[THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
- From: "Joe Shonk" <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:13:46 -0700
You can't push an Icon to the desktop with WI (this is a PNAgent feature)
but users can create shortcuts to the applications on the desktop.
Joe
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Holley, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:10 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
Good points Joe..one offs are harder to manage.
Correct me if I am wrong (and I may be) but you can't automatically push an
Icon to the desktop from WI can you?
The old days of full desktops can not be totally gone yet.How do you do it
now? I guess desktop manager does this a different way?
I used to create a custom connection on the thin client that auto launched
for users to get to the server desktop. Worked great.and kept everything
neatly on the server side.
Mark Holley
Technology Engineering & Deployment Group
City of Jacksonville
Holley@xxxxxxx
904-255-8133
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:47 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
That's a good point, if you need a custom connection you can always just
create it in the console and publish it via WI!
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85266
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Joe Shonk
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:27 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
The problem with PN is the configuration and management of it is soooo
decentralized that Admins become paralyzed when it comes time to
upgrade/migrate their farms. Now they have to consider all the one off
configurations and send some out to fix them.
If you don't want to use PNA (because of file associations) then simply use
WI. WI in a sense replace PN, the only thing you lose is the ability to
create custom connects (which is not necessarily a bad thing). For
troubleshooting purposes, you could always create a custom .ica or use a
third-party tool.
FYI, with WI you can create shortcuts to the applications on the
desktop/startmenu
Joe
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Holley, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:31 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
I worry that we will lose versatility. In a complex environment the CPN can
be used in a whole slew of different ways. Heck I have even used to create
thin PCs until their hardware dies by making the citrix client the shell.
What if "every" user doesn't work in your Citrix environment the same way?
For example.I have one department that uses the PNagent for all apps.then I
have others that use the CPN for "one" app. However they all use Web
interface from home and require Office. If I install the PNagnet on the
local pcs of that department that only runs one app.well.all of a sudden
Pnagent reassociates those peoples local files to run from Citrix.
I could create multiple office icons that change the associations but to me
it is way easier to publish office globally and use the pnagent for
dedicated departments only.
There are more examples.. What about the "custom ICA" connections? Does no
one use this? Sometimes a nice way to cover the "one off" customer is to
create a client side setting.
I know that without the versatility of CPN that some customers would never
have agreed to run an app on Citrix at all.
I may be speaking from an antique view point and need to move on.who knows.
I need more ways to run Citrix not less.
Mark Holley
Technology Engineering & Deployment Group
City of Jacksonville
Holley@xxxxxxx
904-255-8133
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chad Schneider (IT)
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:00 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: There goes the Neighborhood? what the?
If configured properly, it can then use the failover/secondary WI server
listed.
>>> On 1/13/2009 at 9:38 AM, <bcoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>i am surprised this has taken this long to happen. I stopped using PN back
when the PNAgent came out. The few times I have used it since then, I have
found it annoying and cumbersome. Good Riddance.
It looks like this service is dependent on Web Interface - I wonder what it
does if WI is down?
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