 | Dec 8 2009 |
T0RUS Good client, nice screen zooming optoin, has most of the needed features. -color depth cannot go to less than 16 bit (some slower connections require 64 colors like UltraVNC provides) -no option to enable scroll bars Bug: cannot switch keyboard layout (e.g. i have spanish layout on my mac, but when in JVNC i can only use english layout in the program - won't let me switch to any other, i tried adding greek, french - no luck)
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| Oct 26 2009 |
SWEEDIGEL By far, very far, the best VNC client on Mac OS platform. Thank you Patrick for it. I had a dream : a VNC server written by the same author. De très loin le meilleur client VNC sur plateforme Mac OS. J'ai fais un rêve : un serveur VNC écrit par le même auteur.
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 | Oct 20 2009 |
SANTEGO Have been using this to access Ubuntu's "Remote Desktop" over the web. Works excellent, very fast, and desktop scales to the screen size nicely. Had to disable "extra visual effects" in Ubuntu for redraws to act properly, but this is a Linux issue not a Jolly issue.
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| Oct 15 2009 |
RIPPYZ I used to use Chicken of the VNC and although it worked, it does not refresh unless the app is active, and even when it is active, the refresh is choppy. I set out the find a different VNC client and gave JollyFastVNC a shot. It is easier to set up then Chicken and has faster refresh rate. I also like the new icon, the lens inside the telescope shows the current desktop pic and will update accordingly if you set your desktop pic to change. Great attention to detail. Since I have just one other computer to connect to at home, I would like to be able to either reduce the server list window, or close it entirely and establish connection via the contextual menu for the dock icon. Although the app is pretty awesome as is now.
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| Oct 14 2009 |
GIRAFFE6044 This is defiantly the best VNC client for Mac. The reverse vnc support is perfect for helping mom fix her computer (without having to spend an hour walking her through opening ports in her router). Only request i would have is for a quick connection option. so i dont have to create a profile to access a server each and every time. just a simple entry field where i can type in address:port and hit enter to connect.
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| Oct 9 2009 |
XENOPHON Silly question, but here goes: can you please enable the old dock icon. This new one is too gothic for my taste. Again, sorry for the silly request. With greetings from Athens.
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| Oct 9 2009 |
ISLANDMACMAN This sweet little app has allowed me so much freedom in the office. It's small, portable, fast and works so well! Great work!
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| Sep 8 2009 |
WARD I used Chicken of the VNC for a long time ... until I started experiencing chronic dropped connections, sometimes after 5 minutes, usually after 15-20 minutes. My search last December for an alternative led me to JollysFastVNC. What a dramatic improvement! I don't recall a single dropped connection since then. The few times I've corresponded with Jolly (aka Patrick), he's very quick with a helpful response. For example, I just asked about Snow Leopard compatibility, and he responded with good news ("It is compatible.") before I had time to get a fresh cup of coffee.
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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...
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 | Sep 3 2009 |
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
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| Sep 2 2009 |
GRANDLEPTON The version 0.98.40 eats more than 100% CPU even at idle on my MBP, 10.5.8. I have to restore 0.98.38.
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| Sep 3 2009 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Well that should not happen. Send me a mail with the logs if possible. Furthermore - does it use the cpu when not the front application. It's a known apple bug that the pulsating button eats up idle cpu and it looks like the program would use cpu like hell even though it's not. Patrick aka Jolly
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| Sep 2 2009 |
NOADSFORME I preferred the old icon.
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| Sep 2 2009 |
E_COMMERCE An excellent icon for an excellent program!
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| Aug 28 2009 |
MINARDI Installed and set up in 10 minutes flat (maybe a little less. 10/10. You launch JollyFast, it recognize all the Macs available for Remote desktop sharing instantly. Just click on the mac you want to use and voila. I have tried other VNC, and this one is the easiest one to use and fast. It also recognize all screens hooked to the remote Macs. I'm sold.
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| Aug 1 2009 |
BOZO CLOWN The best VNC client I've found and I think I've tried most of them. Fast, easy to use and full of clever features. Author updates the app on a regular basis.
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| Jul 16 2009 |
ARVIDTP "Fullscreen window level on second screen when JFVNC is not active is now normal (did go to the back before)." Thank you!
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| Jun 10 2009 |
E_COMMERCE Odd - when I connect to a computer with fullscreen as the default, the mouse position is incorrect (mouse is actually off on upper right, Jolly has it at lower left, for instance). Leaving fullscreen fixes it, and switching back to fullscreen remains fixed. However, logging in directly to fullscreen will always mess up the mouse position. It's almost like it's not adjusting the initial mouse position on the server end to match where it is on the client end (but this is just a guess). This has happened for the last several mini updates; I'm not sure when exactly it began. :(
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| Jul 9 2009 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK why did you not mail me about it ? I do not read feedback on every site on the internet. I'll look into it now that I know what to look for.
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| Jul 11 2009 |
E_COMMERCE My apologies - I thought I had. Interestingly, it does seem to be fixed at this juncture. I think. :)
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| May 7 2009 |
ISLANDMACMAN I love this app. It makes managing multiple machines a breeze. Thanks to the developer. cheers!
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| Mar 28 2009 |
KEVIN_C Works OK as long as the remote port is 5900. Anything other than 5900 on the remote host fails to connect.
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| May 6 2009 |
OZEAN Huh? Works for me with other ports too. (All in the 590x range.)
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| Mar 16 2009 |
DARYLF2 I love JollysFastVNC, and we certainly can't complain that its not updated regularly! :)
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| Mar 14 2009 |
MACFR3AK I love this software but there's something I really missed since a while though : The displayed splashscreen allowing me either to update or not at each new releases ! Anyway, great work and keep up the good job !
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 | Mar 18 2009 |
MACFR3AK I really trust you, But today I launched the earlier version & nope ! no way to get update ! weird... Of course, needless to ask me if I checked the "Check for update on launch" button :) Macfr3ak
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| Mar 10 2009 |
ROBACKJA Both 0.96.90 and 0.96.92 are slow and unusable compared to 0.96.86. The network transfers alone are went from 30kb/s to 300kb/s (using tight encoding). I wish I could go back to old version. Also, screen resizing, I should be able to hold "shift" or something and keep the screen aspect ratio, otherwise everything is all distorted.
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| Mar 10 2009 |
ROBACKJA Let me correct myself. I apologize. I tried using only "tight low bandwidth" and apparently the GNOME remote desktop VNC server (vino) doesn't support that, so it defaulted to RAW probably. I enabled all possible encodings and my 30k/s on 1920x1200 display is back! I still hold strong on my screen resizing issue...
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| Mar 13 2009 |
ROBACKJA Thank you for the screen resizing addition (maintaining aspect ratio) :) that was quick!
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| Mar 10 2009 |
JRWMAC This MacUpdate page says this is version 0.96.86 The download button says: 0.96.90 The downloaded file to my Mac is: 0.96.92 I can't find Jollysfast Ver.0.96.86 anywhere on the net. NOTE: With 0.96.86, at least my Option and Control keys worked to my remote Mac. With 0.96.92, this version has broke those keys and will not work. My Command key, to my remote Mac has not worked for months. I like Jollysfast, but I need my Command, Option & Control keys back PLEASE! Also... This new version, 0.96.92 is slower. I use OSX 10.5.4 on a MacBook Pro Intel Mac.
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| Mar 10 2009 |
JRWMAC NOTE: This page has now been updated to 0.96.92
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| Mar 9 2009 |
BILLINDG Very good performance both on LAN and WAN. It is convenient to have SSH tunneling built-in rather than having to set the tunnel up in the Terminal. Very stable for me. Even on crappy hotel internet connections, I get useful performance when logging back to my home computer.
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| 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.
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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.
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| Jan 13 2009 |
HYPERT It's been a while since I tried this. Glad to see that it can connect to RealVNC on Windows finally. I prefer Full Screen VNC clients, as most of my systems run at the same resolution. But, once I entered Full Screen, the only way to "get out" was to Cmd-Tab to another app, and then click back on the Jolly connection dialog box. Is there another/easier way to close the current connection without doing that?
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| Jan 13 2009 |
MAC ADAM Why is better than one integrated in Leopard ? Is it more secure ?
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| Jan 20 2009 |
ESPIRIT For me this is superior to Leopard's built-in VNC client simply because I have machines that cannot run Leopard. For example, I am typing this review out on a 500MHz Pismo from around 2000 which I have setup with Tiger, and it still runs beautifully. For computers such as this, JollysFastVNC is without a doubt the best free option available. Its lightweight and efficient enough to even be run on a machine as old as this one. On my Leopard boxes I do use the built-in VNC client, but for all of my G3s and G4s running Tiger, this is the way to go.
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| Jan 27 2009 |
MAC ADAM This what I said, no better than Leopard built-in. For Tiger I understand use this freeware than AppleRemoteDesktop must buy.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
Though I was a bit afraid of not being able to get out of Full Screen. Luckily, Command + Tab works ;)
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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 !
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| Nov 20 2008 |
All is working very well excepting for the SSH feature with a password-protected key, the current version of JollysFastVNC apparently cannot enter the password. Apart from this problem, this product works very well. Keep up with the good work ! | |
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| Nov 18 2008 |
E_COMMERCE In a nutshell - SSH tunneling does work after all, but the program seems to be doing something odd with caching screen sizes. At least, that's how it looks here. All this time I thought SSH tunneling was broken (see my various posts here if you care). It turns out there is a bug, but it's something else entirely. I downloaded the most recent version, saw the same behavior and was set to create another screen shot to illustrate. However, the stretched screen of my destination computer was in the way, so I changed it to "half size" - and the aspect ratio and size were fixed! I changed it back to full size, and now it snapped to the correct size (1024x768). All further connections to that computer have been correct ever since. Somehow it was picking up my local resolution (1440x900) from somewhere (a previous connection to something else?), which was not correct for what it was connecting to at the moment. I'd like to say this is closed, but when I attempted to connect to a different VNC host (1400x1050) over the same tunnel, a similar scaling type of bug reappeared when the destination screen was set to "Actual Size", but strangely not when set to "Half Size" or "Double Size". Looks like something odd is going on with how the screen size is being handled.
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| Nov 9 2008 |
APOYAMOS and fast it is...
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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
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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.
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| Sep 24 2008 |
E_COMMERCE SSH tunneling still doesn't work. Even the simplest possible test case screws up the resolution. Every other client works (Chicken, Screen Sharing, UltraVNC, MicroVNC, etc). Still want to use this, but still can't.
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| Oct 20 2008 |
E_COMMERCE Ah yes, valid bug reports clearly should be bumped down. Because we all know the software is perfect and anyone else has an axe to grind...
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| Sep 21 2008 |
SHAWNB Well I couldn't pay him for this so I registered his Screen Recycler software instead (which I don't use). Yes it's that good! Thanks and keep up the good work!
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| Sep 19 2008 |
USER NAME Wonderful! This works with iPhone's Veency!
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| Sep 18 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Well, copy paste works as well as international keyboards with the latest version :-) Jolly aka Patrick
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| Sep 10 2008 |
BROCK SAMSON I'll ditch the Chicken as soon as copy/paste works.
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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 ). author of: ScreenRecycler, JollysFastVNC, SmartSleep, SmartSokoban and more.
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 | Aug 18 2008 |
SSNICKERER feature request - listening functionality?
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| Jul 27 2008 |
ISLANDMACMAN Jolly fast, too. Upgrading to Leopard forced me to move from Chicken to Jollys... connections are faster than ever, it's like being at the computer. thanx guys!
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| Jul 9 2008 |
10BASET Probably the best VNC-Client on the Mac! Keep on good work...
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| Jun 30 2008 |
FROMAGE-HEAD Is there a tutorial for using this kind of app ? I'm not sure how to use it.
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| Jun 5 2008 |
10BASET I realy apreciate this peace of software but the only thing I need it for is to access ms windows based servers via VNC. Is it possible that you implement a button that let the bonjour-scanner deactivate? | |
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| Sep 4 2008 |
HYPERT I'd like to 2nd this request. The last time I tried this SW (a few months ago), it refused to connected my PCs running RealVNC. Isn't this a common thing for others, needed to reach a PC from their Mac?
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| May 25 2008 |
E_COMMERCE After all this time it still doesn't support tunneled SSH connections properly. For instance: Local: MacBook Pro, 1440x900 Remote: Mac Mini, 1024x768 ssh -L 5902:127.0.0.1:5900 mini This will tunnel any request for port 5902 on the local machine to the remote mini over SSH (I use 5902 because I already have VNC servers running locally on 5900 and 5901). When I use JFVNC to connect, I get the picture of the remote system in a window the size of the local system. No other VNC client does this on any platform I've used (Ubuntu, UltraVNC, Palm microVNC, Apple's Screen Sharing, Chicken, etc). Reported for the last six months at least, no progress. I'd really like to use this, but for now I just can't.
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| Jun 20 2008 |
DRADY E_Commerce: are you saying that JFVNC doesn't support tunneling by calling 'ssh -L ...' internally or that it does not support communication across an externally established tunnel? thanks.
(Version 0.96.32) | |
| Jun 26 2008 |
E_COMMERCE It doesn't support it over an externally created tunnel. I don't see any built-in functionality for creating SSH tunnels in JFVNC. Also, I've since seen this same behavior when connecting to UltraVNC on my Thinkpad, without an SSH tunnel. The screen shows up, but stretched to the size of the host machine. This unfortunately makes this software completely useless for me.
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| Jun 26 2008 |
DRADY External tunnels work for me. Never had an issue with them with JFVNC since I started using it almost a year ago. Ex: ssh -XC -L 5903:10.200.20.9:5903 user@some.host.com Tunnels just fine for me.
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| Jul 17 2008 |
E_COMMERCE Modified for user name and IP's: ssh -XC -L 5903:127.0.0.1:5900 jochs@mini Deleted preferences and used default settings, other than IP's and ports (obviously). Mini, Screen Sharing.app: http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Misc/JollysFastVNC/mini-screensharing.jpg Mini, JollysFastVNC, direct connection: http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Misc/JollysFastVNC/mini-direct.jpg Mini, JollysFastVNC, SSH tunnel: http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Misc/JollysFastVNC/mini-sshtunnel.jpg Thinkpad, Screen Sharing.app (scrolls, as the Thinkpad screen is taller than my local screen): http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Misc/JollysFastVNC/thinkpad-screensharing.jpg Thinkpad, JollysFastVNC, direct connection: http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Misc/JollysFastVNC/thinkpad-direct.jpg
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| Jul 17 2008 |
E_COMMERCE It's hard to tell in that last Thinkpad screenshot, but it is stretched horizontally. UltraVNC is the Windows VNC server.
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| May 22 2008 |
SWEEDIGEL Just add the file transfert support and it will be the best vnc client ever. It's already the best mac vnc client by FAR.
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| May 16 2008 |
PHOTEK This is GREAT software... the thing I still struggle to understand is... how has the developer made such a FAST app..? it eclipses the competition.. Great software... simply the best VNC app for OSX
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| Apr 13 2008 |
YETIBOY This version (0.96.20) fixed a MacBook Pro (2,2) trackpad problem I've experienced with the RealVNC client, Chicken, and (until now) Jollys... - I could scroll down, but not up, when connecting to a Linux box running RealVNC server version 4. Now I can scroll in both directions. Nice job!
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| Apr 11 2008 |
TOURNESOL Cannot test it since the VNC server I'm connecting to requires login and password. Don't see where to enter that anywhere in JFV.
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| Apr 14 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Currently that authorization scheme is not supported. As a workaround ( until adding that feature ) use normal VNC authorization on the server. Regards - Jolly
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| Apr 10 2008 |
GYAWITZ Ive been using Chicken for years and this this is lighting fast by comparison and was easy to set up in seconds.
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| Apr 6 2008 |
SJHA It is fast. But there is an annoying bug if you by mistake try to connect to the computer you are running the programme on - it seems to go into an unstoppable loop whereby it shows multiple copies of that machine's screen.
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| Apr 6 2008 |
MUMUNOL What you call a loop is *natural* : if you get connected to your screen you are asking for displaying your screen in a window that is displaying your screen displaying your window that is displaying your screen displaying your window displaying your screen... This is not a bug this is like you being between two mirors. Try displaying a screen displaying something else than your screen and you will see that everything is fine ! | |
| Apr 7 2008 |
SJHA Yes, I see that you are correct. Chicken of the VNC displays the same behaviour.
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| Apr 7 2008 |
ERICOB I don't think this is a "loop," I think it is infinite recursion. A result can be technically correct, but still be *incorrect* as far as product usability is concerned. If the result of requesting a VNC connection to the same computer that the request comes from can never be completed, I consider that allowing that IS a bug.
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| Apr 6 2008 |
XMICHELO Here are my ratings (forgot to do it in the comment below)
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| Apr 6 2008 |
XMICHELO Great app. As stated, it's fast. Faster than CotVNC for all servers i've been testing (osxVNC, TightVNC, RealVNC).
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| Mar 11 2008 |
QUAYDVT I work with an iMac and a mini and have networked them via firewire. Using the remote desktop in Tiger and Chicken, I was really pleased to see that I could probably lose the extra monitor for the mini - but I do video on the mini and found that the lag and frame drop was HUGE. I found JollysFast and tried it - monumental difference! The lag is minimal even while capturing and I can do the final editing on the captured clips that wasn't possible with Chicken due to the dramatic frame dropping and lag. I am still a relative newbie to the mac, but for my money, JollysFast has it hands-down over Chicken, at least using the remote-desktop included with Tiger
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| Feb 26 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK If chicken would be faster, nobody would use JollysFastVNC for sure. What is your setup and and your steps to make this reproduceable as I'm quite certain that JollysFastVNC is the FASTEST VNC CLIENT. Take a look at the video at http://www.jinx.de/teclog/2007.08.10.jollysfastvnc-inside-hidden-jolly-labs.html
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| Mar 10 2008 |
STAR-AFFINITY I think TOURNESOL means when it comes to controlling Windows or any other non Mac OS X computer. Chicken definitely seem faster for me there too.
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| Mar 10 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK As said before - mail me your setup and we will find out where the problem lies. Regards - Patrick
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| Apr 6 2008 |
TOURNESOL I'm on a 3.0 Ghz octocore xeon Mac Pro with 4Gb RAM, the VNC server is accessed on a Gigabit network.
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| Feb 25 2008 |
TOURNESOL Chicken of the VNC is still faster. It works though. Keep up the good work and be speedier than Chicken :)
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| Feb 16 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK try version 0.96.12 and if the problem persists mail me ! Jolly aka Patrick
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| Feb 12 2008 |
BCREIGHTON I just downloaded JollysFastVNC onto my powerpc g4 laptop, the 96.10 version. I've installed it, but when I click on it, the program almost immediately crashes, maybe 1 second. I tried the 96.8 version, same thing. I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be. Anyone have any ideas?
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| Feb 6 2008 |
CARMENM Hi, i just downloaded the latest version but it didnt work with my server when cotVNC does. my server is using the port 2900 The server type is set to other and my server has The real problem is that i cant see the error message as disappear as soon as it appeared. Could we have a log window? This would be a great addition in order to "debug" connection problems Anyway i hope i ll manage to have it work as i like jollyfastvnc a lot. Thanks for your work
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| Feb 9 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK In the Console all messages are logged. Open up Console.app ( /Applications/Utitlites ) and tell me what happens. My email is in the 'About...' panel.
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| Feb 18 2008 |
CARMENM I now tried with the console on, and here is the error message 2/18/08 9:15:46 AM JollysFastVNC[47394] VNCClient connectWithSocket: Caught ConnectionException: VNCClient start: major protocol version error
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| Feb 18 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Ah, that's a good one. Which server are you using as it seems to be different. Can you e-mail me ? This way support is faster as I' m not reading macupdate all the time. Regards - Patrick aka Jolly
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| Dec 22 2007 |
MAKETSO Via JollysFastVNC, I'm *finally* able to connect to my father's PC remotely (very cool)...something that CotVNC would never seem to do (always timed-out first). CotVNC is relatively quick on my home LAN connecting to PCs. I'm quite sure it is something I haven't gotten configured correctly, but JollysFastVNC (v0.96.6 & prior) is quite a bit slower in updating my Intel MacBook Pro screen. From a previous post, I tried connecting to the ethernet-connected PC next to my MacBook via the 192.168... address, but is is equally slow. Any thoughts on what I can do to get to the point of realizing speed that the others enjoy? Using HamachiX (v0.9 1B3 24) and OSXvnc (v1.71) in Mac OS 10.4.11. CotVNC is v2.0b2.
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| Dec 22 2007 |
MAKETSO PS. I have the window displaying in 50% size. I haven't been able to get anything but a white screen displayed in 100% size. The "server type" is set to "Other" for each PC, and the "Color Depth" is set to "16 bit". Everything else is "Default". PSS. When first logging-in to any of the PCs (local or remote), it takes several minutes to get a screen image displayed. On the RealVNC server running on each PC, I have removed the wallpaper & background patterns.
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| Jan 2 2008 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Try a different VNC server. I'm using ultravnc and tightvnc on windows with very good performance. Some vnc servers are just not capable of handling the requests jollysfastvnc asks them for. Then those SERVERS are SLOW as they don't handle the requests correctly internaly. If JollysFast is slower than any other client on the mac I'm pretty sure that it's the server. Drop me a mail and is can figure that one out. | |
| Jan 2 2008 |
MAKETSO Hi Patrick...and, Happy New Year! Thank you for both of your replies, as well as for your invitation to continue troubleshooting. I'll track down your email address and explore a solution with you a bit more...thank you. I should have mentioned that I did already have the Server Type configured as "Other". Can JollyFastVNC run as a server on a PC? Thanks again, Maketso
(Version 0.96.6) | |
| Nov 30 2007 |
VERRAMI I installed JollysFastVNC and VNC viewer on my mac book pro today. JolleysfastVNC is definitely quicker in terms of performance it has some elements missing (for e.g., I am unable to use right-click options when I connect to the linux server). I tried all keyboard options and non of em let me use the right click options. overall performance is good.
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| Nov 24 2007 |
BEESHARP Not sure if it's just my set up but JollysFast takes a lot longer to login on my LAN. CotVNC takes just a few seconds via Bonjour. JollysFast several minutes as it appears to use my DynDNS account even though Bonjour is available. Once logged in I prefer JollysFast–mainly because of the fit to screen feature. Thanks Patrick for all of your efforts!
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| Nov 24 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Did you try setting up a new connection just with the ipaddress to figure out what's going on ? JollysFastVNC trys the servers in the order that is shown in the address field. If the first one is a name that can't be resolved it will then try the second one and so forth. Regards - Jolly aka Patrick
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| Nov 24 2007 |
BEESHARP That did it! All is well now. I guess this is a feature request that I'd ask for as I didn't have to set up CotVNC to do this. Thanks for for the prompt reply. Very much appreciated.
(Version 0.96.4) | |
| Oct 11 2007 |
HAHAD Thanks a lot for a very interesting alternative in the VNC viewer field. With every update I use it more and more. There is just one issue which keeps me from switching over completely: support for a right mouse click to bring up the contextual menu. Or am I missing any setting there? Also for the more distant future a listening option would be great to allow server connections from machines which are behind a firewall without the proper port open. Keep up the great work.
(Version 0.94b) | |
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| Oct 17 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK does the 'keyboard layout' setting of 'other' not work ? That changes the use of the 2nd. and 3rd. button. ( maybe I should name it ARD vs. other ) Patrick aka Jolly
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| Oct 21 2007 |
HAHAD Thanks for your reply Patrick. Under the 'keyboard layout' I only found the options for 'Remote' and 'Invasive'. Since you mentioned 'other' I had a play around with the 'Server Type' setting, and setting that from 'Mac' to 'Other' makes the right mouse button work fine :) only problem for me now is that the 'ALT' and 'Command' keys are swapped over :( Being able to use the correct modifier keys AND the right mouse button at the same time would be really great. Thanks for listening.
(Version 0.94b) | |
| Oct 10 2007 |
SIMON PRIDE I have the same issue as Alan (in fact I mentioned it to him a while ago). Server: Mac Mini (Intel) 1.66 GHz VNC Server is Apple Remote Desktop Interface is wired ethernet 100 Mb/s After a few minutes' use, the server's network interface will stop working and cannot be used. Nothing is shown in the console log.
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| Oct 5 2007 |
ALANFLEMING Very nice - but it reliably kills the interface to which I'm connecting after a while. Duplicated this on two servers - if I use them via Jollys for an extended period, they drop off the network and need rebooting. Once this bug is got out, I'll definitely recommend it, but until then I have to stick with Chicken of the VNC :(
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| Oct 10 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK When the servers crash it's probably no JFVNC's fault, more a problem on the server side as JFVNC just asks for updates. Can you send me a mail which servers you are using ? Thanx in advance Jolly
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| Oct 5 2007 |
HB.DESIATO The preference setting "Check for Updates on launch" doesn't work - the code seems to be overriding it. I don't want this app "phoning home" every time I launch it.
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| Oct 5 2007 |
HB.DESIATO Very cool - thank you! Definitely faster than COTVNC, I use them both and am slowly preferring Jollys. Thanks for being an attentive developer.
(Version 0.94b) | |
| Oct 1 2007 |
COOLFACTOR Thanks for responding so quickly to my last question, Jolly. I tried using JollysFastVNC to connect to a VNC server over the Internet, but it didn't work. It has only worked on a machine on the same subnet. It did ask for the password, but then nothing happened. Is this a known issue?
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| Oct 2 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK nope, that is not known. It normally works. It is known though that some servers can't cope with the update requests they are getting. Send me an e-mail as I do not look here in regular intervals. Regards - Jolly aka Patrick
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| Sep 30 2007 |
COOLFACTOR I've just successfully connected to another Mac and this client is nice and fast. I would like to know why it's called "Jollys Fast" rather than "Jolly Fast"... why the extra "s" on the end of "Jolly"? Signed, nitpicker
(Version 0.92) | |
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| Oct 1 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK Cause it's named after my nick. Jolly aka Patrick
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| Oct 5 2007 |
KINGADROCK So it should be called Jolly'sFastVNC.
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| Sep 26 2007 |
MORWEN I'm running Vine on my home box and Jolly as my client on my laptop. It does seem faster than COTV, but I don't seem able to cut and paste from my laptop into the Jolly client window??? Help?
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| Sep 25 2007 |
PETER DA SILVA Seems to be free-as-in-beer. Would it be possible to open-source this to help improve the performance of VNC clients everywhere?
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| Sep 17 2007 |
SANS Excellent speed. Please, add option 'Keep aspect ratio' while resizing. Thanks!
(Version 0.90a) | |
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| Sep 11 2007 |
JOBBY Please could we have the "fullscreen" command NOT be Cmd-F? It's very annoying when you're trying to use "find" on the remote machine :) (And is there any way to get the remote Mac to let me have a screen resolution of higher than 1024x768, or is it just restricting me to what the physical monitor is capable of? It feels insanely cramped, and I can't find a way to increase it...)
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| Sep 11 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK It's an alpha and those features will come. Right now you can however use OS X 's capability of remapping the keys to whatever you like. So YOU CAN REMAP it to CMD-SHIFT-F if you like. | |
| Sep 12 2007 |
JOBBY Doh! Should have had a coffee first - fancy forgetting you could do that :) Thanks for replying!
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| Sep 11 2007 |
NEIL_M This is a significant advance from 0.84 - really very good.
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| Sep 7 2007 |
E_COMMERCE Decided to check this out after seeing all of the hype. Indeed, the speed is simply amazing. On my local LAN I can just about watch video over this. However, there's still a LOT to do on the interface. A few recommendations: - Move "Host Type", "Keyboard Layout", and "Connect" to the drawer - they're certainly not the primary settings, and likely don't need to be changed often. - Since the default values are so well set (very few programs do this well - bravo!), show the connection name, server address, and port in the columns. That way someone could complete basic setup of a connection without ever opening the drawer. - Remove all key commands in the program; they will conflict with those in the VNC window for Mac clients. Command-W has hit me a few times. - Remove the Help menu, or add some help. - General polish - things like the icon, buttons in the main window not matching usual interface design, and the OK buttons being "Ok" and shrunken. For the Transport Encoding Order, move "Use" column to the left side and remove the title (it's redundant) to match standard UI.
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| Sep 7 2007 |
JOLLY AKA PATRICK definition ? Currently JollysFastVNC scales the remote desktop to the size you choose by resizing the window . CMD -1 will set it to 1:1 resolution. CMD-0 to 2:1 and CMD-2 to 1:2 Bonjour annouced servers will automatically beeing shown (and autoconnected if you want). | |
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| Sep 11 2007 |
NEIL_M What I mean by definition is sharpness/clarity of the icons and text on the remote machine. Jolly is much faster and that more than compensates for the difference.
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| Sep 6 2007 |
NEIL_M Tried side-by-side with Chicken and Jolly is faster, that's running it through a VPN. I do notice that Chicken has better definition, but I think that's the compression and settings - which makes me wonder it tweaking Chicken might achieve similar results. I like Chicken's ability to auto-display bonjour hosts in the side list. Having the choice of 2 free-quality-VNC clients for Mac is most welcome.
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| Sep 6 2007 |
GAOSHAN Perhaps there is something "off" with my setup but Jolly doesn't seem any faster than Chicken on my machine. I'm running the server on a 867mhz PowerMac G4, the client on a 1.2Ghz iBook G4 and the network is my wireless LAN. Running Jolly in a small window versus Chicken in a much larger window they both appear equally slow. Perhaps my setup has something to do with it? Jolly is perfectly good but to my eye it is no better than Chicken of the VNC.
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| Sep 5 2007 |
NULLSET Fast, fast, fast. Very nice work, chicken has something to worry about ...
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| Sep 5 2007 |
YSTROOB This is the VNC client that I have been waing for. It is fast and friendly! Excellent work in progress. Congrats to the author(s).
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| Sep 4 2007 |
SMORR Wow! The speed is pretty incredible -- all this time, I thought the slowness of VNC in CotV was due to network bandwidth issue. JFVNC proves this completely wrong. -- That the client is the bottleneck and not the network is a revelation.
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| Sep 4 2007 |
MIKAELF WOW! This is Jolly fast:-) The Chicken is soon fried...this blows it away! One request...can I have the Server List window optionally stay on top or move to the front when I put focus on JFV? Gave stabilty a 4 since I've only used it for 10 minutes...Yiiihhhhaaaaaa! | |
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| Sep 4 2007 |
BURSTBUBBLE I know its not version 1 yet, but looks like very promising complimentary utility to VINE Server. Nice interface and features. Keep up the good work. A wake remote option would be nice.
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