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This is partly a testament to what a great app iSSH is. I haven't used it as a daily work environment, but I've gotten some pretty great things done with it, e

by Ogre 15y ago

This is partly a testament to what a great app iSSH is. I haven't used it as a daily work environment, but I've gotten some pretty great things done with it, even the iPhone version. My favorite was sitting in a crappy motel room with barely Edge, and still managing to build a GPX converter (not build as in write, build as in download and compile), convert some map routes to a format I needed for another phone app, and get them on my website where I could then get the app that needed them to download them. It was not fast, and I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but it worked, and iSSH made it about as painless as I can imagine that process being.

moconnor 15y ago
This is really true, although depending entirely on a low-price, commercial app makes me uneasy. I'd be happier if I knew iSSH made enough to support a small company. I'd be happiest with an open source version I could contribute to.
- guan 15y ago
  iSSH is not the only SSH client for iOS. I prefer Screens, even if there are a few features missing, and I believe there are other good ones too.
- spicyj 15y ago
  Panic's Prompt (http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for-ios/ http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for...) probably doesn't make them enough to support their company, but they've been around for a long time and I don't expect they'll go anywhere. I'm not sure whether it supports 256 colors.
  - moconnor 15y ago
    At least when I last checked, Prompt doesn't support VNC. If I had to switch apps, one would time out in the background. I think that'd be get frustrating pretty quickly.
  - conradev 15y ago
    The fact that Prompt alone cannot earn enough to support all of Panic has nothing to do with the original point. The point is that Panic, Inc. has quality full-time developers that go to work every day. They make great software, and they support it vigorously (see http://twitter.com/panic http://twitter.com/panic). iSSH does not have this. Also, I personally like Prompt better in terms of UX. Its quick access menu is always available right above the keyboard, you know, near your fingers when you are typing. Have you ever tried to move the cursor position in iSSH on an iPhone?

by Ogre 15y ago

moconnor 15y ago

This is really true, although depending entirely on a low-price, commercial app makes me uneasy. I'd be happier if I knew iSSH made enough to support a small company. I'd be happiest with an open source version I could contribute to.

guan 15y ago
iSSH is not the only SSH client for iOS. I prefer Screens, even if there are a few features missing, and I believe there are other good ones too.
spicyj 15y ago
Panic's Prompt (http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for-ios/ http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for...) probably doesn't make them enough to support their company, but they've been around for a long time and I don't expect they'll go anywhere. I'm not sure whether it supports 256 colors.
- moconnor 15y ago
  At least when I last checked, Prompt doesn't support VNC. If I had to switch apps, one would time out in the background. I think that'd be get frustrating pretty quickly.
- conradev 15y ago
  The fact that Prompt alone cannot earn enough to support all of Panic has nothing to do with the original point. The point is that Panic, Inc. has quality full-time developers that go to work every day. They make great software, and they support it vigorously (see http://twitter.com/panic http://twitter.com/panic). iSSH does not have this. Also, I personally like Prompt better in terms of UX. Its quick access menu is always available right above the keyboard, you know, near your fingers when you are typing. Have you ever tried to move the cursor position in iSSH on an iPhone?