venturebeat.com — Crossloop is useful for people who want to train or support others remotely. Young Web-savvy people wanting to teach elderly relatives how to find an obscure camera or printing device drive, for example, can take control of the computer screen of those relatives and show them exactly where it is.
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nestorixJul 9, 2007
It is one of the smallest...but BIG in to be use full, its great and I enjoy always the use of it and to make my friends, family and "clients" more happy then the are already....after the use it is always nice to send Crossloop a nice message that it worked again...and to get back a nice message of Mirnal himself!
benbenmanJul 10, 2007
It looks nice, but the UltraVNC Single-Click looks even better. You just get your mom or whoever to download and run a 150KB EXE, then it connects back to your machine and you have access. The nice thing is that you don't have to touch any firewall settings to get it to work, and you can customise the EXE to make it look how you want it to.
rajulkabirJul 10, 2007
janegil is a fake astroturf account set up for the purpose of advertising crossloop.
csshyamsundarJul 10, 2007
I have been using LogMeIn free edition for years. They also provide an extension for Firefox, which is faster and requires no java!
shizeonJul 10, 2007
UltraVNC Single Click is the best remote solution I've found. <a class="user" href="http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html">http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html</a>Just created your single click file, email to user, they double-click and your are connected. No install, configuration or firewall setup on their side. Free to use and not dependent on third party servers.On your side, you setup a DynDNS with appropriate port forwarding on your router, run 'vncviewer -listen' and you are set.
willgillJul 10, 2007
BenBenMan, I was thinking the same thing... haven't these people heard of UltraVNC Single-Click? I've been using UltraVNC SC for quite some time. It seems better than Crossloop. I've got two UltraVNC SC's setup. One to "call to" my desktop and one to "call to" my laptop. I can help people either at home or on the road. I also don't see why Goto My PC is a big deal.
gonzo6150Jul 12, 2007
The program is infected with the Trojan Horse "Generic5.GNX" according to my AVG Anti-Virus. Can anyone else verify?
willgillJul 15, 2007
File transfer is a pain with RDP also. Yes, there are CLIENTS for OSx and Linux but not SERVERS. VNC also has clients and servers for many other devices like cellphones, PDA's etc. Heck then even have VNC working on the iPhone now. VNC also has a built-in Java client. Just browse any Java enabled web browser. RDP is faster, but it's not nearly as portable or universal. Oh ya, and VNC can work in reverse as in UltraVNC SC (single click). No need to talk Grandma through port forwarding, opening firewalls, finding IP address etc.
citystar05Jul 21, 2008
Really great application. I recently discovered this product and having family on the East Coast I find it to be extremely useful and reliable.
streetsmart27Apr 27, 2011
Similarly, RHUB ( http://www.rhubcom.com ) is ideal for remote training purposes. It's plug-and-play remotely deploy servers are simply and help you to connect in a minute or a few.