Re: How to Save The World

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

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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