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Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by cgs1019 »

philjackson wrote: post #7

I can't believe how great it looks and how responsive it is. I've been running an emacs client in it for a while and other than C-n opening a new window it's practically perfect. Huge props to the team who wrote this.

I think you can run it in some kind of app window mode which avoids issues like c-n, c-w, etc. Not sure if it works in a tab though.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by aidos »

Works really well, nice and quick. Call me stupid, but I'm not actually sure how to launch it (clicking on "Launch App" from within the webstore works but that's surely not the only way).

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by driverdan »

aidos wrote: post #12

Works really well, nice and quick. Call me stupid, but I'm not actually sure how to launch it (clicking on "Launch App" from within the webstore works but that's surely not the only way).

Open a new tab and click the arrow on the right or click "Apps" at the bottom of the screen.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by magicalist »

driverdan wrote: post #15
aidos wrote: post #12

Works really well, nice and quick. Call me stupid, but I'm not actually sure how to launch it (clicking on "Launch App" from within the webstore works but that's surely not the only way).

Open a new tab and click the arrow on the right or click "Apps" at the bottom of the screen.

I believe there's also omnibox completion on app names (though maybe you have to use it a few times first)

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by ajross »

I don't know that this really rises to the level of a "killer" app. Serious ssh users are, of course, already quite happy with their terminal emulators and use platforms that support them natively. I find it very hard to believe (though I'm willing to be surprised) a chrome extension is going to present me with the performance, platform integration, or keyboard navigability I get and demand from gnome-terminal. I'd probably be happy using it from friends machines, etc...

What this will do, however, is hopefully end for good the mess of "How do I expose a command line application to my windows-using friends such that they aren't confused and won't hate me.". And there's a whole lot of value to that.

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