Daily App Giveaway – June 06, 2011 – Remote Conductor: Track – Launch – Switch (Touchpad / Secure Keyboard)
Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer.com. We value our readers so much we want to share our love of apps with you. That’s why we have created this new section as each day we will be giving away free apps.
Today, we have Remote Conductor: Track – Launch – Switch (Touchpad / Secure Keyboard) codes to spare, each currently costing $1.99 in the App Store. This app allows you to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a control center for your Mac or PC. Fully manage applications on your computer: Launch, switch, maximize/restore, minimize, close. Use your iPhone as a wireless multi-touch trackpad and secure keyboard. The only fully encrypted trackpad app! The only iOS app to support individual window switching on a Mac!
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Main Features
– Wireless control of your Mac or PC over Wi-Fi
– Bluetooth supported with iOS 4.3 (Mac Only)
– Full Landscape and Portrait support
– Use navigation icons or gestures to switch modes
– 256 bit AES encryption on all network traffic – safely enter passwords!
– Automatic computer discovery
– Optionally connect by hostname or IP
– Remembers pairing for multiple computers
– Auto re-connect
– Highly optimized network code for smooth, lag free operation
App/Window Switcher Features
– Shows thumbnails of all open windows
– Organizes open apps and windows by most recent use
– Windows track last use even when switched on the computer
– Scroll open applications horizontally, windows vertically
– Supports switching between open windows not just apps on Mac – (unique to Remote Conductor)
– Tap a window to raise just that window.
– Tap an app icon to raise all windows for that app
– Full Mac ‘Spaces’ support
– Optionally lock the switcher to use as a dedicated app manager
– Use tap and hold menus: quit app, hide, close window, minimize, zoom
Application Launcher Features
– Apps organized by pages just like on the iPhone
– Apps pinned to your Mac’s dock or PC’s taskbar are shown in a scrollable Launch Bar
– Automatically finds installed programs on your Mac or PC
– Supports custom application paths
– Optionally lock the launcher
Trackpad Features
– Multi-touch gestures (most Macbook or Magic Trackpad gestures)
– Supports single finger drag (tap, tap, drag) or 3 finger drag
– Some gestures configurable
– Configurable network bandwidth usage
– Configurable mouse sensitivity
– Proper text selection behavior
– Proper drag continue behavior
Multi-Touch Gestures Supported
– 1 finger tap to left click
– 2 finger tap to right click
– 2 finger pan to scroll
– 3 finger tap to middle mouse click – open new tabs in your browser.
– 3 finger drag for left mouse drag
– 4 finger tap opens the Launcher
– 4 finger horiz. swipe opens the Switcher.
– 4 finger swipe up shows the desktop
– 4 finger swipe down shows Expose on Mac, Flip 3d on PC
– Optional 3 finger horiz. swipe for navigate back/fwd, vert. prev/next tab
– Optional 3 finger horiz. switch next/prev app
– Optional 4 finger left swipe for desktop app switcher or app Expose (Mac)
Requirements
– Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (accessibility enabled)
– Windows XP service pack 3, Vista service Pack 2, Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
– iTunes
– Wi-Fi router (local area network or ad hoc network)
– Conductor Server software (free download)
** YOU MUST DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE FREE SERVER BEFORE USING **
Download from: www.remoteconductor.com/server
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
