Remote presentation tool: Dimdim - the best one around?

I need to host an international web-based PowerPoint presentation and I searched around to find Dimdim.

It’s free for meetings up to 20 people.
Neither the host, nor the participant needs to install any software on his/her computer.
And it’s open source.

Sounds great. Does anyone have experience with this tool, or alternatives? In any case I will report back.

7 comments

shaneel2009-01-14 06:38:00

Hi jan
Once again to clarify that there is no need of any plugin if you want to give a power point presentation. You can share ppt,pdf,pptx without plugin in Dimdim version 4.5 .
In case you want to share your desktop, you need to install the plugin.
Any other questions related to Dimdim ?

Jan Schultink2009-02-05 06:33:00

Thank you Jan Paul. For my next webinar I will take you up on your offer

Anonymous2009-01-14 06:22:00

Hi Jan
The latest dimdim version is 4.5 .
There is no need to install any plugin for ppt,pdf and pptx. If you do desktop share then only it is required.
Any more questions ?

shaneel (from Dimdim)

Jan Paul Theunissen2009-02-04 20:20:00

Hi Jan,

This is the first time I can actually give back something to you, after having read so many of your good tips!

If you're still looking for a reliable platform to do webinars, I'll offer you to use ours, which works without any installation, free of charge! Contact me if you're interested. jp.theunissen(at)3gsp.eu

Eyal sela2009-01-09 20:14:00

don't know this tool but I'll love to here the answers...

Henrique Brodbeck2009-01-10 20:15:00

Works fine, but the host must install a plug-in and may need administrative rights to do so.

The last time I tried to use it on an university lab computer I failed because the security policy forbid software installation.

If you host the conference in your own computer, then there will be no problem. Check here:

Ellen Finkelstein2009-01-31 21:22:00

I've used it twice in desktop sharing mode. It's a little laggy that way. But if you upload a PowerPoint presentation, it works well. Because I'm using doing PowerPoint training, I want to go into Normal view, which requires desktop sharing. I still think that it's a good tool and will use it again in the future, I'm sure.

Ellen Finkelstein