[jwr]

I find it more than a little odd. I've just bought the app (two computers), because it's something I've been looking for for a long time. I'd pay just for the shared clipboard feature. I can't count the number of times I had to copy a URL into a file on Dropbox, or Notational Velocity, just to be able to paste it into an E-mail being written on my laptop right next to my main machine.

Spending $50 saves me a lot of time and frustration. Also, it is much cheaper than writing the software myself (which I was seriously considering). I'm more than happy to pay that.

I also hope that because the software is well priced, the company won't feel a need to diverge into multiple half-baked products. I've seen that happen to Ironic Software (Yep, and afterwards Leap, Deep, Fresh), I'm seeing it happen to IcyBlaze (iDocument, and then Sparkbox). I'd much rather see a company develop ONE well-supported and polished app than diverge into multiple bug-ridden ones.

[bartelsmedia]

Thank you for your support.

> I also hope that [..] the company won't feel a need to diverge into multiple half-baked products.

You bet. Since 1998, we have a small set of well-maintained software products. ShareMouse is not a quick shot. We are here for the long run.

[jwr]

So, having used the software for a couple of hours, I've found at least three problems/bugs. Now we're going to see whether the price is justified and whether we indeed pay for support :-)

[icebraining]

I can't count the number of times I had to copy a URL into a file on Dropbox, or Notational Velocity, just to be able to paste it into an E-mail being written on my laptop right next to my main machine.

Why?

    ssh othermachine 'pbpaste' | pbcopy

Bind that to a launcher and/or key shortcut. Instant shared clipboard!

[jwr]

It's cool, but it's another thing one has to do beyond cmd-C. Why not just have a proper shared clipboard plus keyboard/mouse sharing in a multi-computer, multi-monitor setup?

[icebraining]

Automatic keyboard sharing is just a small step away from that, but that seems really annoying to me. I'd rather control when I want to share.

Why not just have a proper shared clipboard plus keyboard/mouse sharing in a multi-computer, multi-monitor setup?

Because if you don't need keyboard/mouse sharing that's just bloat running on your machine, because you become dependent on yet another utility that may be discontinued or receive a crappy update at any time, because it's less flexible (can I share only on demand?), less portable and it costs $50 that would be better spent on blackjack and hookers (or whatever you do for relaxing).

[bartelsmedia]

> can I share only on demand?

Yes, you can.

> less portable

There is a portable option

> and it costs $50 that would be better spent on blackjack

Oh, we should always listen to such kind of advisers.

[icebraining]

There is a portable option

I mean OS portable. I use Windows and Linux, you don't support that.

Oh, we should always listen to such kind of advisers.

I don't mean as an investment, I mean as entertainment. The "blackjack and hookers" is a reference to Futurama: http://youtu.be/z5tZMDBXTRQ

By the way, I'm not saying my solution is better than your application as a whole, far from it. I'm talking about the case where you only need clipboard sharing, which I know is only one of the features of your application.

[mindslight]

    ssh othermachine x2x -to :0 -east