Citrix Java Client Working
 

I haven't experimented too much, but I seem to have the java citrix client working. It is pretty much unbearably slow, and it only works with a hard keyboard (or something like xkbd), but it may be of use to some people. Here are the rough steps.

• Get Jalimo
• Get Classpath-Tools from the same repository as Jalimo. This will install gappletviewer
• Download the Java Citirx client, read about it, and extract the required jar files to you tablet
• Run a command like - gappletviewer -code com.citrix.ConnectionCenter.class -archive JICA-coreN.jar,JICA-browseN.jar,JICA-configN.jar,JICA-seamlessN.jar -param HTTPBrowserAddress,citrix.host.com -param Address,Putty -param InitialProgram,#Putty

These are the rough steps to get it working. Like I said, it is REALLY slow. Also, I can't seem to be able to run seamless mode. Plus it seems to crash after a short period of time. So in other words, it's not very useful, but maybe someone will have more success than I :) Once they get an OS2008 version of PhoneME working, I may give that a try, but I don't think it will be useful enough for any real use.

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

I've really no use for citrix, but the cool thing is, you've confirmed an applet running via jalimo; with some work (maybe greasemonkey?) it should be possible to convert embedded applets in web pages to links, allowing you to run the applet. Or of course, a Java plug-in, but that's more real work.

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

It would be awesome if this could be tweaked to run at an acceptable speed.

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

Yes!
Citrix would really rock on the N810. Another step to replace my laptop for business trips. :)

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In terms of general use for java applets, be forewarned that I have found the following...

• Doesn't seem to work with archived (jar) applets when loading gappletviewer with a url. Some kind of classpath issue???
• Does not seem to work with proxies... doesn't seem to use http_proxy.
• I've said this before, but performance is lacking. This is probably more JVM related.
• It warns that some security features are not implemented, so it may be dangerous to use with malicous applets.

As for browser support, someone could probably get some kind of greasemonkey script working, but there is also a plugin called gcjwebplugin that is supposed to be a firefox plugin that uses gappletviewer to run applets embedded in the browser. However, to me this would just create more overhead further decreasing perfromance.

Finally, it looks like the version of gappletviewer and maybe even gnu classpath that is being used in Jalimo may be a little old. I wonder if we got a newer port if it would work better. Anyway, I would be interested in hearing the progress of Sun's PhoneME for OS2008 if anyone has any info. I think it would be worth a try. Along those same lines, has anyone tried using SUN's appletviewer in PhoneME on OS2007?

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

Ok, gotta ask: why do you need Citrix on the tablet? Can't you use VNC or rdesktop to some intermediate box with a Citrix client? (Your laptop comes to mind, if you're leaving it behind, make it work!)

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

You may. ;)
Because often enough I end up having to VNC through Citrix. Ever "worked" across the world through VNC-Citrix-VNC? No - lucky you. :D

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

Hmm, doesn't sound good. I do feel lucky.
But in that case, why not RDP?
RDP-Citrix-VNC; just so when someone asks you which you use, you can say "yes". ;)

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

Aw, man. Citrix is such a messy kludge. And running the Java client on a ARM CPU is going to be ugly no matter what. I think the better approach would be to redesign the server side to handle light-weight clients like (as mentioned above) VNC or rdesktop. SSH should be used more in a corporate setting, too. You can use it to securely tunnel into the corporate network (and then proceed to use VNC securely), securely transfer files, and you can even use sshfs to mount corporate network folders from anywhere you can get Internet access.

But if your corporate IT dep't is using Citrix, they're probably going to say, "What's SSH? Are telling me to be quiet?"

I'm with Benson here. The cool thing is the confirmation of a Java app running on the tablet.

Re: Citrix Java Client Working
 

Well, we're not changing the corporate enterprisey setup just to let me have fun with the N810 while I'm travelling. ;) :D

I have yet to test it, anywho.