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Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by maratd »

masukomi wrote: post #27
eridius wrote: post #23

Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?

THANK YOU. I seriously do not get this app. Yes, they may have done a great job, but i don't get why i would want to use it. I can't use it on someone else's desktop because i'd have to install crap in their Chrome. I wouldn't use it on my desktop because I've already got a good terminal app that I've tweaked to be just the way I like it. Nevermind "killer" app... why is there ANY need for this? I feel like I'm missi…

Chrome OS? Your Android phone? Windows?

I can't work on a Windows machine without installing SecureCRT or Putty. One less thing to install and tweak.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by base698 »

maratd wrote: post #51
masukomi wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THANK YOU. I seriously do not get this app. Yes, they may have done a great job, but i don't get why i would want to use it. I can't use it on someone else's desktop because i'd have to install crap in their Chrome. I wouldn't use it on my desktop because I've already got a good terminal app that I've tweaked to be just the way I like it. Nevermind "killer" app... why is there ANY need for this? I feel like I'm missi…

Chrome OS? Your Android phone? Windows? I can't work on a Windows machine without installing SecureCRT or Putty. One less thing to install and tweak.

That's funny, I can't work on a Windows machine at all :)

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by ecspike »

eridius wrote: post #23

Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?

For work I do UI stuff for our web product so much of my day is doing something in iTerm with tmux and then switching to the browser tab to refresh.

So with the Chrome keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs, it makes things a little quicker.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by notatoad »

eridius wrote: post #23

Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?

the complete list of software i use day-to-day consists of a web browser and a terminal emulator. if i switched over to this, that list goes down to just a browser.

maybe some people don't care, but i think it's pretty cool.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

#58

Post by Karunamon »

sequoia wrote: post #50

I opened chrome to check this out, but it wants me to "sign in" to install the extension. For me this is a bridge too far: I don't care to tell google about every single extension/application (extensplication?) I'm using. Like many people, I'm trying to step back from google/facebook snooping, and this would be a solid step toward such big brothering. I suppose next they'll see what email providers I use and whom I c…

  >For me this is a bridge too far: I don't care to tell google about every single extension/application (extensplication?) I'm using.
Oh for pete's sake...

Is there anything to this " I suppose next they'll see what email providers I use and whom I correspond with with mutt or whom I chat with on other services with finch etc.. Why expand google's data-gathering "attack surface"?

Or is it further chicken-little, slippery slope conjecture with no basis in reality? Keep in mind that you're connecting to their web store to download this, even sans login. That means they have your IP, and a metric ton of identifying information about you via your browser fingerprint (ala Panopticlick). Complaining about signing in just seems rather silly. Oh noes! They know that you downloaded an extension!

You'll have to forgive me for being blunt. This particular absurd line of thought is starting to seriously become an annoyance - even the chans have latched onto it. Correcting people who have the wrong idea is getting old.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by el_presidente »

sequoia wrote: post #50

I opened chrome to check this out, but it wants me to "sign in" to install the extension. For me this is a bridge too far: I don't care to tell google about every single extension/application (extensplication?) I'm using. Like many people, I'm trying to step back from google/facebook snooping, and this would be a solid step toward such big brothering. I suppose next they'll see what email providers I use and whom I c…

> Like many people, I'm trying to step back from google/facebook snooping, and this would be a solid step toward such big brothering.

Google seems to be working on this. If you've ever seen someone without a Google account try to use Android for the first time you can see how much effort they are putting into stopping people from using their products.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by luser001 »

no-espam wrote: post #43
eridius wrote: post #23

Can someone please explain to me why I would possibly want to run a terminal emulator inside of my web browser, instead of just using the terminal emulator app that my system ships with?

Windows! I spend most of my time coding in PuTTy + Vim when I'm on windows. In my limited testing this works as I expect with xterm-256, tmux, and Vim on my Ubuntu 12.04 Server without having to configure anything. PuTTy is a pain to configure on a new box.

How do you save yourself the trouble of configuring this extension?

What sorts of configs have you had to do for Putty?

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