One "cross platform" tool that that we use is vnc2swf: http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/
It requires a VNC server and isn't as featureful as some of the MS-Windows or X-Window only tools (e.g. the Gnome "Instanbul" app: http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul or "My Screen Recorder" ?? for windows) but for simple stuff vnc2swf is great. Ian Darwin wrote: > Mike Ashton wrote: >> If anyone is looking to build a flash based HowTo, there is a great >> open source tool called Wink (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/). > > This looks like a useful tool, and thanks for posting it. > > A minor point I'd like to add, under the "precision in language" dep't, > is that this is not an open source tool. It is a closed-source > proprietary tool of which the author chooses to distribute the current > version without charge. You can easily confirm this by going to > http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php and seeing that there is no > "download source code" link. It may sound picayune to quibble over this > distinction, but it does matter, because (and most of these are true of > any closed-source program, including even the Asterisk G729 CODEC): > > a) People can NOT use the program on other platforms (LinuxPPC, > FreeBSD/OpenBSD, etc) than those the author chooses and has time to > compile and test for; > b) The author could (I'm not saying he would) release a new version > tomorrow with a lot of bug fixes and new features that you have to pay for; > c) The author could (I'm not saying he did) have put in a "time bomb" > disabling the free version to coincide with (b); > d) The author could (ditto) be spying on you as you run it, and you'd > probably never know; > e) The author could lose the source code in a disk crash or a house > fire, ending future development and support (I almost added a ":-)" but > I bet this has actually happened...). > > By all means use this tool - it looks good for the job. Just be aware of > the risks for future use of it. And please, keep the distinction > straight between "closed-source software that you don't have to pay for > this version of" and "open source"; it does matter. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Graham Todd - bellanet.org 613.236.6163 #2443
