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Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by tiku »

tapland wrote: post #58
jbverschoor wrote: post #36

Good to note that it doesn't require client software to detect edges. > To get the mouse cursor to magically jump across, the mouse hid report descriptor was changed to use absolute coordinates and then the mouse reports (that still come in relative movements) accumulate internally, keeping the accurate tally on the position. So it works like synergykm / barrier, without clipboard features and without client software…

Very nice to not require the computers to connect over the network.

This was a concern for me, that is why i've used Synergy over VPN and it worked quite well. It also works on networks where you can't reach the other pc's that way.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by nulld3v »

hrvach wrote: post #62
nulld3v wrote: post #52

I have a similar project inspired by another similar project ( https://github.com/jfedor2/screen-hopper ). My own version of this consists of two programs. One program runs on a Linux desktop and listens to input events from the Linux input subsystem (evdev). When you press a specific key, it will start consuming all events and sending them over USB serial to a RPI Pico. Pressing the key again will toggle back into p…

That's an awesome idea, man. I wish I thought of that. I learned about about that screen hopper project only yesterday, and it just confirmed my theory - whatever I try to do, somebody smarter than me already made, only better, smoother running and with nicer features :) I play no games whatsoever so absolute coords would be perfectly fine, but one of the items on the to-do list is to make it configurable.

IMO the hardest part of open source is documentation and packaging so hats off to people like you who take that final step from tinkerer's project to open source! Also props to you for the galvanic isolation and actually designing a circuit lol.

I'm sure there's even more keyboard/mouse switching projects out there, there's just no good acronym or search query to find them. You could search for "KVM" but it's just dominated by PiKVM. We should really standardize on something for the SEO.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by aystatic »

stavros wrote: post #27
figmert wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Prior to Synergy going to closed source, it was forked into Barrier[0], which then was forked into input-leap[1]. Both open source. [0] https://github.com/debauchee/barrier [1] https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap

Input leap was forked two years ago and the Readme still says "we hope to have a release ready very soon", which doesn't sound very hopeful. Too bad, Synergy was always a very useful project.

This announcement was only added to the README in early October[1]. In the meantime you can of course compile it yourself/grab a build from GH actions. I'm sure they would appreciate the testing, especially leading up to release :-)

[1]: https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap/commit/78ca8f1ef7b6...

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by stavros »

aystatic wrote: post #83
stavros wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Input leap was forked two years ago and the Readme still says "we hope to have a release ready very soon", which doesn't sound very hopeful. Too bad, Synergy was always a very useful project.

This announcement was only added to the README in early October[1]. In the meantime you can of course compile it yourself/grab a build from GH actions. I'm sure they would appreciate the testing, especially leading up to release :-) [1]: https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap/commit/78ca8f1ef7b6...

Oh good, thanks, I will!

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by worldsayshi »

michaelmior wrote: post #3

Synergy works well for this purely in software. Unfortunately it's not free or open source, but it's relatively inexpensive. https://symless.com/synergy

Does Synergy work with multi monitor setups? I've enjoyed Barrier but it doesn't work when any of the machines have multiple displays so I've ditched it for now.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by david422 »

I have a similar usage and need. I do have a uGreen USB hub that has a button on top that I use to swap between computers - but it does have a slight delay.

I also discovered logitechs k860 keyboard which has 3 buttons on the top for switching between computers. I use it with the USB receiver and a bluetooth laptop. No noticeable lag and works very well.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by codetrotter »

AlexErrant wrote: post #77
acjohnson55 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish there was a solution for Android. Sliders for fine grained selections are horrible in touch interfaces.

"fine grained" is relative, but you can go forwards/backwards 10 seconds in YouTube Android by doubletapping to the left/right of center on a video. If it's paused, doubletap to the left/right of the play button. It should also work on iOS, but I don't have an iPhone so can't confirm. https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/youtube_double_tap.h...

I use iOS and can confirm that double tap on left or right side works to jump forward backward there too. I often use it when I watch a video and I miss what was said so I jump back a bit and watch again.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by lovelyviking »

xbmcuser wrote: post #23
fevangelou wrote: post #14

Seriously, if any VC is reading this, get this man some funding to make it a real project. Even at double or triple what it costs, it's still cheaper than any other commercial competitor.

If it gets really popular here on hacker news won't be long before chinese devices based on it start appearing. Or if someone is willing to invest $10-20k they could have devices ready to sell in less than 2-3 weeks.

> Or if someone is willing to invest $10-20k they could have devices ready to sell in less than 2-3 weeks.

Can you elaborate on this for someone unfamiliar with production? How one come up with the number and such time estimation?

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