Get cross-platform remote access via LogMeIn and your Web browser
This week’s mac techmail was Get cross-platform remote access via LogMeIn and your Web browser which is a really interesting remote login system. With it I was able to control my OS X workstation from a Fedora box, from within Firefox. The downside is that I couldn’t control my Fedora box from OS X (you can control a Windows box supposedly, but I did not try it). It’s a neat way of controlling your system when you’re not home in a pinch. A little slow, but still faster than I would have expected considering this is all coming through the browser.
Brian Fitzgerald
Did you try using both Safari and Firefox on the Mac? Safari prohibits some javascript actions that Firefox allows. I found out about that when using Wiki On A Stick.
I have successfully used TeamViewer on my iPod Touch to control my Macbook Pro and a Ubuntu system that is installed as a VMWare Fusion virtual machine on that Mac. You sure have to do a lot of scrolling around on the iPod. The mouse cursor is anchored in the middle of the iPod screen and the desk scrolls around, so it is surprisingly usable.
May 20, 2010 @ 16:12:32vdanen
No, I didn’t try with Safari, just with Firefox.
TeamViewer sounds interesting. I’m going to have to look into that. Thanks!
May 21, 2010 @ 08:31:46