opinion/poll: keyclone w/ wow-maximizer functionality

[And0]

The maximizer function would rock! I'm setting up two dual-core systems to 5-box with three systems, and any extra screen positioning stuff would be a great help.

[The IT Monkey]

I don't know this maximizer from Joe but here is my wish list:

Broadcast Keystrokes to multiple clients on multiple machines and multiple clients on single machines. (It does this beautifully now, thanks)

Broadcast Mouse Clicks and Mouse Movements to those same clients. This feature should have a separate toggle key. (Different then the toggle for keystroke broadcasting.) This would only work for me if it broadcast the mouse movements to the windows and not just the machine. I play with two clients tiled, one corner over the other, in non-maximized windows. If I am broadcasting mouse movements I would like to see TWO cursers on the screen, one on each client, in the same place on each window. Does that make sense? Is that even possible? I don't know, but it is on my wish list.

Auto Connect Feature (A setting that will automatically connect the "slave" keyclones to the "master" keyclone. Should be able to turn this off on and on via a check box.)

Auto Start Keyclone at bootup. (again, should be able to turn this off)

Combine with synergy type functionality. (Don't for get clipboard functionality. I use this a lot when doing multiple macros across machines.)

Set up Game Profiles. WoW Profile (Start Clients on specific machines. Auto enters at least the username for each client. Places those clients where you want them on each of your screens. Should be able to save multiple configurations for different games or same game but different layouts.)

What I am really looking for is a single software solution for multiboxing (whether it be multiple machines or multiple clients on a single machine).

Keyclone is a HUGE part of my setup now... I couldn't do what I am doing without it. But you did ask about improvements... so there is my wish list.

If you could also incorporate some sort of "I WIN" button that would be great

[Garm]

hmmm is my understanding of Maximiser that it doesnt do any good for windows on one monitor? sounds like a cool idea though.

[Lost Ninja]

I don't know this maximizer from Joe but here is my wish list:

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Add to that an offline macro editor.

I'd buy some just for that.

[Otlecs]

One of the nice things about KC is that's it's a well focussed tool with a fairly small footprint.

If you decide to extend it, I'd rather see those extensions added in the form of a pluggable architecture so that the core functionality isn't compromised by problems with the enhancements (which I don't necessarily want ).

The fact is that WoW Maximiser does a good job for those who want it.

I'm still running a combination of KC, Multibox and Multiplicity to meet my personal broadcasting needs. I see more synergy between those functions than between KC and WoW Maximiser to be honest, although I can see where the idea came from.

[Steph]

A software solution that combines both broadcasting and maximizing would be awesome. Being able to save as much of the 'setup' as possible would be extremely good. Such as clients autoconnecting, windows going to the last used positions. Anything that saves time getting the team running basically.

I am not too sure about synergy-link functions. Considering that keyclone is flexible as far as the number of computers and clients per computer goes, this is likely to create a mess and confuse many people. Ensuring that keyclone and synergy work without conflict should do the trick.

[keyclone]

ok... poll is still open but the weekend is about here.

18 to 4 in favor of adding maximizer-like functionality. unless there is a surge tomorrow, i'll start on it this weekend.

it was pretty funny... after i thought about it... putting an option like 'more is always better' on this site with people that multi-box is pretty much a rhetorical question

this week i added multi-language support (in a modular way... 1 DLL per language) and i am waiting on some translations.
first languages in the pipe: russian, danish
if there is anyone that can help add more to the list, please send me a PM

i am looking specifically for: german, spanish, chinese, korean, japanese

not sure how i am going to handle the far east languages, but we'll see how it goes.

[Jezebel]

nice idea.

[Los]

Could hook you up with dutch, if you'd want to have it, but please dont do it! Hate non english software ever since w95 (j/k)

[keyclone]

oh wow.. you brought up an interesting point... what if someone has some language set chosen for their OS but would rather run the app in english mode?? the way its (trying) working now is that the language is automatically selected from system language settings as it runs...

that's an interesting problem...

(and no... its not quite ready yet... being a p.i.t.a)