We have often written about Yugma Skype, a recently Skype-certified cross platform desktop sharing Skype Extra, that complements voice and chat with desktop sharing collaborative activities. While the basic version is free and will allow up to ten participants, there is a 500 participant version that needs some robustness testing.

Yugma's COO, Karel Lukas, has put up for "public" viewing, via a 500-user Yugma Premium account, his Mac desktop; with the widgets shown and either a CNN or BBC page's refreshing often, it is somewhat dynamic. Reality desktop sharing comes to the Skype ecosystem!

Click here to view; let's see how many concurrent users it can go to. You will be asked for a user name and email address (privacy policy applies). Note that the window coming up is the Remote Viewer version that requires no software download. It will also open a tab in your browser, whether Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari; as there is no download, that tab needs to be left open to continue viewing. It will be left up over the coming weekend at a minimum.You may even be able to watch Karel at work, should he elect to use his Mac! Oh, and while Karel is based in Minneapolis, for some reason he likes the weather in San Francisco better.

The full interactive version of Yugma allows remote keyboard and mouse control, changing presenters, file sharing and several other features, including links to Skype and/or PSTN audio.

Tags: Skype, Yugma Skype, Skype Extras, Karel Lukas

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