DimDim : Funny Name Great Platform

After weeks of trialling Webex, Adobe Connect, Elluminate, Yuuguu, Wimba, Skype screen casting / sharing and a plethora of other “free” web conferencing tools to use with our clients we have finally settled on DimDim Pro …..

We value the :

• ease of setting up accounts for users
• the simplicity of the interface for users
• the extensibility of the interface to customize it for our clients view
• the dashboard for setting up meetings
• the brilliant floating video broadcaster
• the simplicity of the whiteboard
• the relatively lightweight ratio of wait-time to access the rooms
• the builds that improve the product
• the direct feedback from contact with the developers
• the lack of “hands-up” control based moderator driven hosting of meetings
• the overall yearly cost to the business

We would like to see the following developments occur for DimDim to be of even more value for us including;

• removal of comparison charts from the main DimDim website …..they detract from an otherwise nicely thought out product ( suggestion only )
• integrated screen share that dosent require an .exe install
• a less cluttered dashboard upon login
• an embedded login feature for Pro users that they can embed in their own site
• ability to reduce video windows and retract them to the room sidebar
• the ability to customize invitation meetings to read as from the room owner
• ability to output the recording in multiple video formats

So…….time will tell and if it proves to be a stable platform for our business use then we will consider making application to become a partner.

Runner up was Webex……Wimba might have been an option if we’d needed vestibules and had 500 concurrent users or perhaps there is other reasons for why it competes with DimDim.

Time will tell and we are looking forward to the conversation.