On 13/12/04 10:55 -0800, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Devdas Bhagat wrote:
>
> >On 13/12/04 09:42 -0800, Jian Zhen wrote:
> ><snip>
> >
> >
> >>Absolutely, all these are great options, just like sharing your app via
> >>a web demo. It's what works for you, but that doesn't mean any of the
> >>options are bad. Just because you can't run it on a Linux desktop,
> >>it doesn't mean the option is bad.
> >>
> >>
> >Share apps across the internet? Debugging? X? VNC? TightVNC?
> >There are better ways of doing things (arguably X is not a better way,
> >but X lets you export specific windows as needed).
> >
> >
> X11 is a nice protocol, and it works great for people who are into it.
> It works even better when coupled with SSH port tunneling.
>
> However, it only works if you install some elaborate client side
> software to view all this stuff. The point of a web conference tool is
> to be able to do it through a web browser, so that you don't have to
> install any software.
>
> Several posters have claimed that VNC has a web client applet, so you
> can run a VNC session without any client software. That's great news,
> and I will go check it out. Google produced hints of such a thing, but
> no obvious "how-to" document; someone got it at their fingertips?
Sadly, my copy of the howto in a magazine isn't being found, but I did
find this one:
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2002-February/028239.html
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2002-February/028323.html
http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/javavncviewer.html
I hope this helps.
Devdas Bhagat
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