[X2go-Dev] Some feature requests for x2go-client (Windows), while we're at it...

John A. Sullivan III jsullivan at opensourcedevel.com
Wed Nov 30 15:23:53 CET 2011


On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 15:06 +0100, Stefan Baur wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I'd like to suggest two changes to the X2go Windows client, though they 
> might make sense for the MacOS X and Linux Clients (when used on a "fat" 
> Linux client) as well:
> 
> 1) UI change:
> When the x2go-client is *not* used in thin-client mode, the session 
> selection screen should not fill the entire screen. It should be the 
> size of a single session item, like in the vertical bar on the right, or 
> similar in size to the Nomachine NX client login screen.
> 
> I fully understand that you need a screen-filling display mode when 
> running on a thin client, so maybe there should be a command line option 
> to select which UI mode is needed, and make the smaller one the default 
> on Windows (and possibly Mac OS X as well) at compile-time.
> 
> 2) Behavioral change:
> When a session is active, the Windows 7 task bar shows two windows: The 
> remote desktop/application, as well as the session selection screen.
> In my opinion, the session selection screen should be hidden when a 
> successful connection has been established. It should only pop up again 
> if the session was terminated due to an error (application crash, loss 
> of network connection, etc.). Again, this is similar to how NoMachine NX 
> clients handle this.
<snip>
Hi, Stefan.  For the second point, if you set the client to minimize to
the tray in Windows, do you still get the second task bar icon? I
haven't been back in the windows client in a while and do not remember -
John




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