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/2009/01/05/emerging-tech-talk-015-demo-of-new-skype-28-beta-for-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Dan York Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:49:01 +0000 http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/?p=147#comment-176 Kim, Good question. I don't see any way that you can configure Skype to start screen sharing automatically. As you note, it can start video automatically, but I can't see anywhere to start the screen sharing automatically. The good news is that the buttons have changed so that they are right above the video window and are VERY clear. So your mother would just need to click the Screen Sharing button and it would start. I would note, too, that this screen sharing feature is "sharing" in a view-only mode. You could not "operate" your mother's mac remotely. You could *see* her Mac's screen, but you couldn't do anything there. It's not a "remote desktop" kind of tool. Just viewing. I have found it quite useful to show people what's on my screen and demonstrate various applications and such... but *I* am the one operating my Mac. Thanks for the question, Dan Kim, Good question. I don’t see any way that you can configure Skype to start screen sharing automatically. As you note, it can start video automatically, but I can’t see anywhere to start the screen sharing automatically. The good news is that the buttons have changed so that they are right above the video window and are VERY clear. So your mother would just need to click the Screen Sharing button and it would start.

I would note, too, that this screen sharing feature is “sharing” in a view-only mode. You could not “operate” your mother’s mac remotely. You could *see* her Mac’s screen, but you couldn’t do anything there. It’s not a “remote desktop” kind of tool. Just viewing. I have found it quite useful to show people what’s on my screen and demonstrate various applications and such… but *I* am the one operating my Mac.

Thanks for the question, Dan

]]> By: kim http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/2009/01/05/emerging-tech-talk-015-demo-of-new-skype-28-beta-for-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-175 kim Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/?p=147#comment-175 Can Skype 2.8 be set up to automatically accept screen sharing? This would be useful to me so I can remotely operate my mother's mac using Skype. Presently my skype 2.7 can answer calls and video automatically. Can Skype 2.8 be set up to automatically accept screen sharing? This would be useful to me so I can remotely operate my mother’s mac using Skype. Presently my skype 2.7 can answer calls and video automatically.

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