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Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by whackberry »

rsl7 wrote: post #74
ajross wrote: post #19

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 p…

Why are we happy? We are not. Terminal emulation needs to die, but as you point out, there is no reasonable substitute yet. I have enjoyed toying with interesting experiments like the MPW shell, and I support every attempt to replace or kill the ridiculous anachronism that is termcap. It's like we're the SCA and unix is our ren fest.

> Why are we happy? We are not. Terminal emulation needs to die

Yes, but the proposed replacement for UNIX consoles is a Google web browser that requires you log into Google in order to use it?? I don't think so....

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by yellowbkpk »

pooriaazimi wrote: post #79
notatoad wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I don't like the idea of using a single app for everything. I have tons and tons of (personal) reasons, but the most obvious and un-solvable reason is: I can switch between terminal emulator and web browser with Command+Tab. If they were both the same thing, I couldn't do it and I would be very disturbed and confused. The same reason I don't use GMail web app and use Mail.app instead, or Reeder.app or iCal.app or iTu…

You know you can Ctrl+Tab between tabs in most web browsers, right?

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by joestringer »

evilduck wrote: post #49
bjg wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing if you have a chrome book it would be a nice solution.

Chromebooks already have SSH installed natively.

And they support keys -- Although it seems the primary way to use them is by putting your keys into your 'Downloads' folder, which isn't exactly ideal.

Looks like this will eventually replace the inbuilt ssh supplied with crosh (Chromium OS shell)

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by abraham »

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

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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.

I don't think it will run on Chrome OS.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by rufugee »

On Ubuntu 12.04, I get this, and then it seems to hang. Anyone have this working on Linux?

  Welcome to Secure Shell version 0.7.9.
  The list of Frequently Asked Questions is available here: http://goo.gl/m6Nj8
  Connecting to wellsj@greensboro.timco.aero, port 22...
  Loading NaCl plugin...

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by bzbarsky »

adgar wrote: post #105
hughw wrote: post #101

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runs everywhere Chrome runs. Does it run on ARM?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.ch...

That _Chrome_. The questions is whether this app runs there, since it's using NaCl, which is not exactly portable across hardware architectures.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by nextparadigms »

rufugee wrote: post #116

On Ubuntu 12.04, I get this, and then it seems to hang. Anyone have this working on Linux? Welcome to Secure Shell version 0.7.9. The list of Frequently Asked Questions is available here: http://goo.gl/m6Nj8 Connecting to wellsj@greensboro.timco.aero, port 22... Loading NaCl plugin...

So it doesn't work? Maybe Google didn't enable NaCl by default in Linux. You can enable it yourself.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by hammersend »

rufugee wrote: post #116

On Ubuntu 12.04, I get this, and then it seems to hang. Anyone have this working on Linux? Welcome to Secure Shell version 0.7.9. The list of Frequently Asked Questions is available here: http://goo.gl/m6Nj8 Connecting to wellsj@greensboro.timco.aero, port 22... Loading NaCl plugin...

On 12.04 here 64 bit kernel and Chrome v. 18.0.1025.162.

Everything works perfectly both to localhost and across the lan.

Re: Secure Shell chrome (killer) app

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Post by Dunkirk »

Karunamon wrote: post #85
mverwijs wrote: post #69

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> You'll have to forgive me for being blunt. "You'll have to forgive me for being rude, obnoxious, conclusion-jumping." Fixed that for ya. You're welcome.

Rude? I wasn't aware that pointing out something has no basis in reality is rude. Obnoxious? Don't post misinformation and you won't be challenged. Conclusion jumping? What conclusion did I jump to? And as far as making "Fixed" posts go.. doctor, heal thyself ;)

It got Slashdot-y real quick up in here.
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