The new viewer GUI was based largely upon the look and feel of the Unix viewer. I agree with you that it would be desirable to bring in some of the rich GUI features of both the TigerVNC 1.1 Windows viewer as well as the TightVNC 1.3/TurboVNC Windows viewers.
On Dec 26, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Jernej Simončič<jernej's-sfl...@eternallybored.org> wrote: > On Friday, December 23, 2011, 16:17:47, DRC wrote: > >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/tigervnc/1.1.90%20%281.2beta1%29/ > > Looks like international keyboard now works fine from Windows to Linux > (TigerVNC server on Linux is still 1.1.0), which is nice. > > However everything else about the Windows viewer looks like a huge > step back - there's no convenient toolbar anymore, the window menu > lost access to VNC's settings - instead F8 (or some other key, at > least some of which [Print] don't seem to work) has to be used, which > is really inconvenient, the viewer's own dialogs use a weird skin... > > Additionally, pressing the Windows key still both passes it to the > server, and activates the local Start menu, except that now "Pass > system keys directly to server (full screen)" option doesn't seem to > have any effect at all (though this might be because I haven't found a > way to put the viewer in full screen - "Full-screen mode" checkbox on > the Misc tab doesn't seem to affect anything). It would be really nice > if special key behaviour worked like with UltraVNC viewer (and some > other remote-control solutions for Windows) - normally, they're > ignored, but if you activate Scroll Lock (which most Windows programs > ignore), all input is sent to the server (Windows key, Alt+Tab etc.). > > -- > < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > > > Never invest in anything that eats. > -- Seymour's Principle of Investment > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > Tigervnc-users mailing list > Tigervnc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Tigervnc-users mailing list Tigervnc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-users
