Share Your Desktop Online With Mikogo

So your friend has asked you how a particular program works and you’ve tried explaining over a telephonic conversation. He just can’t seem to find the button you want him to click. You look for a remote desktop application but there’s a compatibility problem: you’re on Windows and he’s on Mac. What to do!?

Simple – use Mikogo.

Mikogo isn’t your regular remote desktop application. Its main feature is its property of being cross-platform i.e. you can run it regardless of whether you’re running Windows or Mac.

This amazing freeware provides a wonderfully simple method to effectively communicate with somebody over the internet. Using it, you can share your media with friends, easily teach (which can be particularly useful for students being homeschooled), carry out official meetings, hold presentations, and even provide customer support for your products.
The program works in four easy steps:

1. The session organizer and participants are currently in contact via phone.
2. The organizer starts a session from their desktop, receives a unique 9-digit session ID from the Mikogo server, and distributes the session ID to their participants.
3. Participants open their Internet browser, go to www.mikogo.com, click on “Join Session”. There are no installations or registrations required for the participants. They simply run the software and enter the session ID.
4. A connection is instantly established, and the participants can view the organizer’s screen in real time via the Mikogo viewer window.

Download the roughly 2 MB file and install the application. In Windows, the program starts from your system tray:  Start a new session right-clicking on the icon and choosing “Start Session”.  All you do then is enter the session details and invite people to use Mikogo and join your session also giving you the ability to record them. A free yet highly useful application, Mikogo can definitely help you out with your remote desktop needs.

Main features:

• Desktop Sharing
• Multiple Meeting Participants
• Switch Presenter
• Remote Keyboard and Mouse Control
• Initial Viewing Direction and Remote Control Settings
• Session Scheduler
• Meeting Recording and Playback
• Whiteboard
• Transfer Files
• Application Selection
• Back Monitor
• Participant Pointer
• Copy/Paste/Email Meeting Info
• Pause Transmission
• Adjust Speed/Quality Settings
• Voice Conferencing Service