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Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by jarek »

Udo wrote: post #132
gregory80 wrote: post #73

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> Android users just want free software, while iOS users don't mind paying for quality. that seems like a gross generalization. Having had and used both android and iOS I never saw that behavior in myself or others. I have to agree with OP, i don't understand the excitement over this SSH client, interface included. A shell prompt is one of the oldest interfaces. iOS can support 3D graphics rendering and gaming and pa…

Being able to ssh into a server while on the road with nothing more than an iPad is a feature that has value to some people (like me, for example). For an app that is really useful, the difference between $5 and free is negligible. I just paid more for my coffee than I did for Prompt, and I didn't think about that twice either.

You drink expensive coffee.

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by Udo »

jarek wrote: post #141
Udo wrote: post #132

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Being able to ssh into a server while on the road with nothing more than an iPad is a feature that has value to some people (like me, for example). For an app that is really useful, the difference between $5 and free is negligible. I just paid more for my coffee than I did for Prompt, and I didn't think about that twice either.

You drink expensive coffee.

Frankfurt, Germany. It's expensive but low quality ;-)

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by tvon »

yurifury wrote: post #125
matthijs wrote: post #101

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For 265 color support you can use this: https://github.com/timmfin/terminalcolours

Doesn't that just let you customize 16 colours to whatever you want? That's not real 256 colour support, is it?

Correct.

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by rmc »

yardie wrote: post #140
rmc wrote: post #133

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That's what annoys me about the iOS ecosystem, there is a marketplace, not a community.

That's what annoys me about the iOS ecosystem, there is a marketplace, not a community. This will come as a great surprise to Mac and iOS users everywhere.

As a linux user I'm accostomed to talking to a person when I want to get a utility, it's usually a link on someone's blog. However for OSX, all software is sold by companies. I usually have to pay $10 (only $10! they tell me) to a company. It's much less personal and disconnected.

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by gbog »

silencio wrote: post #123
rhizome wrote: post #118

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You're making a category error against SSH with examples like knives, which have a lot of variation. Let's see you write as much about having used a "really nice chopstick" or typing an especially round period at the end of a sentence. There's a paradox here where ssh is already a good, simple tool, so how do you improve on that? Make it easier to type on an iPad? I don't think that's going to happen, so let's take a…

> Let's see you write as much about having used a "really nice chopstick".. Even though I think you're splitting hairs (I think the omelette and knife examples work well) I can write about a really nice pair of chopsticks: the ones I'm using right now to eat my pasta for dinner. They're not fancy, I think I bought the 5 (pair) pack for less than $10. But the weight of the metal is just perfect. Not too heavy, not too…

Metal chopsticks are an abomination, gives a awful metallic taste. Should be made of bamboo! And don't paint them please.

You see, chopsticks have much more variation than ssh, which is just a protocol. It reminds me of a highly ranked recent post about a so-called magic color highlighting theme. Then at the end of the comment one poor guy said: "I'm I the only one to happily stick to the default?". Come on, there are most serious things to discuss in the world, and on HN, than a slick ssh iPhone app, or a color theme. For instance, we could discuss the next ssh protocols, those that will allow to solve the "where is my file" problem (listed in pg's list of ideas, can't find it right now).

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by steadicat »

Toucan wrote: post #11
ceejayoz wrote: post #4

Anyone got any ideas on getting a .pem key from EC2 into this? I got my non-EC2 id_rsa into it just fine, but .pems seem to disappear.

You can convert the .pem by doing something like: openssl rsa -in test.pem > test.rsa

The following sequence of commands worked for me:

    openssl rsa -in ec2.pem > ec2.rsa
    chmod 700 ec2.rsa
    ssh-keygen -y -f ec2.rsa > ec2.rsa.pub
Then I added both ec2.rsa and ec2.rsa.pub to the app.

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by silencio »

gbog wrote: post #145
silencio wrote: post #123

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> Let's see you write as much about having used a "really nice chopstick".. Even though I think you're splitting hairs (I think the omelette and knife examples work well) I can write about a really nice pair of chopsticks: the ones I'm using right now to eat my pasta for dinner. They're not fancy, I think I bought the 5 (pair) pack for less than $10. But the weight of the metal is just perfect. Not too heavy, not too…

Metal chopsticks are an abomination, gives a awful metallic taste. Should be made of bamboo! And don't paint them please. You see, chopsticks have much more variation than ssh, which is just a protocol. It reminds me of a highly ranked recent post about a so-called magic color highlighting theme. Then at the end of the comment one poor guy said: "I'm I the only one to happily stick to the default?". Come on, there ar…

I would normally agree, but for whatever reason these chopsticks don't give off any metallic taste. They're quite odd now that I think about it, and fairly difficult to find. I buy similar sets of them by randomly finding the utensil section at asian supermarkets and weighing all the chopstick pairs by hand.

Good bamboo chopsticks are useful too, but finding the right weight/size combination is usually the difficult part for me. Part of what I think makes my metal chopsticks so awesome is that they're not too light or too heavy, and bamboo usually end up being on the lighter end. I have small tremors in my hands most days and a little extra weight makes all the difference in ease of use.

> Come on, there are most serious things to discuss in the world, and on HN, than a slick ssh iPhone app, or a color theme.

Personally, I think discussions about usability and good design are worthwhile, even on HN. Your product or vision or what have you is not as good as it can be if you (or someone you work with) don't at least take those into consideration. Why do I care that an iOS ssh client is polished on top of technically 'just working'? It saves me time and effort I can then put into my own work, at the least. And maybe that work could be something to improve on ssh ;)

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by mitchty »

dhimes wrote: post #60
jimwise wrote: post #15

I'd been using touchterm for a while, and had experimented with other iOS ssh clients. They... worked, but the experience always felt a bit clunky. I've been using prompt for a day now, and so far it feels better than the others. The app design feels really clean, the method of expanding the keyboard to handle modifier keys and frequently-used non-alpha keys works well without grabbing too much screen real estate (th…

I just bought it. It is slow and unresponsive to me- I have to wait for the screen to catch up with my typing. I'm on an iPhone4- so it's not like I'm typing fast. Nice, clean design though.

Been lurking on HN for a while, finally decided to comment for once.

Same experience on a 3gs (I've been waiting for the white 4, not sure why anymore), painfully slow to do anything, including just closing a connection. I just gave up waiting and let tcp time it out.

The biggest killer of being able to use it was readline support is horrid. First thing I did was login and escape-/ + ssh + n a few times and half the screen turned into some amalgamation of things that matched ssh. I didn't try emacs readline support but expect its about the same.

Interface is spot on, but it has a long ways to go before it can do basic terminal work. iSSH is still going to be on my homescreen for a while it looks like.

Re: Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.

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Post by andyman1080 »

rmc wrote: post #144
yardie wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what annoys me about the iOS ecosystem, there is a marketplace, not a community. This will come as a great surprise to Mac and iOS users everywhere.

As a linux user I'm accostomed to talking to a person when I want to get a utility, it's usually a link on someone's blog. However for OSX, all software is sold by companies. I usually have to pay $10 (only $10! they tell me) to a company. It's much less personal and disconnected.

I don't know, many of those "companies" are one or two person operations. I haven't had that experience.
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