Hi all,
I am a lawyer and part-time software developer in California. We have
an in-house software engineer who works on our law firm projects.
It's 2025 and everyone is talking about Wayland, but Wayland doesn't
meet our requirements. Neither does using VNC/remote desktop, due to
the typically clumsy interaction between the user and the server. So we
are developing a custom X11 application in C for my law firm. This is
intended to replace our existing web-based portal system that is showing
its age and is far less secure than the new system will be. It turns
out that X11 is the ideal platform for our use case because we intend to
run compute and centralize all the documents and workflow on one heavy
duty server, and all the staff already have Macs with XQuartz built-in.
The Mac Minis are perfect as "thin clients" for the new system, and in
our testing, SSH with X11 forwarding and compression works well for us--
at least with a basic widget set. The system may also help us avoid
having to develop and maintain three different desktop versions of the
application for Mac, Linux, and Windows, while adding convenience for
hybrid workers who have Macs at home.
I checked out the XQuartz GitHub and the mailing lists, and I've tried
the latest beta release. I don't see a roadmap or list of feature
requests. Is there one? If not, I have a few XQuartz-specific ideas
that I'd like to offer to have our in-house engineer work on, at my
expense. But I'd like to ask on this list what the highest priority
items are first, if any. Thanks for your consideration.
Best,
Andrew Watters
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Andrew G. Watters
Rællic Systems
andrew(a)raellic.com
+1 (415) 261-8527
https://www.raellic.com