NR needs iPhone and Android Support to Survive?

[jwilson56]

Do you think Netremote needs to have iPhone and Android support to survive in the coming years?

[jumbodogs]

I know I have said this in a few other post and I only keep saying it because I really think there are a lot of people out there that don't understand how much can be done in HA with Girder/NR setup. NR really needs to support both to get those people on board.

[VicVonDoom]

Heres my 2 pence...

1. Keep Girder Girdering as is.

2. Keep NetRemote as is for windows/ppc/ce with the fantastic scripting/designing capabilities from NRD and comms to Girder.

3. Build new version "i-Netremote" with limited capabilities due apple's non negotiable no scripting policy and allow people to try it free for 30 days and then realise they need the scriptability and offer a reduced purchase on the windows version (see point 2) that they should have bought in the first place.


Sorted. Jim for president. I like beer. A lot.

[jwilson56]

I have been trying to get an idea of how 'other' packages handles their iPhone and I am thinking it might be some version of a dedicated RDP into the server. If that is the case then you could have the scripting on the server and the iPhone would be a portal. Don't quote me on this as like I have said I am still trying to get some info on how it does it.

[VicVonDoom]

Fair point.

Hows about this scenario...

I'm upstairs, she's downstairs & junior vicvondoom is in his room.
Who gets control? Do we all see the same? Do we need a £million video card to get sepaerate RDP screens just to see different stuff at the same time?

I can do that all with my netremote's...

[Rob H]

Well, NetRemote could implement its own RDP server (or something similar) and render directly to that rather than to a normal window. That's rather how I would envisage it working.

[VicVonDoom]

Just so i'm clear here...Are you suggesting that NR could (in future theory) run multiple instances on the server & each i-whatever would connect to its own 'private' instance..?

Kinda like a multiple NR monitor setup, But via RDPism..?

[vitello]

I have to agree that NetRemote without support for iphone (or i-something), android, or
Windows Phone 7 is likely to be a dead end. Microsoft will continue to support windows ce for business use,
but I doubt that many people will use a business ce device for home automation use. Win 7
on tablets may have some NetRemote users, but there are going to be a lot more smart phones than tablets.

NetRemote is far in advance of other software for interface development as far as I'm concerned.
It would be a shame to have it stuck with an operating system that such
a small share of the mobile device market.

Peter

[jwilson56]

Just so i'm clear here...Are you suggesting that NR could (in future theory) run multiple instances on the server & each i-whatever would connect to its own 'private' instance..?

Kinda like a multiple NR monitor setup, But via RDPism..?

I am getting the impression this is how some others are doing it. It would make sense to do somthing like that so that your could still keep a lot of the functionality we now have on a device that can't handle it.

[Manser]

It works perfect with a rdp client on the IPhone, I don't see your problem!!!

Create as many rdp user as you need on your server and you can connect to your on private NR instance.

And if your client is crashing, reboot and reconnect and you are where you have leaved the application! If I think at all the reconnect problems on the ppc's!!