Existing users, 
I know some people who read this are going to say "if you don't know what the abbreviations stand for, then you probably shouldn't bother with it," BUT, I still think developers of programs should spell out what their program does in "lay" terms, so everyone who stumbles on their program will learn something new. I don't know what VNC stands for. I can speculated the VN is virtual network, but haven't a clue about the "C" part of it. Many programs on VersionTracker have this feature, which I consider to be a MAJOR fault, that if you're not extremely technical, you have NO idea what the hell the app is for. I'm saying this not as some "newby", but as a Mac user since 1986, and I think as a Power User. Although most of my Power is based on knowing how to use hundreds of apps, I'd still like to know what some of these exotic apps actually do - as should be laid out in their description on the main page here. Thanks for reading, and more thanks if you actually take my request seriously and impliment it.
DB
Vine Server
VNC server & viewer
Version: 3.1
Why not explain what it does?
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: AikiDavid Sunday, August 05 2007 @ 04:47 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
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Why not explain what it does? - pseudonym
Vine Server (as with similar programs such as Apple Remote Desktop and Timbuktu) allows a computer to be controlled, to "serve" data, from a remote location. That location could be the next room, or half-way around the world! The computer on the other end has to have some sort of compatible "client" application which can communicate with the server computer and request data. The settings on the server computer can specify to what degree access is offered (only read files, or read and write). In the case of Vine Server, I have effectively used "Chicken of the VNC" as a client application on the remote computer. VNC stands for "Virtual Network Computing". For further info., see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
Sunday, August 05 2007 @ 05:57 PM PDT
Why not explain what it does? - consultmac_dotmac
Its not explained well on this versiontracker page, that's true. But posting FOUR times about how the lack of description is a MAJOR flaw ????? doesn't seem like a typical 'power user' action.Checking on wikipedia or similar would have helped you out very quickly.
Monday, August 06 2007 @ 05:05 AM PDT
Why not explain what it does? - pseudonym
Vine Server (as with similar programs such as Apple Remote Desktop and Timbuktu) allows a computer to be controlled, to "serve" data, from a remote location. That location could be the next room, or half-way around the world! The computer on the other end has to have some sort of "client" application which can communicate with the server computer and request data. The settings on the server computer can specify to what degree access is offered (only read files, or read and write), and to whom. In the case of Vine Server, I have effectively used "Chicken of the VNC" as a client application on the remote computer. VNC stands for "Virtual Network Computing". For further info., see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
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Sunday, August 05 2007 @ 05:54 PM PDT