Nefsis Basic delivers a useful but minimal Web collaboration tool kit for two users, along with a sample of the more comprehensive features of the for-pay Nefsis Pro.
Nefsis Basic provides a taste of minimal Web collaboration
tools for free, offering two users a chance to communicate via voice and video
while sharing documents or a screen. Nefsis offers a much more comprehensive
set of collaboration tools with a step up to its more robust, for-pay Nefsis
Pro.
Nefsis launched the Basic version of its cloud-based conferencing and
collaboration software in late September, allowing a registered user to invite
one other person to meet and collaborate in an always-on Web meeting room. With
Nefsis Basic, the host and one visitor can communicate via VOIP (voice over IP)
audio and low-resolution video, while simultaneously sharing their desktops or
documents.
Nefsis Basic is available for free with registration at
www.nefsis.com. Signing up for Basic also gives 14 days of free
access to the expanded feature set of Nefsis Pro.
In my tests, I found Nefsis Basic indeed provides a registered user with a
single always-on meeting room. Logging into the customer portal at
www.nefsis.com produces a Web link to the
meeting room that can be e-mailed to attendees with the conference room
password (if required by the host), or the host can just provide the meeting ID
and password instead of the link and a pointer to the Nefsis home page. Any
attempt to have more than one attendee join the call gets that user a "License
Exceeded" message on screen.
Basic does not provide any scheduling capabilities or unique credentials for
participants, so hosts should remember to change the meeting ID or password
periodically.
After the user logs into a meeting, the Nefsis application automatically
installs itself on Windows PCs (I tested with both Windows XP and Windows 7).
Windows 7 users don't need administrative rights on the PC to use Nefsis, since
the application installs itself in the AppData directory in the user's profile.
When both host and remote participant have joined a conference, the host can
assign rights to the remote caller to make that party a presenter. The host can
also grant the attendee additional privileges, most of which are not applicable
to Nefsis Basic.
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