John, Yes, a 16-bit limited true colour setting would make sense for these sorts of situations, I think, and mostly just requires some user-interface tweaking to support, so we'll look into providing that.
Which version of VNC server are you using, by the way? The more recent VNC servers have better 256-colour support than the older ones, typically resulting in more convincing colours. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mao > Sent: 08 August 2005 11:23 > To: James Weatherall; [email protected] > Subject: RE: True color and extremely slow speed > > Hi! James, > > > > When I set to 256, VNC works very fast. > > > > When I set to true color, which I have to do sometimes to > show the graphics on my screen, the speed becomes too slow. > > > > By the way, does VNC 4.0 have an option (such a command line) > to force VNC to use 16-bit pixel even though both VNC server > and viewer have 32-bit display? To me (perhaps most users), > 16-bit can be a good replacement of 32-bit true-color for a > good speed of interaction. The trick of asking the VNC > server/view users to change to 16-bit display sometimes is > not practical. > > > > Any advices from you are appreciated! > > > > John > > > James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John, > > When you are running VNC Viewer without the Full Colour > option set, which of > the low-colour settings do you use? > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mao > > Sent: 08 August 2005 00:56 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: True color and extremely slow speed > > > > I have been using VNC 4.0. Many times I have to use true > > color. However, when a screen with heavy images changes, it > > would take several seconds, sometimes even a minute to > > refresh over a DSL line. I have also used WebEx and > > GotoMeeting. Their displayed color is close to true color. > > But the refresh speed is almost instant. > > > > > > > > My question is: does the VNC team have any plan to make true > > color faster in the near future for the free edition? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [email protected] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
