NOT LINUX ADMIN FRIENDLY Lacks <INS> key and ios13 external monitor with physical mouse – Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid) Review

Lowered rating from 4 to 2 stars as current Jump Desktop version is NOT designed fully for Linux/Unix operating system use. First, the virtual keyboard display lacks an <INS> key which is fundamental for unix/linux system administrators for the copy/paste text key sequence of <CTRL><INS> and <SHIFT><INS> respectively. Jump Desktop has a virtual keyboard button to paste the text from clipboard to screen but it's not readily intuitive as <INS>, and that seeded virtual key is not listed near the SHIFT or CTRL buttons so you have to hunt/scroll/peck each time. Use of the ios physical keypad sequence of <CTRL><C> copies in the vi editor but the same sequence at the o/s command prompt is an INTERRUPT sequence, not paste text. Second, the virtual keyboard display key sequence is fixed, the user cannot rearrange/group most used keys to display together or in the order desired. This is inefficient to have to scroll horizontally the virtual keyboard display to find the button needed especially if there's multiple keys for a control sequence. Third, heard back from developer that with a physical generic mouse using an external display with ios that the Jumpstart option to display externallly must be disabled in order for the external screen's mouse pointer to mimic the ipad's display as it's moved else won't reposition until you click on the screen at the final location/item. Developer says specific named mouse brand/models are supported not generic. Below is my original post: Using ipad pro ios13 with an Apple USB-C to Digital Multiport Adapter, hdmi external monitor, and a USB mouse. I've used the same components with Microsoft RDP and both the external hdmi and ipad pro monitors properly displays the active mouse pointer as you move across the screen. Jump Desktop does not - as you move the mouse you can see the pointer move on the ipad display but it does not mirror the movement on the external hdmi monitor. When you use a mouse button, Jump then relocates the external hdmi monitor's mouse pointer to the correct position. I prefer not to use a bluetooth wireless mouse (which Jump promotes a $50 brand), that's why I bought a usb wired mouse. The iOS Jump settings for 'mouse' show the application doesn't recognize the wired mouse. Positive points are that compared to Microsoft's RDP (ios 13 version), Jump properly utilizes the entire external monitor whereas ios/MS RDP does not expand. Jump has a better designed display keyboard and more seeded keys (e.g., ctrl+alt+del is displayed as a single key button) and a shortcut to function keys whereas MS RDP is more cumbersome and requires pressing multiple individual keys to send a control sequence. If Jump would properly track the wired mouse onto the external display (which MS RDP does), Jump would be a five-star winner for me. I've used a lot of freeware and purchased/subscription rdp software for decades and if Jump could fix this symptom, they'd leap frog MS RDP.
Review by kolffan on Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid).

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