Crossloop, an extremely simple yet powerful software for sharing desktop screens, just got better. [If you ever wanted to fix mom's computer over the internet, all you need is CrossLoop.]
The new release of CrossLoop 1.10 has added a file / folder transfer feature allowing participants to transfer multiple files (and folders) of any size across computers via the CrossLoop interface.
[Say some issue on mom's computer is related to corrupt or missing .dll files, just transfer them through CrossLoop - no need to wait for email attachments or third-party sites like YouSendit.]
If the connection breaks during the file transfer, CrossLoop will remember files that have already been transferred and skip them when the connection is re-established.
The new CrossLoop has a view mode that will disallow the participant computer from gaining control over the keyboard / mouse of the host computer. Alternatively, the host can swap roles and become the attendee himself in one click.
CrossLoop is only available for Windows. Though the new Crossloop release will work with the previous version, both parties need the latest version 1.10 is in order to use the above features.
If you are interesting in CrossLoop 1.1, please leave a comment in this thread.
CrossLoop.com | Official Blog [thanks Mrinal]
Related Screen Sharing Apps: Yuuguu, MarraTech, Microsoft SharedView
Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/07/screen-sharing-with-file-transfer-new.html
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
This is a very good software. I checked it right after I read this article on your blog.
Easy and very useful.
Written on 10/7/07 12:16 PM
fantastic solution, if it works. i am waiting for response from some of my remote users. i've e-mailed them the info on the software. we'll give it a go!
thx for blogging on this amit and thx for your digital inspiration, in general :)
Written on 10/7/07 4:08 PM
Thanks for this, I posted it to Clipmarks just now, and to my blog.
Written on 11/7/07 9:00 PM
I like the program but AVG picks it up as a trojan and won't let you open the program even if you ignore their warning. I pursonally don't use avg but alot of the people I need to connect to do. It does it with both the free and paid versions. Does anyone know if this is a AVG or CL issue?
Written on 13/7/07 7:52 PM
oftpyjsI'm using CrossLoop 1.1 and also have AVG on all the computers that I support and have not had any problem at all with any of the connections. The only warning I have had to deal with is Defender and I click on ignore and proceed. What operating system are you running on the problem connection?
Tom
Written on 15/7/07 8:03 PM
That's a false positive from AVG and has been fixed.
I passed on the above communication to Mrinal Desai of CrossLoop and here's what he has to say on the issue:
Message 1: We had our users inform us of this too. It did not happen before but it seems AVG did an update recently that flagged us - it is definitely a false positive.
We are working with the AVG guys to resolve this problem asap.
Message 2: I just wanted to let you know that Grisoft has corrected the problem in their AVG Anti-Virus software that was falsely reporting CrossloopConnect.exe as a Trojan Virus. Their update on 7/13/07 at 3:41 P.M. has fixed the problem.
Written on 15/7/07 8:12 PM