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

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 15:06 +0100, Stefan Baur wrote: 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

Did you have look at Mike's client? Although it's painful slow at startup (at least the last time I checked) it might have the features you are looking for.

Cheers Morty

On 2011-11-30 15:06, 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.

Just my 0,015 EUR.

Kind Regards, Stefan

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