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DESCRIPTION

JollysFastVNC is a VNC client which aims to become the best VNC client on the Mac. When I started ScreenRecycler I thought that there are enough VNC clients out there to support it. When the program started to get useful I realized that the VNC clients available on the Mac were pretty slow and people were complaining about the speed of ScreenRecycler. I was using VNCThing at the time which proved to be acceptable on PPC Macs but does not run on Intel Macs. Without a proper viewer people can't access ScreenRecycler in a way I imagined. So I started programming JollysFastVNC to enable people using ScreenRecycler. As I got a few mails about the VNC capabilities of JollysFastVNC I decided to enhance the program to be a fully functional VNC client. It's still in the early stages of development, even though somewhat usable and fast.

Use the applications about box to mail me problem as I do not read the comments here.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.98.50:
  • Fixed possible crash on closing ssh connections.
  • Fixed duplication of currently connected hosts ( they were connected in the duplicate as well ;-).
  • Fixed bug that was showing not the correct hostlist when disabling Bonjour.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Jinx.de
Downloads:96,683
  - Version d/l:4,357
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Free
Date:14 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****½

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Sep 2 2009

MMUECK  I'm a time traveller from 10 years in the future and I'm stuck here until I can repair my broken time machine. Anyway, I'm having issues with version 0.99.99.97.401 and can't connect to my computer back home. Eagerly awaiting the next pre-release version...  
(Version 0.98.40)

praisebury
+8
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Sep 3 2009

JOLLY AKA PATRICK  LOL :-))))

I hope you don't have real problems though if you have mail me.

And there will be a 1.0 version much earlier :-)

Patrick aka Jolly  
(Version 0.98.40)

praisebury
+8

May 7 2009

ISLANDMACMAN  I love this app. It makes managing multiple machines a breeze.

Thanks to the developer. cheers!  
(Version 0.98.08)

praisebury
+7
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Oct 7 2008

JOLLY AKA PATRICK  SSH tunneling does work. Currently you have to open the tunnel yourself, future versions will open the tunnel for you.

Jolly  
(Version 0.96.52 (1962))

praisebury
+5
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Oct 15 2008

E_COMMERCE  No, it most certainly does not. I've posted before on this, and provided an absurdly simple example.

For a simple case, assume the local computer has no VNC servers running, and is a larger screen resolution than the remote server.

ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 myremoteserver

Connecting with JFVNC to localhost 5900 will yield a window the size of the LOCAL screen, with the server's screen stretched to fit.

This has been ongoing for months. I've deleted prefs files, shut down every VNC server on my network except the one in question, and it still fails miserably. Every other client (Mac, Windows, and even Palm) works perfectly. Only JFVNC fails.  
(Version 0.96.56 (1994))

praisebury
0

Feb 18 2009

KELICHI  Fastest VNC client (especially on WAN)

Allows multiple VNC sessions (wish CotVNC could do that)

User interface is not too good - Can't just create an on demand connection.

If only cut&paste works (within VNC desktop and between VNC/Mac Desktop), I would use this all the time.  
(Version 0.96.86)

praisebury
+4
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Jan 10 2009
*****

THE X  Very well done!

Though I was a bit afraid of not being able to get out of Full Screen. Luckily, Command + Tab works ;)  
(Version 0.96.74)

praisebury
+4
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Dec 11 2008

FREDASH  This 0.96.70 version can now handle the automatic input of password protected SSH keyrings. In one word : It works very very well now even with SSH Tunneling.

I can now trash "Chicken of The VNC" and use this very good VNC client for my everyday Linux server connection.

Congratulations for such a good software !  
(Version 0.96.70)

praisebury
+4
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Sep 5 2008

JOLLY AKA PATRICK  listening is already there including the ability to open a port on your router automatically.

Please report feedback via mail ( you find my mail in the about box of the program ).

Jolly aka Patrick

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author of: ScreenRecycler, JollysFastVNC, SmartSleep, SmartSokoban and more.  
(Version 0.96.42)

praisebury
+4
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Mar 16 2009

DARYLF2  I love JollysFastVNC, and we certainly can't complain that its not updated regularly! :)  
(Version 0.98)

praisebury
+3
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Jan 19 2009
*****

THREEDEE912  Nice and fast VNC client for Macs. Much faster than CotVNC. Only thing (slightly) bad about it is the interface which could use a little work.  
(Version 0.96.82)

praisebury
+3
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Sep 2 2009

E_COMMERCE  An excellent icon for an excellent program!  
(Version 0.98.40)

praisebury
+2
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