Vyew Discussion Forum

Hello,

I’m new to collaborative conferencing, and came across vyew while scouring the internet for software. 

The only problem i have with the program is the lag.  there’s a lot of hand-writing going on in my particular use, and programs like depicto and groupboard do not exhibit this lack of line resolution with fast pen movements.  They do not, however offer the very nice feature set you guys have put together . . . well depicto does not and groupboard is not free. The writing in vyew is functional, but curved penstrokes are often getting simplified into either straight lines or a series of connected straight lines when executed quickly.

I would like to know if there are any system settings I need to adjust to make Vyew more responsive.  The program works beautifully if I write slowly.

I just purchased 2 Wacom tablets today, and am looking for a robust solution.  I if I can resolve the speed issue, I’ll stick with Vyew for my small business uses and be done, but if not, I guess I’ll have to ramp it up and look into setting up a server for netdive’s eauditorium.

Thanks for putting a great product out there!  Hope there is an easy answer.

-’Chung

1.2 Ghz G4 iBook
768 mb ram
Vyew running on Safari (non-functional on Firefox)

Sorry that the pen tool is not fast enough.  I do not know that much about tablets and Macs, but with the tablet and Win, I notice a hesitation when I first put the pen down. After that, its ok.
The faster the machine is running, the better the tools will react.  Basically, we try to keep the refreash as fast as possible, so I can only suggest two things:

1) adapt your writing style to pause for 1/2 sec when you put the pen down before you start to write,

2) try to keep as few things running (using CPU) as you can.

Hope this helps!

Christopher

This is way later, but I was having that hesitation too when I put my pen down.  I figured out that if I disable the “Press and Hold for Right Click” feature, the hesitation no longer happens.