Comments on: Dimdim Debuts Hosted Web Conferencing Solution

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:04:47 +0000

That’s a good move – this wasn’t possible or available a few years ago. I think there will be more on the market shortly.

By: Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:06:00 +0000

What is the minimum internet speed required to run DimDim??
Is it 28.8kbps or something else.

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By: Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings

Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:46:44 +0000

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By: jeicrash

jeicrash — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:28:33 +0000

Started using open source version of dimdim, gotta say no problems on windows side or linux side, code is simple enough to change (if your having problems you probably shouldn’t be using the self-hosted server) the free online version works very well for small meetings.

I especially like the application sharing feature, giving everyone the ability to see and work with the same document is a nice change from one person altering it, uploading to server, another person editing and so on.

As for no comments in the code, well its free, so your complaining why?

People seam to take open source for granted now days just because its FREE they want everything. If you don’t have the know how to get it working and secured then i’d suggest sticking with one of their paid services.

By: jody

jody — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:11:15 +0000

oh, forgot – yugma is launching their enterprise capabilities next week too, according to a phone call they gave me yesterday. looking forward to managing my own accounts!

By: jody

jody — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:09:45 +0000

i’ve been using yugma (https://www.yugma.com) for my webconferencing for over a year now. very happy with their service. will try dimdim too, but i suggest yugma to EVERYONE!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:49:06 +0000

We evaluated DimDim this past fall when selecting a web conferencing product to sell as a hosted application. The software wasn’t ready at the time, and ended up OEMing from another provider. Our ShareMeeting http://www.phas...g_overview.aspx has no downloads, and is a Flash based online meeting solution for $23.99 a month.

I think that WebEx and GoToMeeting feel the pressure from the SaaS competitors and will be forced to move to this model.

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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:22:02 +0000

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By: Bob G

Bob G — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:41:44 +0000

Am I taking crazy pills??? The first big item on their http://www.dimd..._is_dimdim.html was “No Downloads.” A plugin, which last time I checked is still considered a download, was required for desktop sharing. Can you please correct your blog not to read “… not even a browser plugin like other offerings” but reflect things more accurately. Currently your blog gives the impression that no plugins at are required at all, which is not the case.

By: Rohit S

Rohit S — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:45:08 +0000

Tom ,

Thanks for pointing out this, we will fix this ASAP.

Rohit
Dimdim.

By: David O

David O — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:34:31 +0000

What a fantastic registration process. I didn’t have an actual meeting to test this on, but I did give it a whirl with two friends of mine and we were all very impressed wit the speed and the functionality included in the free version.

By: rob hillman

rob hillman — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:58:40 +0000

I tried it today on my Macbook at it was a disaster. It checked my specs and showed everything was fine. First when I tried t share desktop, it was “unavailable” multiple times. Then I tried to upload two powerpoints (nothing fancy in them) and neither of them would convert. It certainly isn’t “easy to use’ for non-technical person. Had much better luck with Vyew and GotoMeeting.
Nice idea, very bad implementation–not ready for prime time.

By: Amit

Amit — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:24:23 +0000

Plugin (v3.7) was required to host a meeting

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:19:06 +0000

Tried it, Thought pretty good and easy. One major concern.
The confirmation e-mail list the login password in plain text!!!
Therefore they probably store it that way also.
Major security Warning!!!!

By: David

David — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:15:29 +0000

If you need anything more than their free hosted version, I suggest you steer clear of dimdim. After spending the last 6 months hacking on their code for our internal version, my opinion is pretty low.

Their ‘open source’ offering is a joke. It’s very clear that the released code isn’t what they use internally as it doesn’t build without some modifications. It’s unclear what their license on the code is. Their source code doesn’t match their binaries.

Speaking of source code, Dimdim’s code is a terrible, undocumented mess. Their ‘document management system’ is possibly the most convoluted piece of code I’ve ever seen. It involves a two separate web servers, php, python, cherrypy, openoffice, X, etc. etc.

Since they’re not really open, I don’t see how they’re any different to webex, or any other online meeting provider. If you really want an open source solution, I suggest checking out openmeetings.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:53:17 +0000

If you’re looking for a web conferencing solution that doesn’t require a plugin, you can try PalBee. Just log in and you can start a meeting immediately.

http://www.palbee.com

By: ezert

ezert — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:37:34 +0000

This feels an awful lot like Adobe Connect… Only screen sharing from a Mac didn’t work for me. Nor did my built in iSight.

By: Sunil

Sunil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:10:53 +0000

I have already wrote about it here

http://feedshub.blogspot.com

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:17:04 +0000

Your recent post about Dimdim shows there is a lot of competition among sites providing online conferencing platforms. Dimdim looks attractive, but I think users will baulk at paying fees, when there are free sites like WiZiQ. WiZiQ offers features such as a virtual classroom and a text message reminder service. WiZiQ’s virtual classroom is custom built for online educators and has received rave reviews from teachers across the world.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:08:13 +0000

AWESOME Software!
i love it !

By: Andras

Andras — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:48:20 +0000

I have to say that I’m impressed. I installed the old alpha version of this a couple of years ago when it basically had no features (and really didn’t work all that well) and I’m pleasantly surprised by the new version. The free version works great, I’ve been using it off and on all morning with a few people that I felt would really benefit and all of the responses to this point have been great.

A few people have mentioned GoToMeeting and WebEx. While WebEx now allows people to use non-Windows machines, GoToMeeting still requires Windows. And that is important to me as I barely use Windows machines anymore.

Based on the results that I’ve seen so far, I definitely see upgrading and branding a site for use in presenting sales information.

http://www.miniNOC.com

By: Billy Clark

Billy Clark — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:42:01 +0000

I tried it and it crashed my windows xp machine hard core. Not sure if it was FireFox’s memory consumption issue or right after I accepted the video accept option from Flash. I have high hopes for this product. Probably the fastest registration I’ve used in a long while. I was inside within 15-20 seconds. I am fixing to try it again after a fresh reboot to see if I can reproduce the issue.

By: Steve Chazin

Steve Chazin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:33:51 +0000

Steve from Dimdim here. The meeting host needs a tiny (1.8MB) plug-in only if they intend to do live screencasting. If you are just doing video, audio, PPT, PDF, chat, etc. sharing you DO NOT need any plug-in, even for meeting host. If you look at the Features tab in the Host a meeting dialog box you can see you can turn off features. Turn off screencast and you won’t need to download anything. Hope that helps, and thanks for trying Dimdim.