I find tightVNC quite stable, and tight encoding is suppose to be more effective for pixels of greater than 8 bits. But you would probably only using tight encoding over 56Kbps lines (which typically seem to operate at half that rate) because that's when it actually improves bandwidth rather than impede it. However, even over DSL, I stick with 8 bits because some CAD tools crash when the solairs8 server starts up with 16 bits e.g. Cadence Signalscan Waves. Yes, you have to muck around with the colors a bit to make them look sane, but on the upside, you get nice crisp contrast when the colors are quantized in such big steps.
Fred -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Ma Department of Electronics Carleton University, Mackenzie Building 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 5B6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== > I actually purchased (paid real money) for a version > of TridiaVNC. I have run a few tests with it over my > home DSL line, but it is difficult to see if there is > any speed improvement at all. It seems like the one thing > that improves performance the most is restricting pixel > values to 8bit on the client side. Although the downside > is that it offsets the colors somewhat. > > Freddy > > - -- > Freddy Jensen, Sr. Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems Incorporated > 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA, Ph: (408) 536-2869 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], URL: http://www.adobe.com > - -- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:37:32 -0700 > From: Michael Ossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: TightVNC 1.2.2, is it beneficial? > > I think TightVNC is the best all-around version of VNC. I use it quite > a bit and haven't had any significant problems. > > - -- > Mike Ossmann, Tarantella/UNIX Engineer/Instructor > Alternative Technology, Inc. http://www.alttech.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
