Remoter VNC 2.4
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:47 am(Tentatively called 2.2 (might need to bump the version number if Apple's system thinks 2.2 = 2.02).)
Update: Indeed Apple didn't like 2.2. So it's been submitted as 2.4.
I'm submitting to Apple hopefully today.
I'll post some more info about the new release here soon.
Update: 5/27: Remoter 2.4 was approved today, and is out now!
What's New:
-Added support for Mac's native Screen Sharing authentication (you can now use username/password to connect from Remoter, instead of a VNC password)
-Added Macros. Separate macros for vnc, ssh and telnet
-Added support for the latest version of UltraVNC (1.0.9.6): MSLogon now works with this version of UltraVNC. Multi-Monitor is also working in this version
-Localizated to: Spanish, Italian, German
-Dynamically generated toolbars only display active buttons(no Windows key for Mac, or Command for Windows, etc). New menu system via popovers to eliminate clutter.
-New fullscreen exit button remembers it's location, and uses menu system to display options. Remoter now also remembers if the session was in FullScreen mode, and will enter mode automatically on reconnect
-Sorting of sessions: by name, type or usage
-VNC clipboard sharing support
-By popular demand: keyboard keys are now semi-transparent (not just the keyboard background)
-Memory savings for VNC over SSH (no PTY/framebuffer allocation, no shell)
-Added a new optional alternative VNC encoding. This is required for VNC servers that cause graphical glitches with Remoter's default encodings (such as OpenSuse)
-New Danish keyboard mapping (thanks to user Open Mind)
-Added button to "Restore Purchases" in Remoter Store
-A new background and icon, and lots of other icons/glyphs have been updated
-Added an SSH Key Manager: Allows for generation(RSA for SSH1, RSA for SSH2, DSA), renaming, deletion, passphrase setting, emailing, copying of SSH keys to PasteBoard to use in SSH connections
-Different SSH Keys can be selected for each session
-Support for SSH Key Passphrases
-Added support for SSHv1 connections
-Terminal sizes for SSH/Telnet: Auto, 20x24, 80x24, and many more standard sizes.
-SSH compression can now be enabled/disabled
-Support for selecting text regions in terminal sessions (SSH/Telnet). Selections get stored in the device PasteBoard.
-SSH/Telnet cursor is now transparent so that the character behind it can be seen
-Many bugfixes including: -crash on startup caused by IPv6 address resolution -many issues with devices with firmware < 3.2 corrected -Updates to virtual trackpad -Corrected problem where multiple no-connectivity alerts would stack
Edit: "-WoL over WAN can be done with hostname instead of IP now." removed from the list. Unfortunately all of the required modifications for this fix didn't get committed into revision control correctly, and it's only partially enabled in the version submitted to Apple. Remoter will run name-resolution on the field, but the session editor won't allow the user to actually enter a hostname, it still only takes IP addresses. A work-around until 2.4.1 is to manually edit the sessions.plist file. Sorry about this.
Update: Indeed Apple didn't like 2.2. So it's been submitted as 2.4.
I'm submitting to Apple hopefully today.
I'll post some more info about the new release here soon.
Update: 5/27: Remoter 2.4 was approved today, and is out now!
What's New:
-Added support for Mac's native Screen Sharing authentication (you can now use username/password to connect from Remoter, instead of a VNC password)
-Added Macros. Separate macros for vnc, ssh and telnet
-Added support for the latest version of UltraVNC (1.0.9.6): MSLogon now works with this version of UltraVNC. Multi-Monitor is also working in this version
-Localizated to: Spanish, Italian, German
-Dynamically generated toolbars only display active buttons(no Windows key for Mac, or Command for Windows, etc). New menu system via popovers to eliminate clutter.
-New fullscreen exit button remembers it's location, and uses menu system to display options. Remoter now also remembers if the session was in FullScreen mode, and will enter mode automatically on reconnect
-Sorting of sessions: by name, type or usage
-VNC clipboard sharing support
-By popular demand: keyboard keys are now semi-transparent (not just the keyboard background)
-Memory savings for VNC over SSH (no PTY/framebuffer allocation, no shell)
-Added a new optional alternative VNC encoding. This is required for VNC servers that cause graphical glitches with Remoter's default encodings (such as OpenSuse)
-New Danish keyboard mapping (thanks to user Open Mind)
-Added button to "Restore Purchases" in Remoter Store
-A new background and icon, and lots of other icons/glyphs have been updated
-Added an SSH Key Manager: Allows for generation(RSA for SSH1, RSA for SSH2, DSA), renaming, deletion, passphrase setting, emailing, copying of SSH keys to PasteBoard to use in SSH connections
-Different SSH Keys can be selected for each session
-Support for SSH Key Passphrases
-Added support for SSHv1 connections
-Terminal sizes for SSH/Telnet: Auto, 20x24, 80x24, and many more standard sizes.
-SSH compression can now be enabled/disabled
-Support for selecting text regions in terminal sessions (SSH/Telnet). Selections get stored in the device PasteBoard.
-SSH/Telnet cursor is now transparent so that the character behind it can be seen
-Many bugfixes including: -crash on startup caused by IPv6 address resolution -many issues with devices with firmware < 3.2 corrected -Updates to virtual trackpad -Corrected problem where multiple no-connectivity alerts would stack
Edit: "-WoL over WAN can be done with hostname instead of IP now." removed from the list. Unfortunately all of the required modifications for this fix didn't get committed into revision control correctly, and it's only partially enabled in the version submitted to Apple. Remoter will run name-resolution on the field, but the session editor won't allow the user to actually enter a hostname, it still only takes IP addresses. A work-around until 2.4.1 is to manually edit the sessions.plist file. Sorry about this.