Long Over Due Dim-Dim Post

I apologise for anyone who may have been waiting for my follow-up post, it has been a long time coming.

A few months a go I had the opportunity to have an online meeting with Sundar Subramanian, one of the developers of Dim-Dim.

Obviously we were making use of Dim-Dim, and as previously posted I got to trial the new version.

Much has changed. It has been a while since I have used it, and being away from my computer I haven't got my screen shots handy but will make an effort to explain what is happening.

The program now makes use of two-way voice communications and the layout has totally been revamped. Google is now a partner and this has had an influence with this layout and design. No longer is it a stand-alone application, it is now a web 2.0 tool with a clean crisp finish. Application share is also functional which makes it a tool that is now functional.

I found myself exploring the tool whist we were having the meeting, (I am easily distracted) and although my attention was not entirely focused on the presentation found that the potential for this and grown substantially.

The new polished look gives you the feeling that this could be used professionally and the fact that it now works within the browser means that there will be less issues getting it to work across multiple sites with different security settings.

I took some screen captures during the meeting and Sundar asked me to hold off posting these until the new version was released (This occurred along time ago). As this has occurred I will add these to my blog shortly.

In essence for the early adopter keen to trial a new technology who has some server space available, this is worth a try. There is potential for use with meetings etc to start with and in teaching longer term.