Am 11.12.2013 01:43, schrieb Michael DePaulo:
In preparation for the upcoming release of X2Go Client 4.0.1.2, a new
nightly build of the Windows binary is available for download under:
http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/previews/4.0.1.2/
Right now the current plan for 4.0.1.2's release is "We've stopped
making changes. If no showstopper bugs or regressions are reported,
we'll release 4.0.1.2 on Friday." So while we want all bugs reported
on http://bugs.x2go.org/ , it is especially important that users
report any regressions since the last stable version of X2Go Client
for windows, 4.0.0.3, before Friday 2013-12-13.
I just tried out x2goclient-4.0.1.2-pre02 and I'm a little disappointed.
1) There's no improvement on the sound issue (Flash videos sound
"choppy"), yet there's no additional download option where one could
download a copy of x2goclient-4.0.1.2-pre02-setup that is set to use the
old pulseaudio. :-( Showstopper for me, can't roll that out to my customers.
2) Even with the newer Xserver that is included in
x2goclient-4.0.1.2-pre02-setup, Chromium and Chrome still crash at
random intervals. To be exact, they're not crashing themselves, they're
crashing the X server. Pausing and resuming a session lets you continue
where you stopped, yet, this is an instability that users won't put up
with since they quit Windows 98/Millennium for good. It's only when X2Go
is involved that these crashes occur - if you export the display with
ssh (from PuTTY) instead of using x2goclient.exe, Chromium and Chrome
behave well. Not a showstopper (customers are using Iceweasel so far),
but something where I had hoped to see some improvement with the new
Xserver. :-(
3) The two items above are connected in a way: Flash sound isn't
"choppy" in Chromium/Chrome, so if we'd get Chromium/Chrome to work, I
could try to migrate my users away from Iceweasel to avoid the sound
issue. On the other hand, if you are able to fix the sound issue, I
don't see a need to migrate to Chromium/Chrome.
4) New Eye Candy #1: The taskbar icon suddenly changes into the seal
icon once the connection is established. Please add a checkbox/config
file entry to disable this. I'm sure it will confuse users who have
previously used published application mode and look for the "Accelerated
X" icon that has just vanished. I'm kind of disappointed that we're
adding silly eye candy when there still are serious bugs to fix.
5) New Eye Candy #2: Upon connection, an info bubble pops up, containing
a *totally cryptic session name* and disappearing after five seconds or
so. No non-technical user can make use of that message, seriously. And
even technical users will have a hard time memorizing a cryptic session
name within 5 seconds. Please, also add an option to disable this popup,
and seriously consider changing the displayed info to something more
userfriendly like "Connection to host <host>, session <sessionname>
established as user <user>." It's okay to add the cryptic string
somewhere where techies can find it if they need it, maybe in an
About-Box or so, but please - think of the chil^W ordinary non-technical
end user.
And again, I'm kind of disappointed that we're adding silly eye candy
when there still are serious bugs to fix.
@Mike&Mike (or is that Mike²?):
I'm guessing this should go into the bugtracker, somehow. Please advise
on how it should be tagged and I'll turn items 1, 2, 4, and 5 into four
new bugtracker entries.
-Stefan
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