I bought an iPad today. Loaded the receiver, pointed safari at my cag site, logged in and launched apps. Easy as could be. I like it. On Dec 17, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Pat Coughlin <strangedog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The access gateway instructions are now wrong. These documents need > to be updated by Citrix ASAP. The useragent only includes > "Citrixreciever" and not "darwin". Most sites built to spec are > failing on the user agent issue (fixed mine). FYI > > Pat Coughlin > Citrix Goon > > On 12/17/10, Warren Simondson <caditc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This post definitely generated some interest. Since my original post, I have >> been doing some heavy >> tetsing becasue we have a strong interest in Citrix/ Ipad integration. I am >> currently writting an ICA >> direct client for IPAD, but don't expect it too soon, as with all my other >> programming projects, they are >> all on hold until we stop getting new customers doing Citrix rollouts. I >> haven't been able to get out a >> new program in also 2 years and it's killing me, but at the end of the day >> I've got to run Ctrl-Alt-Del IT >> Consultancy and support my staff. >> >> Anyway, back to the new reciever for IPAD. As with most Citrix releases >> lately there is good and bad. I >> think the bad things maybe be out weighing the good at the moment in my >> testing but there as some >> querky good things for those on just WI with no csg or AG. >> >> The bad: >> - Those who use CSG will hate this one. I do. To set up CSG and WI for IPAD >> see this article: >> http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121360 >> >> Now I had several smaller customers on CSG and had the previous Receiver >> working perfectly, but >> now it's stuffed, but it's not the new receiver. It's the fact I added R06 >> (rollup pack 6) on my Citrix >> servers last night at the same time I happened to download the new reciever. >> I noticed that the >> CTX121360 article was sneakily updated on 15 december 2010. At the very >> bottom of the article some >> notes have been quickly added. Here is one of them: >> >> Scenario: Without Certificates on the iPad and the Program Neighborhood >> Agent site configured as >> gateway direct: >> >> - The Citrix Receiver ends in a few seconds / Crashes on Presentation Server >> 4.0 Hotfix Rollup Pack 06 >> and XenApp 4.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 06 (No errors) >> >> - After installing the Certificates to the iPad and the Program Neighborhood >> Agent site configured as >> gateway direct, XenApp 4.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 06 connected every time >> >> Now this is exactly what was happening to me when I got the new receiver. I >> would get the app list >> perfectly, select an app, and then sit there as the worm spun around saying >> "please wait". After about >> 60 seconds, I was just returned to the main apps screen and no app launched. >> Reading CTX121360, it >> says I have to install the Cert on the ipad. Never had to do this before. >> But this issue is partly the new >> receiver and also the fact I had R06 on the servers as well. This is very >> annoyong and will put many >> customers off if we have to manually install a Cert on every IPAD. To >> install a Cert on IPAD see this >> article: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125655 >> >> So I tried a CSG site that did not have R06 on it's servers and it worked >> perfectly with the new reciever >> without manually installing the Cert. >> >> But then, I used Safari to contect directly to the externally URL of the >> CSG/WI page of al my customers >> sites. Went through this way to the site that has R06 on it's server where >> the Reciever did work, used >> the WI interface to select an app, and kaa-bang, it launched perfectly. >> Obviously because the cert was >> validated through safari. So a small bonus here, but more annoying that I >> can't use the receiver >> directly. >> >> Another bad - once in a session, the "tapping" selection method is extremely >> buggy. When I started >> tapping in a session, it decided that it would right mouse click instead of >> normal mouse click. Normally >> a right mouse click is initiated by using a 2 finger tap on the screen, but >> in this case it was changing it's >> mind randomly. Sometimes I'd get right click, others normal click. I almost >> threw the ipad after 5 >> minutes of use with this issue. I though at first it might be my fat fingers >> simulating 2 fingers, but sadly >> I'm a skinny dude and my index finger is no wider that a quarter of an inch. >> So I consider this to be >> absolutely unusable in this instance. >> >> The good: >> - Direct WI access through the receiver - this worked for me with all >> version of WI - 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. >> Could test any version 4 WI's as I don;t have any. But how about this, I >> connected to a customer who >> still is using Metaframe XP and Nfuse 1.7 classic using the new citrix >> receiver. I had to ensure that java >> fallback was not select to make it work, but it worked both directly through >> the receiver and through >> safari. BONUS for those nostaglic nfusers out there. >> >> - As mentioned earlier, the fact that you can access WI sites directly >> through safari now is a handy >> edition. >> >> Any more good. No. I think this edition of the receiver is a dog and very >> unworkable. The tapping issue >> in a session is simply pathetic. >> >> Citrix need better beta testers who can test real site scenarios, not >> in-house test labs. >> >> -- >> Warren Simondson >> >> Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd >> >> Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 18th, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Jan <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> What version of the WI are you using? >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Michael Pardee <pardeemp@xxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> No, this works perfectly for me. This way would be easier for our users >>>> since it is now nearly identical to how they get in from their personal >>>> devices from home. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Jan <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Your web interface isn't giving you the terminal loop at client >>> detection? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Michael Pardee < <pardeemp@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> pardeemp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok, you are officially my favorite person of the day. That just >>>>> worked for me as well. This is basically how I hoped the original iPad >>>>> app would work but we had to go though all the receiver pieces. This >>>>> is much different. Maybe we actually don't care about configuring the >>>>> receiver client at all anymore. Thanks for this help. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Jan < <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I just installed the Citrix Receiver 4.2.1 on an iPad that used to >>> have >>>>> the 1.1 receiver. >>>>>> >>>>>> The first thing I found was that now I cannot get to my web >>> interface >>>>> page via Safari, it goes into a terminal loop during the client >>> detection >>>>> stage. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then I found that the preconfigured URL for setting up the PN Agent >>> URL, >>>>> and Domain name no longer works. (This is a URL generated by an online >>>>> Citrix utility. It is used for either publishing the URL via web, or >>> sending >>>>> via email so that a client doesn't have to type in those pieces of >>> info.) >>>>> You tap on it and nothing happens. >>>>>> >>>>>> Once in the Receiver I found that there is no way to log off and >>> switch >>>>> users. You can apparently add another profile, but any apps that I've >>> placed >>>>> on the desktop are visible to the next user to set up a profile in the >>>>> Receiver. I suppose if I logged off they might disappear, but again I >>> found >>>>> no way to log off the PN interface which shows the apps. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was able to log on via the web interface via Safari by bypassing >>>>> client detection. My apps showed, tapping on one brought up a dialog >>> asking >>>>> if I wanted to open the ica file using Citrix. Once I tapped Citrix, >>> the >>>>> receiver took over and launched the app. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bottom line is that this version of the Receiver is not an upgrade, >>> it >>>>> is a MAJOR change from all previously documented behavior of the >>> Receiver. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jan >>>>> ************************************************ >>>>> For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or >>>>> set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: >>>>> >>> <//www.freelists.org/list/thin>//www.freelists.org/list/thin >>>>> Follow ThinList on Twitter >>>>> <http://twitter.com/thinlist>http://twitter.com/thinlist >>>>> ************************************************ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> ************************************************ >> For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or >> set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: >> //www.freelists.org/list/thin >> Follow ThinList on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/thinlist >> ************************************************ >> > ************************************************ > For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > //www.freelists.org/list/thin > Follow ThinList on Twitter > http://twitter.com/thinlist > ************************************************ ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin Follow ThinList on Twitter http://twitter.com/thinlist ************************************************