VNCViewer

April 29, 2005
On Tiger, performance of window dragging has become...well, terrible. I'm not sure when a fix will be in the works, but I know the problem exists.

Download

• Binary version - VNCViewer_v2.01.sit
• Source code - VNCViewer_Source_v2.01.sit
  • Developers should read the README.html and CHANGES files.

Introduction

At the time, there wasn't any Mac OS X VNC client available so I decided to work on one, starting from a viewer written for OPENSTEP by Twentieth Century Software.

It seems I wasn't the only one working on a VNC client. You can find other VNC clients below:

• VNCThing by Dair Grant
• VNCViewer by Tim Senecal
• VNCViewer by Helmut Maierhofer
• VNCDimension by M Dimension Technology

Features

• New or fixed in version 2.01
  • Added a menu item to send a Control-Alt-Delete sequence.
  • Added an option to turn off the dot within circle cursor.
  • Added new default called DebugCharacterCodes. See the online-help for more information.
  • Fixed: Any IP address is now accepted when creating connections. In version 2.0 the IP address had to be a host registered with NetInfo or the Domain Name Service.
  • Fixed: The dot within circle cursor now appears when in Full Screen Mode.
• Full screen mode to hide dock and menu bar.
• Optionally saves passwords for servers.
• Supports copy and paste of text between connections and the local host.
• Modifier keys to simulate middle and right mouse buttons.
• Supports shared desktops.
• All VNC compression modes: CopyRect, RRE, CoRRE, Hextile.
• Online help.

Installation

1. Click on the Download link above.
2. Stuffit Expander will run and you will see two new files on your Desktop. One is a Stuffit archive, the other is VNCViewer.img. NOTE: If Stuffit Expander does not automatically run, you will see a VNCViewer Stuffit archive on your desktop. Double-click it to have Stuffit Expander run and create the VNCViewer.img file.
3. Double-click the VNCViewer.img icon.
4. Disk Copy will launch. You will now see a VNCViewer disk drive icon on your desktop. A Finder window also opens showing the contents of the VNCViewer disk.
5. Create a new Finder window and navigate to where you would like to install VNCViewer (e.g, the Applications folder in your Home folder.)
6. Drag VNCViewer from the Finder window to your chosen destination.
7. Installation is complete. Double-click the VNCViewer icon to run.
8. To clean up:
   1. Click the Disk Copy icon on the Dock.
   2. Choose Quit Disk Copy from the Disk Copy menu.
   3. Select the VNCViewer disk icon on the Desktop
   4. Choose Eject from the Special menu.
   5. Select the VNCViewer.img icon and the VNCViewer Stuffit icon.
   6. Drag both to the Trash.

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