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Hi all, I'm the CEO of Symless, the company behind Synergy. I wanted to chime in and let everyone know that you can ask me anything (reply to this comment). I

Hi all, I'm the CEO of Symless, the company behind Synergy. I wanted to chime in and let everyone know that you can ask me anything (reply to this comment). I've been working on Synergy as the lead developer since 2006 (before I started the company). Synergy 2 is an early beta and is still under development (the final version will be quite different to what's you see now). All users have access to Synergy 1 (https://symless.com/synergy/downloads https://symless.com/synergy/downloads) which is the recommended version and is still being developed. If you need a refund, that's absolutely fine, please get in touch: https://symless.com/contact https://symless.com/contact Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you. Thanks, Nick

lxe 8y ago
Looks like the download page requires me to log in. Why is that?
- judge2020 8y ago
  Synergy 1 and 2 both require a license key, so it would make sense for them to prevent non-customers from downloading the software.
Theodores 8y ago
Chromebooks. I know ChromeOS considers all programs to be hostile but how long does it take to get either a) Synergy ported to this new operating system or b) some explanation as to why there are no plans to create a ChromeOS version? Even a phone version would be nice. It would enable people to type their texts rather than 'peck' at the keyboard. The thing is that people find other workarounds and other products come along to make Synergy redundant. As an example there are the Logitech keyboards that will connect to three devices, e.g. one's phone, computer and laptop. Over the years I have had genuine 'wow' from people who are truly amazed, as if it is magic when I move from computer to computer with the same keyboard/mouse. They wonder how it works and how it is connected. Few products are so impressive however the impression left on them is that you have to be a linux coder with terminal screens everywhere to use it. So there is no 'where do you get that' follow up question and therefore no mass adoption. It could be done.
- judge2020 8y ago
  See the related issue on the repo: https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/3363 https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/3363
  - Theodores 8y ago
    That is quite funny. Stock Synergy on stock Windows is an install too far for the regular folk you meet in offices, so the idea of 'just simply installing crouton...' is just kind of lacking convenience. I find it hard to believe that the Google people who write this ChromeOS would not just put together a version of Synergy to solve their own development use cases. Compared to self-driving cars it is not exactly rocket science. I can remember when computers went from being networked to being 'personal' and a whole generation of people used non-networked PCs, not knowing any better. We have slipped into that era when it comes to keyboard/mouse sharing.
felixfbecker 8y ago
I payed for Synergy because I love the concept, but the UI is pretty much unusable on high DPI screens on Windows and looks like Windows 95. Are there any plans to update it?
- nbolton4 8y ago
  Yes, Synergy 2 Beta attempts to address this. https://symless.com/synergy/s2-beta-intro https://symless.com/synergy/s2-beta-intro
gsich 8y ago
Just a suggestion: Don't focus on mobile implementations. I know some people want (wanted?) that desperateley, but it's a waste of time.
joshstrange 8y ago
Why has this 3+ year old issue continued to be ignored https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/2905 https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/2905 I bought Synergy when I need to work with a windows and mac (Mac being my primary driver) and it made my mac unusable. I used to love Synergy but this made it useless for me and I had to get a refund.

lxe 8y ago

Looks like the download page requires me to log in. Why is that?

judge2020 8y ago
Synergy 1 and 2 both require a license key, so it would make sense for them to prevent non-customers from downloading the software.

Theodores 8y ago

Chromebooks. I know ChromeOS considers all programs to be hostile but how long does it take to get either a) Synergy ported to this new operating system or b) some explanation as to why there are no plans to create a ChromeOS version? Even a phone version would be nice. It would enable people to type their texts rather than 'peck' at the keyboard. The thing is that people find other workarounds and other products come along to make Synergy redundant. As an example there are the Logitech keyboards that will connect to three devices, e.g. one's phone, computer and laptop. Over the years I have had genuine 'wow' from people who are truly amazed, as if it is magic when I move from computer to computer with the same keyboard/mouse. They wonder how it works and how it is connected. Few products are so impressive however the impression left on them is that you have to be a linux coder with terminal screens everywhere to use it. So there is no 'where do you get that' follow up question and therefore no mass adoption. It could be done.

judge2020 8y ago
See the related issue on the repo: https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/3363 https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/3363
- Theodores 8y ago
  That is quite funny. Stock Synergy on stock Windows is an install too far for the regular folk you meet in offices, so the idea of 'just simply installing crouton...' is just kind of lacking convenience. I find it hard to believe that the Google people who write this ChromeOS would not just put together a version of Synergy to solve their own development use cases. Compared to self-driving cars it is not exactly rocket science. I can remember when computers went from being networked to being 'personal' and a whole generation of people used non-networked PCs, not knowing any better. We have slipped into that era when it comes to keyboard/mouse sharing.

felixfbecker 8y ago

I payed for Synergy because I love the concept, but the UI is pretty much unusable on high DPI screens on Windows and looks like Windows 95. Are there any plans to update it?

nbolton4 8y ago
Yes, Synergy 2 Beta attempts to address this. https://symless.com/synergy/s2-beta-intro https://symless.com/synergy/s2-beta-intro

gsich 8y ago

Just a suggestion: Don't focus on mobile implementations. I know some people want (wanted?) that desperateley, but it's a waste of time.

joshstrange 8y ago

Why has this 3+ year old issue continued to be ignored https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/2905 https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/2905 I bought Synergy when I need to work with a windows and mac (Mac being my primary driver) and it made my mac unusable. I used to love Synergy but this made it useless for me and I had to get a refund.