Re: Easy access to the guacamole menu via a button

[Maxim Doucet <ma...@qarnot-computing.com.INVALID>]

FYI I updated the ticket at
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-1424?focusedCommentId=17433917&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-17433917

Best,
Maxim

Le mer. 29 sept. 2021 à 09:13, Maxim Doucet <
maxim.doucet@qarnot-computing.com> a écrit :

> I was wondering if I should open a feature request for this on
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE
>
> But then I stumbled upon
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-1424 which basically want
> to achieve the same thing (use a button or an always on top menu bar to
> open the guacamole menu) but not for the same use case (the reporter is
> interested by guacamole use on a smartphone guacamole when I have a more
> general use case in mind with a button also for the "classic" desktop
> browser).
>
> Would it make sense if I add the context of my use case to the feature
> request (and maybe change the title to reflect that it's a proposal for
> desktop+mobile browsers) or is it better to create another ticket?
>
> Best,
> Maxim
>
> Le lun. 27 sept. 2021 à 22:53, Maxim Doucet <
> maxim.doucet@qarnot-computing.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Based on feedback from clients (and +100 3D artists at a previous job),
>> the fact that the guacamole menu is only accessible via ctrl-alt-shift
>> makes guacamole a bit hard to adopt for new users. This is also true for
>> users coming back to guacamole after several months using other remote
>> tools (like chrome remote desktop or even novnc): they tend to forget that,
>> in guacamole, the sidebar menu is not accessible visually by clicking on a
>> button (they search for a "visual hint" to access the guacamole menu but
>> there is none). Note that they are searching for the guacamole menu/sidebar
>> because usually they need to press ctrl-alt-del on the remote machine or
>> they want to copy-paste text.
>>
>> Is it something that has (maybe) been already considered? And what could
>> be the options to add this feature? By modifying guacamole's code or
>> developing an extension or maybe by integrating guacamole in another
>> (web)app?
>>
>> In any case, thanks for such a great tool!
>>
>> --
>> Maxim Doucet
>> DevOps @ Qarnot
>>
>

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Maxim Doucet
DevOps @ Qarnot