Hi all,

I've finally gotten back to working on VNC viewer after taking a break for 6 months or so, and working with Detlef, I have released a new version. It happens to have the same version number as Detlef's latest version, 0.4.1, but there are quite a few changes. While the most recent IT2005 version that I released was 0.3, I actually worked on a 0.3.1 and a 0.3.2 version, and those changes can be found in 0.4.1. Probably the most significant change for most users is the support for command-line options. Use vncviewer.sh --help from xterm for more information. You can pass in both the hostname and password, and there are some other options related to a new lockdown feature. Also, if you don't currently have VNC viewer installed, you will have the option of selecting which menu to use when it is installed.

Thanks to Derek Coleman for his initial port of my 0.3 version to IT2006.

There are several ways to get the latest version of VNC viewer. The easiest way is to get it from the Extras repository. Go to http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Applicati...cdae0be4de7df5 to get the requisite information--you may already have the extras repository in your list of repositories for Application Manager. Plus, by using the repository, it will be very easy to get new versions of VNC viewer when they become available. Alternatively, you can download and install the package directly, at https://garage.maemo.org/frs/downloa....4.1_armel.deb .

Detlef and I also have a new Web site, although there isn't much content. It's at https://garage.maemo.org/projects/vncviewer/ . You can submit bugs from this Web site, download a source package, and browse the source that is checked into SVN. There isn't much content at this Web site, but that will likely change soon.

I've included the changelog since 0.3 below.

vncviewer (0.4.1):
* Reenabled CoRRE as it was a bug in vino (Detlef)
* Some performance improvements especially for 24-bit depth (Detlef)
* Enhanced user interface feedback for fullscreen feature (Aaron, Detlef)

vncviewer (0.4):
* Updated to IT2006 (much of work done by Detlef Schmicker and Derek Coleman)
* Bug fix: Disabled CoRRE encoding, as it does not work, at least with vino server (Detlef)
* Replaced user/password dialog with password dialog

vncviewer (0.3.2):
* Completed feature: Completed lockdown mode by disabling the Home button. Depending on the environment, this also requires a change to maemo_af_desktop. Also, disabled the default behavior for a long back key press, which is to exit the application
* New feature: Added Reconnect button to hardware key lockdown disable password dialog which allows the regular user to force a reconnect
* New feature: Added Admin... button to reconnect dialog which is displayed when unable to connect in lockdown mode. Pressing the Admin... button allows the user to disable lockdown mode if the proper password is entered.
* Bug fix: addressed issue where application did not appear in the task bar (this bug was added in 0.3.1)
* Misc change: Changed hardware key lockdown disable timeout from five to two seconds
* Misc code cleanup

vncviewer (0.3.1):
* New feature: added support for automatically connecting to a network
* New feature: added general command-line argument support--use vncviewer --help for more information
* New feature: added ability to pass hostname and password into vncviewer via the command-line (using the --hostname and --password options, respectively). If --hostname and --password are used and the connection is dropped, vncviewer will attempt to automatically reconnect.
* New feature: added lockdown user interface ability, activated with the --lockdown command-line option. In lockdown mode, the user interface only responds to mouse input and any key activity is ignored. The user interface also automatically goes to full screen and the toolbar is disabled. If a hardware key is held down for five seconds or more, lockdown mode may be disabled. If no lockdown password is specified with the --lockdown-password command-line option, lockdown mode is disabled. If a password is specified, then a dialog is displayed requesting the password. If the connection dies or the client is unable to connect to the server in lockdown mode, a special message box is displayed, and pressing the OK button automatically results in reconnect.
* Misc change: the list of encodings sent is now the same for both local and remote servers. This addresses the slow user interface as a result of using the raw encoding when connecting to a server via an SSH tunnel.
* Bug fix: addressed issue that resulted in a phantom image of the horizontal scroll bar sticking around after disconnecting from a server in full screen mode.

Aaron