If you were like me and upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5 when it was released and used Adobe Acrobat Connect (either Pro or basic version) to give presentations then you were likely not too happy with the random crashes while screen sharing.
I had called Adobe tech support multiple times and was told that they were working on it. Finally in May tech support told me they had a fix for it. Essentially you just need to manually remove the old plugin and it will automatically be upgraded to the new version the next time you attempt to connect to Connect (read the article for full details). This worries me a little... Should I randomly delete these going forward in order to check for a new plugin version?
From that point on it has worked great for me. Unfortunately I had essentially paid for 6 months of an annually-priced product that wouldn't work. I recently renewed my annual license and was told I would not be refunded for the 6 months of the non-usable product. But at least I'm good going forward. I suppose I only have myself to blame. I should probably wait at least a half-year before upgrading to any new OS... what can I say? It's the geek in me :).
But I think a web-based application is always better, since there's nothing to download or install.
try it at http://www.showdocument.com . -andy
But what do you do when you need to screen share? (which I need 95% of the time that I use Adobe Connect). Do you use an extra tool?
Other than that, ShowDocument looks pretty good for document sharing and web meetings. And free is always a good thing.
Hmm it seems like the latest version of skype offers screen sharing.
I'm not sure if it has all the features you need, but try it.
-Andy
I suppose one nice benefit of using those other products is that they would be free (where Adobe Connect costs ~$400 (and up) annually if you want to have more than 3 people in the room (otherwise you can use their free version of the product)).
ref: Adobe Flash Player penetration http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashp...