dPop's uniquely integrated communication capabilities can best be compared to a blend of many of the features offered by Internet communication services such as:
- web meetings (e.g., WebEx)
- social networks (e.g., MySpace)
- instant messagers (e.g., Yahoo)
- photo sharers (e.g., PhotoBucket)
- video sharers (e.g., YouTube)
- audio and video conferences (e.g., Skype)
The customary side-by-side chart isn't a practical way to compare dPop's features with those of the above services. dPop's list of features is so long and there are so many services dPop needs to be compared with it would require a several hundred cell table. An additional problem is that because dPop is an end-user software solution, it offers features that aren't feasible with a server dependent service. One last consideration is that features sets are a moving target for dPop and the plethora of server-dependent Web 2.0 rich Internet applications.
The focus in the following is to compare the fun to use and useful features of dPop and the services. dPop's combined over-arching feature of being much simpler and safer due to being direct connect instead of server-dependent is difficult to dispute.
The assumption is that the reader is familiar with the above services but has yet to experience dPop (which it should be reiterated is key to appreciating dPop's uniquely integrated communications capabilities) so before doing any kind of comparison, an overview of dPop features is necessary:
- searchable social network with presence and contact list
management
- rich chat and messaging with email and mobile phone sending
and copying
- file transfer, including rapid large file direct connect sending
- audio and video recording, messaging, publishing and group
conferencing
- user interface that's intuitive menu driven and works with
mouseless devices
- multi-sheet, multi-layer combined design, meeting and publishing
mashup UltraInteractive Zone environment with screen and content
merging that is saveable, sendable and linkable in email or on web sites
with:
- group authoring
- group web browsing
- group drawing and markup
- group picture and PowerPoint slide viewer
- group pointer and marker
- group PDF viewer
- group multi-content table
- group spreadsheet
- group graphing
- group calendar
- group blog
- group voter
- remote controlled group audio player
- remote controlled group video player
Compared to:
- web meeting screen
sharing, dPop's unique UltraInteractive Zone group screen and content
merging is more efficient and effective because everyone in the group
can contribute all the time. Enabling everyone in the group to
save and store meeting screens on their own computer also provides more
privacy and power over meeting proceedings and content.
- social networks web
browser environment, dPop's easy on-the-fly modifiable multi-sheet,
multi-layer mashup environment is more useful because it can be used for
real-time meetings as well as publishing with no digital dirty laundry.
- instant messager (or social network) contact and presenence management, dPop's provides unlimited multiple group hosting and joining and more control of aggregating or segregating of groups, in addition to much richer typed and handwritten messages.
- photo, music and video sharing and publishing web services one-to-many, dPop provides real-time remote controlling of group experiencing of content.
- audio and video conferences that charge fees for group or added services, dPop does not limit users so they can fully leverage their resources at will.