When you need a quick, simple screencast, but don’t want to bother with installing and configuring software, a new service called ScreenCastle may just be the app you’re looking for.

ScreenCastle is an extremely simple screencasting tool. ScreenCastle is so simple to use. Just visit their website, click the big red button, load the java application, decide how much of the screen you want recorded, and whether or not to include audio from your microphone.

Those are the only settings, after your settings are chosen a small black bar appears at the bottom of your screen. This is your recording control mechanism. Just push record when you’re ready to record, and move the mouse to the very top of the screen when you’re done.

If you’re not recording in full-screen mode, then you’ll have a small window which you can click on to end the recording.

Currently there is no size or length limits of screen-casts – but be aware the videos are uploaded from your computer after the recording is finished, and lengthy videos will take time to upload.

Screencasts are given unique urls to share. You can link directly to the screen-cast, download the screencast, or direct link to the file for downloading purposes.

The downside of ScreenCastle is that there’s currently no way to edit screencasts, so if you’re not happy with the results you will have to start over. Alternately you could download the file and edit it locally using video editing software. Currently ScreenCastle is completely free, and only requires a web browser with Java Script support.

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